Creation Trailer Starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly
While a biopic about Charles Darwin is probably not destined to be the most riveting thing ever committed to celluloid, it seems inevitable that it will spark at least a little bit of controversy. The man’s research forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory, and is still contested by many religious groups (although not so much by scientists). That said, it’s a bit strange how bland and unassuming the trailer for Creation actually is.
Starring Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly as Darwin’s wife Emma, the movie supposedly explores the Darwin’s struggle over his own theories and the fact that they conflict with his wife’s religious views. It almost seems like the movie will try to explain how both points of view can co-exist (further supported by the accompanying logo for Mel Gibson’s distribution company Icon Films). Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, but I think there will definitely be a tendency for people to question the motives behind this project. Based on the book Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, his Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes, it’s seems a bit out of place for director Jon Amiel (best known for his Hollywood flicks The Core and Entrapment). Does this seem worthwhile to you? Check out the trailer below and see what you think.
Comments (14)
interesting…but ultimately looks like it will lean in the direction of religious tripe.
Posted by Bob The Slob on June 30th, 2009Kind of funny that Bettany played a character that was pretty much a Darwin clone in Master & Commander.
Posted by dirrrtyfrank on June 30th, 2009Same screenwriter as Master & Commander too…
Posted by Sean on June 30th, 2009I love Jennifer Connelly, but I think her accent in this might drive me crazy.
Posted by ottobud on June 30th, 2009This looks quite tasteless and disgusting.
Posted by Henrik on June 30th, 2009Looks like Gibson has gone from Icon to Retcon
*rimshot*
Posted by Goon on June 30th, 2009If its about Darwin, why isn’t it called Evolution?
Posted by Nuno on June 30th, 2009Irony?
also
Posted by Goon on June 30th, 2009http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251075/
The voyage of the HMS Beagle would be an awesome adventure movie. He was in South America during major Earth quakes and on the Gallopegos Islands and all that. And Darwin was trained as a priest or some such religious figure so that angle is also interesting. I think if that’s the sort of stuff they are dealing with it could be cool.
Posted by Ian on July 1st, 2009I think it looks interesting. I’ll watch it.
Posted by modesilver on July 1st, 2009Nice to see that this hasn’t devolved too much into a “why I hate religious people” diatribe.
Seeing as how Darwin was a fairly pious man himself, and that religion/God and evolution are not mutually exclusive “theories”, I think this should prove to be entertaining and, dare I say, educational?
Sign me up.
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on July 1st, 2009The film shouldn’t be called Creation because Evolution doesn’t have anything to do with how life was created but rather how life froms change and why there is such a variety of life.
Posted by the man on July 1st, 2009There is a somewhat widespread misconception that the film “Creation” was produced by Mel Gibson’s company Icon Productions LLC and this causes speculation that the science of evolution may be misrepresented in the film. The idea that it is “an Icon production” comes from seeing the Icon logo at the beginning of the trailer but it is simply being distributed in the UK by Icon Film Distribution UK, which *was* part of Gibson’s company but was sold as a separate entity to Stewart Till in 2008 (see http://tinyurl.com/r2stt4). Showing the distribution company’s logo at the beginning of a film’s opening credits is common practice but in this case is confusing since the two companies share a logo.
Posted by Amy on September 14th, 2009Every youngster in the world should see this “Creation” movie. Especially on this important 200 anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.
It opens here in Ireland on the 25th September 2009.
Posted by Maurice Colgan on September 21st, 2009Leave a Reply