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." >> the reviews from the right of darren aronofsky's latest film "noah" are flooding in.man and his ark is not embraced by everyone. blogger erick erickson, this response, "any christian leaders who thinks noah is an awesome movie should be burned at the stake. conservatives are taking issue with some of the movie's artistic decisions. decisions that prompted the director, himself, to call noah the least biblical biblical film ever made. >> it doesn't use the word god. not once throughout the entire film. >> "noah" may not mention the word god. >> that's like writing an american history book without mentioning george washington. >> the problem is, though, the bible uses the word god. >> i read the story of "noah" today and counted the number of times god is used in the three books. >> good for you. all right. good research. how many? >> all right. god is used 20 times and lord is used 9 times. >> with "noah's" mathematics settled, the movie refers to the higher power guiding noah as the creator. also at issue, plot points. >> if you're looking for a biblical movie, this i

debate amongst people who haven't seen the film yet. >> jimmy: because darren aronofsky was involvedhink that maybe had something to do with it? >> now i'm speculating on what people were speculating about. >> jimmy: see, that's what we do here. >> see what he's trying to get me to do? [ laughter ] i'm speculating on speculation. now people who are creating controversy who are seeing it i think are supporting the movie and embracing it. >> jimmy: the pope gave the film his blessing. true? >> i don't -- i don't know about that. >> jimmy: oh. i thought i saw that in the newspaper, that the pope -- guillermo, the pope gave the film his blessing. is that true? >> yes. i saw in the newspaper. >> jimmy: it's true. [ laughter ] >> well, i'll say this about it. you know, i think that what people are coming to it from a religious background will see is that the movie, while it's bold, while it's innovative, it's a darren aronofsky movie, it's very striking, and i think it shatters expectations, it is true to the spirit of the story that is written in the bible. >> do you have big floods comin

director darren aronofsky is here live in times square. ♪ >>> all that and it's dj friday as we say -ing p.o.w.s. they're wearing yellow bands that we are being given. our "gma" time machine, yeah, talking about you, yes, thank you, thank you for what you're doing. our time machine is fired up once again. it is part of our series "lose 10 years in 60 minutes." today it's leah's turn using the all-star treatment. there you see her before she went into our time machine. the clock is ticking, just over 30 minutes to go and our dream team working their magic right now. stylist gretta monahan and the glam squad led by the one and only bobbi brown helping leah look younger in just minutes. can't wait for the big reveal. >> do we get to choose the ten years we lose? >> good point. i like that. >>> also we have -- you heard him just a moment ago, dj zeke thomas. oh, yeah, he's sending us into the weekend. going old school on us. >> isiah thomas. that must be for his dad. i know isaiah would like that song. ♪ all night long ♪ all night long >> hey dj zeke. thank you. >> oh, boy, that was good.

is it darren aronofsky? >> darren aronofsy, yes. >> jimmy: directed this movie? much special effects in this movie. >> yeah, it's getting a lot of -- no, you know, we had to deal with 12 or 14 months of intense criticism. because you know, people made all these assumptions about what the movie would be. but now people are seeing it, they're seeing that it's really respectful, and you know, the most important thing really is it's an intense experience in the cinema. >> jimmy: yeah, i saw on twitter people are are really getting behind it. drew brees -- he's a friend of the show. this is drew brees, he went to see the movie and he dressed up as noah. [ laughter ] >> i like the little baby. >> jimmy: there is a fake baby doll there. yeah, i know, it was like, oh, my gosh. what? >> i also like the boots. what does he say? it says, "very intense." >> jimmy: yeah, very intense. it's like it had to be intense if you're dressed like that, drew. [ laughter ] i love it. you should have saw him when he went to go see "smurfs." it was really embarrassing. but it's just kind

. >> reporter: director darren aronofsky using the book of genesis as a blueprint. >> it basically describesthis mammoth ark in oyster bay, new york. >> exterior is 75 feet tall, 85 feet wide. >> reporter: it took production designer mark friedberg, nearly six months to construct. he used materials actually available to noah and his family at the time, like twigs, straw, even volcanic rock. >> it was built to float. it was not built to be looked at. it was built to survive. >> reporter: it's not pretty. but it is tough. it even withstood superstorm sandy, which slammed the shores of long island, during filming. >> snakes are coming, too? >> all that creeps. all that crawls. all that slithers. >> reporter: we remember how the story goes, two of every creature. >> the ramp was there to serve one function. for reptiles to be able get up there. for mammals to get up there. >> reporter: impressive, even for noah himself. >> the first time i came out for the exterior ark stuff, it was an experience. >> reporter: after pouring $125 million into this movie, the studio is now hoping it makes waves at

we build an ark. >> we're pleased now to welcome darren aronofsky.utiful even though it's a little dark. i read it started with a poem when you were in the 7th grade. >> mrs. freed said everyplace take up a pen. its was kind of the first moment you know say myself possibly as a storyteller and so the path began. >> that teacher has a small role in the film? >> as it comes together i decided to reach out to her. both my parents were retired school teachers. two of them were retired. i sent her an e-mail. she came up and i put her in a scene with russell krone, a one eyed eyed crohn. >>> you promised russell crowe something. >> most people when they think of noah they think of very big expectations. i said noah you'll never be wearing a robe standing on a houseboat with two big giraffes sticking up behind you. for me as a kid when i read the original story i didn't sympathize with noah. i was wondering about the people left behind. i was wondering if i would be good enough to be on the show. everyone was wiped out. >> there's been a lot of talk about h

>> well, darren aronofsky, the director, goes way back with noah. story since he was a kid. and even though he's an atheist, which kind of raises the suspicion of a lot of christian groups, he's made a pretty faithful telling of the story in just the most core sense of it. and then there's a lot of other elements that are -- you know, there's rock monsters. fallen angels. there's sort of a subtle or not so subtle depending on your point of view environmental message about how the people living at this time had not been good stewards of the earth. you know, so there's a lot of -- it's a very personal movie made for $130 million. >> right. >> it's rather remarkable that paramount gave him that kind of a budget to make what is essentially a very personal movie to him. >> we should say paramount did this film and paramount was behind "the last temptation of christ" until they said no, thanks and universal picked it up. how much do you think this is going to make? 44 million this weekend. just give me a sense looking at films like this ho you think it wi

>> uh, well, you know, fortunately darren aronofsky -- who wrote most of the script with ari handel - and they wrote the part. and i think they wrote her as a very -- as a really strong and amazing woman. you know, she is very devoted to her husband, but more than anything i think she's defined by a very fierce and profound maternal love. >> seth: mm-hmm. >> and she has great strength. >> seth: this seems like, based on everything you told me about the stuff you do with your kids, it seems like you were perfect for this part. just, like, loving your kids and being in terrible situations. [ laughter ] often weather related. and you guys shot in iceland, right? >> we did, yeah. we started -- we filmed in new york, in a, uh, in the middle of a park, they built an enormous ark. which was pretty extraordinary. and also, we filmed in iceland, a lot of the exteriors over the summer. >> seth: the film looks beautiful. it's fascinating to know that's where it's filmed. we have a clip, do you want to set it up for us? >> uh, the clip is -- you know, it's a certain point in the film, i think noa

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. >> reporter: the film's director darren aronofsky, even he's described the movie as the least biblicalgh he says the criticism is premature. >> it was all based on people that haven't seen anything, you know, all they had seen was a trailer. >> reporter: russell crowe who stars as "noah" says he expected the controversy. >> they know this is a film that's going to be controversial for some people and they have encouraged that dialogue. >> reporter: "noah," one of the most expensive in the biblical genre reportedly costing $130 million to produce, that's $100 million more than mel gibson's "the passion of the christ" which made more than $611 million, one of the highest grossing movies of all time. and while experts note "noah" may not have the same support from conservative groups that "passion" did, it seems clear it will still make a boatload of money. >> it's trying to play to a broad mainstream audience while also bringing people who might be interested in the religious aspect of it. >> reporter: the film which debuts in the u.s. friday is already riding a wave of success bringing