Preliminary screenings of Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" has shown that Christians were not entirely happy with the "Black Swan" director's portrayal of the well known Genesis character.

After "Noah" superseded its initial $125 million budget and became the costliest movie that Aronofsky had ever made, Paramount Pictures forced the director to show different versions of the uncompleted film to test audiences last year after the Noah film exceeded its $125 million budget.

"I was upset - of course," said Aronofsky to The Hollywood Reporter. "No one's ever done that to me."

According to THR, some of Christian audience inquired about the film's devotion to the Biblical story and reacted disapprovingly to the intensity and gloominess of the lead character after he got drunk and thought about taking extreme measures to eliminate humanity from the planet.

"[The movie contains the] key themes of the Noah story in Genesis - of faith and hope and God's promise to mankind," said Paramount Vice Chair Rob Moore to THR adding. "From a storytelling perspective, the main points are that Noah is a man of faith who is picked by God, told to build an ark, builds the ark and survives."

Moore supports the director's unique depiction of Noah.

"Most people do not remember or were never taught the fact that after Noah's off the ark, there is a moment in the story where he is drunk," said Moore in the THR article.

The Hollywood executive compares Aronofsky's imaginative version Noah to Mark Burnett and Roma Downey version of "The Bible."

"They've been very effective in terms of communicating to and being embraced by a Christian audience," said Moore to THR. "This movie has a lot more creativity to it. And therefore, if you want to put it on the spectrum, it probably is more accurate to say this movie is inspired by the story of Noah."

Despite his Jewish background, a 2006 interview hinted that Aronofsky no longer entirely identifies with his faith.

"The Big Bang happened, and all this star matter turned into stars, and stars turned into planets, and planets turned into life. We're all just borrowing this matter and energy for a little bit, while we're here, until it goes back into everything else, and that connects us all," said Aronofsky in an interview with Film Monthly when asked about his faith in God.

The Noah director continued his thoughts in the interview.

"The messed up thing is how distracted we are and disconnected from that connection, and the result of it is what we're doing to this planet and to ourselves...What are we doing to ourselves? It's a complete disconnect. To me, that's where the spirituality is. Whatever you want to call that connection -- some people would use that term God. That, to me, is what I think is holy," said Aronofsky to Film Monthly.