Noah is the most grossly underrated movie on IMDB

5.9? Seriously, people?

I believe that if no one knew of the biblical Noah story this would be in the low 8's, at least. If you couldn't be non-emotional and thus unoffended about artistic license then you really should have reserved your vote, or stayed away altogether.

I, personally, could not have been more hooked even if I had known nothing of the traditional story. If that had been the case I would have been mesmerized by the family's plight and eager to learn their fate, but as it stood I was captivated by the changes, some subtle, and the embellishments, some grandiose, to the familiar tale.

The acting was good, the CGI was serviceable, the cinematography was grand, the mood was appropriate, the action was exciting, the lessons were satisfactorily rendered. What's there to hate, except that it didn't match your preconceptions about what it should have been?

I had the good fortune of watching Noah as my first movie after Interstellar, and I recommend doing so in that fashion, because as each deals with mankind's escape from a poisoned world many of their themes and lessons can be compared and contrasted. I remembered, for example, Dr. Mann's discourse on family and survival as Noah was making his own most important decision.

Hooray for Noah the movie, and boo on you.