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I just wanted to write a positive review about this great movie, to try to redress, in small part, all of the undeserved bad reviews by religious folk. Even most non-religious people have criticised elements of the movie which don't deserve it, in my opinion, eg. some 'characters' don't specifically appear, in detail, in the Bible story, but the movie explained them in a fairly plausible and interesting way I thought, which added to the story. 'Plausible'?. Remember we're talking about God here, so I mean it's plausible in the context of that kind of thing. Also, they have a basis in the bible and other apocryphal writings, although it is a quite fanciful interpretation of what's written there. That's the point that most of the critics aren't allowing for. It's an interpretation of the bible story. I know that fundamentalists don't allow for interpretation, so they are obviously gonna be unhappy about it, but educated, free-thinking people, should understand that written accounts of events rarely contain the truth and never the whole truth, even if you accept that such an event even really happen historically, which itself is very doubtful. So, unless the movie is only 20 minutes long, you gotta fill in lots of missing pieces right? The writer/director does a great job filling in the pieces, to make a great and coherent story. Adding a plot twist, concerning the surviving personnel, makes it much more interesting for a modern day intelligent adult, adding levels of meaning, which should reinforce faith, not deny it. As a movie, it's actually better than the Bible story, which is so simplistic, it should only be taken seriously by children, unless, of course, you have faith, then it's OK for adults too. Controversial things are usually the best and most important things and 'Noah' is a firm example. Besides the controversy, it looks great, has great actors and is very entertaining if you're interested in this subject matter.