I saw Darren Aronofsky's Noah, and I'm confused.

I'm confused by the critical acclaim. I'm confused by the public outcry. An impressive level of effort, a middling result: not brilliant, but not odious.

Some thoughts:

It includes a stunning depiction of the Genesis creation, with text faithful to the Torah.

If it had ended 10 minutes earlier it would have been positively poisonous. It would have suggested that man exists beyond Noah because of Noah’s own weakness, that it was the Creator’s intent...