I feel obligated to watch and review movies like this. I am just happy as a clam that they make movies based on real life or mythological things simply because it gets people interested in it.

I mean, I'm a historian...one that has spent his life walking that fine line between history, geology, and a Catholic faith...

They never agree.

Don't worry, I don't care about how historically accurate movies are and being a historian I play lip service to the presumed accuracy of my religion.

...And as someone with a deep understanding of geology, when it comes to even 5,000 years ago I play lip service to my own profession.

I think it's hysterical that people are hating on this film for religious reasons. "Noah" is largely Biblically inaccurate, which is even funnier than usual given that every Priest I've ever had recognizes Noah as Gilgamesh.

So to hate it on a religious stance is idiotic to begin with...and to hate a totally religiously inaccurate film simply because it's based on a tale from the Abrahamic Holy books is as idiotic because, well, it's not even accurate to those.

So we'll erase all the Religious and history crap now and just look at the movie.

If you didn't see this in the theater and if you don't have a, well, an Ark sized TV...it might not be worth it.

The main selling point is really watching the Great Flood, the Deluge is sort of why people like me want to see it...and we want to see it BIG. HUGE. ENORMOUS.

So...a small screen and you might as well be watching abrupt History Channel "The Bible" miniseries...and just leave it at that.

In fact, you may be better off passing if you don't watch it big...because without the enormity of the flood on the enormous screen you are left with Russell Crowe and that just hurts.

Yup...Russell Crowe. What you have here, minus the flood (which is the star of the show) is Crowe, a man that is so convinced that he is God's gift to acting that he totally forgot how to do it.

I don't care how you feel about religion (as long as you tolerate all of them) and I don't care how you feel about accuracy in film...no matter your feelings you have to endure Crowe.

If you can do that more power to you.

But then you have Jennifer Connelly and yeah, you may think she's still eye candy--and you would be right--but that doesn't change the fact that she still can't emote.

Thankfully you have Watson, who manages to out act both of them...and Hopkins if he really had a role in all of this worth his skills.

So if you have the means to watch it big...the flood is worth the price of admission...if you don't beware of the Crowe.