We have a winner!
We saw it today, too. Of course the book was better, but it was a good movie, much as one would expect of Tom Hanks and Ron Howard. With all the backlash around here, it's amazing we all got out without being buzzed by a single locust. A Baptist church group had a showing reserved, so they weren't boycotting it, not to mention there are many preachers who are using the controversy to open dialog and laughing at those who can't get their minds around that's it's fiction.
if a another hurricane hits the United States, lets say NYC, people will say "God why". God could say "why not ?"
We had a mix of people from old to teenagers. I enjoyed the movie and was completely involved as I didn't really notice a slow scene in the movie.
I go to movies to be entertained, and I was definitely entertained.