Help me understand the hate for this movie.
Seeing as there is religious discussion on the matter, I find important to initiate my post by stating this: I'm an AGNOSTIC and an ATHEIST individual.
That explicitly said, I want to understand why people bash this movie or even hate with their guts. Last night, browsing through my 'to watch' list on Netflix, I saw this Nic Cage movie about an airplane crash. The title of the movie in my native language (portuguese) isn't anywhere descriptive of the movie, it's simple Apocalypse, which doesn't equate at all with the "Left Behind" title and meaning.
It didn't take much time for me to discover what the movie was about, the "Left Behind" concept was pretty old for me (Thanks The Simpsons :) ). I said, well, I like airplane crash movies and with the 'left behind' concept might make it even more interesting to watch.
Throughout the whole movie, what I saw was a pretty basic action movie with some nice touchy/drama scenes. Nic Cages was he at his usual performance, which can range from poor to mediocre to good depending on the scene. The rest of the cast was okay, no one really stood out as either really bad or really good, just about the average. Some scenarios did seem a little too cheap but I can't fault that much if the budget was small (Which everything indicates to).
The plot is consistent, told very linearly and I didn't notice any plotholes. Some of the events may not happen in the real world the way it did in the movie, but it's an action movie, so suspension of disbelief is required.
So, the only thing that made me think you make people hate this movie pretty bad is the 'left behind' religious concept/idea. And while I do think it is a pretty cruel/evil concept for both the taken to heaven and those left behind, it's no new concept introduced by the movie and nor the movie didn't portray it incorrectly, so then again I fail to grasp where the hate comes from.
So, what am I asking, can someone shed some light on this? What point am I missing from the movie that made people borderline foam from their mouth just by watching it.