I am appalled and, furthermore, downright concerned at the content of the comments from predominantly male readers, expressing the view that because Alison did not say 'get off me, you bastard', that she thereby consented to being forced up against a tree and have Noah force his way inside her.

A rape does not need to violent to be considered rape; you are conflating two mutually exclusive phenomenons.

It is extremely concerning that you DIDN'T interpret the scene as rape.
Consider the script itself:
Alison: 'you can't control me…'
Noah: 'No?'
*Turns Alison around and forces himself inside her*.
Submission does not equal consent (R v Kirk (2008)), and in any event, this arguably went beyond submission anyway and amounted…