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Unfinished Business (2015)
Sit back and enjoy it
Weird that so many people did not like this movie. I suppose if you had high expectations, you would be let down, but other than that, it was a thoroughly enjoyable well constructed comedy. At least a 7.2
The punch lines and comedy came off as low key and sort of anti-climactic, but I thought that gave it a greater sense of realism. I saw the IMDb ratings, and set my expectations low, and then looked for the redeeming qualities of the film, sometimes that's all it takes to get more out of it than the high-expectation crowd.
The main character suffers one realistic defeat after another, and sometimes that's how life goes. That sense of exhaustion from trying was clearly pervasive throughout the film, but the main character keeps chugging along and does not give in to the adversity he faces. To me, it created a compelling every day sort of comedy that was accessible and portrayed by fun characters.
There is some gratuitous nudity & lewdness that detracts in some ways from the film, but being thick skinned, it really did not bother me at all. Bullying is a surface theme, but really it's "being there" for your fiends and family that is the real message and the bullying is sort of mentioned as a mechanism to show adversity and rising above it with the people we love. What's not to like about that? Bunch of "nose in the air" stiffs didn't get it, so what.
Very watchable "b" comedy that does not try and over-achieve. Good movie for a quiet evening where you don't want to think too much. Anyone can highbrow this film and put it down, but it has tangible qualities that do not make it and idiotic "dumb & dumber" type film.
Noah (2014)
Don't think about biblical Noah too much.
Darren Aronofsky directed and wrote a story he wanted to tell. A drama about the biblical Noah created with free creative license to tell the story in a way that he felt would be compelling and entertaining. This is not the strict, or loose retelling of the traditional biblical Noah's Ark, nor is it a total fantasy, it takes elements from the traditional story and uses them to create a watchable drama. If the flood story ever really had any truth to it, who knows for certain what that truth was, unless of course you take whatever version of the bible you read literally word for word. From the perspective of not knowing what happened for certain, Aronofsky creates a convincing story of creation, man's wickedness, Noah's piety, and the flood. It's a fantasy drama that makes for a very good movie. Unfortunately , this movie will upset devout Judeo/Christian/Muslims, because the story uses so much creative license and strays so far from the biblical accounts. It even strays far from older Babylonian flood myths. This movie will also upset atheists, because although it is a myth/fantasy/drama, it also has a real sense of spirituality to it that will get under the skin of most devout atheists. Additionally this movie will also irk any science fiction fans as it is much close to fantasy than any attempt at scientific explanation. Who's left to enjoy the film? Just folks like me that are not very religious, or atheist, who enjoy a good story with some fantastic elements and a touch of humanity.