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Father of Lights (2012)
Some good travel footage, that's about it.
Other than good travel footage, this movie is unfortunately bad overall. The "miracles" are unbelievable - in the literal sense - when the acting appears so fake, and there is no corroboration anywhere. The India maharishi story, who supposedly just instantly converts to Christianity, is especially unbelievable. If an Indian maharishi literally just quickly converted to Christianity, and then supposedly went to tell all his "disciples" to convert - which Ravi later in the movie supposedly "confirms" - that would be a major news story that you could find referenced. I could find nothing.
None of the supposed miracles in this movie are ever evidenced. If a real "healer" went through Jerusalem curing maladies and having Jesus "grow 2 new disks" in someone's back instantly relieving them in pain forever, that would be worldwide news. Instead, we are supposed to believe an obviously biased independent movie Director and the group he follows.
If you are already convinced of miracles and believe anything somebody says is true, especially when it is on video (produced by a biased video team who is trying to say it is), then this movie is probably for you. You can feel good about it and hold it up as claim of God's miracles. However, if you are not so pre-disposed, then this movie is a waste of time.
My Friend Raymond (2017)
Feel-Good Film if you need a pick-up
This is a feel-good film, and I applaud Frank for taking the time to document Raymond's life this way. As a film though, it seemed to want to also include some level of investigative journalism and propose that perhaps several supernatural incidents were ongoing during the filming. That was a stretch, however, and were not convincing or revealing.
I watched this film because of the NDE aspect, to hear the story about that. However, that was not very interesting, especially as Frank prompted all the explanations of "heaven" except for one. "And did Jesus tell you he had a mission for you???" for example, instead of just allowing Raymond to talk himself. That sounded forced and therefore unconvincing.
It's a nice film, and free with Prime Video.
Creed (2015)
Boring, Dragged Out, Lackluster Plot
I'd give this a 5.5 if I could but am feeling generous. I expected big things from the movie, and was very disappointed. After the first 30 minutes I was wondering when the plot was going to go somewhere or if I should just give up on the film. I stuck it out but it didn't get much better.
Stallone and Jordan do a good acting job, but it's not enough to save a dragged out, pretty predictable story. The love interest doesn't come across strong - she is no Adrian.
The build-up to the final fight is just typical boxing movie - see some drills, but nothing unique in the training scenes - just some rehashes of Rocky drills and no catchy events.
After writing this review, I should probably rate it even lower!
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
First time IMDb ratings have been so far off from reality
This film is probably the worst film I've ever seen. I've always screened new films by IMDb ratings because on average IMDb ratings are pretty close to what I think of the film (off by +/- 2 stars at worst).
This was the first time in dozens of films where the ratings are so far off. A rating of ~8 on IMDb is relatively rare and indicates a widely popular film. This film was rated 8 and was nowhere near good - I gave this a 1, which I've never done for a film.
Whoever sees this as a 7+ film needs to have their head examined. What a waste of time.
We tried to give the film some time - bearing through the first 30 minutes before finally giving up altogether. There was not a funny part in 30 minutes.
W. (2008)
A biased interpretation of hearsay to mock a president
I'm not a Bush fan, but was disappointed to see this movie be such an obvious one-sided interpretation of hearsay and questionable statements that are used to mock a president. This makes it pretty pointless unless you really just hate the Bush administration and want to see a dramatized version of all the hate made into a mocking movie. Perhaps that is the intended purpose of the film, but it's not marketed in that way, it's marketed as a synopsis of Bush's life which is what makes it a failure. For this kind of mocking film (like Condoleeza Rice's character), it would've been funnier to make it more obviously funny (like a straight-out comedy) instead of trying to make it seem like a normal movie.