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One Big Happy (2015)
I liked it better when it was Three's Company
I don't understand why this is considered a fresh, new premise behind a sitcom. This first episode reads like hundreds of other attempts have (and even several movies); best friends decide to commit to something life-changing (insert marriage or babies), then one falls in love and wants a life with an outsider. Only this time one is a lesbian. However, we still get to see, presumably, the two chicks fighting over the attention of a man trope. Shocking that a woman is producing this.
Insert more lame one-liners than actual plot dialogue, and there you have it.
I see this maybe lasting a full season, since it has no competition. Otherwise, no thank you.
A Necessary Death (2008)
Why?
I understand I am a little late to the party on this one, and I'm relatively glad that I didn't see this until 10 years had passed since my own brother took his life (instead of just 4), because I would probably hold a lot more anger in my heart for those that made this film. When you live through something like that, you always have that notion of the hard reality of suicide lurking in the back of your head. A so-called documentary of a man's decision and final journey isn't a voyeuristic journey to you, it is maybe an answer. Maybe a little more understanding about something that blew a hole that will never heal through your family and through your life. You hope for a little more closure than you had before watching. Instead, you get an awfully- acted, completely scripted, contrived, pretentious piece of garbage that feels so good about itself because it tries to bring some kind of awareness to the dark and uncomfortable subject of suicide? I'm guessing that is the point? But it's also why I ask why. Why was this produced?
I'm giving a benefit of the doubt here and will go on this: perhaps the director, writer or producer was personally affected by suicide, and this is a coping mechanism (although it seems really unlikely, given the mess they created). If that's the case, I'll give them a pass. Everyone deals with their own demons. If that's what they needed to do, then so be it. I guess maybe it raises some awareness? Doesn't seem like it to me, but maybe it reaches some people.
However, if they are trying to bring some kind of awareness to a subject they are pretty clueless about (which kinda seems to be the issue), then they should realize they created an insulting piece of trash that does nothing to even try to create an understanding on such a painful subject, and completely succeed in sucking any kind of substance out of a person who would contemplate such an end to his or her own life. I mean, really.
Boo. Hiss. I can't believe this film had such positive reviews. Why?