Fireproof

Who: Emily, Scott, & Kerri
What: Fireproof
Where: At home, On Demand special .01 movies
Why: Picked it at random

I really did like the story, and the message. It is rare that you mix so much faith in a Hollywood movie, especially concerning love and marriage. Generally movies are 'get out when the going gets tough' on marriage but this movie showed a man trying to save his marriage, and it wasn't until he understood the love of Jesus for us, that he realized how to truly love another. This kind of message is actually very powerful and I think everyone could learn from it.

The downfall of this movie? There was some really bad acting. The male lead is Kirk Cameron (you may know from Growing Pains!), but he seemed to be surrounded by people who'd never acted before in their lives, or were doing a local production of a play. At times I found that distracting. The actress who played his wife was beautiful, but at times her line delivery took me out of the movie.
Scott said it felt like an afterschool special for adults. And there's some truth to it.

I think if you can get past the acting, and listen to the message, you will take something valuable from this movie.

Henry Poole Is Here

Who: Jaclyn 
What: Henry Poole Is Here
Where: At Home
Why: Who doesn't like Luke Wilson?

I briefly remembered seeing preview for this movie a while back and then never heard about it again. Thankfully for Netflix, I was able to check it out. 

This movie is about Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) who buys a house from a kooky realtor and insists that he'll pay whatever they, the sellers ask and he doesn't want any repairs done on the house. The realtor thinks this is odd so she has someone come to fix the house up after he purchases it.

Turns out, Henry believes he doesn't have much time left to live so he's not really worried about the state of his house. 

Henry has a neighbor that knows everything about the neighbors and one day comes to visit him and notices the face of Jesus on the side of Henry's house. He believes that it's just a stain from a bad paint job but the neighbor isn't buying it.

The whole movie revolves around the stain/image of Jesus and it's somewhat endearing. Henry finds hope (though he fights it every step of the way) and finds a friend in his other neighbors. 

I'll admit, I fell asleep during this movie...but I was also doped up on Benadryl. But what I saw, I liked.