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Buddymoon (2016)
An Allegorical Journey in the Wilderness
We are big Grimm (David Guintoli) fans & love Skip Chaser Randy (Flulah Borg). When our daughter found this movie, we were happy to have two fine actors (plus Claire Coffee, also from Grimm) whom we could watch together. What a pleasant surprise to discover they also co-wrote. We've only watched half, but are loving it. The humor isn't always uproarious, but it's on par for some times this aging man has had with his friends while adventuring through life. It's how life is: sometimes it's laugh out loud, sometimes not. The acting is good enough to engage us & the scenic shots has moments that are spectacular and bring me right back to younger days when backpacking was a larger part of my life. The journey the characters make is an allegorical trek we all make after times of heartbreak. We travel the wilderness of our emotions with our friends, as we dwell quietly in our thoughts, to arrive at a place we weren't sure we'd reach again. I recommend this for people who want something both simple and profound because that simplicity.
Mr. Mayor (2021)
Great Parody
I find this show to be a fine parody of government. I think the writers are intentionally not trying to be profoundly funny, just making the dialogue as absurd as a good parody should be. I find it an often witty look at how clueless & densely dysfunctional people who try to "run" a massive city can be. Good intentions often run afoul with ego and external mishaps make for a lighthearted bunch of fun.
The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai (2003)
Interesting theory
Despite not being Christian, I do believe parts of the Bible is rooted in historical facts. People argue against it just as they argue against oral traditions, only later to find the latter contain much historical truth and accuracy. I do not discount those arguments out of hand, but one must go into this sort of documentary with an open mind.
That being one, this could've been much better: I agree with the detractors about what looked like stock photography, as well as the issue with illegal entry into Saudi Arabia. I would've liked to have seen more actual footage & less, "We did this," & "We found that."
As far as the petroglyphs at the alleged altar go, those could've easily been tens of thousands of years old, the remnants of much older nomadic cultures, perhaps predating Egypt. But, those can't be carbon-dated, so it would, as noted at the end of the film, be necessary for professional archaeologists & anthropologists to closely examine the site to shed more light. I would also liked to have seen an impartial geologic review of samples taken from the blackened mountaintop. Without specific analysis, one could speculate anything, especially a person approaching the site from a firm religious POV.