Ben Banks, or, Beauty and the Least, or, Beauty and the Least: The Misadventures of Ben Banks

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Capellyana:

It’s no surprise that figuring out the title of the movie could in itself give you motion sickness, because, is it really this difficult to set up and retain focus on a digital camera? Maybe. I don’t know how movies work!

I like how they pitched it as a romantic comedy, which apparently is marketingly preferable to a coming-of-age story about a 40-year-old stoner in a god-forgotten town and his love interest who used to do porn, mixed in with some murder-mystery, barely meta movie references, subtle christian propaganda, and a touch of family drama. I would pick the latter any day.

I’m disappointed that there wasn’t a twist where the movie she was ashamed she did would be a snuff movie or a remake of a Hellraiser sequel.

Shmentina:

Another secret Christian movie. About not smoking and not doing porn. I’m satisfied. This is the normal outcome. I saw another stupid movie. Our agenda is to watch all the stupid movies in the world.

Also, I loved the speech about Jesus. It really tied the room together.

My feelings for the movie are just like most of the movie itself - whatever.

Analog dumbometer: -33, +37 - and when they’re that close, it’s 4.
Digital dumbometer: 22, which is way too much. Let’s say it was -11 and +11 for a total of 0.