Wednesday, June 26, 2024

"Finch" the movie

I just watched a most enjoyable touching film, "Finch."

Tom Hanks once again has a single staring role with an adorable dog and a new wonderful robotic companion amidst a post apocalyptic world. I watched it on Apple TV and was miffed that the credits were cut short, so I had to search DuckDuckGo to find who the robot voice was. After all, the supporting actor in the film is "Jeff" who is a robot learning lots of things that Finch is teaching him, including learning to drive. Caleb Landry Jones did the voice for Jeff. AI has definitely done a great job of showing Jeff's abilities.

Of course one must approach the whole thing with acceptance of many gaps in realism. A motor home that somehow continues across country with little gas needs is one such un-realistic thing. However, the message is clear...surviving climate change is unlikely.

Wikipedia says this:

In May 2018, the film was scheduled to be released in theaters by Universal Pictures on October 2, 2020. In June 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic shutting down theaters worldwide, it was delayed to April 16, 2021. In January 2021, it was moved to August 13, 2021, and in March, it was moved a week later to August 20.

In May 2021, it was announced that the film had been retitled from BIOS to Finch and bought by Apple TV+ for a release on November 5, 2021, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment would also retain home entertainment and linear television rights to the film. According to Samba TV, the film was watched in 1.4 million households in its first 30 days of release, including 328,500 over its first two days.

There's no surprise that this wasn't a really popular movie with critics. Not much fighting, nor chase scenes (there is one however), nor love interest unless you consider man-dog love! But I came away with a good feeling, and remembering snippets of conversation that had deep meaning.

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