Good documentary about alcohol available in german and French, talking a lot about UK and Europe but also Africa
Very unusual watch for us tonight. But it was my daughters birthday. 
The devil made me do it 
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Happy birthday daughter dazer! 
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I donât know if itâs a coincidence or I just notice these movies that are about addiction more so now that Iâm finally getting help for mine. I recently watched The Way Back by Ben Affleck. If you guys donât know, he has dealt with alcoholism for a long time and back in 2018 went to rehab for a second time. Immediately after getting out, he starting working in this film. Some people around him werenât sure it was a good idea, playing a alcoholic on screen, with everything heâs been through but Ben Affleck said the opposite, that it was therapeutic for him.
His character Jack Cunningham was one of the best highschool basketball players. Jack, and his wife seperate after the loss of their child. Jack turns to drinking heavily. Almost every scene he is drinking, beer at home, at the bar and even at his work, pouring vodka into his coffee tumbler.
He is asked to coach the team he once played for and thatâs the part of the movie that was âmehâ to me. The whole sports side of it, while entertaining at some points, it hit ALL of the typical sport movie tropes. But itâs really not even about basketball, itâs a basketball movie with the main focus not on basketball.
The best part, for me, was how real and raw the acting from Ben was, especially knowing, that he deals with this in real life and I myself dealing with it, it is very relatable and really hits home the emotional of it all. On and off the bottle throughout the movie, lying and making excuses, just like I do about his drinking.
Overall I really enjoyed it. It has a dark feeling throughout because of the subject it tackles and just how real and authentic it was.
I really enjoyed the music in it too, a couple tracks stuck out and really helped to drive the scene home.
I give it The Way Back a solid 7 out of 10
What did you think of the movie? And what other movies that tackle addiction do you recommend?
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I really liked this movie too. Iâd say 8/10. Ben âplayedâ the role really well and it was definitely relatable.
*edit. Following for recommendations too. I think there may be a thread on this specifically somewhere but damned if I can find it 
if I do Iâll post the link here
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Got it!!
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8/10 is definitely fair. Ben was a 10/10 himself in that movie, including the direction.
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Oh very cool, thanks for posting!
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No worries at all 
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What did you think?
All the You Tube trailers I saw hyped it up so we went to the theatres to see it I donât have HBO max and wanted to get out of the house
I thought it was alright, wasnât worth the price of admission tho
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I only watched it for my daughter. It was her birthday. I donât usually watch those movies since the good old days of the Exorcist and The Omen.
But it wasnât that bad. Not that good either. I definitely wouldnât pay to see it. They liked the first one better. Typical.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 was excellent
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A movie I havent seen in awhile, but I currently want to watch again is St. Vincent with Bill Murray. Warning. You will likely cry at the end. Fantastic film.
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I agree that it was ok, and the first one was way better
The Exorcist and The Omen are classics you canât beat them
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Thats a great film! 
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Ya it is. Thatâs where Iâm from.
I lived in Pbody for a whileđi like the accent they have from up there in Bastn
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Ya I know where P-bah-dee is 
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