The Heat is a comedy movie featuring Marissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock as it's main characters. Although this movie is a comedy movie, it also has a lot of serious stuff in it, making it more than just a good laugh. For this reason, and many others, I am going to rate this movie as good good. Warning: there may be spoilers in the rest of this blog.
The movie's quality is better than expected. I went into watching this movie thinking that since it was a comedy movie, it would not be objectively pleasing. However, I was wrong. This movie includes things like crime, drugs, family issues, and more. There is some serious stuff going on, but with a comedic twist. The way the movie was actually made is quality as well. It is clear that a lot of effort was put into writing the script, shooting the movie, and putting it all together. The whole movie is about two cops who start out hating each other, but they have to come together to catch a drug lord. Turns out, the drug lord, Larkin, was right under their noses the whole time. He was a cop that was investigating himself! That story line alone is subjectively and objectively pleasing.
The subjective quality is also just as great! I applaud the actresses and actors for really bringing this movie to the next level. There is a contrast between serious and hilarious which keeps the movie interesting. It never gets dry! The humor varies from the characters' personalities to inappropriate jokes that inevitably make us all laugh. But the seriousness is brought through the situation outside of work for the characters, and the characters themselves attempting to take down a major drug lord.
Over all, The Heat is a film that makes the audience subjectively and objectively satisfied. It is 100% worth your time. It is a movie you'll want to watch more than once, and learn every line!
I can agree with the fact that this movie is subjectively pleasing, however, I do not think that it is objectively sound. Objectively, I feel that this movie is incredibly cheesy and hard to fully take in and believe. The plot has a nice development, with great surprises throughout the entirety of the film. However, the cheesiness takes away from that craft. I feel that sometimes the jokes that are written in for the characters are too far of a stretch and are just hoping for some sort of reaction. Sometimes, however, they can be very funny! Just not always. The character development is done very well, even for the side characters. Yet, like I said before, this movie is so incredibly cheesy that it takes away from the good objective qualities that are there. Subjectively, however, I enjoyed this movie very much. Although I talked about the cheesiness very much, this movie is very entertaining. The actors and actresses fit their parts perfectly. I love the contrast between Mullins and Ashburn, that eventually brings them together in the end. It is just overall a very entertaining movie with suspense and humor, making for another great contrast. Problems are resolved, people are saved, families are brought back together. It is not how I would expect a comedy movie to unfold. Yet, it is a nice twist on other comedy films that are out there today.
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