certainly not the Finest movie

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2016)

So I was very excited for the movie after seeing the trailer, knowing it was Disney and the cast was great. But then I saw the movie and I was very disappointed. I think mainly because the trailer spoiled a lot of things for me and was somewhat misleading. So do yourself a favor, if you haven't seen the trailer yet, watch the movie without watching the trailer because it might be a better experience.
Anyway I want to start saying what I did like about this movie and why it's above average. The movie is about the coastguard saving people in a ship that is torn in half on the sea so whenever they're on the sea, the scenes are great. There is a good build up to the scenes and the look of it is very good. Disney continues to show they can do great live action movies with intense scene.
Also the actors act well, for what source material they've been given, the acting is good. Especially Eric Bana and Casey Affleck played their roles very well and I liked seeing them in this movie.
Also the movie is based on a true story and I think they showed it well. I didn't know the story behind it but after seeing it, I cared for it more so I think they translated it well.
But then we have a list of things I don't like, first off the character development. When the movie starts it tries to give a back story to the main characters but they rush it and I couldn't care too much about them. I honestly believe they could've spent a little more time on setting up the characters so that we could care more about them.
Then what I found annoying is that it tries to be funny but it isn't. I know when a movie tries to be funny but when the entire audience in my theater doesn't laugh at all during the entire movie, it's not funny. So I hated that the movie tries to be funny but isn't.
But my biggest complaint about the movie is that I was bored a lot during the movie. I think they could've cut about 20-30 minutes out of it and it wouldn't hurt the story or anything. When a movie loses my interest and I actually go to the bathroom because I won't miss a thing, I don't like it. I also found the movie very predictable, everything happening I saw coming before it happened. I guessed the end before the halfway mark which I hated.
So that is what I think about the Finest Hours, I didn't like watching it but when I thought about it afterwards it wasn't as bad as I initially thought so that's why I gave it 6/10.