It was a free Stars weekend on DirecTV so caught some new (to me) movies.
The first was "Big Hero Six". It wasn't at all what I was expecting but I really enjoyed it. i look forward to the inevitable sequel. The American/Japanese mashup was interesting and a bit jarring at times.
I have never seen "My Cousin Vinny" as it didn't look like my kind of movie. I recently saw an interesting tidbit about the movie on Reddit, so recorded it when it came up on Stars. Turns out it was pretty good and I enjoyed it. It was amusing, though not "laugh out loud" funny. I thought Pesci did a good job but was actually too old for the part. Marisa Tomei was "wow" and completely stole the show. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I always liked The Sixth Sense, Signs and Lady In the Water from M. Night.
No one else seemed to like those besides Sixth Sense though.
I really liked Signs, I've watched it a few times and usually pick up on something I missed the first time or 2 I've watched it. Really want to see The Visit when it comes out, although I'll attempt to keep my expectations at bay. [Reply]
I watched Dumb and Dumber 2 since it finally came on cable. It had some funny parts but overall I knew it would be exactly like the modern day Farrelly Brother films, mediocre to awful like the Three :-) and Hall Pass. Once they made that clunker "Stuck on You" in 2003 it's been down hill ever since. [Reply]
Just watched A Most Violent Year (it's on Amazon Prime). The movie was pretty good -- didn't love the end, though. Oscar Isaac is a great actor, I'm excited to see him in more stuff and need to catch him on that HBO show now. [Reply]