Watched "Pacific Rim" again. Yes it's cheesy, and yes it has occasional goofy dialog. But for all that is good and holy, it has a robot that beats the crap out of a monster with a cargo ship. Doesnt get much better than that... Oh, have I mentioned I'm an eternal 12 year old? So there's that.
With much trepidation, I watched via NetFlix "The Interview"—but I made it only about 40 minutes or so into it. Dreadful movie-making. Low-brow, sophomoric humor that no doubt many middle-school aged boys would enjoy—but since its rated R, they're excluded from viewing. Lucky them.
Made it further than I did. Got about 25 in and Franco just started wearing on my nerves. I mean, I'm not at all above sophomoric humor, I love Billy Madison and have watched it more times than necessary. But I just couldn't get through The Interview.
I did watch the whole thing but I must admit about half-way through I started multi-tasking and sort of just had it in the background. I'd give it a 2.5/5
Not a movie but a TV show... Last night a friend of mine convinced me that I had to give the TV show "The Americans" a chance. So, I watched the pilot episode last night and I have to say it does have a lot of interesting things going for it. I'll watch another couple of episodes to see if it holds my interest.
Fury- Such an awesome movie. Pretty emotional for me but every war type movie is. I try and put myself in that position and I just can't imagine what others have gone through fighting for this country. I would like to think I would have the same courage if it came down to it.
I really enjoyed most of the first season but towards the end I started losing interest. I tried to start watching the second season but found out one of the main story lines is about the daughter and I just can't stand that character.
Over the Weekend I watched Million Dollar Baby with Clint Eastwood & Hillary Swank. Though I'm a fan of Clint Eastwood, I had avoided this movie because I thought I knew the plot and it seemed rather formulaic...the ending was a complete surprise to me. Clint was solid in his acting, but Hillary Swank...she was phenomenal. If not for her performance, I would have tired of this movie. I felt that after the big fight, the movie struggled to tell the rest of story. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Last movie I watched was "Field of Lost Shoes". A moving tale about the VMI Cadets fighting at the Battle of New Market in 1864. Personally, I think that the best way the North Korean government could get revenge for that movie is to force Americans to watch it.
Watched Expendables 3 on the plane last night into this morning on the second leg back home. Pretty cheesy with bad acting, bad dialogue and an over used plot. Not a terrible way to kill 2 of 9 hours in the air though.
