Movie #286 - Hudson Hawk

Hudson Hawk
1991 - Rated R - 1 hr 50 min
Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, David Caruso, Frank Stallone

This movie is so early 90s, it's ridiculous.  It's campy, the comedy is kinda forced, and the characters are more like caricatures.  Bruce Willis isn't really so great as the goofy hero... and Andy MacDowell's dolphin bit just isn't funny.

Can you tell I don't really like this one?  It's not that I'm a snob, I just like my comedies to be a little more witty. A little less cheesy.  Mike loves this one, probably because he originally saw it when he was about 10, and I just can't get behind it.  If you have your first watch of this as an adult, you probably won't love it either.

Movie #246 - Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day
1993 - Rated PG - 1 hr 41 min
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty

If you had to live one day over and over, with no consequences, what would you do?  To answer your question, Bill Murray tries everything.  He starts off in denial, then embraces it and breaks the law, then tries to use the time to make something right in the world, then woos the woman of his dreams.  How can he make an eternal February 2 turn into February 3?

Check with Andie MacDowell.

I love this movie so much and always have.  It's such a clever premise and so expertly executed.  And they don't waste time trying to explain why this happens to him, which makes it better.  Sometimes stuff happens and we don't know why. This is an extreme example, but hey. My point remains.  Bill Murray accepts his unusual fate with gusto, and doesn't waste too much time trying to figure it out.  It sucks, but it's his lot in life, so he deals with it the best way he can.  Buy nailing Nancy, punching Ned, and learning to play piano.  Do what you gotta do, you know?

And he even gets his own happy ending, when all is said and done.