Comedy movie summaries

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          The movie Hudson Hawk.  I've heard it listed as one of the worst 100.  Funny, but it's in my family's top 10.  It's a spoof of burglars, action, conspiracies and quite a bit more.  The Hawk is a burglar being blackmailed by pretty much everybody into stealing Da Vinci art.  The characters are fun, quirky, outrageous, and goofy.  I never fail to laugh at this one.  People want to look at this as a straight action movie.  If you look at it that way, it's pathetic to watch.  But it's not straight action.  It's tongue in cheek spoofing.  James Coburn and Bruce Willis are so straight faced while they do the most outrageous things.  I do love this movie.   If you like laughing, this is way better than Airplane!

Evolution
     What took man millions of years to get to, these aliens do in a week.  Evolve, that is.  They started out as amoeba, and moved up to "no nose chimps" quite fast.  What's standing between our planet and them as the top of the food chain? 
     A biology teacher who used to work for the government (shades of the X-Files!) but was kicked out for experimenting with an anthrax vaccine.  The side effects tended to be drastic.  A girl's volleyball coach with an internet certificate in geology.  And a fledgling firefighter (Seann William Scott).
     You know it's going to be tongue-in-cheek throughout.  It's funny, sort of.  I wouldn't have bought it, but my 21 year old thought it was great.  It's in her favorite list. 

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