Sherlock Holmes

Like zombie movies, I'm a sucker for mysteries because I love figuring things out. Puzzles are a favorite of mine.

I will say this, though, I've never been a big Sherlock Holmes fan. Translation: I never could get into the books and I hated the hat he wore in the movies.

But I do like Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law's one of my favorite actors, so the two of them teaming up? Absolutely brilliant.

It's full of mystery and, of course, friendship. (I sense a familiar theme among my favorites) The old school and supernatural feel had me from the first moments. But I do love a good old fashioned who-done-it/what's-going-to-happen.

Well, maybe it wasn't quite so much of a who-done-it, because you knew who was behind it all, but you don't know how he did it. It all equaled awesomeness. I've lost track of how many times I've watched, I liked it so much.

Hot Fuzz

I first watched this during my Shaun of the Dead phase, because Simon Pegg and Nick Frost make me laugh until I feel like I'm going to pee. I'd never given this movie much of a thought, even though I'd seen plenty of previews. Then I decided to buy Shaun of the Dead on Blu-Ray. It was on sale, as well as Hot Fuzz, so I decided to pick up both.

Can I just say how much I really love, love, love this movie? I think I might actually like this movie even more than Shaun of the Dead.

Simon Pegg's Nicholas Angel is the polar opposite of Shaun, for starters, like he's a workaholic and is completely by the book, but the seriousness is just as funny as the non- Shaun. And he's spot on.

It's just another story about friendship, cops, peace lilies, crazy townspeople, and oh, murderers.

You know, pretty much all the great essentials.

Shaun of the Dead

Zombie movies are the best kind of scary movies. They're so much better than the hack and slash Jason and Michael Myers' movies (even though I like those ones, too, I just have to be in the right mood). It's not the same with zombie movies, I can watch them anytime, any place.

Shaun of the Dead is the best zombie movie. Period. I have a few zombie movies I like to repeat, but this the top of that list. If I didn't like Shaun and pub-loving ways, I'd still like it strictly for the zombies. I just love how the world is being over run by zombies, and all he can think about is going to the Winchester.

But this isn't a story just about zombies, it's also about friendship and how much you're willing to risk for the person you love. Seriously, watch and laugh.

Inception

My whole take (and love) of this movie can be found here:

Inception blurb

The Usual Suspects

This definitely belongs on my top 10 favs.

This is also the first movie I ever saw with Kevin Spacey and it's the movie where I developed a full blown crush on the man (Yes, I wanted to be Mrs. Kevin Spacey when I was in high school and it didn't matter that he was over 20 years my senior). But I digress, this movie had it all: story, suspense, character and twist ending.

It's one of those movies that should be on everyone's must see list.

The Princess Bride

Possibly my absolute favorite movie of all time. When I think about favorite movies, it's the first one that comes to mind every time.

I've been in love with this movie since I first saw it on TV when I was 6. This movie is what started my love of movies. Princess Buttercup wasn't quite the princess I wanted to be (she seemed a little bit too dependent on a man to come save her), but I was jealous she got to marry Westley. How could I not be? He told her he loved her practically every time he saw her (she just didn't get it).

Favorite Movies

It never comes as a shock to anyone who knows me that I love movies. They're like books but in life like form so they do wonders for my imagination.

Plus everyone knows that everything I learned, I learned from movies. Well, maybe not everything, but it's pretty close.

I've decided to make a list of my top 100 movies. Believe me, even with as many movies as I've seen, this really was a toughie. And going through my list took a lot longer than I thought because it turned out I really don't love THAT many movies.

So the list. I'm going to post one everyday so I can A) post the list and B) gives me an excuse to blog and not slack off. It's a win/win situation for me.