Viewed: Hot Fuzz

This movie is so fucking beautiful, I almost cried.

I've browsed some papers, and reviews and interviews on the net, and I really don't have anything constructive to contribute to this conversation. Hot Fuzz is a better satire of dated pop cultural references than has come out of Hollywood in, well, remind me when the last good one was? Hot Fuzz is a better guns akimbo action movie than any made in Hollywood or Hong Kong since...any suggestions? Hot Fuzz takes all the things you love to hate about over-edited, rote Hollywood blockbusters and cop thrillers and reminds you that you never want to get too old for this shit.

That's all been said. All I can add is that I haven't been this close to tears in a theater since I first saw the Shire up on screen. A part of me I thought dead was brought back to life, screaming, "Die Hard 4 has a guy jumping out of a car as it flies up into a helicopter with a guy jumping out of it! Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker! Opening night!"

Viewed: Grindhouse and Hot Fuzz

The amazing thing about Grindhouse is that the trailer fully conveys to the viewer exactly what they will think of the finished product. This becomes an issue when the movie is a loving homage to the kind of cult classic films that only a select group of people have seen, let alone loved. This translated into the low box-office numbers that are puzzling various media groups. That and potential audiences hearing the phrase, "In one scene, Quentin Tarintino tries to rape a girl before his balls completely liquefy."

I liked it well enough, but was still left with the feeling that the film wasn't for me.

As for Hot Fuzz, I am fully confident that you have already seen the movie, and that we agree that it kicked some serious ass. Unless you're Tomfoolery, in which case we'll just have to agree that you should see it, and that you will presuppose that it kicks ass.

No, I'm not giving you a choice about this.