I am just writing this to check off my to do list in the user settings, but please be aware that this is the best movie of all times. My friends and i still quote this movie everyday :)

Hot Fuzz (2007) Director: Edgar Wright Watched: 7/22/18 Rating: 6/10 Angel/Butterman: Cops with dead-on chemistry, British Michael Bay- Quick cuts and great montages, Silly, smart writing, suspense. Tad hard to follow, Tries to be edgy but fails- Too fast, too absurd, Needless blood, gore, and horror; For each good scene, two bad ones. Somonka is a form of poetry that is essentially two tanka poems (the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable format), the second stanza a response to the first. Traditionally, each is a love letter and it requires two authors, but sometimes a poet takes on two personas. My somonka will be a love/hate letter to this film? #Somonka #PoemReview #British #BuddyCop #Mystery

Every time I watch Edgar Wright's satirical masterpiece - which I've seen many, many times to the point where I can almost quote it verbatim and I'm still not tired of it, I find some clever little detail that I previously missed and the feature has me laughing not only at the jokes that always work but also at the ones I didn't even notice before. That's just how meticulously thought-out and devilishly well-made 'Hot Fuzz (2010)' really is, working on multiple levels each as successfully as the last, and it's also the thing that most closely ties the 'Cornetto trilogy' together. The flick is simultaneously a hilarious comedy, a successful spoof, an exciting action-thriller, a believable buddy-cop 'bromance', a fish-out-of-water tale and a dark detective drama. Every frame of film and every word of the screenplay feels like they've been wholly controlled by masters of the craft to create the ultimate viewing experience of this kind and one of the best films ever made. 10/10

By the Power of Gray Skull! - this film was a blast! I don't go in much for slapstick, but this picture was more that that. It's a finely directed and acted send-up parody of American cop movies, and the homages are both obvious and subtle. Danny Butterman's (Nick Frost) repeated mentions of "Point Break" and "Bad Boys II" are the most blatant examples, but there was that one scene with the bear trap that was straight out of "Straw Dogs". There's both the original English version and the American remake, and either one works, but "Hot Fuzz" is a British film after all. What's kind of interesting about the story is that it was actually a pretty good murder mystery if you were to remove the comic elements, but then I would ask, why would you want to? Simon Pegg and Nick Frost aren't necessarily hilarious per se, but the situations they find themselves in produce so many clever and funny scenes that it's impossible not to bust a gut. To quote an earlier collaboration between Pegg, Frost and director Edgar Wright in "Shaun of the Dead", the trio came up with another slice of fried gold. So if you want to meet 'the cop that can't be stopped', you have to grab a copy of "Hot Fuzz" right off and treat yourself to a good time. The only thing I wish the film makers would have expanded on was the bit about the Living Statue. That had a lot of potential but came to an abrupt end with all the other victims of the Neighborhood Watch Alliance. But if that's the only spot of bother I can come up with, you have to know I had a good time with this flick. I think you will too.