Mystery

Mystery movies are very suspenseful most times. They are often based off books that slowly lead the movie. Like most movies based on books they leave out key parts because nobody wants to watch a four hour movie. The definition of mystery is: A story dealing with a crime and its solution. I like mysteries but most of them all follow the same story and you'll have the movie figured out halfway through.

The top mystery movie on the IMDB list is "12 Angry Men". The movie is about an 18 year old Latin boy who is standing trial for stabbing his father to death. Many witnesses said they heard screaming or saw the boy fleeing the scene. Of course all of the jurors call guilty, except one. The trial then turns the jurors into detectives figuring out what jurors came from and their prospectives and opinions on the cases.

The second movie on the list is "Rear Window". Both the top movie were made in the 1950's, just to give you an idea. Rear Window is about a man who is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg. So of course when you are bored you find ways to occupy yourself. Well he starts watching his neighbors and thinking up stories in his head. Well he notices things that don't quite add up with his neighbor and his wife who disappeared. He becomes convinced that the man killed his wife but had no evidence to prove it. Him, his girlfriend and his nurse come up with a way to catch him red heanded but this plan could leave them running for their lives. The funny thing to me is it sounds an awful lot like the movie disturbia that came out a year and a half ago.

The third movie on the list is "Fight Club". This movie is the definiton of mystery. I absolutely was so caught up in the plot I was not expecting any of the twists in the movie. The movie is about a man who is an insomniac and finds refuge in his frustration by starting a fight club. Word about the club gets out and soon the "Fight Club" is in every city. Soon the club gets out of control and he comes to the realization of what his life has become.

My favorite mystery movie is "Memento". This movie is set up very differently than any other movie I have seen. The black and white clips start from the beginning working its way to the middle and the color clips start at the end and work their way to meet in the middle with the black and white clips. The movie flips back and forth between the b and w films and the color. The main character suffers from short term memory loss so he leaves clues tattooed on himself, in notes he writes and pictures he takes. As the movie goes he slowly unravels the cases he is trying to solve about the murder of his wife. Mystery is the type of movie that never get old, and if you wait long enough you just might forget what happens and you can watch it for the first time all over again.