Thursday Movie Picks: Fish Out of Water Movies

Hello there, and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.

This week's topic, Fish Out of Water, was surprisingly easy for me. Chances are some of my picks won't fit the theme completely because, you know, like in math, if it's easy you're doing it wrong. But I don't really care, because I love this three films, so without further ado, here's my picks for the week:

Sleeper (1973)

Woody Allen is cryogenically frozen, and awakened 200 years in the future, in a world that is not like he would have expected, and finds himself, alone, in the middle of a rebellion. This is one of the earlier funny stuff Allen made, it has both slapstick humour and sophisticated satire, and it’s plenty of memorable moments – like when Allen dresses up as a robot.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Top cop Nicholas Angels is so good at his job that makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison and is transferred in a sleepy village, where nobody seem to care for the law, not even his new, witless partner, and he soon start suspecting a sinister conspiracy is afoot. The film has the perfect balance of splatter and British humour, features a wonderful Simon Pegg paired once again with Nick Frost. A suggestion? Watch it for the greater good!

Pretty Woman (1990)

Feisty, good-hearted hooker Vivian Ward is hired for a week by a wealthy, ruthless businessman, Edward Lewis, to serve as his escort at several business related social events. Needless to say, the relationship just doesn’t stay ‘just business’ for long. Yeah, I know, it’s a rom-com, and I don’t like rom-coms but this one is a quite funny, enjoyable, (cheesy) modern Cinderella story starring an adorable Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, that make one of the most attractive pairs in cinema.