Saturday, 5 March 2011

Angry Movie Lurker Review 28: PAUL.(3 STARS)

Have started to post my movie reviews at the weekend here on this blog rather than my other blog because having more than one blog going was killing me and I was neglecting the other one.


Got to see this yesterday and must admit it wasn't bad maybe not as good as I thought it would be (the first 10 minutes or so are weird/strange and did not bode well but it's a temporay blip), I have always liked anything Mr. Pegg and Mr.Frost have done before (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc...).

They play two geeks on a bit of a road trip across America in an RV starting at Comic-Con and hitting all the relevant sites like Area 51, Roswell, etc..... everythings going reasonably fine and safe until they run into Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen and I can forgive him now for The Green Hornet) our escaped alien with the men in black on his tail and a place to get to in a certain amount of time, now Paul is the star of the movie and has nearly all the great lines and answers to a lot of conspiracy theories and along with Ruth a one-eyed Creationist  (played by Kristen Wiig) who they kidnap and her beliefs are tested by Paul (I will not spoil it but very funny) and she starts cussing with some of the best cusses I've heard in ages in any movie (I've been using some of them at work).
They are now been constantly hunted by professional (Jason Bateman) and newbie men in black, Ruth's creationist dad and some rednecks (pop up now and again as a running gag that's not that funny) and there is even an appearance by Sigourney Weaver as they head to a spot that you should recognise from another famous sci-fi movie.
It's well worth a look and you will not be disappointed, loads of movie in jokes and references, the review guide is at the bottom of the blog and I wish the 28mm little grey men I painted this week looked as good as Paul.

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28 comments:

  1. Robert Fünf5 March 2011 at 19:42

    I didn't know this movie was out already. I was wanting to see it.

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  2. Chris5 March 2011 at 19:42

    Paul is an alien?

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  3. Freek5 March 2011 at 19:57

    I honestly can't stand Simon Pegg, ever since he did Scotty in Star Trek. He's just too... silly.

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  4. Malkavian5 March 2011 at 19:59

    Fuuuu that alien scares the shit out of me in that pic, i have a phobia against Aliens, when i saw Signs with Mel Gibson, the part where Joaquin Phoenix is watching the TV and that the Brazilian Alien or something like that, couldnt sleep for about a week after that...

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  5. Porky5 March 2011 at 20:01

    I'm with Freek. I'd not naturally be in a hurry to see it because of Simon Pegg. Still, it sounds like the other areas could make up for it, and you can't really give someone too many chances.

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  6. Paul´s Bods5 March 2011 at 20:13

    Great..finally they´ve done a film about my life story :-D
    Cheers
    paul

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  7. MRanthrope5 March 2011 at 20:20

    My buddy saw a test screening of this and said he liked it.

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  8. Beccas5 March 2011 at 20:32

    I want to see this when it comes out.

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  9. Meghan Moran5 March 2011 at 20:32

    I've wanted to see this for awhile. I love Pegg and Frost

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  10. Bart5 March 2011 at 21:39

    youve alreayd seen this? i just finally saw the first commercial for this yesterday after work and i was like "FUCKING AWESOME!:" so u gave it a 3 out 3?

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  11. Anonymous5 March 2011 at 22:00

    I loved nick frost and simon pegg in Shaun of the Dead so I might check this out when it comes out

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  12. G5 March 2011 at 22:28

    Going to see this in the week...can't wait :)

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  13. Henrietta Collins5 March 2011 at 22:50

    i wanna see it too, seth rogen's one of our few good exports

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  14. Unknown5 March 2011 at 22:51

    i smell to much bad cgi

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  15. The Angry Lurker5 March 2011 at 23:05

    ....out of 5, guides at bottom of blog page.

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  16. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)5 March 2011 at 23:08

    Thanks for the review and I've been wanting to see that.

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  17. Bix6 March 2011 at 00:19

    The Missus & I are big fans of the Pegg and Frost films. Too silly? Come on, these guys are getting paid to Geek out, you gotta respect them for having the smarts to do that.

    Paul is the most commercial and approachable of their three films and I loved it, although Hot Fuzz will always be special for me.

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  18. The Happy Whisk6 March 2011 at 01:30

    I love, love, love Simon Pegg. He's one of my favorites. Haven't seen this movie yet. Also, I really love Seth - so I'm looking forward to this film. Can't read your review yet, but as soon as I see it I'll come back and read what you wrote. I did read your review on Despicable Me, and commented.

    I liked that you post it here. Why not? It's fun to do whatever we want on our blogs. And yes, I agree, maintaining two blogs is killer.

    Hope you had a yummy day.

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  19. Kicking Rocks6 March 2011 at 03:52

    can't wait to see it! I loved shaun of the dead and hot fuzz!

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  20. BigLee6 March 2011 at 08:23

    Thanks for the review. I'll wait for the dvd release...

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  21. TheHarvester6 March 2011 at 08:40

    probably not going to watch since i HATE simon pegg. dont know why, i just dont find this guy very funny

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  22. Zakk6 March 2011 at 10:12

    great stuff, you totally have my support!

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  23. T. Banacek6 March 2011 at 17:26

    I'm with thenitefalls and Kicking Rocks. I liked Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz so I'm sure I'll see this too.

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  24. level85nerd6 March 2011 at 17:55

    I definetly gonna watch this. Looks very good in my opinion.

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  25. Justsayin'6 March 2011 at 20:18

    I'm going to see this. I hope it's good. Looks like it is.

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  26. Aaron M. Gipson7 March 2011 at 01:07

    I have never even heard of this movie until now, and I actually like Seth Rogen and Simon Pegg quite a bit. I'm curious to see how they work together in this film...

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  27. Anonymous7 March 2011 at 05:27

    I might watch it just for the cussing. I could add some new curses to my repertoire.

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  28. A Daft Scots Lass8 March 2011 at 11:52

    You gotta be shittin' me.

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