aPAULed

The other night, Joe and I asked his brother, Tommy, if he wanted to watch the movie Paul, with us. I had put it on hold at the library who knows how long ago and had picked it up, thinking, "Oh yeah, this might be funny." After all, I enjoy the two main actors, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, from their past works:

Shaun of the Dead

and Hot Fuzz.

And Run, Fat Boy, Run wasn't too bad either.

Unfortunately, Paul, was possibly one of the most annoying and crass movies I have ever seen. I really don't watch a lot of "main stream" movies, unless you consider BBC dramas main stream (if you do, let's talk!), but I was really appalled (ha, ha) by the moronic and narrow-minded portrayal of Americans and Christians. The only characters that had any subtlety to them were the main characters, the British guys of course. If the other characters weren't swearing every other word, they were saying stupid, religious-bumper-sticker remarks, or were hicks in camouflage. Even Jason Bateman's character, a FBI agent, was over the top and unoriginal. This is Michael Bluth we're talking about! Not to mention, I was supposed to believe the "hero", Paul (the alien) was ultra-hip, super-intelligent and on and on... really, I couldn't take it. Also, between the all the cheap dialogue and outlandish "acting", they tried to throw in actual dramatic scenes... with an alien. Really, I should have just stopped watching it, but I felt obligated to finish it since we invited someone to watch it. Don't even think about wasting time on this movie to see if what I am saying is true. However, if you're looking for a decent laugh, maybe check out the other movies I mentioned. Though, now I'm pretty annoyed with those guys since they wrote the screenplay to Paul. What a disappointment... and I wasn't even expecting much.