December 24, 2012
-
Paul
I am reviewing the film Paul which is very funny & an excellent film. It stars & is written by Simon Pegg & Nick Frost who are probably most famous for Shaun of the Dead. In addition it also stars Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen & Sigourney Weaver. The plot is 2 brits attend a comic book convention & visit Area 51 in Nevada famous for its UFOs & pick up an alien hitch hiker who has to get home & they are pursued by the FBI in the process. Of course this area is also the bible belt & Kristen who plays a born again christian with one eye who gets healed by the alien & inadvertently gets kidnapped by the 2 brits whilst being pursued by her overbearing father who carries a shot gun. The title Paul refers to the name they know the alien by who is voiced by Seth Rogen & done with CGI graphics. They apparently wanted character actors rather than comedy actors to play the FBI so as to make it more realistic. I watched this on blu ray & there is an excellent commentary on there. Another bit of trivia is at the comic book convention is at the beginning when they at the comic book convention & Nick buys a sword alledgedly based on a sword used in the Star Wars movies they originally wanted it to be the sword used in Blade but weren’t allowed to. There is a happy ending to this film & Sigourney gives a great but brief performance as a baddie after the alien. In fact all the cast are pretty good.
