Movie Review: Paul (2011)

Happy Holidays! I was off yesterday for Christmas Day, but am back today. OK, so the movie Paul has a very basic formula to it. You take the movie Ted, then you replace Mila Kunis with a dude, minus the romance, and instead of a talking teddy bear, it's a CGI alien voiced by Seth Rogen. To start off, I want to say that I liked this movie WAY more than I thought I would. It's not just that it's funny, but the movie is great. The acting is very realistic from both Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, both of those guys suppossedly have done other movies together, I've never seen them though. The premise is this, the two guys are coming from comic con and are going to tour America. They are trying to visit all the hot spots through the country and then they meet this alien named Paul. Paul literally is the funniest thing in this whole movie, just his jokes are really kind of intelligent, and Seth Rogen's personality in real life matches up really well with this character. They go on a road trip together, while trying to run away from government officials who are aware of Paul's existence and are trying to find him and bring him to these scientists so they can study alien life forms. Another thing this movie does is make various pop culture references, not just to anything, but to science fiction films in general. There is a scene in this film that is supposed to be a flashback. Paul is talking with Spieldberg about this new movie that he wants to make about this alien. Paul then unintentionally gives Steven Spieldberg the idea for the movie ET: The Extra Terrestrial. So, good jokes and pop culture references, combined with good humor make Paul a great ride that keeps you hooked until the end. Three stars.