January 29, 2009

Paul Blart: Or Why Kevin James Alone Cannot Save a Movie

I had some misgivings about Paul Blart: Mall Cop before seeing it this past weekend. It seemed like one of those movies where the previews give us all the good stuff, only this one didn't even give us many of those.

It was a stinker (see attached). The movie is a long Segway commercial and public service announcement for hypoglycemia. The first part of the movie feels like Ben Stiller, complete self-deprecating drivel. And as for the rest, it has its funny moments if you can completely suspend your sense of reality. I give it about a year before it's made its way to the TBS "waste-away-watching-bad-comedies" lineup.

And hey, I've seen some great movies in Slumdog Millionaire and Gran Torino right before this. It's nice to keep things in perspective with "sucky" or "not good" movies, as my friend so eloquently calls them.

-- "All I got was that dumbass stick that sounds like it's raining. How come you got a wife?"