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PAUL BLART: MALL COP
Didn't care much for this one. I was hoping for it to be surprisingly enjoyable and IT WAS for the first thirty to forty minutes but the magic (probably not the right word in this case) wears off and the laughs come to a complete halt until the film gets its act together for one last hurrah in a really fun showdown, unfortunately that showdown is not the end of the movie and the story limps on for another half hour.
The story could have been spat out of a machine customized to create mindless popcorn cinema: Paul Blart, an overweight single father, can't make it onto the actual police force and settles for a life consisting mostly of tedium and ridicule as a mall security officer. The humor in the movie relies almost entirely on the bulk of Kevin James or the rock bottom regard we have for mall security. Sometimes it works... maybe 5% of the time and there are healthy supply of solid chuckles to be had in the first half of the movie but like I already said: the entertainment level of the film drops fast around the 30-40 minute mark.
Kevin James is a funny guy. King of Queens was a decent show and he does an alright job here and I hope he can continue being in movies as the lead and I don't see any reason for that not to happen considering the strong showing of Mall Cop at the box office. I just hope he can move past the fat jokes and just be plain ole funny because I remember a brief period of time while his show was still on the air when he was actually fit and it was actually one of the funnier points in the sitcom's history. Can't recommend this though despite my respect for the lead. It's a comedy and the laughs just aren't there on a consistent enough basis and the story and characters certainly don't make up for that.
PAUL BLART: MALL COP
Didn't care much for this one. I was hoping for it to be surprisingly enjoyable and IT WAS for the first thirty to forty minutes but the magic (probably not the right word in this case) wears off and the laughs come to a complete halt until the film gets its act together for one last hurrah in a really fun showdown, unfortunately that showdown is not the end of the movie and the story limps on for another half hour.
The story could have been spat out of a machine customized to create mindless popcorn cinema: Paul Blart, an overweight single father, can't make it onto the actual police force and settles for a life consisting mostly of tedium and ridicule as a mall security officer. The humor in the movie relies almost entirely on the bulk of Kevin James or the rock bottom regard we have for mall security. Sometimes it works... maybe 5% of the time and there are healthy supply of solid chuckles to be had in the first half of the movie but like I already said: the entertainment level of the film drops fast around the 30-40 minute mark.
Kevin James is a funny guy. King of Queens was a decent show and he does an alright job here and I hope he can continue being in movies as the lead and I don't see any reason for that not to happen considering the strong showing of Mall Cop at the box office. I just hope he can move past the fat jokes and just be plain ole funny because I remember a brief period of time while his show was still on the air when he was actually fit and it was actually one of the funnier points in the sitcom's history. Can't recommend this though despite my respect for the lead. It's a comedy and the laughs just aren't there on a consistent enough basis and the story and characters certainly don't make up for that.