Comments on: PAUL BLART: MALL COP http://contour-at-the-movies.com/2009/01/26/paul-blart-mall-cop/ What we're watching and how it measures up in Contour Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Len Massaar http://contour-at-the-movies.com/2009/01/26/paul-blart-mall-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Len Massaar Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:02:13 +0000 http://contour-at-the-movies.com/?p=516#comment-89 Yes, thanks again Jeff ! PS. I know you've hinted in the past, but perhaps a link somewhere on your main page (Jeff Who) so some of us could submit our own reviews and help contribute whenever we can. ;) (and if we're WAY off, you'd get to have final editorial say :) Cheers as always, Len Yes, thanks again Jeff !

PS. I know you’ve hinted in the past, but perhaps a link somewhere on your main page (Jeff Who) so some of us could submit our own reviews and help contribute whenever we can. ;)

(and if we’re WAY off, you’d get to have final editorial say :)

Cheers as always, Len

]]> By: Mel http://contour-at-the-movies.com/2009/01/26/paul-blart-mall-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Mel Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:39:44 +0000 http://contour-at-the-movies.com/?p=516#comment-87 Having just seen it this weekend, I agree with you, especially about the setup. It just takes waaaaaay to long to reveal that he is a loser. I mean, come on, we really know pretty quick that he's a loser. I think a lot of the setup is so we have a plausible reason for his daughter to be involved. I disagree with the goofiness factor -- I thought the bad guys on skateboards, doing parkour, etc. worked with the more light-hearted Die Hard the movie was trying to be. We would've just seen endless guys running with guns otherwise; here we are granted a bit of a different take on the whole bad guy thing. Even with the comedy (let's face it--the movie was one long fat joke), I was happy that the good and bad guys were at least somewhat competent. While there was certainly idiocy, it didn't strike me as an plot that hinged on people being idiots, with the possible exception of the hot sauce scene. It was a Die Hard kind of movie. I half expected to see "Now I have a machine gun" written on the skateboard. Thanks for the analysis and review. Having just seen it this weekend, I agree with you, especially about the setup. It just takes waaaaaay to long to reveal that he is a loser. I mean, come on, we really know pretty quick that he’s a loser. I think a lot of the setup is so we have a plausible reason for his daughter to be involved.
I disagree with the goofiness factor — I thought the bad guys on skateboards, doing parkour, etc. worked with the more light-hearted Die Hard the movie was trying to be. We would’ve just seen endless guys running with guns otherwise; here we are granted a bit of a different take on the whole bad guy thing.
Even with the comedy (let’s face it–the movie was one long fat joke), I was happy that the good and bad guys were at least somewhat competent. While there was certainly idiocy, it didn’t strike me as an plot that hinged on people being idiots, with the possible exception of the hot sauce scene.
It was a Die Hard kind of movie. I half expected to see “Now I have a machine gun” written on the skateboard.
Thanks for the analysis and review.

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