That's right folks, I have just recently seen the Sci-Fi film entitled Paul, and I have to say, it is one of the best movies I have seen all year. Paul takes place in multiple settings across the United States, beginning in the ever famous nerd migration destination known to all and sundry as ComiCon! We see our heroes, Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings, portrayed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost respectively, the same hilarious duo that brought you the comedy hits Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, are simple, if nerdy, tourists from England on their very first visit to ComiCon, buying trinkets, taking pictures, and having fun. The first lines of any kind of interest are uttered when they come into contact with their favorite science-fiction author, Adam Shadowchild(Jeffrey Tambor), and get him to sign Clive's book. Shadowchild comments on the cover art, drawn by Graeme, in a way that pops up every now and again. “Three tits?” he asks, eyebrows raised. “Awesome.”
Aside from ComiCon, Graeme and Clive have a whole itinerary planned out, to visit every UFO hot spot in the USA! Along the way, they make enemies out of a couple of rednecks and pick up a hitchhiker. That hitchhiker being a little gray man with a massive head named Paul (Seth Rogan), who is on the run from the government, a government populated by a start studded cast. The cold and determined agent Lorenzo Zoil(Jason Bateman), the two rookie agents Haggard and O'Reily(Bill Hater and Joe Lo Truglio), and the Big Guy on top(Sigourney Weaver). While on the run with the titular Paul, Graeme and Clive are joined by the lovely, if sheltered, Ruth Buggs(Christin Wyyg). Packed chock full of witty references to everything from Star Wars to Back to the Future, with plenty of Klingon sprinkled in to keep things interesting. Throughout the film, the two rookie agents are left in the dark about their true objective, only Agent Zoil and the Big Guy knowing what was really going down. Not to spoil anything to major, but Haggard and O'Reily decide to take matters into their own hands when they find out about Paul in the hopes of a promotion, which eventually leads to their horrific, and hilarious, deaths.
Throughout the film, Paul shows off his curious powers in many was, from his ability to become invisible when he holds his breath, his ability to heal wounds Mister Myagi-style, even the ability to transfer all knowledge and experience to anyone he wants just by getting a good grip on their head, and he uses each of these abilities often. Invisibility to hide from the Federal agents when the gang is stopped at a roadblock, the healing to revive a bird that crashed into the windshield (quickly followed by consuming the bird), and the knowledge transfer to teach the incredibly ignorant Ruth just what is going on in the universe to get her to open her eyes. Stellar effects and brilliant acting all around, Paul is a must see, from the opening in 1947 to the epic multi-nebulon award winning ending that will leave you sitting in your seat to say 'That was good, eh?'
