At first it's funny to see these guys geek out about Area 51, UFOs and comic books. After a while you start to realize that there is really nothing more to the film's humor than a bunch of in-jokes about science fiction films and TV shows, in particular, science fiction film and TV shows that only date back as far as the mid 1970's. Apparently no one has heard of Forbidden Planet or Metropolis or god forbid, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
You're supposed to laugh at the fact that you get all their references to Spielberg films and Battlestar Galacticia. But those aren't jokes, they're just Pegg and Frost showing how much they know about science fiction films.
The theme of Paul seems to come from that biblical passage, "the
Maybe the problem with Paul was the absence of their regular director Edgar Wright. Wright could have given the film a little more visual punch which would have covered up the lack of genuine wit that the film is missing. Edgar Wright was unfortunately working on Scott Pilgrim vs the World and for all the razzle dazzle of that film, it was a heartless film as well.
So perhaps the lesson of Paul is these three guys should just make films together since they seem to compliment each other's sensibilities.
104 minutes, written by Simon Pegg.
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