# "Paul" , I loved this movie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634 "2011-04-08T06:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MunkaMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MunkaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MunkaMike)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/1 "2011-04-08T06:22:08Z")
Last Tuesday my wife and I went to see " Paul". It was great. We actually laughed out loud,(yes I know that’s an overused statement), during much of the movie. It was well written, and acted. It is by the same people who created " Shaun of the Dead". Both writing and acting. I am relatively new to the SDMB, but have lurked for years. I think this movie would appeal to Many Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/2 "2011-04-08T12:38:16Z")
I’m looking forward to this one. I love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Check out **Hot Fuzz** when you have a chance. It is pee-your-pants funny. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/3 "2011-04-08T13:34:03Z")
I enjoyed it, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/4 "2011-04-08T13:34:41Z")
Paul was great. Although for some reason I kept expecting him to don the Green Hornet mask. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/5 "2011-04-08T16:38:03Z")
liked it but didn’t love it. seemed a bit cliche especially compared to Shaun o’ Dead and Hot Fuzz, or even Run Fatboy Run (very rom-com cliche-y). i appreciated the references but other than that, and a star-studded cast, i wasn’t terribly impressed. i’d give it a 6.5/10. (for reference, i’d give “Just Go With It” - the Sandler/Decker/Aniston vehicle a 6/10). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/6 "2011-04-08T18:05:55Z")
> [@MunkaMike](#): > > It is by the same people who created " Shaun of the Dead". Both writing and acting. But not directing, and I think that makes all the difference, for while _SotD_ and _HF_ used meta-humor as a starting point, they were both really cheeky subversions of familiar genres. But I found _Paul_ all-meta, with very little else to offer. Sure, it had some funny moments, but it felt so slight and so threadbare, just barely held together by Inside-Jokes and Wink-wink references, that I found the whole thing a bit tedious after a while. Not bad, but certainly a step down from the previous Pegg/Frost outings. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-i-loved-this-movie/577634/7 "2011-04-08T19:18:53Z")
I liked it quite a bit as well! I laughed out loud several times and nearly peed my pants waiting for a dull bit to go to the bathroom, then there wasn’t one.