In an almost mind blowing act of coincidence there is another movie about a mall cop scheduled to be released. I am speaking of the Seth Rogan vehicle "Observe and Protect" (it appears that the title has been changed from "Observe and Report) So perhaps we are witness to a new genre being born. The genre of the mall cop, perhaps I was to quick to dismiss the power of Paul Blart (The Original Mall Cop) because after seeing the trailer that I am posting below. (Redband may be NSFW) you will be enlightened.
I actually enjoyed this preview but I will confess to being a Rogan fan from back when he was on the truly inspired "Freaks and Geeks" see it if you get a chance. So I am a little biased to begin with but I felt that I watched the trailer with an open mind and I was pleasantly surprised. So let me know what you think. Though I wonder does Ray Liotta consider this a step down from "Good Fellas" or a step up from "Wild Hogs".
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This should be funny, so far Rogan has not failed to amuse. But it does point out the issue that Hollywood in general has with original concepts. I am willing to lay money down that when Paul Blart was greenlit, some other studio found out and starting pushing a script that was wallowing in obscurity out to get their version of a Mall Cop movie made. It has happened so often in the past it's hard not to believe it is the way they create films. We had 3 or 4 under sea movies with monsters in them come out with in a few months of each other. Children's fantasy movies have been dumped on us since the popularity of the Potter films. With the success of slumdog I wouldn't be surprised to have a slate of similar type "bollywood" musicals to start spewing forth, they've already got what 12 high school musicals out now?
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a huge train wreck.
ReplyDeleteThe kind of train wreck where you stop the car, get out and take pictures to relive later because your secretly enjoying it.
Though I wonder does Ray Liotta consider this a step down from "Good Fellas" or a step up from "Wild Hogs".
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If he possesses any self awareness he sighed, looked at the floor, and accepted - knowing any step is a good step at this point. It's okay Ray, that bottle of scotch will never let you down.