Paul Blart: Mall Cop

For me, this movie had me laughing for almost the whole movie for its sheer stupidity with a mix of being naive of a perfectly good person. That person is Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The character is an aspiring cop who has failed a good number of times from exams, most probably from his condition: he has hyperglycemia. He has to have sugar or else he faints. A good hearted person but at times too good that it places him in funny situations.

It has good action scenes, thanks to the parkour boys and we have to give credit to Paul Blart's rise from the dead type of getting up (with the help of a Segway). This movie is best watched at home with popcorn, drinks sitting on a couch with your family.

G.I. Joe - Rise of the Cobra

This post has been long overdue. Been very busy lately with office stuff (and got addicted with Mafia Wars. haha). Anyways, this is the live-action version of one of the 80's hit cartoon about the real american heroes.

As usual, they tweaked the story and characters to make it more appealing and fit it into the limited time of a movie. Duke here is still the main character but here he is seen to be an elite soldier before going in with the Joe's. He has ripcord for a best bud and both were pulled into the world of the Joe's. Scarlet still has Snake Eyes for a love interest but instead of Duke to be a part of a love triangle, they swapped it to Ripcord. Dennis Quaid played Hawk pretty well, unfortunately for cover girl her stint was short lived. Baroness on the other hand was married to a Baron, which is how she got her nickname. The Baron was not Destro. Destro for the most part of the film has the face of a normal human not until the last part. Cobra Commander was a revelation to me. It provided a good twist but they sorta gave hints along the way.

As an kid who grew in the 80's this is somewhat a breathe of fresh air for the old series. The action and CGI scenes were great (minus the fact that the suits made them jump around like crazy monkeys). Story wise was good enough to give most of the characters back story and depth to their personality. The ending provided room to make a sequel so we might as well expect one (just like Transformers). Plus the costumes made the Baroness and Scarlet real hot!!