An Alien With An Attitude.

So I watched Paul. And guess what.

I freakin' loved it.

Before I go all fangirly over how awesome this movie was to me, here's the basic plot (P.S: may contain spoilers) :

Writer Clive and artist Graem, are on a roadtrip across America to see areas where alien encounters were prevalent in the past. Along the way they meet titular alien, Paul, who's on the run from some men in black who're trying to harvest his brain for research purposes.


But it's all better than it sounds. Since Clive and Graem are Sci-Fi geeks (hell, they even went to Comic-con early in the movie), this movie is littered with references and shout-outs.

And PAUL. Oh God, PAUL. When I watched the trailer I was expecting him to be some sort of stereotypical "Foreign Alien" kind of alien. You know. Like ET. But boy, was I wrong by a million miles.

Paul crashed on Earth some sixty years ago, and he stayed here as a 'guest'. He presumably gave world leaders pointers on how to run their country, helped Steven Spielberg in one of his movies, and all those generic martians you see on Elementary lunch boxes? Yeah, they were based on him too.

So he's very human.

He uses profanity, smokes weed, and drinks. He's rude. Very rude.

But of course, he has a heart of gold.

So this movie has all of this and explosions, double-crossing, and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. But it's not for kids.

Yep. The trailer lied. You definitely do not want to bring your kids to this movie.

And here's my lame attempt at reviewing a movie that geeks and nerds will love. Hooray.



It's Probin' Time.


And holy shiz, that CGI alien looks way real.