Observe and Report
Last night, Vince and I watched a free screening of "Observe and Report" at the Palms. Apparently this screening was a big deal, a Warner Bros representative was present and took a demographic poll of the moviegoers, asking how many are men, women, under 17, 18-24, etc. We were treated to one trailer and it was the frighteningly, over-the-top "Termintaor Salvation". To think this is coming from the same guy who made the 2 "Charlie's Angels" movies...
Ok so onto the movie! We were blessed to have never watched or even acknowledge the existence of that "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" movie so there will be no comparisons. Vince pointed out that Seth Rogen was not the Seth we were used to from of the Judd Apatow vehicles or from "Pineapple Express". For starters, he's freakin' bad ass! You'd think he was some chubby, bumbling rent-a-cop doing a bad job but he's not. He is determined to protect his mall from a perverted streaker. In one awesome scene, he skillfully took down crackheads only using a hidden baton. The audience cheered and applaud when he was done. "Boom." I like Anna Faris but she was very annoying here. Yes, she is suppose to be this blonde, stuck up, druggy, whore but she just irked me. Ray Liotta was in here too as a real cop brought in to help the mall with the situation. He had the best tantrum explosion we've ever seen.
40 minutes into the movie, the projector stopped. We panicked, we though we got into a sneak preview screening but there's no such thing as that. I think this was a test. Before they resumed the film, that WB rep came out and observed the audience. If this was a bad movie, this would be a great excuse for a lot of people to walk out. The movie stopped again 6 minutes later. I would say no more than 10 people walked out, so that means the film IS good :P We stayed and enjoyed the rest of the film, all the way to the WTF ending.
It was a good night--except Vince's kitty, Ayumi, peed on the couch. We don't know what to do with her >_<
Oh... HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCE :D