Jamie is quite a fan of Simon Pegg and loves a couple of his films - and of course here we enter the debate of what is and isn't suitable. Whilst I would generally not advocate children watching anything out of their age range we have allowed Jamie to watch a couple of films, Shaun of the Dead being one of them - it doesn't bother him and as its comedy horror it hasn't frightened him and ultimately the story is pretty moral but most of all its great fun and we always watch it together, he's not just stuck in front of the TV to keep him quiet. So we decided we'd watch Paul the latest offering from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Paul is the story of 2 sci-fi/comic book geeks who go to one of the big American sci-fi conventions and then make their way to Roswell in a Winnebago- Pegg and Frost are of course playing to type but there characters are familiar and comfortable to the viewer. Along the way the encounter a real alien, CGI but voiced by Seth Rogan and his pursuing FBI agent Jason Bateman. There are one or two other familiar faces along the way including Criminal Minds/Glee face Jane Lynch.
It's an amusing film, with several very funny moments, all the gags you would expect, and a largely predictable plot with a couple of minor twists - not a challenging film but a good fun enjoyable midweek fun film - worth a viewing.
Ciao
Sue
Reading challenge 4/20 - currently reading on Kindle Tower of Silence by Sarah Rayne and in print Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins
