Which we figured would be an excellent way to spend the 4th of July—because if watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop starring the King of Queens himself, Kevin James, isn't a patriotic endeavor, then I just don't know what is.
KBlogz, his big brother and my best friend Todd, Iain, and I gathered 'round to watch the comedic masterpiece. [Spoiler Alert: It sucks!] We each excitedly caressed its Netflix jacket with anticipation:
Okay, maybe Todd wasn't all that excited. But the rest of us were!
"Family-friendly laffer."
The film began, and the four of us were able to share some family-friendly laffs over things like being fat, how being a fat dude means no one loves you except your fat mom and your fat daughter, the shiftiness of brown-skinned immigrants, naked lady fats, stalking the girl you have a crush on, fatty-boom-balatties who are totes fat lulz, the inherent high-larity of Indian accents, more stalking, more fats, eating disorders, and oh!—DID I MENTION KEVIN JAMES IS FAT?!
KBlogz was rooting for our loveable hero!
Todd was in pain.
Iain tried to make friends with Blart.
Todd wanted a kiss.
Blart looked more interested in making out with KBlogz.
When the zany romp was over, and Paul Blart had saved the day from the dumbest mall thieves-cum-terrorists (?) of all time and gotten the girl as his richly-deserved reward, I asked the gentlemen for their reviews.
Iain gave it two thumbs up!
"BLART GIVES ME A CASE OF THE LAFFS!!!"
Todd was dead.
As for me, I would just like to echo Metacritic user Gary M: "I smell another Paul Blart flick coming. It's made 100 mil. Good stuff."
Good stuff indeed! I know what we'll be doing next 4th of July! USA! USA! USA!
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* This is not totally true, but because I spend my days lifting a teaspoon against oceans of violence and bigotry, I inexplicably like to pretend I live the life of some sort of hillbilly Gatsby as a weird kind of self-protection mechanism, so just indulge me.
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