No. I don't think it's a good name for a movie because it is so massively forgettable.
Yes. It's a good movie.
No. It's not forgettable.
See? This is where the title/movie fall apart.
The movie "Paul" is from the same people who brought us "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." And, thus, it is a spoof movie. Maybe a parody would be a better way of putting it. Or - better yet - and homage. "Shaun of the Dead" was an homage to horror movies (specifically zombie movies). "Hot Fuzz" was an homage to buddy cop movies. And "Paul" is an homage to Sci-Fi movies.
But it's more than that. Sure. There are layers upon layers of inside jokes for the Sci-Fi community. There are sight gags and sound gags. There are oblique references. There's even politico-religious commentary. And - the one thing so many parody/spoof movies forget - there's an actual plot.
In fact, there's enough plot that the member of our party who isn't a Sci-Fi follower actually enjoyed the movie, too. I was probably in the middle, thinking it was funny and laughing outloud a couple of times. And Christopher probably picked up on twice as many things as I did. But, even without that, we had a good time.
I'm kind of specifically not getting into plot details. It sounds really hokey when you say these two guys stumble across a lost and lonely alien (named, you guessed it, "Paul") and decide to help him get home. Even so... well... that is pretty much the main plot. But the movie is SO much more intelligent than that.
Overall grade: A-. I loved the movie, I really did, but they went a little too far for a few of the junior high laughs.
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