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June 4, 2009

Who's Buying All This Paul Blart: Mall Cop?

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For the second week in a row, the DVD release of Paul Blart: Mall Cop remains on the top of the sales AND rental charts. America is to Paul Blart: Mall Cop DVDs as Kirstie Alley is to root beer floats from Sonic. RUUUUUUUUUUN. Reports the Hollywood Reporter:

The Sony Pictures Home Entertainment comedy, which grossed $146.3 million in U.S. theaters, continued to see heavy action at retail, with its rental activity falling off just 26% from the previous week, according to Home Media Magazine market research.

I don't know what any of those words mean, but I do know that America is retarded. Have you ever been married for so long that you wake up in bed one morning and look at your spouse and think "who are you?" Me neither, but that is a cliched experience that I have heard of before that seems similar to the experience I am having with America. Who are you, American public? What is wrong with you? Get out of my bed!

Seriously, why is everyone buying Paul Blart: Mall Cop?

"I bought it for my wife as an anniversary present because I'm thoughtful."

"Nothing helps to ease the stress after a long day at the office like a glass of boxed wine and a hilarious, intelligent comedy."

"I am learn English by watching popular cinema, dude."

"My tendency is to enjoy things that were made for 13-year-olds."

"Me and some of the kids from my UCB class get together on Thursdays and watch stupid comedies, like, ironically."

Seriously, cut it out, everyone. Economic crisis or something. Stop it.

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I went to prom with a girl I thought I liked.

First clue it wouldn't work out well; I went to see Yes Man with her at the second run theater; she thought the trailer looked "hilarious".

Second clue: We saw Watchmen, and when I said the Observe and Report trailer looked like an R-Rated Paul Blart, she said "Oh, I love that movie!"

It really wasn't a surprise when prom bombed.

Posted by: TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder profile link at 06/04/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Dude, high school is forever.

Posted by: I PEE GOLD profile link  in reply to  TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder's comment at 06/04/09 4:42 PM  | Reply
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That's what you get for dating high school chicks.

Posted by: Ashley profile link  in reply to  TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder's comment at 06/05/09 4:45 AM  | Reply
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Is Hollywood dumbing down America or are they giving the moronic masses what they want? My inability to answer this recently led me to leave LA's film industry. My top 5 reasons for moving out of LA were:
- Live Free and Die Hard
- the dating scene was horrible
- Underdog (the 'teaser' trailer killed part of my soul)
- the collective stupidity of people raised in So.California
- Marley & Me (all the posters I saw were simply of a puppy, that's it. It took me months to learn that actors were in the film)
Arghhhh

Posted by: ModernMANdroid at 06/04/09 3:43 PM  | Reply
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Ummm...what did you expect out of LA? What you describe is a new thing? When you left LA, did you use one of those new "car" things? Next thing you will be telling me that LA has many of these "car" things and that they cause traffic, which would also be new information.

Posted by: Shocker  in reply to  ModernMANdroid's comment at 06/04/09 3:59 PM  | Reply
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Both my partner and I cried like little bitches at Marley & Me. The film's pretty harmless and forgettable (minus the Rules of Attraction-inspired montage), but if you're a big dog person, that ending is fucking devastating.

Posted by: That One  in reply to  ModernMANdroid's comment at 06/04/09 4:00 PM  | Reply
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You cried like little bitches at a movie about dogs. Haha.

Oops. Play me off, Keyboard Cat.

Posted by: TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder profile link  in reply to  That One's comment at 06/04/09 4:56 PM  | Reply
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Try Hard 2: Try Harder

Posted by: That One  in reply to  TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder's comment at 06/04/09 5:34 PM  | Reply
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its funny that you say that, because I moved away from LA (where I was raised) because of all the assclowns from Boston, the midwest, and the south that moved there to be famous. the natives were a-ok in my book.

i also moved away from LA because I hate driving.

Posted by: bearface profile link  in reply to  ModernMANdroid's comment at 06/04/09 5:19 PM  | Reply
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True facts right here. It's the transplants that give LA a bad rap.

Posted by: Meth Face profile link  in reply to  bearface's comment at 06/04/09 7:27 PM  | Reply
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All the asshats in the PNW are from California. Can you take them back please?

Posted by: kersypants profile link  in reply to  Meth Face's comment at 06/04/09 11:47 PM  | Reply
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I'm moving to L.A. in a couple of months. I apologize in advance.

Posted by: Ashley profile link  in reply to  Meth Face's comment at 06/05/09 4:49 AM  | Reply
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We're really going to miss you.

Posted by: Garmanbozia profile link  in reply to  ModernMANdroid's comment at 06/12/09 3:48 PM  | Reply
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perez hilton is ghost blogging for videogum now.

Posted by: Jeb profile link at 06/04/09 3:55 PM  | Reply
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No, his pen is white. This one was done in black.

TOTALLY different.

Posted by: EtWB profile link  in reply to  Jeb's comment at 06/04/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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I love my dad: when Blart was in theatres, every weekend, no matter what else was happening in the world, he'd call me and ask incredulously, "Fuckin' Paul Blart is STILL doing well?"

Posted by: EtWB profile link at 06/04/09 4:06 PM  | Reply
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I wanna meet that dad.

Posted by: Renaldo  in reply to  EtWB's comment at 06/04/09 5:56 PM  | Reply
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I'll tell you why this movie is so successful: Because Kevin James brings the sexy and drawing porn star 'taches and disembodied, floating cocks on him only makes him hotter.

Posted by: Chestybongos profile link at 06/04/09 4:13 PM  | Reply
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How many times has that Black Dahlia chick killed herself over this?

Posted by: FistfulOAwesome profile link at 06/04/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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I saw a kid at Krogers the other day begging his mom to buy it for him. When I was his age I was begging my mom for Wet Hot American Summer and Freaks and Geeks. I think that's abuse to make your child think that PBMC is funny.

Posted by: CarolineA profile link at 06/04/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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I used to work at Blockbuster so this DOES NOT SURPRISE ME. I mean, I once had a woman who fucking WAITED for a HALF HOUR for someone to return a copy of "The Grudge" because we were all rented out. I've had to tell people "No, we don't have anymore copies of Duece Bigalow: European Gigalo left. They are all rented out. You have to wait for Duece Bigalow: European Gigalo to be returned." And if a new family movie involving a dog was out, then all hell broke lose. "The Shaggy Dog" with Tim Allen was the hottest rental and the hardest one to get a hold of for like a month straight. People are morons and hate both cinema and the money burning a hole in their wallets.

Posted by: K-Mo profile link at 06/04/09 4:32 PM  | Reply
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That ucb joke hurts. haha!

Posted by: thisboyspunout profile link at 06/04/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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My dad is the first guy. He'll probably buy it for my mom for her birthday though, its coming up before their anniversary.

Bonus points: He called it Blart Cop: Mall Guy while trying to describe it to me after he saw it it theaters. That is the name of this movie forever.

Posted by: Girl Friday profile link at 06/04/09 5:05 PM  | Reply
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America is merely DOING ITS PART to encourage future advertisers for the Awl.

Posted by: blinky profile link at 06/04/09 5:06 PM  | Reply
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Bread and Circuses people, Bread and Circuses.

Posted by: Bubbles profile link at 06/04/09 5:08 PM  | Reply
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i'm going to go ahead and guess that the 13 year old kid is the best guess, as this was a movie that was made for 13 year old kids.

Posted by: bearface profile link at 06/04/09 5:21 PM  | Reply
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I think there's just something terribly sexy about a super cop who's built like my great uncle Reuben...

Posted by: Josh Rosen at 06/04/09 6:14 PM  | Reply
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I was at the grocery store yesterday and decided to RebBox PBMC on a lark. I'm not going to defend it as a movie, because it pretty much undefendable, but it does deliver exactly what it promises: thoughtless entertainment (emphasis on the former). Nevertheless, not everyone wants to come home after a hard day in the poop mines and put in "The Time of the Wolf" to relax. Just sayin', that doesn't make America stupid- lazy maybe, but not stupid.

After all, we can't all live in the haute monde world of internet blogging.

Posted by: Murphy Brown at 06/04/09 6:48 PM  | Reply
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God, that damn clown scares me.

Damn you Tim Curry. You frightening bastard.

Posted by: Paper Werewolf profile link at 06/04/09 11:22 PM  | Reply
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Paul Blart was my inflight movie as I flew from Chicago to Seattle yesterday. :| :| :|

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