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Then don't watch this because you won't ever again. This movie is so bad that it makes  Paul Blart: Mall Cop look like Oscar material.

Observe & Report looks like it tried to take some of the plot of Paul Blart: and then totally go nowhere with it. It starts out ok, has The Band's - "When I Create My Masterpiece" playing, but, that was the high point of the movie. While I enjoyed Seth Rogen in Zach & Miri Make a Porno, and tolerated him in Pineapple Express, he was nothing more than the leading actor who sucked in this movie.

I mentioned plot, well, I am not sure that there is one, although a streaker keeps showing up so I think it somehow revolves around him. And bad acting, Rogen's crappy performance was nearly matched by that of Ray Liotta. What the heck did he take that role for? Did he owe money to the IRS?

However, if you like the gratuitous and uncalled for use of the "F -word" and it's many derivations, you will enjoy this. The scriptwriters, for lack of plot, appear to fill the dialogue with as many uses of it as they can. Now don't get me wrong, there are times when it can be used well, either in drama or comedy. Take this scene from the Big Lebowski, between The Stranger (Sam Elliot) and The Dude (Little Lebowski - Jeff Bridges):

The Stranger: There's just one thing, Dude.
The Dude: And what's that?
The Stranger: Do you have to use so many cuss words?
The Dude: What the f*$k you talking about?
The Stranger: Okay, Dude. Have it your way.

In this movie, it is only used for it's own sake, and to get a giggle from jr. high mentalities. So, if you have the choice between watching Observe and Report, or something more pleasant, like a rectal exam (or getting into that stirrup seat for you ladies), chose the exam.

This is an hour and a half of my life I will never get back and resent forever. My wife and I are still wondering why we watched it all,

I enjoy a good Simon Pegg movie. Laughed a lot at Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. So, my wife and I decided to make this movie one of our Netflix selections, and, we definitely enjoyed it.

Run, Fat Boy, Run is about a man (Simon Pegg) who, on his wedding day, panics and runs away leaving his pregnant wife at the church with all the guests. Fast foward about five years and Pegg is a security guard and a woman's boutique and he can't manage to do anything right at work or with his son.

He finds out that the mother of his son, whom he still loves, is engaged to an American (Hank Azaria in a role much different from that of Agador in the Birdcage) who is also a marathoner. Somehow, Pegg's character determines that running the marathon will convince his ex that he has changed. His ne'er do well best friend and his very overweight Thai landlord become his torturers trainers and it goes on from there. Yes, it is a bit formulaic but still entertaining.

Without giving anything away, we found it to be a quite enjoyable movie but a bit different from most of Pegg's work. We gave it 4 stars out of 5. Try it, you might enjoy it also.

My wife & I watched the Astronaut Farmer last night. We were pleasantly surprised at it.

The story is about a rancher who retired from the astronaut program when his father died. Although his career as an astronaut was over, his dreams of space were not. He builds, from scrap and salvage, his own space capsule and launch vehicle. Ok, a little far fetched, maybe. He faces foreclosure, his friends think he is crazy, the government thinks he might be a terrorist, or worse, someone who can do the job (go to space) on his own, with no government support and do it for less money.

But most of all, it is a story about dreams, about fulfilling them. It is a story about a family that loves and supports each other, that shares each others dreams. It is warm, edifying and leaves the watcher feeling good.

It's a different role for Billy Bob, far removed from Bad Santa. We gave it a 4 out of 5 stars on our Netflix review). Rent it, watch it with your family, it will make you feel good.