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Movie Review _ Comparison Paper
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Movie Review _ Comparison Paper
Introduction
The police department is an interesting department on which different movies are being made all over the world. There are a number of movies and TV shows that are being on the different aspects of the police department. There are a number of aspects that can be targeted and highlighted in various sorts of media. Movies are an important and very effective source of conveying any message to the audience in a very short span of time. The director or the producer has to instill their point of view in the minds of the audience in the given period of time and convince them as well for their school of thought.
The police department has always been a controversial aspect not only in the social circles but also in the circles of the media. Hollywood has always tried to bring out the positive aspects of the Police department by making movies on their efforts that they put into solving the cases and catching the culprits. Most of the times, the movies made in Hollywood revolve around praising the efforts of the Police either in hidden or in open words (O'Brien, 2012). These pieces of production mostly exhibit the police officers working tirelessly to solve some complicated case of murder, robbery or abduction and catching the culprits (sometimes red-handed).
As the nature of the job of police department is very serious hence most of the movies made on the topic are serious in nature and tend to pass on serious and lesson-oriented messages. Only there are some instances when there are funny movies made regarding the police department and their duties. In these movies, the roles and duties of the police department are shown in a lighter manner and these movies show a single actor or a person doing funny acts in the shape of a Cop and ending up in performing something extraordinary. One such movie is Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
Discussion
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is another masterpiece out of the house of Adam Sandler production house. The picture stars Kevin James as Paul Blart. Along with Jayma Mays as Amy Anderson and Keir O'Donnell as Veck Simms. The supporting roles are being played by Raini Rodriguez as Paul’s daughter Maya Blart and Shirley Knight as Paul’s mother Margaret Blart. Paul Blart: Mall Cop was produced by Adam Sandler, along with Kevin James, Todd Garner, and Berry Bernardi and directed by Steve Carr. The writing credits go to Kevin James and Nick Bakay and the movie was released all over the world under the banner of Happy Madison Productions and Relativity Media on January 16, 2009.
Summary
The movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” is about a guy Paul Blart, who has multiple issues in life. Pail works as a mall Cop in the West Orange Pavilion Mall. He dreams of joining the New Jersey State Police Department, and for this purpose, he also joins the police academy but there is an issue. He is hypoglycemic and his medical and obese condition does not let him pass the test as he collapses before the final exam (Carr, Sandler, Giarraputo, Garner, James, & Bakay, 2009).
Moreover, this does not end here: Paul Blart also does not have a very soothing personal life as well. He is also dealing with a failed marriage at the same time. He is living with his old mother Margaret and his estranged teenage daughter, Maya, in West Orange, New Jersey. While working in the mall, Paul develops an affiliation with a vendor of a newly erected kiosk, named as Amy Anderson. Amy is a young and charming lady who is very hard-working and very ambitious about her job. Paul Blurt has also been assigned the duty of training a newly inducted security guard, Veck Simms, who’s capable but not much interested in the job.
On the eve of Black Friday, a gang of robbers disguised as Santa’s Village employees, enter the mall and start what seems to be like a bank heist. They take Amy and the other customers in the mall as a hostage and use these hostages as insurance to get out of the mall safely. Blurt learns a shocking truth that Veck Simms is the leader of the gang and joined the mall security job only to gather information about the mall,
Blart who had been on a break come back to the mall and discovers about the current situation. He informs the police and gets to know that Amy is also inside the mall, by watching her car in the parking lot. Moreover, Blart’s daughter, Maya, also arrives in the mall completely unaware of the situation. Simms also adds her to the hostages and uses her to blackmail his father. Meanwhile, the police arrive and barres Blart from taking any action but he refuses. He learns that there are hidden credit card codes in invisible ink on the arms of the members of the gang and gets to understand that their plans are much deeper than robbery. Paul Blart uses intelligent strategies and smart movies to get the members of the gang own one by one and get his girlfriend and daughter out of trouble.
Comparison
Although the movie has been made in a comical way and its sole purpose is to entertain the audience it gives many life lessons to the audience (Beugnet, & Schmid, 2017). Although, there are many things that in contrast to the real life. Such things never happen in the real life. Although there are many twists and turns in the movie that provide guidance about the situations in real life. One of the examples of the disparities between the movie life and the real duties of the cops in real life is that when the cops arrive in the mall (Paul, 1994).
Conclusion
Hence, in short, it can be concluded that Paul Blart: Mall Cop is an excellent piece of production and a must watch for anyone who is looking for a little dose of entertainment. The movie gives an insight into the tough job routines and duties of the people working in the shopping malls especially the security staff. The film also throws light over the struggles of a common man who is ambitious about his dream but is also struggling with the realities. He is struggling to lose weight to fit into the picture of his dreams and deal with the complications of the relationships in the form of a failed marriage and estranged daughter. Then luck provides him a chance to be a hero and prove himself, which he avails completely and succeeds in gaining the trust of his family and loved ones.
References
Beugnet, M., & Schmid, M. (2017). Proust at the Movies. Routledge.
Carr, S., Sandler, A., Giarraputo, J., Garner, T., James, K., & Bakay, N. (2009). Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Columbia Pictures.
O'Brien, H. (2012). Action movies: The cinema of striking back(Vol. 51). Columbia University Press.
Paul, W. (1994). The K-Mart audience at the mall movies. Film History, 6(4), 487-501.
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