Bored with my X-Mas vacation , surfing down the internet , reading about December 21, 2012 ,prophecies, UFO encounters and related random stuff , I came across this movie. The poster amused me so I decided to give this movie a shot.
Coming to the movie, Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost) are 2 comic book geeks. After attending the Comic-Con Convention they plan to visit other places of extraterrestrial importance. During their ride a car races them and wrecks up right in front of them. When they stop to investigate the crash they meet Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) an alien who has escaped from Area 51 and is in desperate need of help. The geeks decide to help him. Paul is not the typical alien as portrayed in typical science fiction movies. He is lazy, rude,weed smoking,outright , frank casual alien. He does have supernatural powers, he gave Steven Spielberg the ideas for”ET”,”Close encounters of the third kind” and ”Indiana Jones” and hates the fact that his face has been used as a cover image for aliens in general.He had been chest of knowledge to the government , now that all information has been extracted , the Govt wishes to surgically remove paul’s brain and harness his supernatural abilities. With the help of an insider at area 51 , paul sends an SOS to his home planet and is on the run.
The whole story revolves around the crazy events which occurs when Paul is trying to reach to the location to reach his rescue team. There are several movie connections like Close Encounters of the third kind , Indiana Jones , Titanic 
, Men in Black and star wars attributed at appropriate places 
. On the whole , it was a light and fun movie to watch.
I am not a sci-fi geek , but I definitely am a sci-fi fan.
I give this one 8/10
