Observe and Report [Blu-ray]

Recently there have been many, MANY, comedies where a bumbling naive idiot man-child gets into whacky scenarios and everyone ends up loving the loser for it, and Seth Rogen is fighting Will Ferral for who's the king of these dumb comedies. Observe and Report takes this similar concept and makes the end result of a man-child 'saving the day' into far more consequential and disturbing tone, which was a very welcome breath of fresh air for me. I think the reason Observe and Report has such low ratings is because it looks like another dumb upbeat comedy where the main character is just misunderstood when instead it took those ideas into much darker territory. Another thing that threw audiences off was the coincedential release of Paul Blart: Mall Cop which was a PG family comedy; so I think general audiences walked into this expecting Paul Blart with more fart jokes and swear words, hooooo boy were they wrong.So Observe and Report follows a mentally deranged mall cop Ronnie Barnheart, who takes his job far too seriously. The whole movie is basically a running gag of how delusional and psychotic Ronnie is as he tries to step up his game and join the New Mexico police force, and it worked for me. His character goes through some hardships and reality hits him hard at some parts, however it doesn't seem like he really learned anything new at the end, he's still the same deranged psychopath we're introduced to, and I liked that darker ending instead of him smiling with a family or something. As I mentioned above Observe and Report takes the whole man-child comedy genre and flips it on it's head, and that's the main reason I liked it so much, hopefully more dark comedies screw around with that tired formula.The weird thing about Observe and Report though is it seems to be on the fence about how it's played out, there's a predictable love story tacked on which seemed unnecessary and they needed that part soley for marketing purposes, a confrontation at the end where Ronnie assaults police officers that seemed to have no consequences for him, which was very strange considering there's consequences for the rest of his actions. Ronnie's 'crew' were also criminally underdeveloped, I know they're basically just his yes-men but we saw no insight into why they're following this lunatic's orders, Dennis was still pretty funny and had some more character to him but the two Asian twins literally do nothing but say 'yes' and wave to Ronnie.Overall Observe and Report isn't something most movie-going audiences will be interested, the laughs are more character and situation driven than actual jokes, and if soemone asked me "well what was a funny part" I wouldn't really know what to say because there aren't really any one-liners, it's all situational. Seth Rogen's acting as a psychopath isn't a great performance but I do appreciate that he's trying something new that isn't cheesy like Will Ferral's 'dramedies'. Fans of Eastbound and Down however will no doubt enjoy this movie, as it retains Jody Hill's style of comedy. Observe and Report feels like an uncertain but confident first step in a new type of comedy I'm hoping to see more of.P.S. the soundtrack is great

If you are conservative or easily offended, then this is not the movie for you. With that said, I had heard this movie was not what most people where going to expect from the line up of Actors. I knew it was not another "Mall Cop" type movie when I purchased this movie. A couple of friends told me about this film, so I had to see it for myself.As you have most likely read other reviews of this movie, you probably know all the dark and somewhat offensive content in the film. I am not that easily offended and thought that the movie was very edgy and could not pull myself away from it. The best parts of the movie, in my opinion, are the scenes with the flasher. I will not go to much into the details of the film as it has been extensively reviewed by others, so you get the idea of the movie.The whole issue of bi-polar disorder reminds me of a friend that has almost same existence as Seth Rogan's character in this movie. He is 45, live with his mom and some of his other mental case friends play board games in the basement. He works at a convenience store and some nights he is so out of hand they send him home. Thank the God of your choice for better living through chemistry.But as far as the movie goes, I would recommend this only to those who are not easily offended or dislike violence. It is one of those "Love it or Hate it" types of movies that we have watched a couple of times. The sad thing is that this film doesn't stray far from reality in this day and age.I have seen a couple of films that made me feel quite ill, but not really offended. The one film that comes to mind is "Trainspotting".

Ok, this movie has gotten many bad Reviews, but honestly, i dont know what those people who gave bad reviews were thinking. Those who know & like Seth Rogan and his movies and/or are simply into Funny, Comedy, Humor, or "keep you laughing" type of movies will love watching it. You can compare OBSERVE AND REPORT to MALL COP because Seth Rogan plays a Mall Security Officer (Not Police related) and in many ways is similar to that movie. BUT, the difference is that OBSERVE AND REPORT is more intended for the Adult crowd. It starts out with a fat, ugly, Pervert, that goes around the parking lots of the Mall hunting and Flashing (AKA showing his Penis to) unsuspecting women. Seth, feeling that the hot girl he likes might be threatend by this sick man decides it's up to him to catch the creep and save the day. But after the "real" police step in to find the man, he feels that his chance to "hook up" with the girl he like will slip away. Later in the movie we find out Seth Rogan takes medication that helps him to not go mentally crazy, but still, all of a sudden he feels he doesnt need it any more and stops taking it (which causes his behavior to change). After he finds out the girl he likes is having sex with the Police Detective, he gets into more problems which almost causes him to lose his job. When he finally gets back on the right track, he captures the fat pervert, proffs to himself and everyone else he is capable of solving crimes, catching criminals, and is responsible enough to know how to hold and use a gun, and worthy of being a true police officer.Seth Rogan and the other great actors in this movie work together to make OBSERVE AND REPORT one of the Best, Funny, Humoristic, movies you will ever get to enjoy. And for those No-Humor having people, who dont know how to appreciate a good movie when you see one (and great actors), dont try ruining it for the rest of the world, Thanks.

Never watched it before had me rolling!

Not the greatest movie. Really funny though. He always dreamed of becoming a cop. A runs his security team at the mall like he's the captain. They spend most of the movie trying to catch a male flasher.

its a good movie, love it

Reading some of the reviews here, you'd think this film is super-sick..but don't be put off-it's actually kind of cuddly. Ok, so it's definitely dark but it's also got a lot of heart- and it's bloody good. The Oldboy sequence is jawdropping, some of the jokes are killer, and it's very well made and acted. I think the problem a lot of people have with this is that it's pretty original, like a funny Taxi Driver. A proper movie. If you're looking for a family comedy or another Anchorman you'd better head elsewhere, but if you liked The Foot Fist Way you're gonna LOVE this.

A very funny movie that put Seth Rogen on the map, a story of an enthusiastic security guard with visions of progression. Whomever stands in his way is going to get it, from him or from a member of his trustee squad, Michael Pena also stars as his camp side-kick. I loved this movie from beginning to end.

Arrived on time good film

Excellent

Great good v bad movie.