This is either the smartest thing we've ever done, or really stupid.

My favorite thing about Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is that it doesn't take itself seriously, at all. I mean, the trailer for this movie says "starring the Asian kid from American Pie One and Two, and the Indian guy from Van Wilding." They of course ignore that John Cho (Asian guy from American Pie) starred in Better Luck Tomorrow, an excellent film. They even make a reference to that, early in this movie one of the extreme moron characters tells him "better luck tomorrow."

Anyway, it really doesn't take itself seriously, and is one of those movies more in the veign of a sketch comedy then a movie. It moves from set piece to set piece, with a very thin plot holding it all together. This mostly works, and some of the parts are very, very funny. The odd thing for me was that the sketch comedy just felt out of place a bit. Harold and Kumar actually have real characters, I would believe that they're real people. The actors that play them have genuine moments. A few times I came close to getting sucked in, thinking it was a real movie - but then a silly sketch bit comes along and I get pulled back out.

So there you have it. This movie is funny, but if it were a little smarter, and relied a little less on juvenile set piece humor, it could have been really great.

Side note: Did you know that you can be socially responsible by going to see this movie? Yes, that's right, Harold and Kumar is being called a cultural breakthough. No kidding, you can't make this stuff up...

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