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Moriarty And HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE GUANTANAMO BAY!

YAY by NJAW-08	Apr 28th, 2008 06:19:29 AM
COOL
I don't know if I can say this any Clearer by D o o d	Apr 28th, 2008 06:19:57 AM
Harold and Kumar movies are S H I T E
It's already by NJAW-08	Apr 28th, 2008 06:21:45 AM
made its budget back and got profit. Here's hoping for a H&K Trilogy
Ugh by James Westfall	Apr 28th, 2008 06:22:20 AM
Never saw the first one, won't see this one. It'd lower my IQ.
Never saw the first one... by HExTeXly	Apr 28th, 2008 06:24:05 AM
No desire to see the second. I'll wait for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS...
meanwhile Empire online and Comic Book Resources... by RighteousBrother	Apr 28th, 2008 06:25:01 AM
Have Full reviews of Iron Man - although I'd rather hear what Harry and Mori have to say about it. The last few stories on this site have been absolutely dreadful, cheerleaders? those date/epic movie guys, now this? - Come on AICN there's bigger and better stories to be had - you're getting scooped constantly these days - tis a shame.
i liked tge first one by pcassou	Apr 28th, 2008 06:26:59 AM
NPH rules in that movie
Stay after the credits... by Rindain	Apr 28th, 2008 06:31:51 AM
Liked this movie a lot. I see the problems Mori pointed out, but I still enjoyed myself immensely.
The trailers for this movie promise to SHOCK YOU! by CreasyBear	Apr 28th, 2008 06:32:30 AM
But I almost feel sorry for the moviemakers who are banking on shock value, as this is almost impossible these days. Early Farrelly Bros., South Park, random & bizarre YouTube videos, and a million other forms of entertainment have been irreverent about everything there is to be irreverent about. Pretty soon, comedy writers will have to worry more about being clever than being taboo. From Moriarty's review, there are moments in this film that are more than just AREN'T YOU SHOCKED WE JUST DID THAT? But I think the most you can do nowadays is get a laugh at the people you imagine would be offended, and most of them would be over the age of 60. The days of "I can't believe they showed that!" are drawing to a close.
Pacing.... by VinnyMac666	Apr 28th, 2008 06:37:11 AM
I think its that irregular pace and the real lack of 'letting scenes breathe' that makes these flicks work with their target audience. It's reminiscent of Family Guy or the various Adult Swim humor. Quick changes and random ridiculous humor that pushes the envelope of what we find offensive or funny. You think about the two 20 something guys baked as hell watching the movie through squinty stoney eyes; they just want to laugh for an hour and a half without thinking to much in the moment. Maybe later after a bong rip, they'll try to relive and expand on the relevance or meaning behind the use of race and politics... or they'll try to recreate the cyclops' noises and giggle through an oreo filled mouth. Either way, H&K succeeds with its core.
This, a Review? by Kizeesh	Apr 28th, 2008 06:39:12 AM
Usually it's cursory to at least expound an iota as to what the film is about, rather than telling us how the prequel opened. Seriously Mori, can you imagine this for a review of Empire Strikes Back? "I was a big fan of the way the first film started, with a typical Big-dicked Spaceship battle, and then we follow two unlucky schmoe droids, then suddenly bang, there gone and we follow them with the douchebag space-war left behind." Then nothing else about the plot, save I think it was a real medical droid they used in the films Rebel Fleet ending scene. Don't get me wrong I don't want to be messing with your proses but it bugs me, and I'ts a slow day at work.
Any reference to marijuana in a movie has my support... by samuraiyao	Apr 28th, 2008 06:53:52 AM
Stoner movies are the best aren't they... Fuck the critics...
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Apr 28th, 2008 06:55:06 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
Cheech and Chong spin on their graves by ricarleite	Apr 28th, 2008 06:57:36 AM
They died at 9/11, right?
LOOKING FORWARD TO IRON MAN by ingloriousjedi	Apr 28th, 2008 06:59:24 AM
Cant wait.
Baby Mama was #1 this weekend? by tonagan	Apr 28th, 2008 07:21:43 AM
I guess even Harold and Kumar can't stop the Tina Fey juggernaut.
modern day cheech & chong by palewook	Apr 28th, 2008 07:44:36 AM
70-80's belonged to cheech & chong 90's were all about Fridays 00's are Harold and Kumar's. if you enjoy stoner movies, its hard not to enjoy Harold & Kumar. but if you dont get Cheech & Chong, don't know who Craig Jones or Smokie are, you will not understand what people enjoy about Harold & Kumar.
mmmmm...Tina Fey juggernaut by zom-bot.com	Apr 28th, 2008 07:55:44 AM
who would want to stop one of those?
never liked cheech and chong by Mr_X	Apr 28th, 2008 08:02:03 AM
didn't find it hilarious. found H & K really funny, mainly because I didn't watch it with any preconceptions. honestly the first one was funnier then superbad, or Knocked Up, both movies which were hyped up as the funniest things ever, only to find that meh it really wasn't that funny. the great thing about this movie? It's lead characters weren't caucasian , yeah thats' right, ordinary guys who weren't white. what a fucking revelation! funny as fuck and I'll watch it
You're not supposed to watch this stone cold.... by FlickaPoo	Apr 28th, 2008 08:06:39 AM
...sober man. Get a little impaired and it will seem a lot less uneven....I promise you.
FRIDAY by lecter1914	Apr 28th, 2008 08:07:53 AM
I dont know, I never though Friday was funny. I watched it and something about it just irritated me. The second one irritated me even more. However, I may be th only person that liked the third one. I'm weird about Stoner movies though. I hate the original H&K when I saw it but now everytime I think about a line or scene I'm laughing. Same with Big Lebowski..hate it when I first saw it, but now everytime its on I watch it and laugh and I even quote it from time to time. Maybe I'm a post-viewing fan of stoner flicks.
Read Moriarty's orginal review by Mr_X	Apr 28th, 2008 08:11:58 AM
"15 minutes in this movie where I was mildly amused" FAIL. Just reading that sentence made me think . FAIL. Sure, you watched it, you didn't like it, or didn't get it, fair enough, it's your opinion. if you thought the first one had 15 minutes of mild hilarity, odds on, the sequel was never gonna float your boat. since i thought the first one was hilarious, odds on, I'll find the this one just as good. Thank you, come again.
Empire said by ThePilgrim	Apr 28th, 2008 08:19:17 AM
Origin stories often feel like feature-length pilots for intended franchises. And where’s it written that comic-book franchises need origin stories? It didn’t hurt Indiana Jones, Connery’s James Bond or Captain Jack Sparrow that they arrived on our screens fully formed. ---------------------------- That sums up exactly why I hate Batman Begins and Xmen, and why I'm somewhat tired of these new hero films. I'll let Iron Man get away with it, but this is the last one.
Also by ThePilgrim	Apr 28th, 2008 08:22:58 AM
The problem isn’t so much that origin stories themselves are inherently uncompelling, rather that by the film’s midpoint they’ve run out of steam, leaving the latter half, and usually a rushed final act, to summon up and dispense with a token threat, the hero’s mettle duly tested------ very nicely summed up -
My lord by Lost Jarv	Apr 28th, 2008 08:45:13 AM
a sensible balanced piece of criticism from Empire- and they didn't overrate it. Mind you, that means going by their standards it's worse than the star wars prequels, ID4 and Superman Returns. I'm staggered
YES! Finally a film that makes fun of 9/11 and Terrorism by hatespeech	Apr 28th, 2008 09:56:05 AM
those actors/writers and producers should be ashamed of themselves.. There's no fucking way I'd see this piece of shit.
In Amsterdam... by taosjedi	Apr 28th, 2008 10:14:24 AM
Did it seem that the end in Amsterdam was shoot buy someone else it looked and felt totally different...?
Rob Corddry by Series7	Apr 28th, 2008 11:20:21 AM
Does anyone really find this guy funny? He was alright in Blackballed, but the supporting cast was a lot funnier.
weed and the line budget by abcdefz7	Apr 28th, 2008 11:30:50 AM
Weed goes under either "Craft services" or "Gifts and awards." That's how we always handled it, anyway.
Ironically...... by Ninja Nerd	Apr 28th, 2008 12:50:44 PM
...neither Cho or Penn smoke weed. Kind of like NPH isn't really into girls, but has a lot of fun with Barney on HIMYM and in these movies. If it was only "get some stoners and let's roll film", there would a Oscar Category for "Best Portrayal Of A Stoner By A Stoner". That means these guys are GASP ACTING ! ! ! And pretty well, I'd say. These films are like Bill & Ted...not gonna change your life, but fun to watch the goofiness. Heck, every time I see a Krispy Kreme, I think "Savory Crullers!"
RE YES! Finally a film that makes fun of 9/11 and Terrorism by Mr_X	Apr 28th, 2008 01:01:15 PM
why so serious?
a non fan's pointless opinion by Bouncy X	Apr 28th, 2008 02:03:20 PM
i didnt dislike the first but i also didnt find it that good, i saw it on tv where i was glad it didnt cost me anything. but last thursday i got to see a free sneak preview for this one and i gotta admit, i laughed a lot. its not a movie i'll buy or even see again anytime soon but it wasn't a waste of 90 mins of my life. and i was surprised how far they went sometimes, but in a good way.
oh and..ummm spoiler? maybe..but yeah dont read if u dont wanna by Bouncy X	Apr 28th, 2008 02:05:15 PM
i was surprised that they didnt make some cracks about NPH being gay. i'm sure the movie was made before he came out but thats what reshoots are for. though i guess you could argue the unicorn was a hint. lol
duh, that's the joke. by milurs big fat mouth	Apr 28th, 2008 02:40:10 PM

about NPH by milurs big fat mouth	Apr 28th, 2008 02:41:29 PM
Do you honestly think anybody who really knows him didn't know he was gay years ago? That's the joke. He gets to be real NPH in life and gets to be H&K NPH in the movies.
Still cant believe a sequel was made by gotham_night	Apr 28th, 2008 03:29:34 PM
The first one made like 2 bucks.
Bouncy X by MattmanReturns	Apr 28th, 2008 03:58:23 PM
Congrats on completely missing the point. NPH's character in H&K is hilarious because he's the exact opposite of who he is in real life. Him being gay in real life only makes it funnier. No need to have someone in the film shout, "BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY!!??".
Maybe I'm out of touch... by MorbidObesity	Apr 28th, 2008 04:04:00 PM
...on this particular topic, but I'm having a hard time thinking of a frat-boy comedy such as Moriarty is setting up as a straw man here. I could imagine, say, the original BACHELOR PARTY starting off that way, but what's the big-screen modern equivalent where our heroes would be thoughtless frat guys? Maybe BACHELOR PARTY 2, but that was straight-to-video.
Do the right thing for this one... by The Dum Guy	Apr 28th, 2008 04:43:58 PM
Smoke weed before you see it. It makes the unicorn all the more pretty.
The NPH cameo in the first one by hallmitchell	Apr 28th, 2008 05:42:32 PM
Is one of the funniest cameos in comedy film history.
Did not like it.... by drewlicious	Apr 28th, 2008 06:45:43 PM
There were precisely three parts that made me laugh. Neil Patrick Harris's hallucination, Ed Helm's incompetent interpreter, and Harold's ridiculous getup in college. I have seen so many goth/technopunk....whatever asian kids that dressed just like that and somehow he managed to nail that dazed/depressed expression. I about fell out of my chair for that one. Now if only I didn't have to sit through the rest of the movie for those three jokes.
It was funny by therealkumar	Apr 28th, 2008 08:15:46 PM
And Moriarty definitely has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Harold and Kumar. Maybe he's jealous that a talkbacker has a movie career.
AICN has given up on spoiler warnings by BadMrWonka	Apr 28th, 2008 08:39:14 PM
it's sad, because I used to love how careful they were about it. now Mori can write "And I’m almost sure that’s real weed they’re smoking during the Amsterdam conclusion of the film." and it doesn't even warrant a spoiler box on the review, let alone a warning IN the review. I mean I know it's a dumb, silly movie, but come on. you don't have to give away the ending because you thought it sucked, Mori. why not write, "And in one particular scene, I'm sure it was real weed they were smoking..."? oh well, I guess it doesn't matter. I just like avoiding spoilers, and you guys used to care about it as well. sucks for me, but I still love AICN.
come on Moriarty, lighten up by The Amazing G	Apr 28th, 2008 10:14:28 PM
the H&K flicks are fun and funny, I dare to say you're over analyzing them
and I loved the bottomless pool party by The Amazing G	Apr 28th, 2008 10:15:03 PM
I have no shame in admitting that
Moriarty is right. by Tal the Reviewer	Apr 28th, 2008 11:23:05 PM
This movie is fucking stupid. But being Asian, this movie that appeals to MY stupidity. So I loved it. Remember how funny Long Duk Dong was in Sixteen Candles? I didn't. I was seething when I saw that shit for the first time. Finally, there's a movie that acknowledges the Asian American perception of Western Culture ... even if only fleetingly. It's pretty easy to dismiss Harold and Kumar as base stoner comedies (and let's get real, you'd be 90% right). But there's something subersive going on in these films. In most comedies of late, the source of misunderstanding and confusion which leads to various "wacky scenarios" is primarily due to characters being gross, unrealistic caricatures -- they're either dunces or potheads or socially retarded man-children. It's not like Harold and Kumar are over-the-top assholes, or funky-fresh ghetto superstars trying to funkify their uptight White surroundings. They aren't Queen Latifah or Will Ferrell. They're actually very ordinary, intelligent, Anglo-sized young men. The obstacles they face don't come from being jerks, but from being Not-White. When I watched this movie, I thought, "Yes, this is stupid," but there are moments when they affirm, capture and find humor in what it feels like to be Asian in America: No matter how well you assimilate, you'll always be on the outside looking in. And I kind of appreciate that. I prefer these movies over Joy Luck Club or Better Luck Tomorrow, that's for sure.
Pot Bag... by JohnRevik	Apr 29th, 2008 11:24:40 AM

Pot Bag... by JohnRevik	Apr 29th, 2008 11:26:01 AM
...dream sequence in the first one was possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

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