JosephGabriel
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I remember watching the first Harold & Kumar film, I was totally baked and loved it from beginning to end! Full of hilarious moments it truly was a good film. However, watching this film, the sequel to it, I must admit I was completely sober, maybe that was the reason I didn't find it so funny, or maybe I just wasn't in the mood....
Following on immediately from the first film, the pair return from White Castle; Harold wanting a shower and Kumar wanting a huge shit, both fulfil their wishes, but at the same time, much to Harold's disgust.
Then whilst Harold packs his bags, Kumar runs to bed to relieve his sexual tension, by himself. Quite an awkward moment, I didn't quite know how to react, and believe me, I'm no prude but just thought it was a bit too far, that's not really what I want to see in a film.
They set off to fly to Amsterdam, they're going to follow Maria (Paula Garcés), the super-hot woman on whom Harold has a huge crush. At the airport, they run into an old friend, Vanessa (Danneel Harris), and her frat-boy, upright-citizen fiancé, Colton (Eric Winter). It turns out that Vanessa is Kumar's ex, and he is still a little crazy about her, a fact that becomes clear when Kumar later finds himself in the company of two delicious whores who want to see to his every need.
Following the story, Harold and Kumar are detained in, and sneak out of, Guantánamo Bay, after a kerfuffle involving a smokeless bong that Kumar has smuggled onto their flight that is mistaken for a bong by an over-zealous passenger. A crazy, boneheaded fed, Ron Fox (Rob Corddry), sets out to catch them. Somewhere along the way Neil Patrick Harris, reprising the role he played in the first picture (that of himself), shows up and, after nibbling too many 'shrooms from a baggie, has a close encounter with a glowing white unicorn.
The rest of the movie, just like the first, follows them along their journey, every twist and turn an interesting one. Playing on racial, religious and political stereotypes for the films humour. I think that maybe the reason I didn't ache from laughing after the film was that maybe the material isn't original enough. The jokes and stereotypes have been used many times before in other movies, in a much better fashion and taste than in this film. There was very little new material and it all seemed a bit like regurgitation.
If you liked the first movie, chances are you may like this one, but I would suggest getting incredibly drunk or intoxicated first and make sure you're already laughing, so you can hit the ground running.
Following on immediately from the first film, the pair return from White Castle; Harold wanting a shower and Kumar wanting a huge shit, both fulfil their wishes, but at the same time, much to Harold's disgust.
Then whilst Harold packs his bags, Kumar runs to bed to relieve his sexual tension, by himself. Quite an awkward moment, I didn't quite know how to react, and believe me, I'm no prude but just thought it was a bit too far, that's not really what I want to see in a film.
They set off to fly to Amsterdam, they're going to follow Maria (Paula Garcés), the super-hot woman on whom Harold has a huge crush. At the airport, they run into an old friend, Vanessa (Danneel Harris), and her frat-boy, upright-citizen fiancé, Colton (Eric Winter). It turns out that Vanessa is Kumar's ex, and he is still a little crazy about her, a fact that becomes clear when Kumar later finds himself in the company of two delicious whores who want to see to his every need.
Following the story, Harold and Kumar are detained in, and sneak out of, Guantánamo Bay, after a kerfuffle involving a smokeless bong that Kumar has smuggled onto their flight that is mistaken for a bong by an over-zealous passenger. A crazy, boneheaded fed, Ron Fox (Rob Corddry), sets out to catch them. Somewhere along the way Neil Patrick Harris, reprising the role he played in the first picture (that of himself), shows up and, after nibbling too many 'shrooms from a baggie, has a close encounter with a glowing white unicorn.
The rest of the movie, just like the first, follows them along their journey, every twist and turn an interesting one. Playing on racial, religious and political stereotypes for the films humour. I think that maybe the reason I didn't ache from laughing after the film was that maybe the material isn't original enough. The jokes and stereotypes have been used many times before in other movies, in a much better fashion and taste than in this film. There was very little new material and it all seemed a bit like regurgitation.
If you liked the first movie, chances are you may like this one, but I would suggest getting incredibly drunk or intoxicated first and make sure you're already laughing, so you can hit the ground running.
