I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, and I didn't think I would. Normally I'm not a big fan of "stoner humor" (Cheech & Chong movies, etc.), but this movie was an exception to the rule for me.
The first time I saw it, I laughed my ass off. Then again, I was pretty drunk at the time and had just finished watching Dodgeball.
I watched it again the other night and it wasn't QUITE as funny as it was the first time, but I still enjoyed it.
Most junk from Hollywood calling themselves a comedy is dumbed down for all audiences. This film was dumbed up for adults who enjoy stoners, profanity, politically incorrect offensive humor and t!ts.
Please write more R rated comedies. Oh wait, that's what I write. Forget what I said.
I agree it was a little under par on some fronts. My response to the cheetah scene was 'Finally! They've been *****footing up to that for an hour!' And the McWhatever employee going insane felt pretty forced. But I still had a good time - and it was nice to see someone portray Asians as something other than genuises, martial arts experts, or Confucius wannabes.
Friend of mine just wrote a great, and I mean great, script around the political relationship between the US and China. It was good work, but I told him a fun drinking game would be to do a shot everytime one of his Asian characters made some silly metaphor or quoted a proverb.
You'd have died by act two.
"The intrepid Spaceman Spiff is stranded on a distant planet! Our hero ruefully acknowledges this happens fairly frequently." Calvin & Hobbs
But I still had a good time - and it was nice to see someone portray Asians as something other than genuises, martial arts experts, or Confucius wannabes.
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