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This was hands down the best stoner movie to come out since Super Troopers. Just because you like high brow does not mean you can't enjoy a classic stoner flick. Top notch. Right up there with Cheech & Chong and Half Baked.

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Right up there with Cheech & Chong and Half Baked.


That's like saying, "Right up there with Exile on Main Street and Electric Youth"

That being said, I've heard some good things about this, and will probably see it at some point in time.

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i quit smoking weed a million years ago and i laughed like hell while watching it.


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What makes stoner comedies stoner-y? Should I have not found this movie funny for never having smoked pot?

Cuz I did find it funny.


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Right up there with Cheech & Chong and Half Baked.


That's like saying, "Right up there with Exile on Main Street and Electric Youth"



Half Baked is funnier than pretty much every Cheech and Chong movie I've ever seen, and easier to listen to than Electric Youth.


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The only sad thing about this film, at the sneak preview which I attended, I was the oldest person in the theatre by six years. Everyone else who attended was in high-school... And, had probably smoked infinitely more weed than I (who have never smoked).


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This is definitely on my "to rent" list!

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One of the funniest movies in recent years.


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This is definitely on my "to rent" list!


Do it when your kids are each fourteen or older. Make it their passage into manhood (pot mitzvah?).

I mean, I recall, when I turned fourteen, my stepfather was finally able to convince my mother to let me watch Monty Python's Life of Brian. But, I still wasn't allowed to tell my (maternal) grandparents I would have done so. And, it was great.

I felt adult after that.


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eh...I didn't really like it. Guess I just don't find neu stoner humor as funny as some people...

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PopTodd Wrote:
This is definitely on my "to rent" list!


Do it when your kids are each fourteen or older. Make it their passage into manhood (pot mitzvah?).

I mean, I recall, when I turned fourteen, my stepfather was finally able to convince my mother to let me watch Monty Python's Life of Brian. But, I still wasn't allowed to tell my (maternal) grandparents I would have done so. And, it was great.

I felt adult after that.


I think we'll rent it before that. Both of us are former pot smokers: Sharon in HS and me, after college. Both of us gave it up before the kids were born, but we also can still both appreciate the fine art of stoner humor.

Oh yeah.
It's a rental.

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Oh and a sequel to this movie is in the works. It is called "Harold and Kumar go to Amsterdam."

Kumar Played by Kal Penn) better be careful he doesn't get mistaken for an Arab over there. Ever since that Van Gogh murder things have been dicey in Holland.

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yes, this shit was fucking hilarious, confirmed.

neil patrick harris owns all, and the stoner comedy was pretty damn good. they kept the jokes about weed funny and just did some really outrageous stuff. i approve.

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i quit smoking weed a million years ago and i laughed like hell while watching it.


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 Post subject: Re: NMR: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
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Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.

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Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.


I disagree whoever wrote this movie had to have some helpl from stoners. Some parts were so right on. ie When Kumar leaves his phone and when the anti-marijuana commercical comes on.

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Pagoda Wrote:
Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.


I disagree whoever wrote this movie had to have some helpl from stoners. Some parts were so right on. ie When Kumar leaves his phone and when the anti-marijuana commercical comes on.


They get a lot of shit right, but the stuff that's wrong is just so wrong. Also, I remember this movie HAS to be upgraded to a B, if for nothing else than the gratuitous titty shots.

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chase Wrote:
i quit smoking weed a million years ago and i laughed like hell while watching it.


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Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.


I disagree whoever wrote this movie had to have some helpl from stoners. Some parts were so right on. ie When Kumar leaves his phone and when the anti-marijuana commercical comes on.


They get a lot of shit right, but the stuff that's wrong is just so wrong. Also, I remember this movie HAS to be upgraded to a B, if for nothing else than the gratuitous titty shots.


I know you love the titties

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Pagoda Wrote:
Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.


I disagree whoever wrote this movie had to have some helpl from stoners. Some parts were so right on. ie When Kumar leaves his phone and when the anti-marijuana commercical comes on.


They get a lot of shit right, but the stuff that's wrong is just so wrong. Also, I remember this movie HAS to be upgraded to a B, if for nothing else than the gratuitous titty shots.


I know you love the titties


But, did they work al-Qaeda in? Kumar is pointedly not a Muslim, but he is dark and South Asian. Mistaken for an ISI agent maybe?

Can't recall....


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Senator Krylon LooGAR Wrote:
Pagoda Wrote:
Right up there with Half Baked.


Yeah, another movie about stoners written by people who don't smoke pot?

This had moments of sheer hilarity, but sometimes the outlandish shit gets in the way (i.e. riding a cheetah) I get it, "They're stones, its SUPPOSED to be wacky but seriously....

I would give this movie a solid B-. Entertaining, but a bit cliched.


I agree with this take, up to about 85%. Sheer hilarity? Not really. Amusing, though. Overall, average at best. I liked the two main characters, but the antics were pretty lame.

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