Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Jon Hurwitz/Hayden Schlossberg, 2008
US
@ Pacific Place
If comedy is largely the act of surprising the audience, with clever wordplay or unexpected situations or whatever, this feels like an utter failure. It's also an issue that the template for their adventures is so much less mundane. Finding a cheetah near the Jersey turnpike is hilarious, but stumbling upon a bottomless party at a mansion in Miami much less so. When the outline of the movie is already so outlandish, the gags fail to stick out. Particularly when they almost entirely mirror those in the first movie. Maybe this would be funny if you'd heard someone make a poor attempt at outlining the first movie at a party, giving you just enough incentive to see it but not enough prior knowledge to be bored.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Jon Hurwitz/Hayden Schlossberg, 2008
US
@ Pacific Place
If comedy is largely the act of surprising the audience, with clever wordplay or unexpected situations or whatever, this feels like an utter failure. It's also an issue that the template for their adventures is so much less mundane. Finding a cheetah near the Jersey turnpike is hilarious, but stumbling upon a bottomless party at a mansion in Miami much less so. When the outline of the movie is already so outlandish, the gags fail to stick out. Particularly when they almost entirely mirror those in the first movie. Maybe this would be funny if you'd heard someone make a poor attempt at outlining the first movie at a party, giving you just enough incentive to see it but not enough prior knowledge to be bored.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Labels: 2008, Hurwitz/Schlossberg, No Stars, US
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