Daddy's Not Coming On Anything!

I just returned from the cinema and I'll tell you, I've never laughed so hard with a movie (as opposing to "at" a movie which I've done a lot lately) in a long time. Harold & Kumar goes to White Castle is a candidate for THE Stoner movie of the year and is directed by the same guy who gave us Dude, Wheres My Car. Our dynamic duo this time is Korean-American investment banker, Harold and Indian medical school candidate, Kumar. Harold is potrayed as a typical hard working asian, shy, soft-spoken, neat, tidy, clean. Kumar is your brainy slacker with a rich father paying for his life (ala Van Wilder). What they have in common? They are flat-mates and pot buddies.

You have all the hallmarks of the stoner genre. Slapstick humor, physical humor, scat jokes, sexual references. You name it. The premise of the film is simple, Two guys have the munchies and need to go out to grab a burger. The underlying theme or sub-plot involves parodies of issues like racism, discrimination and stereotypes. This drives the events that happen along the journey. The dialogue is witty and intelligent. Thats right, the characters do not try to ilicit laughs through sheer stupidity (a.k.a Tom Green or Beavis and Butthead. "Dude, Where's My Car" falls into this category as well).

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Dr. Woodruff : Do you actually believe that after the way you've just behaved that I would even consider recommending you for admission?
Kumar : No. I'm gonna be honest with you. The only reason I'm applying is so my dad will keep paying for my apartment. I don't have any desire to go to med school.
Dr. Woodruff : But you have perfect MCAT scores!
Kumar : Yeeeah, just cause you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you gotta do porn.
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Right from the beginning of the show with a scene involving a mirror and a pair of scissors, playing to Black Eyed Peas, "Let's Get Retarded". The results in Harold & Kumar are hilarious.

Ever since Cheech and Chong smoked up the silver screen in the late 70s, pot induced idiocy is still a tried and true formula 3 decades later. This film is at the very top, even on par with (I dare say) Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back.

As Kumar would put it, "Congratufuckinglations!"

Ninja Moves. I guess he should have trained harder.