Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle was one of those movies that was good for me once, but if I ever saw it again afterward, I got almost nothing out of it.

Bludgeoned With Themes

Did anyone else notice that there were all sorts of themes running through Harold and Kumar? There’s the whole “Stereotypes Are Bad!” theme going on, followed up by “White Guys Are Jerks” and carrying on into “We Need To Grow Backbones”. Oh, and leave us not forget the good old-fashioned round of “There’s More To Everyone Than Meets The Eye”.

But then, you’ve got to do something to make a ninety-minute movie about two schmucks going out for White Castle whilst baked out of their gourds.

Not That The Plot Was Anything Great Either

Seriously–that’s what this is. It’s a roughly two hour trip to White Castle for a couple guys high on weed. What’s next - a version of Run Lola Run where she gets laced on heroin and runs out to Kentucky Fried Chicken? Will anyone sit and watch Jim and Frank Get Blasted Out of Their Skulls on Crack and Desperately Need Wendy’s?

I’m all for morals and uplifting themes, but there’s a limit to how much canned morality I can take in a movie. Even the addition of a comically delinquent Neal Patrick Harris (yes, Doogie Howser–you might as well call him Doogie Howser because his career post-Doog looks like slow death) failed to spark more than mild laughs.

I’m bored to tears by the thought of watching this again, because I know exactly what it’s going to say at any given opportunity and I only saw it once.

You Mean There’s Gonna Be Another One??

And worse yet, I find out Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay is in the works, and I can already feel the themes on that one slamming into the back of my skull with all the subtlety of a bright pink baseball bat full of nails. The title practically screams it - yet another indictment of our sitting President, like that hasn’t been done to death and beyond already. For crying out loud, guys, the line to mock President Dubya goes back in THAT direction. Yeah, like three miles back. Frank Caliendo beat you to it. How’s that got to feel, when even Frank Caliendo is ahead of you in line?

Which bodes poorly for Harold and Kumar…but frankly, if the best they can do is go out for burgers and try to hop a plane to Amsterdam I really don’t care how many more films they do.

But you can swing on over and slam down all the trivia sliders you can eat at Kwanzoo’s Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle movie trivia!

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