Erin StapletonHarold and Kumar need to escape from gross out comedy
September 8th 2008 11:10
"Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" (2008) Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Now, when it comes to my film preferences, I'm more or less a boy. I hate HATE 'chick flicks' and I hate the term 'chick flick' even more. I LOVE shitty (and good) Hong Kong martial arts movies (one springs to mind where the subtitles were so bad that the husband character kept getting referred to as husby) and I love action movies, and sadly, movies based on video games, and slasher, and horror, and zombies and so on and forth. But, I draw, perhaps the only line, at gross out comedy.
I haven't seen the first installment of "Harold and Kumar", but saw a preview for this one, which was funny enough to prompt me to see it. Mostly, the sad indictment of the US political and social climate really appealed to me. And the actors who play Harold and Kumar struck me as a well cast, charismatic comic duo.
BUT...
All the film's best jokes were in the preview. And, gross out humour is just not funny. No, no it isn't. No, it's just not. Especially when it's poorly executed, and especially when it totally fucks up an otherwise amusing scene. Basically, what needs to happen, is these guys need to see beyond the shit and the hirsute pubis jokes, and work on what appeals to a wider audience than 13 year old boys.
Now, when it comes to my film preferences, I'm more or less a boy. I hate HATE 'chick flicks' and I hate the term 'chick flick' even more. I LOVE shitty (and good) Hong Kong martial arts movies (one springs to mind where the subtitles were so bad that the husband character kept getting referred to as husby) and I love action movies, and sadly, movies based on video games, and slasher, and horror, and zombies and so on and forth. But, I draw, perhaps the only line, at gross out comedy.
harold, kumar and w, in one of the funnier moments of the film
I haven't seen the first installment of "Harold and Kumar", but saw a preview for this one, which was funny enough to prompt me to see it. Mostly, the sad indictment of the US political and social climate really appealed to me. And the actors who play Harold and Kumar struck me as a well cast, charismatic comic duo.
BUT...
All the film's best jokes were in the preview. And, gross out humour is just not funny. No, no it isn't. No, it's just not. Especially when it's poorly executed, and especially when it totally fucks up an otherwise amusing scene. Basically, what needs to happen, is these guys need to see beyond the shit and the hirsute pubis jokes, and work on what appeals to a wider audience than 13 year old boys.
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