harold and kumar

I can't stop being entertained by Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. The comedy just works on so many levels. Yeah, at the most superficial level there are the pot jokes and the lowbrow humor. But underneath that, there's the pretty humorous, but seriously groundbreaking social commentary regarding the two main characters breaking asian and east indian stereotypes. Finally, there's this relaxed aura throughout the film. It becomes verbalized at one point as, "It's no use getting all worked up every time some idiots are giving you a hard time, the universe tends to unfold as it should." Good words for me to live by, eh? Oh, I forgot to mention, Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D.) shows up too.


John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, and Kal Penn
(Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema)

The only part of this movie I felt silly about is that I am guilty of sharing some of Harold's habits and mannerisms at one point or another. All in all, this movie was a pleasant surprise as I was not expecting anything remotely close to a good movie when I saw the previews of it way back when. The DVD was well worth the purchase price. It's too bad that the closest White Castles to DC are in Newark, NJ and Columbus, OH. I really am craving those White Castle burgers...

For those of you in the audience keeping count... Harold and Kumar is the first mainstream movie that has an asian guy actually kissing a girl and ending up with her at the end. Um, this is 2005, right? You all know me well enough that I'm not out there with a mission to get Hollywood to do anything, as I really couldn't care less about Hollywood. The facts just speak for themselves.