Product: Dude Where's My Car (With Borat Preview Disc) (2000)
Rating: 5.0
light hearted, more than meets the eye
On first viewing of this movie, I was hit w/ the remarkable blandness of alot of the jokes. It was funny, but it seemed like alot of what I saw was either revisited and rehashed humor, so I left the theater mostly dissatisfied, confused, but all in all 'eh, i didn't expect much, and i laughed a couple of times' sortof mood.However, there's something about the film that the more times I watch, the more I find myself laughing at it, the jokes so ridiculously stupid and forgettable, that I've exactly done that, forgotten them, and a peculiar sense of laughing at something entirely new, yet revisiting an old friend, deja-vu experience happens.Its quite forgettable, yet therein lies its charm, for how many great films can you watch over and over again, yet w/ each viewing, learning the lines by heart you lose the initial impact after each succesive watching.Shimmy becomes an old forgotten friend, that we vaguely remember, but its still nice to visit again. Nostalgia and stupidity all wrapped together in one.I think the actors also pull it off, the remarkably [slow] dialoge was written exactly that, [slow], but done so in a innocent and naive manner.The characters/heros are anti-heros w/out the bitterness or moral uncertainty that most stories of our day and age present. No, you get no cynicism or failing of our human nature, no brooding negativety, or triumphing over the darkness.You have two naive innocents, who jovially bumble thier way through the movie, and its this light-hearted tone of the writing that also welcome repeated viewings. Like old friends, whom you visit, knowing though the conversation will be insipid, will most likely inspire laughter, and someone being dunked into the pool.stupidity? yes. bad writing? I don't think so. If you give the film a chance, and watch it for exactly what it is, it may make you laugh and smile as much as it sets out to. and you may find yourself, like me, revisiting it from time to time, and discovering its hidden charm, and unappreciated brillaince.