Eve and others have mentioned this film a few times, mostly in the thread about The Emperor’s New Groove. The people have spoken. We need a thread to bash Dude, Where’s My Car?, a movie that has the potential to become the worst film in over half a decade.
For one, the cast is composed of two actors with almost no name recognition (which doesn’t always indicate quality) and a supporting cast that appears to be filled with strippers. From what I gathered from the commercials, the premise is that these two guys get hammered, then can’t find their car. The words “dude” and “sweet” appear more often than than “F**k” does in Scarface. I could make this same movie with two friends, a cheap video camera, and a free hour. The whole movie really should be 20 minutes. An episode of Pokemon is more interesting than this.
Yeah, this movie looks like it’s going to be along this same retarded concept that American Pie and all those other “teen” movies have had in the last year. It’s just a retread, get some “good looking” people and have them participate in awkward situations involving alcohol and/or sex and/or narcotics, see how they react, hilarity ensues . . .
Scratch, I didn’t check the Pit, though it probably is a good place to put a D,WMC? thread. Sorry bout that. This will either die or become the PG-13 version.
I think it should be called “Dumb and Dumber’s little brothers get lucky”. Or maybe “Saturday Night Live sketches turned into movies aren’t this bad”. Or how about “People will pay 7 bucks to watch anything if it’s about sex”.
And I know that after this movie comes out, my high school will be filled with brainless stoners walking around saying, “Dude, did you SEE that movie? Isn’t that THE BEST MOVIE?!” Then they’ll “huh-huh” laugh down the hallway. The same kind of stuff that happenend when “American Pie” came out.
Am I the only one who thinks this movie might be good? I haven’t seen it yet, so I reserve total judgement, but the previews make it sound like good stupid fun. At least it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not.
Dick how can you say that? You haven’t even seen the movie. I haven’t seen it either but let me just reassure you before the fact that you most definately could not make this movie with your friends in any given timeframe. Making a major motion picture is no easy task my friend.
I thought it was cute, but I didn’t pay to see it, lol. Besides it has my favorite thing: two hot young guys kissing. That puts it on my list of favorites right next to Baseketball. It’s not supposed to be Schindler’s List you know. It’s just something for kids to do on the weekend.
Yipes you guys are cranky about your “films”. No wonder I hang out at fametracker.com more often. This was a good funny (and yes, stupid) movie. But who cares? It’s winter, and usually the theatres are filled with ponderous “serious” movies. This is the best fun flik since Bring It On. Which Im sure you didnt like either.
I thought it was pretty funny. I don’t see how you can bitch and moan about this being a “bad” movie; of COURSE its a bad movie! What, “Dude, Where’s my Car?” has Oscar aspirations? One of your major gripes is that it has no-name stars? Its a movie in the “Bill and Ted” tradition! Just cheap laughs, and all that. If you want to insult a movie, its far more satisfying to pick one that does aspire to be a “good movie”, and fails miserably. DWMC succeeds at what it set out to do, and delivers what it promises.
I saw the movie last night out of sheer morbid curiosity. For one thing, I went into it knowing that the writers weren’t aspiring for any Academy Awards. All it is is the movie industry capitalizing off of stuff that most high schoolers can relate to (either by experience or observation) - sex, mind-altering substances, and the word “dude,” which has become a frequent addition to many teen vocabularies. (Yes…admittedly, including mine.) If you’re looking for some pinacle of Hollywood genuis, then spend your money elsewhere. For an hour and a half of really cheap laughs (which, in my opinion, is a thing of beauty when you’re under so much stress all the time!), then go ahead and drop the 7 bucks. My only advice - don’t go into it expecting a decent movie…it falls somewhere between “Half Baked” and “American Pie” in stupidity and crudeness.
Dick? Is this an insult or do you think that’s my name (which, in itself, is insulting)?
Moving on. I should clear this up by mentioning that I like some stupid comedies (Half Baked). They don’t have to be Saving Private Ryan to get me to show up. But this movie looks like it doesn’t even try to be the good kind of funny. It looks painfully unfunny. I’m ready to help them find their car, just so I can cut the brake line and send them crashing off a bridge. If I were bored/hammered enough to see the movie, I can just picture myself sitting in the theater listening to:
Guy1: “Man, we’re stoned.”
Guy2: “Sweet.”
Guy1: “Sweet.”
Guy2: “We’re so stoned.”
(repeat ad nauseum)
And as for the comment about making it myself. Cisco, I was just trying to convey a point. I was expressing my opinion that this movie is without a point. I’m still not sure if you were serious.
As just an addendum, to those who haven’t seen it yet, this definitely is NOT a “drug comedy”. The fact that these guys are supposed to be “stoners”, while mentioned in the movie, is little more than an allusion. Unless I’m forgetting something, they never actually do ANY drugs in the movie. The “stoner” angle is more to cover their goofiness. The only gag involving marijuana smoking involves a <SPOILER><SPOILER><SPOILER> neighbor’s dog.
