# Hot Tub Time Machine. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634 "2010-07-05T21:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/1 "2010-07-05T21:29:46Z")
WAs this movie good or what? No seriously, I’m asking. I ordered this the other night. I’ll be honest, at the time I had quaffed way more beers than I should have. All I remember about this movie is that it made me laugh a lot. I mean A LOT! So now I don’t know if it was the beer talking or was this really a funny movie? Or both? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/2 "2010-07-05T21:52:12Z")
It was pretty funny, though quite predictable. Not a masterpiece, by any means, but well worth the ticket price. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/3 "2010-07-05T23:37:34Z")
It was exactly what I expected it to be, which was stupid, mindless fun. I don’t regret paying to see it in the theater, but I never plan to watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/4 "2010-07-06T02:27:36Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’d watch it again if it came on TV and I had nothing else to do, but I probably wouldn’t pay to rent it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/5 "2010-07-06T02:45:08Z")
I haven’t seen it, but was surprised to read it got good to decent reviews from a lot of movie critics. Didn’t run to the theaters, but figured I would make it a point to see it when it hits the cable channels. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/6 "2010-07-06T04:15:51Z")
I watched it last night and enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/7 "2010-07-06T04:25:44Z")
Saw it at the $1 theater. It was hilarious, but it was what it was - a throwaway comedy that doesn’t make you think, just makes you crack up. Definitely have to be in the right move for it. I’d never see it again, but I’m very glad I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/8 "2010-07-06T04:43:27Z")
I saw it with a couple beers in me too, which I think is the best way to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/9 "2010-07-06T04:51:35Z")
It was great, Everyone kept saying it was just as good as _The Hangover_ but I thought this was way better. I merely chuckled during _The Hangover_, I laughed out loud during _Hot Tub Time Machine_ numerous times. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/10 "2010-07-06T05:31:48Z")
My daughter is not quite old enough to drive, so I’ve been taking her to the mall with a friend so they can shop. I have nothing else to do, so I go to a movie. I saw Hot Tub Time Machine. I liked it. It is not “My Dinner with Andre.” I am not Roger Ebert. Draw your own conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/11 "2010-07-06T05:39:23Z")
i didn’t find it especially funny, but i didn’t like the hangover either. i thought both lacked originality both in overall premise, or specific jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/12 "2010-07-06T14:58:30Z")
I’m 40 and graduated in 88’ so it hit all the right nostalgic notes with me. While it still may be funny for younger audiences I don’t know if they’d appreciate the middle aged guy going back to the 80s theme as much as I did. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/13 "2010-07-06T18:00:59Z")
You know, I liked it a lot better than the Hangover too. Expectations may have played a part in that though. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/14 "2010-07-06T18:57:36Z")
It hit all the nostalgic notes for me, and I enjoyed it. Given that, though, I never laughed out loud and I found it mostly predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/15 "2010-07-06T19:01:46Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I’m 40 and graduated in 88’ so it hit all the right nostalgic notes with me. While it still may be funny for younger audiences I don’t know if they’d appreciate the middle aged guy going back to the 80s theme as much as I did. Ditto, age and all. I just saw this movie On Demand. I also enjoyed the inside jokes to 80’s stuff that were surely there for people of my age. (Like the James Brown hot tub SNL sketch, the Better Off Dead “Two dollars” reference, the Karate Kid “Put him in a body bag, yeah!” line, the Red Dawn truck, and of course Crispin Glover) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/16 "2010-07-06T20:28:08Z")
Predictable? This was about the most unpredictable movie I have seen in my life. I went to see it in the theatre. The trailers ran for way too long, and they were all for action movies. And a lot of the trailers were in 3D. Why the hell would they do that for a non-3D movie? But at last the movie started, and the narrator started talking about ancient times. Cool, I thought, he’s going to explain how the time machine came to be. But something was weird with the picture. It was, like, fuzzy or something. And no one was complaining about it! What, were these people blind? I looked around, and as it turns out, they were all wearing sunglasses, so I guess they were. But anyway, the part where Persius was fighting the giant scorpions was freakin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/17 "2010-07-06T20:44:33Z")
Are there any boobies in it? If so, I may have to get it on PPV. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/18 "2010-07-06T21:03:10Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > Are there any boobies in it? If so, I may have to get it on PPV. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/19 "2010-07-06T21:48:12Z")
Do a search for images of Jessica Pare. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634/20 "2010-07-06T21:52:26Z")
Lame. They could have done so much more with the material (I’m serious). If Crispin Glover is the funniest part of your movie… not a great sign. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-time-machine/545634.md?page=2)