What happened in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the latest pot-smoking misadventure for the titular pals played by John Cho and Kal Penn? Then again, what happened in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) or Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)? I know I’ve seen the first two films, the first one more than once; I’ve even written reviews for both. And yet, I cannot remember much of what happens beyond the basic premise. Everything after the setup becomes a series of random race-, sex-, and scatological-based jokes fuelled by drugs and goofy cameo appearances by Neil Patrick Harris. Perhaps we’re not supposed to remember what happened. Perhaps our moviegoing experience equates to a night of excessive substance abuse best left forgotten the morning after. It may just be that the Harold & Kumar films are forgettable, which I think is true in some respect. They’re memorable in that they make us laugh for their duration at whatever bonkers nonsense fills the short runtime, and we remember laughing a lot throughout, but it’s a disposable experience. This third go-round even more so, being that as you leave the theater you’re tossing (i.e. recycling) those […]
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