The Pot

Really hard to sit through if you don't think a pothead going mad is funny or mildly interesting. Confusing, nonsense, illogic, lame, idiotic, stupid, hilarious, genius, intense, slow, boring, reiterative... call it whatever you like but you've got to admit: this is the ultimate pothead movie or maybe the "Fear and Loathing..." for the new generation. Anna Faris is funny as hell but the real deal is called John Krasinski in a much funnier role than the one he made in "License to Wed". We can call 2007 his last stupid year before taking charge of next year's "Brief interviews with hideous men" directing and writing. Krasinki's hability to make everyone laugh with the minimum effort (see "Jim's faces" in "The Office" for more info on that) is legendary. He doesn't have to go over the top in a Carrey-ish way but just like the good old Zach Braff (before season 3 of "Scrubs") he just says his lines hitting every single right note all the way to your laughing system. By far one of the most underrated actors nowadays.

Good movie, hilarious but maybe too weird for some people: not for everyone. But perfect for me!

I love stoner comedies for the way the characters are delicious to follow and smartly written, even if the situations are completely random.

Harold and Kumar may be stoners but they are real in a way: Harold is a shy workaholic and Kumar a really brilliant guy. They both have hopes and goals, they have deep emotions and they are simply compelling. As a film lover, this matters to me, and it's nice but what I love about stoner comedies is that at the end of the movie IT DOESN'T MATTER! You can see the movie both ways: caring about the rich characters or simply let go and laugh out loud.

It is definitely the ultimate buddy movie and it's absolutely hilarious but it's not THAT funny and it lacks of the charm of "Smiley Face".

Nevertheless, Neil Patrick Harris steals the show with only 3 extremely funny scenes and, while John Cho is capable of being a comedy leading man, Kal Penn is pitch-perfect as his sidekick. Completely memorable but far away from being a "classic". Still, it's worth your time.

The sequel looks WAY better and funnier.

I don't know if this is better than the first one or than "Smiley Face", all I know is I dig "stoner comedies" and John Cho so I'm definitely seeing this.