John Cho and Kal Penn are Hot

I don't think this was ever being debated. I guess it takes an expat to see how obsessed America is with apologizing to minorities. Why doesn't Hollywood have more minorities in starring roles? I wouldn't know. But they don't have many expats in them either so there must be a bias. I bet Haliburton has something to do with it.

I actually really liked Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. I had a few issue, like *all* the white people in the movie being really weird stereotypes. The disfigured sex-maniac Jesus freaks, the Macho minority-abusing cops (hey idiots, why don't the anarchists jump on the gun control bandwagon like they do in the anti-police one?? duuuhhh), the stoner geek and his high society mother, and the "subliminally racist" college professor were all fairly offensive to normal (white) people. And what was up with Harold's girl? No explanation of Amsterdam, no dialog-let alone intelligent commentary, and can you get a more stereotypical name?? Come on guys, get over yourselves and make movies not pseudo political slush.

However, John Cho is a fine, fine young man. Korean guys, from my limited time in Korea, definitely beat out the Japanese on the hotness scale. And Kal Penn would have been hot, but his character reminded me too much of the college frat boys at UVA. Harold was the soft-spoken-professional^nice guy. That type is much hotter, although Harold was a bit to OCD in my humble opinion. But why weren't any of the other KSA kids at least cute? They were at UVA, although the goofy ones were more gangsta and less compugeek.

The smoking up scenes were funny. I really liked the interplay between the leads in these. Even up tight Harold got playful and funny, and nothing beats the ganja cheetah. The two guys had a good onscreen relationship. You didn't have to suspend disbelief in their case unlike in some of the others (freakshow). My favorite scene was when they were singing along to the "extreme mix" in the stolen car, both knew it was goofy but they were on the road and feeling no pain.

The movie ended really well too. Harold and Kumar both grow up a little and finally get some of what they really want in life. I think Harold got the better end of the deal though. Telling off idiots from work must make your whole week shine a little brighter. But at least Kumar realized what he really wanted to do and started on a path that will probably put him in a better relationship with his family.

I would give this movie four out of five stars. It is not a cinematic masterpiece, but it doesn't pretend to be. It's not an epic story, but it pulls off a pretty good epic journey. And it gives a nod to Doogie Houser, who has probably been eating discount tuna since his first show went off the air. What's not to like?