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Dude where is my car

Movie Dude where is my car Director Danny Leiner Producer Andrew Kosove Cinematographer na Music na

Its finally here…The moment I was dreading ever since I was forced into seeing ‘Bill and Ted’s bogus Journey’. ‘Dude where’s my car’ is pure torture but laughable at the same time for the brain dead. This is what the movie is about… After a wild night of partying with Chester, Jesse can`t find his car the next day. The two friends don`t even have a clue as to what happened the night before. The boys soon embark on a madcap adventure to find Jesse`s car. In their odyssey, they gradually learn about last night`s events, which included strippers, buff aliens, and tattoos. Jesse and Chester also discover that they are now responsible for the fate of the universe. I know a movie like ‘Dude where’s my car’ is geared for brainless laughs, but shouldn`t some thought have been invested in making it? The movie survives solely on the aforementioned wacky antics, which turns ‘Dude where’s my car’ into a feat of endurance that would fatigue a marathon runner. There`s no break from the goofball proceedings. Screenwriter Philip Stark and director Danny Leiner don`t give us a single character with any wit or subtlety. The characters are stoned morons, sympathetic girlfriends, bullying jocks and super-intense space nerds. As for Jesse and Chester, they might be the first characters in movie history without a working cerebrum. It would have been funnier if these guys were smart, so they could sarcastically comment on their absurd situation. But Scott and Kutcher are given little more to do than say "shibby" and "sweet" in a frat-boy cadence... and then break things. And that`s a shame, because I like both of these guys. Kutcher is a dopey highlight on the sitcom That `70s Show, and Scott with his prankster grin was a big reason why American Pie was such a success.