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Just as in "Wayne's World," a film that is clearly a constant point of reference here, the core of the story has less to do with the loosely connected scenes at hand than with the undying friendship that motivates these two wide-eyed characters.
But the mad excesses and gleeful tastelessness of a genre that calls to what remains of the dirty-minded brat in all of us, are largely missing from this cheery post-"Wayne's World" stew of teenage buddy jokes and low-rent sci-fi nonsense.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Directed by Stephen Herek
influenced Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Themes
Yet another addition to the long line of ‘Stupid Movies’ that Hollywood insists on churning out – you can blame the Farrelly Brothers and Dumb & Dumber if you like, but Dude, Where’s My Car? has its roots as far back as Cheech & Chong’s pot-smoking comedies from the 1970s, as well as in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1988.
Booksmart (2019)
Directed by Olivia Wilde
influenced by Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Plot
The result is a series of misadventures and discovery which is something like a cross between “The Breakfast Club” and “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.”
Just see the much more clever "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle."
Like Memento or Dude, Where's My Car? the movie turns on the question of amnesia.
David Krumholtz ("Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," TV's "Numb3rs") is Mr. Universe, an allied satellite knowledge bank and hacker extraordinaire who lives happily with his sexbot.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Directed by Steve Oedekerk
influenced Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
As is usually the case with comedic sequels, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay - like Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey before it - has been infused with an uncomfortably over-the-top sensibility that handily obliterates the easy-going feel of its predecessor (ie it's bigger but rarely better).