I just saw this last night with my wife, so its fresh in my mind. First off, I'm surprised it came to DVD so fast! It must have flopped. There were a lot of small elements that I thought were going to be funny, but just fell flat. The whole "karate monkey" part was stupid. A lot of the characters were annoying. I grew up playing video games and have a real love of them, but the whole video game theme seemed like an afterthought, and wasn't really explored well. It seems there was a lot of funny material to work with, but it never really came together well. It reminded me a lot of SNL skits that go on WAY TOO LONG. My wife and I both noticed that the movie dragged a lot, and seemed longer than its actual running time. Also, I'm no drug prude, but the rampant pot smoking seemed really excessive. Everybody like to smoke pot! Pot smoking, in itself, is not very funny to watch. It is handled in a funnier way on "That 70's Show". Also, they make the "bad" character obsessed with "The Matrix" and robots and techno music. I like all of those things, and they spoil it! In one scene, the bad nerd is listening to "Window Licker" by Aphex Twin, a great song, and they show it in a bad light by having a stupid Asian guy getting annoyed by it. He even goes as far as saying, "I hate techno music." The main guy, who looks a lot like Mel Gibson, is okay. I also like the goofy guy with the car for a bed. Most of the other male characters are just stupid and annoying. The young female, who played Velma in the Scooby Doo movies, is hot and does a good job. The older women were okay. Probably the funniest part in the movie is when the guy's grandmother makes him vacuum, and when he lifts the couch, there is a dead cat with a terrified expression. That part, to me and my wife, was hilarious! Also, no one is ever shown actually programming the game! The supposed genius is surrounded by monitors, but never seems to do any work. The good guy has a "side project", a game he's been developing for years, yet he only has it on one disc, no copies, and no computer with all of the files! He lets the bad guy borrow the only disk?!? That's retarded! I do a lot of work on computer, and everything is routinely backed up! He should have dozens if copies of such an important project, not to mention all of the files on his computer! The party scene was stupid as well. All of the sudden there were all of these bikers and Hollywood porn star looking women at the grandmas house! I loved movies like "Dude, Where's My Car", "40 Year Old Virgin", "Just Friends", and "Napolean Dynamite". I like a good stupid comedy. This one had its moments, there just wasn't enough of them...
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