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So, this movie is hilarious. Mynagirl and I had a rare, footloose vacation day and indulged ourselves by attending a business-afternoon screening, attended by us and a handful of 18-22 year olds. We, and they, laughed out loud throughout the whole thing. Mind you, there are some parts that are slower and stupider than other parts, but overall this is a smart and funny film wrapped up in the guise of a stoner buddy flick.

The basic storyline follows two post-graduate, pre-maturity roommates named Harold and Kumar as they spend a weekend getting stoned, getting the munchies, and embarking on a Quixotian quest for some White Castle hamburgers. For those unfamiliar, White Castle sells tiny little square hamburgers served with diced onions on top. One (if one is me) typically eats 4-6 of these little burgers (referred to colloquially as “sliders”, because they’re small, greasy, and

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It’s hard for me to know how I’d like this movie, or any of Shyamalan’s movies, if I hadn’t first seen The Sixth Sense. You’ll have to bear with me as I preface my comments for The Village with a few about Sixth Sense and the rest of Shyamalan’s oeuvre. I was so irritated with that movie right up until the ending that brought the whole story together that I then became an instant fan of this director, willing to give him so much leeway in any story, to let him lead me where he wanted. I gave Unbreakable that same kind of “okay, where are you taking me today” wide-eyed wonder, and I ended up liking that one, too, even though it is oddly paced and weird in its own way. I liked Signs, too. I know a lot of people objected to a member of an advanced, space-traveling

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