Dude, Where’s My Car? (Fox Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: C- Film: B-
If
anything, Dude, Where’s My Car? can
be grouped into the category of ‘so bad it’s good.’ The 2000 comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and
Sean William Scott can’t exactly be called a ‘cult classic,’ but has garnered a
sizable following (including this reviewer) due to its insanely odd and idiotic
storyline. The film at its core is
essentially a buddy flick for a new generation.
Whereas Kutcher and Scott have since this film become strong names in
Hollywood, it seems that the pretty boys don’t have a slue of ‘blockbuster
hits’ to their name. Whereas Scott holds
more movie hits to his name, Kutcher has taken a slightly different route by
getting more involved in the production aspect of television and film. Whatever it is about the duo, the audience
seems to eat it up and whereas Dude,
Where’s My Car? was by no means a theatrical hit, its random and dimwitted
style captured a younger generation to place it among other oddball films like Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.
The
film’s storyline is nothing short of chaotic as it takes the audience on a
journey to find a pair of perpetually stoned friends’ lost car. The premise from the very beginning sounds
insanely idiotic, but on some level is unique and creative at the same
time. As the two hung-over friends awake
one morning the only clue that Jesse (Kutcher) and Chester (Scott) have as to
the whereabouts of the lost car is a small matchbook with the name of a strip club
and a house filled with containers of pudding.
Crazy, I know. As the two embark
on their odd expedition an array of even weirder explanations unfold as to what
the stoners were doing the previous night.
Jesse and Chester begin to retrace their steps and in the process have
encounters with sexy alien chicks, a transgender stripper, a cult, some odd
detectives, an ostrich farmer, and a device referred to as the ‘Continuum
Transfunctioner’ that allows the boys to hold the fate of the world in their hands. The truly odd script is something to sit back
and enjoy ride with…now if I could only find my car?!
Dude,
Where’s My Technical Features? The
picture is nice but not far from great in its MPEG 2 @ 24.8 MBPS 1.85 X 1 digital
High Definition widescreen presentation that is color and video black weak, but
does have a good degree of crispness with its softness, odd as that sounds. The sound is presented in a DTS HD 5.1 Master
Lossless Audio (MA) that has an adequate sound, but for a film that has its fair
bit of insanity and action the full sound stage is weak and unutilized.
The
extras are essentially absent as they only contain an Original Theatrical
Trailer. You would think studios would
put more work into their Blu-ray releases; instead they are turning Blu-ray
into a throwaway format with simple, uninteresting releases such as this.
What does
this reviewer think of the film….SWEET!
What does
this reviewer think of the technical features….horrible DUDE!
- Michael P. Dougherty II
