So I've obviously heard a lot about this one and even tried to watch it some years ago but I didn't for some reason. But now that I finally watched it, all I can say is "that's it?"

I've seen this movie being mentioned as one of the funniest comedies ever, even saw someone say it's even funnier than Tropic Thunder which is crazy to me. Because even though I watched Tropic Thunder so many years ago that I don't even remember much from it, I still remember it having funny jokes every other minute. But this movie is more like a teen movie with occasional funny scenes.

I guess with all the talks about this movie being a masterpiece and funny af and one best comedies every, I got my hopes up expecting to watch a really funny movie on par with Jump Streets and The Hangovers and the Tropic Thunders of this genre. But it just wasn't nearly as funny as any of those. I even watched the recent Curb Your Enthusiasm episode which was only 39 minutes, but I still laughed more watching that than I did with this movie.

This type of R-rated comedy is actually my kind of humor and I find it funnier than PG-13 and family-friendly comedies. But this one just didn't work for me that much.

There were definitely some laughs here and there, but I wasn't laughing till my sides hurt or anything. I guess I probably would've found it funnier if I was younger and had watched fewer funnier comedies, but it's not like I've grown out of this kind of humor. I can bet I can still watch Jump Street or even The Hangover and find it as funny as I did years ago. Maybe I'm just taking crazy pills and don't understand what others see in this, or maybe most people watched it when it came out and it was kinda novel in this genre, but for me, it's just a better directed and funner Project X.

Apart from the comedy aspect of the film, the plot itself is kinda shallow too and there isn't much to it. Like I was surprised when I realized the whole movie was gonna be about the alcohol and the party. They try to add some emotional weight to the stories and characters, but they don't really delve into this that much for me to care about any of it. Like I don't have the emotional connection to these characters for me to care much about the aspect of the plot of them getting distanced from each other after high school. Unlike in Jump Street where it works and has an actual well-written plot and characters, or The Hangover for that matter, this movie just isn't as funny nor does it have an impressive plot for me to say "Oh, maybe the plot is good so that could make up for the lack of laughs".

I guess this would be a good choice and a really funny movie if you're just starting to watch movies, especially comedies, and you haven't seen many comedy movies yet. And maybe I should've watched it when I was gonna, and I would've found it funnier. But after seeing so many good comedy movies and especially TV shows, this one doesn't really impress me much and is kinda forgettable for me, unlike some others I already mentioned here.

But, as much as I talked about the negatives, it's not like this is the worst movie ever. It's actually funny at times and it's not a bad watch. This movie is just the quintessential 2000s comedy and kinda isn't that funny anymore, at least for me it seems. It's just that since this movie, there have been so many funnier comedies that have better stories and plot structure that make this movie feel not as funny anymore. I probably won't be rewatching this movie any time soon, or probably never for that matter. Seeing so many people say it's one of the best comedies of the past 30 years or the funniest movie ever didn't help either.

So watch it and form an opinion about it yourself, it would most definitely click with you more than it did with me, but don't go there expecting to laugh every 30 seconds or see something funnier than Tropic Thunder.