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This movie was really bad.

Really bad.

I thought I’d spend an unusually cold day here in Seattle by watching something that would make me laugh. I really should have picked a different movie. I’ve been waiting for this movie to hit DVD for a while now because it’d looked so funny in all the trailers and commercials. I am one of the many that enjoyed Super Troopers and somewhat enjoyed The Dukes Of Hazzard, both done by the Broken Lizard writing crew, but I really thought this movie was garbage.

This movie is about two brothers who, by tradition, are obligated to spread the ashes of their dead father in his homeland of Munich, Germany during the fabled festival, Oktoberfest. While there, they stumble upon a secret Fight Club-type drinking competition and a hidden shame of their family history. This shame, and their thirst for large amounts of beer, propels them to put together an American team of boozers to go back the following year and defend their family reputation the only way they know how, by drinking an un-Godly amount of German alcoholic beverages.

The first thirty seconds of the movie had me intrigued. There was a scrolling warning message telling me that drinking like they do in the movie will kill me. I was then dedicated to the next two hours in front of my TV. I really wish I had them back. The acting and the story were so bad I ended up fast-forwarding through about twenty minutes of ‘filler’ just to get to the climactic end, which was totally predictable.

The special features? I really couldn’t tell you. I refused to have that disc spinning in my DVD player any longer. They did however throw in some extra meaningless nudity which I’m always a big fan of.

Save yourself the few bucks and rent something else. This means a lot coming from me. I am 24 and I drink a lot of beer.

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