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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Yeah, the whole McLovin with the cops thing in general was stretching it, but hey, it's a dumb comedy, right? So, one watches and accepts that about the movie and it's no biggie. Then, we get to the parking lot scene towards the end when the action is switching back and forth between that and other scenes, and the editing lends some high energy...Van Halen's "Panama" begins to play..."gee, this is a really fun movie," one thinks to themselves. Immediately after, the cops (Rogen and Hader) tell Fogell/McLovin that they, of course, know he's really a kid and things start to coalesce.
But, then...out of fucking nowhere...McLovin asks about shooting at the police cruiser and it ends up blowing up and on fire.

When I was watching that part in the theater, it made me cringe, and I felt violated, even gypped to an extent. And I'm someone who has authority issues. That particular part of that scene manages to totally besmirch the film in a matter of less than thirty seconds.

word...it was working so well...and then they got all 'family guy' for a second...it wouldve even been better if it had happened in the middle of the film, so that i might not have remembered it so welll...where it is, it just sticks out like a sore thumb...