

Without a Paddle

Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.
Alright, I gotta admit that I did *not* like this movie when I begrudgingly saw it in theaters in 2004, but now that I'm closer to 40 than I was 20 back then, this hits a hell of a lot different. I've lost so many childhood friends to death in that time and the overall "thesis" -- I guess you could tall it that -- of this movie hits a lot ***stronger*** with those experiences in my past.
I used to think casting Seth Green as the anal straight man was a terrible miscasting because he's always been good at the absurd, over-the-top characters who usually require a straight man of their own to keep them reigned in, but he totally makes the hypochondriac anxious mess *work!* Kinda wish I hadn't waited another 20 years to rewatch this, because it's a hell of a lot more entertaining now than it was when I was 18.