Showing posts with label The Hangover Part 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hangover Part 2. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2011

Hangover Part 2/ Hangover 1 again

Well everyone loved the first Hangover, including myself. So when news of a second arrived, everyone was excited. Was it worth the wait?
Oh, and there may be spoilers. If you're worried about that, just read the short version.

Synopsis: 2 years after their escapades in Vegas, the gang is traveling to Thailand to celebrate the marriage of Stu (Ed Helms) and his fiancee Lauren (Jamie Chung). After a night out on the beach, the group wakes up in a trashy house in Bangkok, missing one of the gang (Not Doug). As the movie progresses you follow them in their adventures to recover the missing member, stumbling through events like an international criminal, misadventures with a prostitute, and a drug dealing monkey.

Review: Well the first Hangover was a great movie, but this was a result of no one expecting it to be. Now imagine the Hangover one, copy it, then paste it in Bangkok. It's the same movie! The format was a carbon copy of the original. Same intro of phone call, same antics with a small mammal, same jokes. Allen, who stole the show in the first movie, was over used in the second. The director, Todd Phillips, recognized the popularity of Zach Galifianakis, and pushed him on to the audience with vigor. Where in the first he was innocent and hilarious, his stupidity approached levels of frustrating ignorance that drove the viewer to anger. This movie was also considerably more explicit with not only it's language, but it's highly unappreciated nudity. IT just seems like Hangover Part 2 was a cash in on the name, but without the actual hilarity or surprise. 15/25

Short Version: Doesn't hold a light to the first, even though it's a carbon copy.

Well that was my opinion of that trainwreck, and I would actually tell people not to see this movie.

Here's the trailer: