Rather be hungover than see ‘The Hangover’ again

The previews for this look horrible. I don’t understand why people see a tiger in a hotel room and automatically start laughing, then they see Mike Tyson and laugh harder. Is it really that easy?

I completely agree. You can’t watch this again, because the “funny parts” are the rediculous things they did the night before. The characters were terrible except for Zach Galifianakis. Alan mimicking Phil in the latter part of the movie is priceless. But there were useless/unexplainable scenes (taking tiger to Tyson, Doug on casino roof for 2 days, police station incident). Even the “tooth” situation wasn’t very funny, besides the initial reaction. Overall, an over-hyped movie not worthy of being mentioned in the same paragraph as Old School.

Y’all are crazy. This movie was hilarious.

“There’s a scene where Alan wins $80,000 in blackjack that’s edited humorlessly like some sort of Vegas con artist film.”

How could you miss the Rain Man reference? The shot on the escalator was a dead giveaway with Cooper style as Tom Cruise and Galifianakis styled as Dustin Hoffman in the gray double-breasted suit.

While the humor in the movie is undeniably crass and more often than not goes for the dumb gag, I thought the movie did a good job being what it was trying to be. You’ve hit the nail on the head—it’s a bro comedy which means TnA, gay jokes, gratuitous, random action sequences, ‘f’ed up sh!t’ and just completely implausible situations. In fact, I think the biggest component of the bro comedy is implausibility. So, like I said, your points are true, but I think you’re trying to criticize the movie as something it’s not even trying to be. The Hangover is not trying to be highbrow comedy—it is clearly aiming below the belt.

Clearly this wasn’t a movie that was geared for people like you who wish to find meaning and reason in every movie that they see. It’s a movie about nothing, a comedy, it’s only purpose is to make people laugh, and it did it’s job. No need to play the offended card to a movie that doesn’t INTENTIONALLY offend anyone (I’d be surprised if that was anyone’s purpose when making a movie). Calm down.

I agree with RCH. The Hangover is not trying to be a complex Coen Brothers style comedy, and it’s certainly not trying to be a gambling movie (the movie is set in Las Vegas and there is one scene where they gamble). The goal was for it to be a laugh-a-minute movie with raunchy jokes and implausible situations. So many movie reviews try to pick apart these types of movies as if they were trying to select a Best Picture Oscar. The point of these types of movies is to create ridiculous situations (like waking up with a tiger in your bathroom) and have over-the-top characters (with references to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad and The Office, calling out Bradley Cooper’s character for being unrealistic seems a bit strange). If you are looking for a deep, complex movie, I wouldn’t recommend seeing The Hangover. But if you are looking for a movie with some fresh faces that will have you laughing the whole way through, this is a must-see.

alexa, you should have highlighted the phrase “a couple penises” in the headline. missed opportunity. how about: movie kinda sucks, features a couple penises

Stop trying to make your article political just to impress your editor..

Alexa, you need to chill out and stop trying to play Roger Ebert, you are not very good at it. The movie was a comedy and not based on a true story. It is because most things in the movie are not plausible or simply impossible which makes it funny. Does every movie have to be conceptually possible and believable? Especially comedies, action, sci-fi…? I do not think that the writes or actors were going for an Academy Award for best drama. It is a great movie to watch with a bunch of friends, escape from reality, and have a A LOT of laughs. Try watching it again with out the pen and paper in your hand, writing down all your over dramatic critiques.

Frunchen, what are these “complex Coen Brothers style comedies” you’re referring to? Every stoner I know loves The Big Lebowski because it features hilarious dialogue. And it doesn’t take a genius to appreciate a classic screwball comedy like Burn After Reading.

Also, look at the other movies Alexa cites as being better than The Hangover: Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Role Models. Neither is pretentious or “complex” in any way, but they both happen to be funny.

Finally, Chill, what would be your ideal film review? Judging by your comment, I’ll assume it would be a basic plot summary (without spoilers), followed by a recommendation to see it or skip it. Movie advertising basically fulfills the first of those functions. The point of a review is to provide some form of critique. Deal with it.

Macklin, how do you formulate my ideal film review based off of my comment? This “review” is not only a review of the movie, but a review of the authors political views. The gay jokes and penis sightings were not meant to offend and this is how the first couple paragraphs of the review start off and seem to me why the author is unfavorable to the movie. I recall seeing breasts on numerous occasions in both Role Models and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, why did this not offend the author? My point is, it’s not meant to offend, only entertain. Believe it or not, reviews can be critiqued. Deal with it.

I agree with Alexa: Movies suck.

Do you just get all your friends to comment and agree with most everything you say?

do you people just make negative comments on the state news website to be willfully obtuse, or do you get pleasure out of pretending that your opinion is important? why bother? here’s my impression of you people: pushes up glasses omg! this person at a college newspaper hates a movie i like! to the interwebs! i must crush her spirit as every girl i have ever met has done to me!

Even pointless comedies should be funny and well-written. Shows like The Office are funny even though they are almost entirely lacking in meaning.

This movie wasn’t funny because the writers went for the easy, tired, bros-will-think-gay-jokes-are-funny approach instead of trying to create something original. To my bros: you’re better than that. Make Hollywood respect you.

excellent