The Hangover
By the time I watched this movie, I felt like I was one of the last people to have seen it. Probably not true, but that doesn't change how I felt.
The Hangover uses what has become the most over-used tension-making plot structure in the film industry: it shows the climax of the story in the opening scene, then goes back to the beginning and follows it through. Phil phones Doug's fiancé to say that Doug is missing. And then we find out how it happened. Honestly, that pretty much sums up the movie.
Doug is getting married, so he takes his two best friends, Phil and Stu, and his new brother-in-law, Alan, to Vegas for his bachelor party. Alan is well-intentioned but not very smart, they get very drunk and high and do a lot of stupid shit (sorry, PG-13). Stu marries a prostitute. The men steal a tiger from Mike Tyson. They end up on the wrong side of a conflict with a Chinese mobster. And they do lots of other stupid things, get hurt, lose money, whatnot. Then they retrace all of their adventures the next morning, trying to figure out what happened and locate Doug. It's a comedy so obviously there are some misunderstandings and some very upset people, but it all ends well.
I realize that the disastrous road trip right before someone's wedding seems to have become a popular plot in comedy.
I enjoyed the movie, but almost half a year later I can't say that there is anything remarkable about this movie that makes me think about how good it was. What I do remember is being annoyed with Alan. That kind of overly stupid character who just screws up everyone's life frustrates me to no end. I know that they provide the comedic conflict, but I hate them for not thinking things through. Still, he was redeemed by the overall enjoyable humour of the movie.
I started watching the next one, but my friend decided that it was too similar and we were all getting tired of the drunk, disgusting humour.
The Hangover uses what has become the most over-used tension-making plot structure in the film industry: it shows the climax of the story in the opening scene, then goes back to the beginning and follows it through. Phil phones Doug's fiancé to say that Doug is missing. And then we find out how it happened. Honestly, that pretty much sums up the movie.
Doug is getting married, so he takes his two best friends, Phil and Stu, and his new brother-in-law, Alan, to Vegas for his bachelor party. Alan is well-intentioned but not very smart, they get very drunk and high and do a lot of stupid shit (sorry, PG-13). Stu marries a prostitute. The men steal a tiger from Mike Tyson. They end up on the wrong side of a conflict with a Chinese mobster. And they do lots of other stupid things, get hurt, lose money, whatnot. Then they retrace all of their adventures the next morning, trying to figure out what happened and locate Doug. It's a comedy so obviously there are some misunderstandings and some very upset people, but it all ends well.
I realize that the disastrous road trip right before someone's wedding seems to have become a popular plot in comedy.
I enjoyed the movie, but almost half a year later I can't say that there is anything remarkable about this movie that makes me think about how good it was. What I do remember is being annoyed with Alan. That kind of overly stupid character who just screws up everyone's life frustrates me to no end. I know that they provide the comedic conflict, but I hate them for not thinking things through. Still, he was redeemed by the overall enjoyable humour of the movie.
I started watching the next one, but my friend decided that it was too similar and we were all getting tired of the drunk, disgusting humour.
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