I saw THE HANGOVER in 2009 and laughed my ass off. Yes, the ridiculous situations, the total inappropriateness of the movie was absolutely hysterical! Then, two years later, we had THE HANGOVER PART II. Ugh. It was completely disappointing in every respect. It was vulgar, crass, disgusting and simply not funny. That brings us to the current day with THE HANGOVER PART III. After "Part II," I thought I should probably do a couple of shots of tequila before I go into my noon matinee. Just kidding...although that wouldn't have been a bad idea!

THE HANGOVER PART III picked up with The Wolfpack doing an intervention with Alan as his behavior had gotten even more out of control. Alan had purchased a giraffe. The subsequent beheading of the animal as it was transported on the freeway going under an overpass resulted in Alan's father dying of a heart attack due to the stress. It was now time for the 42 year old to grow up. As the Wolfpack was driving Alan to the rehab center, their car was run off the road. Doug was then kidnapped by Black Doug and his posse, leaving the other three, once again, on their own to complete a mission to save Doug. Poor Doug gets very little screen time in these movies! The antics began as the three went on their way to find Chow in exchange for Doug.




Finally, THE END had come. The credits rolled. Very plain, dull credits and I thought to myself, "Come on! You didn't even spring for out-takes?" Everyone left the theater and as I gathered my belongings, a final scene appeared...what happened the next morning was shown! That was funny! Even though this movie was a disappointment to me, there will be plenty of people to go and see it. IF you do go, stay till AFTER the credits roll.
I'm sure the teen and twenty-somethings will still enjoy this. It is better than "Part II," but nothing will compare to the first one. I'm glad it's the final installment. But my 18 year old daughter said even though she thought "Part III" was just ok, she'd still go see a "Part IV!" Nooooo! Who is this child????
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Nice review as always Pamela. I felt the movie was pulling in so many directions it didn't know what it wanted to be. Its called The Hangover, but there is no hangover. Its marketed as a comedy yet for large sections there is no attempt at humour. Talk about false marketing. I enjoyed the first but hated its sequel. This was slightly better than the second affair but even that isn't really a compliment :P
ReplyDeleteThank you, Allan! I agree with your comments completely! I think the main focus of the movie was this: Let's get this thing made as quickly as possible so we can laugh all the way to the bank!
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DeleteThank you, Allan! I agree with your comments completely! I think the main focus of the movie was this: Let's get this thing made as quickly as possible so we can laugh all the way to the bank!
ReplyDeleteNice review, Pamela. Yeah, agreed on Cooper - he looked sincerely bored! Chow works best as a small role, and both he and Alan just got more annoying. I really didn't like this. Big disappointment. I was anticipating it for some reason. That post-credits scene was pretty funny (I left the theatre too early, but I found it on the internet later.) Still a bad movie, lol. I hate how they don't even have a hangover BEFORE the credits!! In a movie called The Hangover! What's up with that? Haha. I doubt I'll watch the fourth it comes... I hope it doesn't... I really hope not...
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading the review and commenting! I'm glad you were able to catch the post-credit scene on-line. I completely agree with you... I sincerely hope they don't make a fourth Hangover!
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