Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2010)

The Hangover a comedy film was written by Jon Lucas and Scoot Moore and directed by Todd Phillips. The plot of the story is how four friends decide to go to Las Vegas to have a Bachelor party for their friend Doug (Justin Bartha). When they wake up from their crazy night of fun, Alan (Zack Galifianakis) the brother-in-law to be, Stew (Ed Helms) his friend the orthodontist, that doesn't have a backbone when it comes to his girl friend and Phil (Bradley Cooper) the school teacher that bribed money from his students in order to go on the trip, low and behold Doug is gone and they cannot remember a thing that happened that night. With little time to spare, the three hazy pals try to re-trace their steps and find Doug so they can get him back to Los Angeles in time to walk down the aisle. We have to find our friend, and soon? Is a theme of what has the grooms wedding party in this situation of not being able to locate their friend Doug? Having to hurry up, remember what has happened, and to get back to Los Angeles in time for the wedding. Lighting for "The Hangover" was always very bright and colorful. There was never a scene were everything seemed dark or gloomy. Even after they woke and realized that Doug was gone the lighting was still bright. At night when their car got hit by Mr. Chow, the street was very well lit to show that Vegas is a town that never sleeps. There wasn't a lot of music when it came to this movie. Most of the sound came from the silly things that they guys did throughout the movie. Whenever they would go to another scene there would be no noise so that the audience would be able to focus on the actors and what was going on.
The Hangover's theme closely resembles the theme of "Road Trip". Road trip is about a guy who mailed a video off of him cheating on his girlfriend and him and his group of friends deciding that they would go with him to go retrieve it. They both tie end together because they both show how mistakes can happen and how far people will go to fix them. The Hangover's theme focused on how three friends having to backtrack their night to find their friend, before they miss his wedding.