Got a Hangover after watching Hangover

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2013)

I know a lot of people love this movie, but for me, not so much. Don't get me wrong, it's funny some what. Still, it's just has that stupid humor that reminds me of another similar movie 2000's 'Dude, where is my car?'. It's not that different from other drunk comedies. Instead, of a car, they are missing the groom to be, Doug. (Justin Berta). Also why is there a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the hotel room, and one of them is missing a tooth? Now the other three men deemed to be call the 'Wolf Pack' must find the groom, and retraces their steps from the night before when their Las Vegas bachelor party went horrible wrong. They must figure how all these things came into play. First off, there is Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis), the social inept who both alternately creepy and hilarious stupid at the same time. It's not like he is that funny. He just like any other fat stupid guy in a comedy. I can name at less two dozen comedies with fat guys just like his character. Then there is Stu Price (Ed Helm) the dorky dentist who always end up taking the most chaotic change in his life in this type of movies. Last is the self-centered Phil Wenneck, (Bradley Cooper) who pretty much plays the straight man in these comedies. In their adventures, they encounter colorful characters, like smart-mouth cops, a sleazy owner of a quickie wedding chapel, and Mike Tyson. The problem is that the movie does nothing but string together a series of gags either crude or violent or both that grow more and more depressing the clearer it becomes that everything about the movie is shallow, phony, and cliché. It's not new. Honestly, what type of valet would drive a beat up police cruiser to the front of a hotel when they ask for their Mercedes? Wouldn't he think something is odd by that? Honestly, what type of hotel wouldn't notice such outrageous act going on without calling the cops? I think it's would be funnier if it's more realistic things happen rather than things that wouldn't happen in real life. I surprised that the police or the hotel staff wouldn't had investigates until the last minute the source of the damage. Honestly, I thought it would be funnier if they went to jail for their crimes. I wish I can escape jail time if I steal a police cruiser while high on rohypnol, by doing a taser demonstration, but in real life, I will probably be seeing 20 to 30 years jail sentences for something like that. The hype about this movie was kinda overrated. I think the reason why it was so enjoyable to some people because they saw it when they were probably high or drunk. While the movie says they were drugged, the title says otherwise. It's about drinking. It's didn't feel funny if you were watching it sober. It's just the fact, that this is a film is about getting drunk, that most people would see it, probably are drunk while watching. Hints why they thinks its awesome. Honestly, people that has something against drinking, shouldn't watch it because it makes drinking too much look cool. People that do drink shouldn't act like these fools on film. There is nothing funny at being a alcoholic child. It's not fun babysitting drunk people. There are various types of humor out there, but not everyone likes all types of humor. I think comedies need to have a subcategory according to the type of humor to help people to further identify if they like it or not. And this is not my type of humor. I found Bridesmaids funnier than this. While that may have been perverted as well, but the acting and comedy were actually very funny. It's more realistic in tone. Overall: Director Todd Phillips's Hangover is over the top, frat boy humor who opening was very slow, hard time building up the plot and lacks any sense of smart humor outside of dumb dark humor and jackass violence behavior. It's funny if you like dumb man-child type humors movies, if not-- this isn't your type of a film. You'll just feel pain like a hangover.