critique for the critical critics

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2009)

From reading the reviews on IMDb and looking at the ratings of many movies, I now understand why it always seems a bit skewed. It is because generally the critics look for certain things in a movie, such as originality, creativity, great plot....but also decency.
Tasteless comedies, pointless action movies and gory thrasher flicks get destroyed by critics. People need to appreciate a movie for what it is and have an open mind. Face the fact that you cannot be a critic for all types of movies unless you generally like those types of movies. I'm not going to post a rating for GI Joe because I'm not into military movies (other than maybe Full Metal Jacket which is in a category of its own).
If you don't like dirty, unrealistic, ridiculous rated R comedies then why are you posting a rating? I would guarantee the same close-minded people that gave The Hangover a rating under a 6 probably also hated Knocked Up, Grandma's Boy, Porky's, and Clerks 2.
The Hangover was funny, fun-filled and wild from beginning to end. Zack Galifanakias is a stand up comedian and is well-respected. If you don't think he's funny (for some odd reason) then give your sense a humor a sanity check. Ed Helms is on The Office. He is also a real comedian and actually The Office is a funny show (at least most human beings I know think so). If you don't think he's funny neither so be it.
Okay - so the movie had a similar theme as Dude Where's My Car. The concept behind The Hangover is actually a bit more interesting considering it involves a bachelor party (if you think bachelor parties are lame and offensive then I seriously doubt you would like any dirty rated R comedies), a Vegas stripper, a cardcounter, a baby caught up in the mix, a mattress on a roof, and Mike Tyson, Ken Jeong and Mike Epps having a whole lot of fun cracking jokes and whatnot. A combination of an idiot savant, alpha male and a feeble nerd is actually a lot better than Ashton Kutcher and Sean William Scott acting like boneheads. The comedic brilliance behind this movie runs a lot deeper than some of these straight-to-the-point, predictable, basic comedies like The Proposal, What Happens in Vegas, and I Love You Man (which I respect all 3 of these movies).
If you open your mind and truly enjoy a nice, dirty comedy, you might actually think it's funnier than classics like Airplane, Blazing Saddles, 40 yr Old Virgin, and Clerks. It is up there with the best of the best. I saw it twice and laughed throughout the whole movie.