What the f **k is going on?!?!? as Stu would say...

Rating: Null/10 (7 June 2011)

In life the rule is, if at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. In Hollywood the rule is, if something works once replicate it again and again until the life is sucked out of it! By this I mean movies, in this case "The Hangover" which was one the best comedies I had seen in a long time.
I believed then, like 2 years ago when the original came out, that this movie should NOT have a sequel, a belief I still cling to...though I guess I might be in the minority on that one. Does Hollywood listen to movie fans who these days crave for some original concepts, ideas, anything besides sequels and re-boots? The short answer: of course not! The long answer...well I don't have time for it.
I could spend time discussing what worked in the first movie that does not work in this one, but what would be the point?! I only want to say that the joy-de-vivre, the excitement and the craziness of the original are lacking here by enlarge. "The Hangover Part II" has its moments definitely, but too many times it feels hollow and forced...
That is the best I could come up with for an explanation as to why I was not particularly taken with it...it is not completely awful but by then end I was...meh! If you want to see a better, funnier comedy, my advice would be to go and see "Bridesmaids", a movie that hits all the notes that "The Hangover Part II" does not! "Bridesmaids" works on all cylinders, that is until the powers that be decide to make another ten sequels!