How the Mighty Have Fallen

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2013)

I liked Hangover. It was a cool movie with a really fun story and a great cast with a damn good script behind them. One of my least favorite aspects was Alan and Chow, the two characters with the least amount of actual good writing. Now the actors worked with what they had, but overall outside of anybody in high school they weren't that funny.
I read somewhere that Jack Sparrow , essentially a side character in the original pirates movie, was modeled sort of like Han Solo. Start of as a side character and then given a prominent role. Now anybody who watched Return of the Jedi will attest to the fact that Han Solo is actually the weakest part of that movie next to the ewoks. Same as Jack sparrow until the series was actually tailored around him he made the series worse the more he was there. Case I'm trying to make LESS is MORE.
Alan might be funny to some people, but he essentially ruins any believability in the movies. Granted in the first one he was a nice guy and was loyal. He was dumb, sweet, and awkward, but there was redeeming qualities about him.
Now he's just a jerk. There's nothing to like every problem the main characters have is because of him after Hangover 1. Now this wouldn't be such a big problem except all the jokes in Hangover Part II are tailored around him and Chow.
I love a lot of things about both this and Hangover Part II. They are significantly darker and have a lot more realism then the first movie. Which totally gets undercut by having alan and Chang in ever scene acting impossibly over the top and stupid. I like that this is basically a thriller and that the laughs aren't as important, but even then the thriller aspects aren't handled very well.
The Best Hangover movies right now are Hangover 1, Pain and Gain, and Horrible Bosses. There's your trilogy 3 great movies which understand story structure and dark humor and silly absurd humor. We all know these obligatory sequels are impossible to get away from. Catch it at Redbox you might enjoy it more.