Not too bad but interesting concept

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2013)

Honestly, I thought that the movie wasn't as bad as I had heard going in the the premier. I think it was way more original than part 2 but not quite to the originality of part 1. The fact that they changed up the story line so it wasn't just the characters getting drunk and retracing their steps was a nice addition to the series. Specifically, I thought of the movie as a transition in Allen from a very juvenile version of Allen to a Allen that is growing up. But overall the jokes were dumb humor which should be expected from this type of movie where most of the humor is centered around one of the characters being significantly less intelligent than the others. I also liked that they brought back some of the very minute characters from the first movie and actually expanded on the things that they said. I also loved how they did the same kind of reference to the old movies at the very end after the credits, I thought it was funny and also was a good way to end the movie while leaving the audience to interpret what happened.
The characters themselves were an interesting change. I didn't like that again Doug was not included in the majority of the movie. I did however enjoy John Goodman's character, Marshall. As always the banter between the three main characters was humorous, but the humor was the same as the previous movies.
The one major interesting little detail that I was not sure how I felt initially was the references to other movies. In specific parts of the movies, such as Chow escaping from prison in the beginning of the movie in the pretty much the exact same way as in Shawshank Redemption, it was a bit too copied. I enjoyed the reference but at the same time, it reminded me of the way that the Scary Movies reference movies, and because I don't like those movies, I didn't like that style.
Overall I thought the humor was on point with good references to the relationships of the characters. Rating the movie, I would probably give the film a 6 or 7, with the added point because of the final scene after the credits. Through all of this though, I do not believe they should make a 4th movie.