Comedies have to be the hardest movies to write. I mean what is funny to
one person may be offensive to another. That is ok though, because there is a
comedy out there for everyone. In 2009 “The Hangover” came to theaters and
found a big audience. I think it is
pretty simple why it was a success, it pushed the envelope just enough and most
people can relate to it, I mean who hasn’t had a night they would like to forget.
Well after a forgettable sequel what will director Todd Phillips do with what
he said was always a planned trilogy.
The good news
is that unlike the last film, it actually does not just retell the same story
with a different character. The bad news is just when you thought it couldn’t
get any worse; the filmmakers prove to you that it can. Allen (Zach
Galifianakis) is out of control. When he is not killing giraffes he is giving
his father a heart attack. Allen’s family calls for an intervention and
assembles Allen’s only friends, the wolf pack. Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed
Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha) all decide to drive Allen to a place that will
help him get better. I mean really what could go wrong on a simple road trip?
Well with these guys, everything. They are run off the road and a guy named
Marshall (John Goodman) tells them he has a problem and only the wolf pack can
solve it. All they have to do is track down Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) and return him
and the thing he has stolen back to Marshall.
My hopes were
not high for this film, especially after the last one. It really just felt like
everyone involved was doing as little work as possible just for a big payday.
Well it did not get better with the third, in fact it got worse. Gone are the
drugs and alcohol and the bad decisions that were made in result, instead they
are replaced with trying to save Doug again. I mean I don’t want be mean, but
this Doug guy just seems to cause so many problems for these guys. What really
confused me while watching this movie was what it was trying to be. Gone was
the laugh out moments that made this series what it was. Those laughs were
replaced with what looked like a suspenseful comedy; if that is even something
anyone would want to see. This should have never been a trilogy; this should
have always been a standalone film. Now all you have is two bad films that have
made you forget a pretty original and funny movie. This movie has very little
laughs and quite frankly not worth wasting a second of your time watching it.
In fact I will give you a funnier thing to do, then to watch this movie. You
should go outside, put a rock on the ground and stare at it for two hours,
because after watching this movie, I think that would have been a more
enjoyable time than any part of this movie.
Brian Taylor
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