We all had fun during the first film. But now ... Well, the hangover has begun. It started so strong, so overwhelming, that one could almost suspect that the success of the original has been specifically designed to get you down like a piece of conceptual art. Each a reminder of the original, every game, every desperate, coat-of-the-dog attempt to regain the feeling the party: it is like going through a memory flashback hungover what once had seemed so great.In Hollywood, William Goldman said, no one knows anything. Who knew Hangover, what fratpack Comedy Directed by Todd Phillips, was to be a great success? No one - perhaps not even the people involved. The history of the party that goes Vegas graduate paper looked wrong quite poor, but it was great. Some thought it was a kind of monkey-FLUKE write Hamlet, but in reality is a sort of Fluke only happens to intelligent people who love Hangover trying.The was fun and the structure has been bold.
Act One: Pre-party - then go directly to three post-party, and the film tells rheumy, memory, the guys are trying to collect the second act: what the hell happened? This has not been finally discovered a series of digital images on the end credits. Brilliant! It showed the spirit of films like The Usual Suspects or tank Dogs.Bradley Cooper had chops - was an unforgettable, almost invisible presence in many films before this, but he flourished in the 1 st half. There were some cracks in the corners comedy. Zach Galifianakis was as big as a freak brother-in-law Alan and Ken Jeong was a real find so offensive comedy gangster Mr. Chow. All came together.Sadly, H2 can not even just for himself the honor of being the first follow-up Hangover: road-movie comedy to date, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Galifianakis, has tried to cash in on its success, is not particularly successful. At least it's vaguely tried a different maneuver.
The original oddities have become a formula. The cuts of the early days of Las Vegas now throws dark day in Bangkok, the tiger is now a monkey, there is a different sequence of photos in the end credits. Almost everything is equivalent. Exasperating, fun has been drained by the film, simply repeating almost every turn. The same, lame and disabled, as the same.
Now is the nerdy dentist Stu (Ed Helms) to marry a beautiful woman Lauren Thai (Jamie Chung), whose father hates Stu. Slightly offensive Justin Barth, Doug was in his nature, the groom-to-be, who died in the first film, but does not turn on the hi-jinks to participate now.
Stu, keep the story and Barth is beautiful-but-boring is a sign on the side. Stu goofiness is apparently considered more important for the action, and Phillips, perhaps the opinion that the band is already in the form of a nice guy Phil Cooper. Now Teddy is adorable bride's brother who tags and a bachelor party, disappears, and the need to find at any price, because it is the eye the apple of his father: he was a 21-year-old Lee Mason, son directed by Ang Lee. Jeong and Galifianakis look very moderate and subdued than their previous appearances.
Then there is the question of the great non-PC cameo to match the performance of Mike Tyson strange in the original. Rumors were widespread. We had heard of Mel Gibson (this idea was abandoned), Liam Neeson (reportedly cut), and even Bill Clinton.
Part II is intended only to repeat Hangover almost all elements of the first film. It's not a sequel, more like a remake of a sudden shooting. This time the guys go to Thailand for a wedding, in the same way shark jumping Sex and the City Girls whooshed out of Abu Dhabi for their sequel deeply depressing. It feels like a feature film a Christmas special of beloved sitcom in Colombia.
In fact, Paul Giamatti makes an appearance as a boy in a difficult mood bad, but not a big cameo - which comes in the form of fame booked to sing at the wedding of Stu. It is possible that the hope of Liza Minnelli. Well, no spoilers, but suffice to say it's a bit of a disappointment.
Making allowance Hangover II must have been like walking up a great guitarist who had just snatched a brilliant solo improvisation, and tell him he had to repeat the performance the following night, note to note. The result is self-conscious to say the least.
I have to admit there's a good line or two. When the children gather in front of the room, Alan, preparing to invite along, Jeffrey Tambor, playing father Alan, said: "Go slowly. Let acclimate" When Stu claims challenge: "There is a devil in me "Alan struck again with a buzzing in the mind of the bad taste of the first film. Flashes of fun of this kind are rare. It is a sobering experience.
