Day 142 - The Hangover Part III



Day 142          The Hangover Part III [2013]
                          
Screenplay                    Craig Mazin & Todd Phillips
Director                         Todd Phillips
Cinematography            Lawrence Sher
Music                            Christophe Beck
Leads                             Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Graham, John Goodman, Justin Bartha, Mike Epps
Production                      Legendary Pictures, Green Hat Films, Benderspink

IMDb                                 5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes                21%

Only on this blog could you find a review of one of the century’s best films followed by the third instalment of a comedy based on drinking too much and taking memory loss drugs. The Hangover, when I first saw it as a spotty teen in the cinema, was the funniest, most original comedy I had ever seen at the time. I walked out of the cinema in such a happy mood and to this day that film has to rank somewhere in my top ten favourite movies. The Hangover Part II was never going to be as good as the first, but I think they did as well as they could, and they did it by making the resulting ‘hangover’ consequences even more outrageous than the first film – the face tattoo, sleeping with a transvestite and getting shot instantly spring to mind. I think the third film actually did fairly well in keeping the storyline going and also keeping it funny, but it was always going to be a step too far. I’m happy that Ken Jeong, the infamous ‘Leslie Chow’, got the limelight in this one. He spent years making me laugh in Community and he is one of the main reasons the first film did so well. The Wolf Pack’s usual back-and-forth has lost its humour the older I have gotten, but I liked the emphasis on Alan’s (Galifianakis) hatred for Stu (Helms) in this. I’m going to be honest – no matter how badly it ages – I will always have a special place in my heart for The Hangover. I have to admit though, Part III is for fans of The Hangover and nobody else.

Acting                           2.5 / 4
Writing                             2 / 4
Cinematography            2.5 / 4
Music                               2 / 4
HWF rating                  2 / 4

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