The Hangover: Laugh 'Til it Hurts


I have already learned from the excellent 2006 comedy The Matador, that the best way to cure a hangover is to take three aspirins and eat a raw egg before you go to bed. Believe it or not it I've tried it twice or so and it totally works. Movies may sometimes give the audience advice that might seem stupid or irresponsible, but on occasions some films are like a well of knowledge. Here are a few things I learned while watching The Hangover.

10. Screening this film with your sister and her fiancee can be a little creepy considering she has a brother named Alan who is a bit of a loner, has a gut, facial hair, and is spending some time bonding with his soon to be brother-in-law. The whole opening of this film hit a little close to home. (congrats Em & Paul)

9. Letting children wield tazers may lead to disastrous, yet hilarious results.

8. Counting cards is not illegal it's just frowned upon, kind of like masturbating in airplanes.

7. It's a big mistake to call a satchel a 'man-purse'. Satchels are considered way more masculine because Indiana Jones wears one.

6. I'm convinced Director Todd Phillips has a bizarre obsession with hearing wedding singers perform totally inappropriate sexually suggestive songs, or inserting expletives into harmless ones during wedding receptions. Although I must admit turning Total Eclipse of the Heart into a F-bomb laced laugh riot is pretty clever. (see Old School)

5. Even if he is portraying a father, husband, and a school teacher in the same role Bradley Cooper has been, is, and most likely always will play a Douche bag.

4. A sweet yet slightly trashy Heather Graham is a total upgrade when compared to a bitchy and overbearing Rachael Harris.

3. Calling Zach Galifianakis "Fat Jesus" and then watching him take a pummeling is pretty funny stuff, especially to weird Asian crime lords.

2. Tigers love pepper...they hate Cinnamon.

1. Sometimes saving your best material for the end credits can be a stroke of genius.

This is a guy's night out comedy that dosen't loose it's edge. It may not be as suave as Swingers or as heartfelt as Sideways, but it totally works. I just hope you like your comedy the way you take your coffee the next morning after a night of heavy drinking: Black. B+

1 comments:

John said...

re #4: This may be your most correct observation. HG is awesome.