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I am officially disgusted at
Hollywood. After viewing the regurgitated content that is called The Hangover Part 2, I have officially
lost faith in Hollywood and their money grubbing hands.
I understand
why movies (especially sequels to a highly popular movie) use the same formula. Why drastically
change something if it was highly successful the first time, right? Movies do it all the time, I mean,
I really enjoy the Scream franchise – and they’ve stuck to the same formula since 1996. And
then there’s Rocky… one of my favorite movie franchises ever, and the formula hasn’t changed since 1976.
But here’s the difference, those movies use the same basic formula or layout throughout each movie, but The Hangover
Part 2 uses the same formula, situations, jokes, characters, dialogue – there was no original content in this
movie whatsoever!
It starts off identical to the first Hangover, and I can honestly
say that my hatred for this movie started immediately; a phone call is made to a family member telling them that something
is wrong. Just to see the same exact scenario executed in the same exact manner was appalling to me.
From that scene, we are forced to go back to see how they got into that situation.
The premise is this; one of the guys is getting married and they go out to have a few beers. They
wake up without any memories of what happened the night before, and to their surprise – one of the guys is missing.
Sound familiar? Yep, I thought so. The “comical” chaotic madness
starts from there (Yeah, comical is in quotations because this movie was not funny). They find
themselves being chased by criminals, traveling with a stolen exotic animal, visiting a strip club where questionable actions
occur between a stripper and one of the guys, a phone call to a loved one is made all while they figure out where their missing
buddy is during that same phone call, and a conclusion of the film that ends by one of them finding their cell phone loaded
with pictures of that mysterious night. Seriously?! If you’ve seen the first movie,
then you should be appalled that Hollywood is forcing us to watch the same exact movie twice!
I’m sure there will be a Hangover 3 sometime in the near future - and I can’t wait to miss out on a grand
adventure when they get drunk and misplace one of their idiotic friends.
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