Netflix - The Hangover
My expectations for The Hangover were a combination of "not another wacky guy comedy", "omg I <3 Bradley Cooper!", and "this might be okay." Despite the incredible hype over this movie and despite the fact that I've never seen Zach Galifianakis in anything besides Up in the Air, his presence was probably the one thing keeping me out of the theatre. He plays a character type that simply grates on my nerves, what I think of as the Chris Farley type, the clueless manchild who plays to the cheap seats. They're the kind of comics who make me go 'ewww' much more often than 'teehee'.
On the other hand ... Bradley Cooper! And I do like Ed Helms. So I picked The Hangover to be my first Netflixed theatrical movie to see if I'm at all interested in The Hangover 2 which is coming out in May.
I didn't hate it.
Luckily there wasn't enough Zach to completely turn me off of this movie. I loved the little Stu (Ed Helms) romance with Jade (Heather Graham) and the mystery of the baby. The Mike Tyson story was surprisingly cute. Mr. Chow was even cuter. So I guess you could say I enjoyed about 75% of it. That's probably enough to get me to watch the sequel once it hits Netflix, but unless someone asks me to go see it with them I'll probably avoid buying a ticket.
On the other hand ... Bradley Cooper! And I do like Ed Helms. So I picked The Hangover to be my first Netflixed theatrical movie to see if I'm at all interested in The Hangover 2 which is coming out in May.
I didn't hate it.
Luckily there wasn't enough Zach to completely turn me off of this movie. I loved the little Stu (Ed Helms) romance with Jade (Heather Graham) and the mystery of the baby. The Mike Tyson story was surprisingly cute. Mr. Chow was even cuter. So I guess you could say I enjoyed about 75% of it. That's probably enough to get me to watch the sequel once it hits Netflix, but unless someone asks me to go see it with them I'll probably avoid buying a ticket.
