Monday, December 21, 2009

The Hangover | The Unexpected Post

The Hangover

Welllllll....here's the post I never imagined.  A movie I never would have considered.  Even my husband had assumed I wouldn't watch it (remember, he knows my taste in movies well).  And yet, and yet ... here I am blogging about the movie "The Hangover" and the fact that I totally ENJOYED this film.  It was a delightful and perfectly executed lark.  Great cinematography, solid characters, excellent soundtrack and a hilariously demented and suspenseful story with a happy ending.  *I hope that wasn't a spoiler.*

Here's the deal.  Here's what sucked me into watching the film (and I'm so glad I did).  Here's the setup:  A Groom, his two best mates and his brother-in-law to be (not firing on all cylinders perhaps) celebrate his bachelor's party in Vegas.  Ok, so far ho-hum.  But!  The movie essentially begins with these fellows waking up the next morning in Vegas....and they don't remember a thing.  Nothing of the bachelor party the night before.  They wake up in their hotel room which is rampaged and find a live tiger, a baby, one of the guys is missing a tooth, and they can't find the groom.  And it's not as if the groom has just stepped out for coffee.  No one has heard from him, not even the bride.  And they can't remember a thing. 

This film is fun.  This film is funny.  This film is fresh.  And I'm going to watch it again.

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