The Hangover Part III (2013)

Pretty Good

A different way of telling a story

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Poor script, Zach G is a creep, please let this be the end!

Alan, Stu and Phil are set yet again to save Doug by finding Mr Chow. So there are three things about this movie that I really didn't like. First, there was the same plot about Doug missing. Damn, that guy must have played only for a few minutes at the beginning and at the end to every movie. Secondly, there were no jokes. Maybe the third hangover was not meant to be a comedy, because it was more like an action gangster movie, which is not necessarily bad, but its the third movie of a successful comedy series, why change that? And finally, there was no hangover. Why call it that and then replace it with a whole new storyline? That doesn't make sense. So, the movie mainly concentrates on Alan, and his character, another puzzle to solve that will never be solved as the movie never goes deep enough to actually deal with its characters. So, 4 out of 10.

The Hangover, Part 3 (2013): Dir: Todd Phillips / Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, John Goodman: While an improvement over the dreadful Hangover, Part 2, that is about its only testament. This begins with an effective prison escape by Mr. Chow who still has connections with the gullible Alan. Alan has just caused a major traffic accident involving a giraffe in a joke that is of many poor taste. Then his father has a heart attack. After the funeral his friends and family decide that Alan needs intervention so he is packed away with Doug, Phil and Stu for a road trip that is halted when they are driven off the road. Doug is taken hostage while the others are tasked with retrieving gold bars from Mr. Chow that was stolen from them. This becomes one big rat race but what's truly off is the total lack of laughs. Director Todd Phillips created a comic masterpiece with the original but all he accomplishes here is avoiding the duplication of the sequel. The principal actors elevate beyond the sequel. Zach Galifianakis as Alan goes through much growth particularly in a potential relationship and his dealing with Mr. Chow. Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms also step up in the hunt for Chow. Ken Jeong is also superb as Chow whose lifestyle is reckless and maddening. However John Goodman is a sad waste as a gangster referenced in the original film and he likely wishes that he was in that film as oppose to this one. This is a major step up from the first sequel but otherwise the original is far more clever and hilarious. Now it is time to sober up and move on to better things. Score: 4 ½ / 10

So this time the three amigos got caught between mobs business,,,that ends up by returning their always kidnapped friend and their star dump friend gets married,,,announcing( gladly for me ) that it will be the last sequel Its no secret that the first part was a hit because of its humor and risky funny story,,,its no secret that its not an Oscar or trophy movie,,,its for entertainment,,,the second sequel was a bit distorted version of the first one,,,then the third sequel,,they changed the direction completely,,,they gave up what made this movie a hit,,,humor and comedy and made it mostly action thriller gangster movie,,,,are they serious? What were they thinking,what were they trying to do,,,to win other kinds of viewers?? May be fans of pure thrillers? Anyway i don't care what were they going for,,,it came out a disfigured movie,,,very bad quality,,,full of idiocy and stupidity,,the worst thing,, u cant really categorize it,,is it an action movie,,,well its not really exciting enough,,,is it a thriller,,,its expectable from start to end,,,is it a comedy? Well if it was,,,it will be the lamest dumbest comedy in history of cinema