In fact, Hangover never vaguely came close to the anticipated level of entertainment. Like it or not, the flick earned its success the old-fashioned way. No, not all of its gags revolve around violence, bodily functions and general social outrageousness, but most do.
At least Hangover comes with a fairly clever structure. A more conventional tale of this sort would simply send the guys to Vegas and follow the mayhem. Instead, the film turns into a whacked-out mystery. This keeps the audience more off-guard and attentive. Overall, the actors seem fine. When a film performs as well as Hangover , it usually comes with a breakout performance. Oh, it definitely brought more attention to its stars; in particular, Galifianakis and Helms got a real boost from it.
Of the bunch, Galifianakis probably offers the most impressive performance. Within certain limits, that is, as The Hangover just never becomes especially amusing — not for me, at least. Sharpness was inconsistent. Close-ups and two-shots looked fine, but anything wider tended to be rough and ill-defined. Some of the issues stemmed from digital artifacts; I noticed mild edge enhancement along with somewhat prominent mosquito noise.
The movie came across as rather blocky on occasion, and I noticed shimmering and jagged edges at times. No source flaws appeared, however. Colors were decent. The Vegas setting opened up some lively hues, and these often came across fairly well.
Blacks were reasonably dark and tight, while shadows showed good delineation. Okay, good or bad, we don't remember so we got nothing to talk about. Nothing, guys, nothing.
Extended scene Unrated: : Over the course of Phil's speech, a line was removed from the theatrical version, which wouldn't have made much sense without it. Phil: " All right, to a night we'll never remember, but Erweiterte Szene Unrated: : After Phil tells Stu not to worry all the time and be proud of himself, he also answers in the unrated version. Stu: " I don't know, Phil. Maybe it's 'cause I'm missing a tooth. Or, maybe, it's because there is a tiger in our hotel room, which, incidentally, is completely destroyed.
Oh, no, no, wait, wait, wait, I know. Maybe it's because we found a baby, a human baby. That's it. It's because we found a fucking baby! I don't think you should be around a child. Erweiterte Szene Unrated: : The conversation with the "registrar" Eddie continues a little.
He offers them women. Eddie: " I love these guys! Zolea, come here. Bring my friends some tea, some baklava, heh? Come on. Unbelievable, man. Look at this chick. Beautiful ass, no fucking brain. But this is Vegas. You want intimacy? Forget about it. You're gonna get sex, that's it here, man. No problem for me, though. You want some chicks? I can get you beautiful chicks from the Eastern Bloc. No questions. Clean, tight. The tits like that. The nipple like that. Erweiterte Szene Unrated: : A little more dialog has been implemented into the discussion whether they were supposed to light the police car or not.
Alan comes up with the incredible idea, that they could alight a ferret, because they'd love to nibble on gas lines. Phil: " And how exactly are you guys gonna do that? You just pour kerosene over a ferret, light it on both ends, put it in. But when it comes to comedy, unless there's simply nothing of good, old-fashioned, laugh-out-loud value, anything beyond a guy slipping on a banana peel or taking a shot to the nuts -- which are universally funny -- is ultimately at the mercy of taste.
And so, it turns out, the absence of funny can be measured; the presence of funny is entirely up to you. With that in mind, if it were up to this critic, The Hangover would easily be praised as potentially the funniest comedy to hit theaters in the last few years.
It's been awhile since I remember having laughed this hard or having been so effortlessly amused by a movie, and where so many Bachelor Party -inspired comedies grab too quickly for the low-hanging fruit of nudity and vulgarity — neither of which are necessarily bad, mind you -- The Hangover manages to create a clever mystery and real, honest-to-goodness characters in the midst of its many of shenanigans.
And that's a surprise, quite frankly, given what this Las Vegas-set comedy could easily have become, but despite a few pacing issues in the middle of the film, The Hangover rises above the trappings into which other, similar comedies have so often stumbled.
Featuring a few extended sequences -- mostly a minute or two added to existing scenes -- the unrated cut isn't any more or less amusing than the theatrical. Nor is it any dirtier or more crass. There's just not a significant enough difference to warrant including this as a wholly separate version of the film. If anything, it simply feels like they took what would have been the "deleted scenes" and edited them back into the movie.
Score: 8 out of 10 Video and Presentation Presented in 2. The Hangover is set against the colorful background of Las Vegas, but since so much of the film takes place during the day, it's a side of Vegas that's not often seen in the movies. When we do get scenes of the city at night, like on the rooftop just before the evening of debauchery begins, the colors are bright and true.
The rest of the time it's a pretty straight-forward, more natural presentation. Detail is far more evident than on the DVD, and the image is consistently crisp and sharp throughout. It's about on par with what you'd expect from a recently produced comedy. Aside from a few moments where the soundtrack adds some punch to a particular scene, The Hangover is all about expressing it's comedy through dialogue.
You can hear it clearly through the front channel, even when the mix is busy with music and audio effects. The frantic scene outside the chapel is probably the most active moment, with shouting, tires screeching and breaking glass. When I received my review copy of The Hangover: Extreme Edition , I expected something with more footage added to the film.
After all, it says "extreme edition" on the cover, right? Surely something "extreme" must have been added to the film in order to earn that title, right? My first task was taking down the Blu-ray copy of The Hangover that I already owned and placing it next to this new "Extreme Edition" for comparison's sake. Totally identical in the special features department, apparently, so that means that the "Extreme" nature of this edition is surely located somewhere within the film, no? Both versions of The Hangover on Blu-ray feature the standard, theatrical version-- which runs at minutes-- as well as the "Unrated Version", which is eight minutes longer.
Same length, same versions, same movie. So, what's "extreme" about it?
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