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It's not a big problem.. The thing is this movie r...

2009-11-10T08:49:00.197-05:00

It's not a big problem.. The thing is this movie rocks. I love Alan, stu, phill, and the missing guy. I forget his name ;)

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Thanks for the correction, Anonymous. The IMDB pa...

2009-10-10T20:02:39.356-04:00

Thanks for the correction, Anonymous. The IMDB page on Fandango lists the period of the film as circa 1971.

Just a small correction. I think you meant to put ...

2009-10-10T19:28:57.544-04:00

Just a small correction. I think you meant to put 1971 for the year in Fandango. They are dodging the draft as a sub story.

Thanks, Chuck. I had forgotten that. No wonder I...

2009-06-21T09:29:03.440-04:00

Thanks, Chuck. I had forgotten that. No wonder I made the connection.

Don't know if the elevator shot was a specific ref...

2009-06-20T18:12:53.019-04:00

Don't know if the elevator shot was a specific reference to Three Men and a Baby but they do, of course, talk about the film at one point (and amusingly enough can't even remember Steve Gutenberg's name).

Damn! I wanted to know how the chicken got there!

2009-06-20T16:29:32.356-04:00

Damn! I wanted to know how the chicken got there!

Thanks, Hokahey, I've noticed that many critics h...

2009-06-20T14:37:16.600-04:00

Thanks, Hokahey,

I've noticed that many critics have slammed The Hangover while audiences tend to like it. I liked some of the subversive male revolt aspects of the film and the basic plot device of leaving it up to our imaginations as to what happened that night. The chicken, for instance, is never explained. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to defend the film excessively. I've noticed, too, that comedy is one of the easiest genres to pan (I've done my share) without really having to prove much of anything. One finds it funny or not. Also, Heather Graham's role showed how much her stock has dropped in Hollywood recently, and I was surprised.

I enjoyed your post here - with your comparative i...

2009-06-20T12:10:46.216-04:00

I enjoyed your post here - with your comparative images - much more than the movie, which I saw last night with my son, who loves Superbad and most other raunchy movies. A lot of people were laughing. We were not. The situations seemed like they SHOULD be funny, but they just didn't hit us. When they descend the escalator, I thought of Rain Man and your post and I laughed for that reason.

Thanks, Invisible Woman.

2009-06-14T14:01:16.920-04:00

Thanks, Invisible Woman.

I don't care if this movie alluded to/stole from e...

2009-06-14T10:44:59.987-04:00

I don't care if this movie alluded to/stole from every movie ever made--it was freakin' hilarious!:-)

Great observations, btw.

Thanks, RF, Sr., You are right. I should have in...

2009-06-12T07:54:04.562-04:00

Thanks, RF, Sr.,

You are right. I should have included Peter Berg's Very Bad Things as part of The Hangover's cinematic heritage. I just don't know that film as well.

Speaking of movie allusions, wasn't there a fright...

2009-06-12T06:51:36.017-04:00

Speaking of movie allusions, wasn't there a frightening bachelor party movie in which a group of men in a setting like a Vegas hotel who by accident murder a hooker they have hired, in their bathroom, then have to hide the murder as best they can?

RF, Sr.