The Hangover: Part II

[Knightfall]

Is anyone else eagerly anticipating this sequel? Opens tomorrow.

 

[Kzach]

Yes, actually. The first one was great.

 

[Krug]

Seen it and sadly this one isn't very good. Dug out the usual Bangkok cliches. The scene in Alan's room was great though.. they needed more of that.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Loved the first one. Wondering how they will pull off a sequel to it. Do plan to see this one, and am excited, but going to wait for it to be available on Demand.

Re: Bangkok cliche's. My wife is from Bangkok and refuses to go see this with me (she basically thinks it is an innacurate portrayal of the city and the country--from the previews it looks like there is a lot of confounding far east asian culture with south east asian but that might not be the case---maybe Krug knows the answer to this one). However, in fairness they pulled out all the Vegas cliches in the first one as well. I think whatever city they chose, the film would highlight the perceieved excesses and cliches of that location. Heck if they set it in Boston (my hometown) I'd expect them to show mobs of red socks fans rioting, and have everyone talk like JFK.

 

[Krug]

Well it definitely had the usual Bangkok cliches -

Spoiler

temples, girly bars, transvestites, mobsters, even a riot initiated by the wolfpack that brought the police in, and I'm sure you're aware of how sensitive that is in recent context of events in Thailand

but not used as well as in the first film. A lot of Hangover 2 just had events happen, but the director/screenwriters couldn't mine any comedy out of it. I was a fan of the first movie but can only say i was disappointed by this one.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Well it definitely had the usual Bangkok cliches -

Spoiler

temples, girly bars, transvestites, mobsters, even a riot initiated by the wolfpack that brought the police in, and I'm sure you're aware of how sensitive that is in recent context of events in Thailand

but not used as well as in the first film. A lot of Hangover 2 just had events happen, but the director/screenwriters couldn't mine any comedy out of it. I was a fan of the first movie but can only say i was disappointed by this one.

Spoiler

Yes very aware. My wife was visiting her mother in Bangkok during the Red Shirt thing last year. And recent political events make similar problems a possibility on her visit this year. Interstingly, the lady-boy thing is something most Thai's I've met are proud of. And it is a a pretty undeniably feature of the culture.

This movie is one I really want to like, but I have a feeling your assesment will be spot on. Everything I'm hearing sounds like they basically transported the first movie into Thailand. I think it would have been more interesting if they took a different storyline but followed the same characters. Really what made the first one work anyways was the chemistry between the actors and the characters.

 

[Rhun]

Seen it and sadly this one isn't very good. Dug out the usual Bangkok cliches. The scene in Alan's room was great though.. they needed more of that.

I actually agree. I saw it at midnight, and while it certainly had a lot of funny stuff, it wasn't nearly as good as the first. It wasn't missing losing the sleep that I'm now regretting not getting last night.

 

[Thanee]

Yeah, this is not really a movie to make a sequel of... but when money talks...

Bye
Thanee