The Hangover 2: Someone tell me the point

Now, there's little point in declaring that the first Hangover movie was a work of genius. Far, far from it. It not only featured Bradley Cooper's excruciatingly pretty face, but was little-more than a means to tell knob jokes and try to shock viewers. That said, it certainly had it's moments and introduced Zach Galifinakis onto the wider consciousness. A pretty average 6/10 film in my opinion.

And then they went and introduced The Hangover 2. Reviewing this should be easy: watch the first one and imagine it's Bangkok instead of Las Vegas. That is all.

The pacing, the scenes, the knob jokes... almost everything is the same. The only plus point is the fact there's a monkey. There's even a reappearance of that lovable rogue Mike Tyson, and the obligatory attempts to shock: "OMFG! Did he just use the C-word? LOL".

Perhaps it's just me that didn't enjoy the movie. I mean, the single-figure IQ crowd were roaring in laughter from start to finish. This only reaffirmed my belief in never seeing a comedy at a cinema. The experience will always be ruined by idiots.

It's my belief that director Todd Philips and Warner Bros had some sort of in-joke going. Something along the lines of 'let's make the exact same film and see how many people pay to see it. Then we can all dive into our gold-plated swimming pools filled with cash and laugh at how stupid the audience are'.

Or perhaps, just perhaps, they themselves are the stupid ones, believing that this movie is good. Who knows. Either way, I found the film pointless, low-brow tripe. I'm only glad I have an unlimited movie pass with Cineworld which meant I didn't have to pay. Otherwise there would be a bad review.

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