# The Hangover vs American Pie et al. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242 "2009-06-28T03:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deanc2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@deanc2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deanc2000)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/1 "2009-06-28T03:54:14Z")
I saw this last night, and I thought it was really funny. It almost reached American Pie funny, but not quite… but still very funny. Anyway, I’ve heard some people watch this movie multiple times. Why would you want to do that? I mean you already know the mystery of where Doug is the second time. Also, give me your opionions on the comedy level of this movie vs SuperBad, American Pie, and Sideways. I would rank them from most to least funny this way: American Pie, Hangover, Sideways, Superbad. Your input? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/2 "2009-06-28T04:32:36Z")
You left out 40 Year Old Virgin ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/3 "2009-06-28T04:34:01Z")
I say: The Hangover 40 Year Old Virgin American Pie Superbad Sideways ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/4 "2009-06-28T04:36:05Z")
Hello… I would re-rank that The Hangover SuperBad Sideways American Pie. I was BEGGING!! my partner to take me back to The Hangover again today (he hasn’t seen it). But he doesn’t believe in “wasting a movie on comedies”. Go figure. So planning on catching it again next weekend- yes I know what happens to Doug, but will enjoy watching the characters suffer and make great laughs again anyways. \ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/5 "2009-06-28T05:39:50Z")
The 40-Year Old Virgin Sideways Superbad The Hangover American Pie (which I found inexplicably popular, preposterous overrated, and largely unfunny) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/6 "2009-06-28T06:55:13Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > American Pie (which I found inexplicably popular, preposterous overrated, and largely unfunny) I was saying to someone only days ago that _American Pie_ is arguably the worst movie I have ever seen. I was watching it on DVD and about 3/4 of the way through it I realised that I had not laughed once. Of course from that point on I didn’t laugh. Like I said it wasn’t offensively bad it just played to me like a drama about a bunch of lame teens in which they said and did things to amuse the other characters but not the audience. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/7 "2009-06-28T07:23:36Z")
Can I ask why Sideways is in this list? Do you mean Sideways with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church? Cause I would never ever put that movie in with films like American Pie, totally different IMO. Good, but different. Or is there another Sideways I am unaware of? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/8 "2009-06-28T09:50:42Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > Can I ask why Sideways is in this list? Do you mean Sideways with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church? Cause I would never ever put that movie in with films like American Pie, totally different IMO. Good, but different. Or is there another Sideways I am unaware of? I’m wondering the same thing. I loved Sideways, but IMO a very different type of movie than American Pie and The Hangover. I would put Super Troopers in there though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![deanc2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@deanc2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deanc2000)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/9 "2009-06-28T11:48:01Z")
Well, I put Sideways in there because its on my list as one of the funniest films in the last few years, so it’s just there because it’s a comedy. I especially remember the part with the 2 tons of fun girl. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover-vs-american-pie-et-al/501242/10 "2009-06-28T17:52:49Z")
While Sideways has some comic moments, if pressed, I would class it more as a drama than a comedy… I am still torn about Sideways, as none of the characters (except possibly Virginia Madsens’ Maya) were sympathetic or likeable, but I still thought the movie was quite enjoyable.