# The Hangover. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046 "2009-06-07T23:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/41 "2009-06-13T05:15:08Z")
I really liked this movie. I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen this sort of movie just fail (including Rainman) and somehow they pulled it off. The only thing I really didn’t like was that they won at the tables, but I suppose that was a necessary fiction if you are going to have the cooperation of the casinos in filming. And I loved that Phil was a complete unlikeable asshole the entire time he was with the boys. Pretty boy. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/42 "2009-06-14T01:35:02Z")
I gotta say, I’m usually not a big fan of this genre of film, but this will definately be a guilty pleasure for me for a long time. I was actually trying to piece together and figure out the ‘mystery’, which is sort-of impossible, but due to a logic leap, I -did- figure out where Doug was in advance… Although I’ll admit it was more of a “Where would I put him if I wrote this script?” Than anything else. Heather Graham is, as usual, really sweet looking, and I loved the buddy element of the picture, especially the slow transformation of Alan essenitally wanting to be just like Phil. The Rainman homage had me floored, and I loved one of Alan’s last lines: “I was thinking of going to bartender school…” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/43 "2009-06-14T07:46:01Z")
I quite enjoyed it. It was very very silly, maybe even stupid, but a good kind of stupid. Even my friend who rarely laughs out loud was LOLing. I was very glad they showed us the pictures at the end, that was a nice bonus. > [@blondebear](#): > > he is missing that tooth IRL. Thanks for that. Everytime I saw it I was distracted by examining it closely to see how they did it. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > She shows one breast in a breastfeeding scene. I thought it was sort of bizarre and out of place I found it bizarre just because she is just so overdressed in her stripper scene. Or is there no nudity in Vegas strip clubs? > [@planetcory](#): > > I found the Asian gang boss to be too over-the-top, though. Although, I did love that power window scene. Did we ever find out why he was naked? > [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Why else would he have a school-related restraining order on him? In some places you can get sex offender status from as little as peeing in public. Although the airplane theory is a good one. > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > BTW, one person throwing a mattress off a roof…not an easy task. Agreed. Although likely it was more like lift the end on to the ledge and then slide it off. > [@ProfessorX](#): > > It woulda been incredibly sad if they never saw the groom again though. I was kind of sad that we saw so little of him as I really like that actor. > [@ArrMatey](#): > > I -did- figure out where Doug was in advance. I managed to not figure it out because when the henchmen first attack them they shout “where is he!?” While later it became clear that they were looking for their boss man, at the time I thought they were looking for the groom because he had pissed them off during the nights events somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/44 "2009-06-14T07:59:57Z")
I loved it. It was much funnier than Forgetting Sarah Marshall - no comparison whatsoever. It did not feel like an Apatow movie. It had much more of a David Wain feel to it (_Wet Hot American Summer_) or like a giant _Mr. Show_ sketch. Instead of trying, as Apatow’s films do, to be a heartfelt drama and a frat-humor comedy at the same time, this one was just unabashedly over-the-top and did away with any pretensions of seriousness, which I appreciated a lot. It’s definitely my favorite movie of the summer so far. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/45 "2009-06-14T14:49:05Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I was kind of sad that we saw so little of him as I really like that actor. He plays the retarded guy that Affleck and Lopez are protecting in Gigli. Once I realized that, I couldn’t look at him any other way. > [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It did not feel like an Apatow movie. Probably because Apatow was in no way involved. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/46 "2009-06-14T15:27:12Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > \ > Probably because Apatow was in no way involved. Well no, but I had said earlier that > [@](#): > > it just looks like another in a long line of Apatow-like summer fare. and so he may have just been commenting for me - and those like me - that it didn’t have an Apatow feel. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/47 "2009-06-14T15:52:42Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Probably because Apatow was in no way involved. Wasn’t that Apatow in the elevator going down (up?) on the girl in the elevator? ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/48 "2009-06-14T16:01:26Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Well no, but I had said earlier that and so he may have just been commenting for me - and those like me - that it didn’t have an Apatow feel. What about the trailers gave it an Apatow feel? Old School and Road Trip (the two other movies by Todd Phillips, who made the cameo in the elevator) are nothing like the flicks by the “Ap-Pack,” a more fitting name when you consider that only 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up were directed by Apatow himself. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/49 "2009-06-15T02:29:23Z")
We just saw it tonight and thought it was pretty funny. The best part were the stills at the end showing what happened during the night. I, too, didn’t understand that the thugs were looking for their boss. Heather Graham was poorly used. I would have liked to have seen more of her. 😉 As others have said, Ithink it was good but could have been better. Had I not read this thread before I went, I would have omg’d at the penis scene. I thought it would be more discrete given the rating but there’s noooo question about what was going on there. I would have liked Mike Tyson to stop talking after he said, “wait, this is my favorite part.” It was a funny line and he should have just stopped right there. Overall, I give it a thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/50 "2009-06-15T02:56:24Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > And I loved that Phil was a complete unlikeable asshole the entire time he was with the boys. Pretty boy. Ha. Classic Phil. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/51 "2009-06-15T02:58:19Z")
> [@Soapbox\_Monkey](#): > > What about the trailers gave it an Apatow feel? Old School and Road Trip (the two other movies by Todd Phillips, who made the cameo in the elevator) I just realized that he was the “I’m here for the gangbang” guy in Road Trip. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/52 "2009-06-15T03:40:49Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I just realized that he was the “I’m here for the gangbang” guy in Road Trip. And he was the toe sucker on the bus in Road Trip. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/53 "2009-06-15T03:47:15Z")
The chicken was never explained, but at one point when it turns away from the camera, its butt looks awfully red. I think we are supposed to draw inferences. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/54 "2009-06-15T04:14:22Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > The chicken was never explained, but at one point when it turns away from the camera, its butt looks awfully red. I think we are supposed to draw inferences. If anything you would figure his neck would be red… ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/55 "2009-06-15T06:16:14Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > They’re called The Dan Band. They redid “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on Old School. Here’s a clip: [It has foul language](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIRiZsDObrU). Haven’t seen Hangover yet but just watched the Dan Band clip. Amazing! I’ll definitely be seeking out more from these guys. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/56 "2009-06-21T17:08:27Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > My favorite line: > > “I didn’t know they gave out rings at the Holocaust.” Yes, this one made me laugh out loud, and chuckle again thinking about it the next day. Living in Las Vegas, and watching this film in an afternoon screening with locals, it was especially funny. I think one of the reasons I liked this film so much is that even though it was a comedy, you actually cared to find out how it ended. So many comedy films these days are just one liners after one liners and the plots are usually thin, if not totally unimportant. I actually cared to find out where the hell the groom was! Few little nitpicks - in a suite that large and expensive, housekeeping is usually there several times a day to fluff pillows and fill mini-bar, etc. In this film, none showed up for the entire time? It would have been much funnier if they had come back after going out the first time to find the room in pristine condition, with a chocolate mint on the pillow, a bowl of meat and huge kitty litter box for the tiger and all of the sex toys and underclothes neatly stacked in the corner - and perhaps a housekeeping bill for $19,234 discretely placed on the nightstand. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/57 "2009-06-21T17:56:09Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Few little nitpicks - in a suite that large and expensive, housekeeping is usually there several times a day to fluff pillows and fill mini-bar, etc. In this film, none showed up for the entire time? It would have been much funnier if they had come back after going out the first time to find the room in pristine condition, with a chocolate mint on the pillow, a bowl of meat and huge kitty litter box for the tiger and all of the sex toys and underclothes neatly stacked in the corner - and perhaps a housekeeping bill for $19,234 discretely placed on the nightstand. This is the only time I can remember laughing at a nitpick! The thought that a Las Vegas hotel is the only place in the universe that would have giant litter boxes on hand for guests pet tigers. I could totally see it. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/58 "2009-06-21T19:57:07Z")
Saw it. Big meh. I just didn’t find anything in it particularly funny. Sure, I laughed a few times, but I found I Love You, Man to be an immensely funnier film. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/59 "2009-06-22T03:41:52Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Saw it. Big meh. I just didn’t find anything in it particularly funny. Sure, I laughed a few times, but I found I Love You, Man to be an immensely funnier film. I feel exactly opposite. _The Hangover_ was hilarity on wheels, while _I Love You, Man_ only rated a “meh” for me. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046/60 "2009-06-22T04:38:30Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Few little nitpicks - in a suite that large and expensive, housekeeping is usually there several times a day to fluff pillows and fill mini-bar, etc. At least once, if not twice, I noticed a “Do Not Disturb” tag hanging on their door when they left their suite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hangover/499046.md?page=4)