CineTV contest - The Hangover

This is my entry into the CineTV and Lolz best comedy film. Details of the competition are here.

Name - The Hangover
Released - 2009
Director - Todd Phillips

With the @stickupboys almost nailing this competition with the great Groundhog Day starring the awesome Bill Murray, I knew I had to bring out the big guns to take them down on this competition.

There are probably only a few films capable of beating Bill and his deadpan humor and I think that the Hangover (part 1) does it. What I love about this film is probably one of the funniest moments in movie history. This is when Iron Mike knocks out Alan to the sound of Phil Collins in the air tonight.

Whoever thought of this scene is a genius. Here Iron Mike singing and the boys doing the chorus was just pure class. You can actually imagine Mike knocking people out who annoy him too. I remember some guy videoed him punching someone on a plane and yeah, upsetting Iron Mike is a bad idea.

The other thing I love about it is that this is a film for the lads. After watching all those RomComs and family-friendly jokes with Hugh Grant, here we get the boys going to Vegas and getting up to no good. There are plenty of laughs and stereotypical situations to amuse you along the way.

The performances of Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis were for me the best. Bradley wasn't really convincing as a teacher but was a pretty cool dude and complimented the group of friends off well.

Zach for me was out of this world with many of his hilarious scenes. In all groups of friends, you need one who is a bit crazy, like Phoebe in friends crazy who can get you into some fun and crazy situations that you wouldn't normally get into. Zak who plays Alan pulls this off really well.

I can relate to this film because I can remember many of my own lads' nights out and some of the antics that we got up to. Sometimes things went wonky, but not quite like the exaggeration in this film. Some things were good, some bad!

I also have had a few "Alan" friends in the past and they have also provided some of the more memorable nights out to have.

Overall this is a nice and easy-to-watch film with many laughs and no annoying cringe moments that you get watching Bridget's Diary or what's that other one called, Notting Hill.

Rating - 10/10

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The Trailer is linked to the copyright holder's release on youtube.