With The Hangover II somehow still being in theaters and grossing a box office weekend record for a comedy, it's no shock that the studio heads are pumping their fists for another installment. The Wrap reports Craig Mazin, who penned the hit sequel has recently been hired to write the script with another long time Todd Phillips amigo Scot Armstrong for the Wolfpack's next mistake-filled, boozing adventure, The Hangover III.
So now that Vegas and Thailand are in the books where will the trio of Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper take an ill advised boy's night out this time? Paris? Hawaii? Mars? According to THR, the seedy, seemingly lawless hardcore party scene of Amsterdam is deemed the obvious and most logical choice. Pot-friendly coffee shops, prostitution, bars galore and police turning a blind eye? The script could write itself and would make Vincent Vega very proud.
Finally, my opportunity to chime in why The Hangover series should just "hang it up" instead. Despite all the positive reviews for The Hangover II, I thought it was awful beyond words. The movie had a few subtle Galifianakis provided laughs, but the majority of it was a rerun of the first film joke by joke. The new uncomfortable situations were predictable, and Helms constantly screaming didn't make them any funnier. And they took a hilarious character in Chow (Ken Jeong) from the original and overused his character's comedic appeal, which was also one of the worst aspects of the sequel.
Our review of it with three Abiding Dudes was very generous, as I would've given it maybe two ,and suggested that Phillips and friends quit while they're ahead. Bringing back the same writers for the third, who wrote a crappy second script is a bad idea.
So Hangover III...do you guys want it or not?
Link to the story.
So now that Vegas and Thailand are in the books where will the trio of Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper take an ill advised boy's night out this time? Paris? Hawaii? Mars? According to THR, the seedy, seemingly lawless hardcore party scene of Amsterdam is deemed the obvious and most logical choice. Pot-friendly coffee shops, prostitution, bars galore and police turning a blind eye? The script could write itself and would make Vincent Vega very proud.
Finally, my opportunity to chime in why The Hangover series should just "hang it up" instead. Despite all the positive reviews for The Hangover II, I thought it was awful beyond words. The movie had a few subtle Galifianakis provided laughs, but the majority of it was a rerun of the first film joke by joke. The new uncomfortable situations were predictable, and Helms constantly screaming didn't make them any funnier. And they took a hilarious character in Chow (Ken Jeong) from the original and overused his character's comedic appeal, which was also one of the worst aspects of the sequel.
Our review of it with three Abiding Dudes was very generous, as I would've given it maybe two ,and suggested that Phillips and friends quit while they're ahead. Bringing back the same writers for the third, who wrote a crappy second script is a bad idea.
So Hangover III...do you guys want it or not?
Link to the story.
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