Last movie you watched......

Speaking of comic books, the trailer for Green Lantern makes it look like the dumbest movie in the universe.

 

As in dumbest comic book character (Hal Jordan) or as in dumbest adaptation of a comic book to the big screen?

About a month or so ago, there was about four minutes of film released on the internet that made the movie seem a bit darker/serious than the TV spots and trailers. Still, I'm a little skeptical but will probably see at some point.

 

Whole thing looked ridiculous. The one main alien character reminded me of a cross between Jar Jar Binks and those things on Mars Attacks. Plus, I can't take Ryan Reynolds seriously. It just struck me as, for lack of a better word, silly.

The X-Men:Bay of Pigs (or whatever it's called) trailer looked like Schiindler's List in comparison.

 

Spoiler:
I think the anchor scene was the funniest bit of the entire movie. Great stuff. But I saw the transsexual crap coming from a mile away, and it was funny, but not all that shocking or whatever to me. Just random stuff, like Alan being a dick to his mom about dessert - yeah, it's funny, but old material. I've seen it all before. Hangover I showcased jokes and scenes that were hilarious because they were original. At least to me.

 

"Too Big to Fail." Required watching. It's enough to make you sick at what this country has become.

 

Did you really require such a viewing to come to that particular confusion?

 

It is indeed about 20-30 minutes too long, but I found it pretty awesome. A hell of a lot funnier than Hangover 2.

I agree with everyone who says Hangover 2 is an exact carbon copy of 1. Very disappointing. In fact, only Doug and Phil appear to be the only likable characters to me. Alan's schtick is getting old quick and Stu just seems like an ass.

I'd give Bridesmaids a B+. Hangover 2 gets a C. There's just nothing there.

 

At least he finally acknowledged his movies suck. Check out the latest Rolling Stone.

Dude nails this no-talent's many deficiencies, even in what is supposed to be far and away his "best movie."

http://www.mrdestructo.com/2011/05/criterion-recollection-silent-bob.html

 

Americanized "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trailer was released in theaters this weekend and someone pirated a copy...

http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/hot-red-band-trailer-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/

Looks awesome; Daniel Craig is a flat-out movie star.

 

Hangover II spoiler alerts...

The kid who they spend the whole movie looking for, seems way too OK for someone who lost his finger....

The speech by Stu to his future father-in-law at the end was just idiotic.

Alan is very likable in the first movie, in this one, not at all...

I saw this a little more than 24 hours ago and I can't think of a single great quote from the whole movie. I did enjoy most of the first 30 minutes and I did laugh my ass off when they showed Alan's room with all of the wrestling posters in the background.

Stu's song could have been great, but it came seemed so wedged in there that it took away from something that could have been a lot funnier.

I understand there are some jokes that are going to lose a lot of luster because they already used them in the first one. That's why you don't use them a second time. There is not a single original idea in this movie.

But it made $86 million for the weekend and that's not including Thursday or Monday, so Hangover 3 will be in theaters about two years from now...

 

And hopefully they try something, anything, different this time.

Hell, it's not rocket science. I get that you want to keep the idea and the premise but you don't have to provide a blow-by-blow carbon copy of the previous movie to be successful.

My idea for the third is to take the Hangover idea and change it up. Rather than have it be a wedding (again) that is taking place, have the movie be a character-based evaluation of Phil as he gets over his divorce.

To help him cope, he gets the Wolfpack together again and they get black out drunk. Hijinks ensue and, through those hijinks, you expand the characters as they start to question what exactly it is they're doing with their lives.

Of course, I'm only an interest message board poster so I fully expect the Hangover III to take place in Amsterdam as Alan is getting married and, gasp, Doug goes missing but is secretly in a closet the whole time as the crew battles Chow in order to get Alan to the altar in time. Also, penis, penis, titty joke, fart, penis, penis, diarrhea.

 

Well, now I'll have to see HO2 tomorrow so I don't have to keep dodging spoilers on this thread. Yeah, I know, it's pretty much the same movie, but I don't want the few things different in the sequel to be spoiled for me.