Haven’t been to my local pictures recently cos there’s mainly studio horrors, studio comedies, and studio thrillers.
Their synopsis of ”The Hangover’ is enough to make you feel sick:
“‘The Hangover’ is a crazy comedy about a bachelor party that goes horribly wrong.
Two days before his wedding, Doug (Justin Bartha) and his three friends head to Vegas, for a weekend they’ll never forget. But after their first night, they wake up with huge headaches and can’t remember a thing. All they know is, the hotel room is trashed and Doug is missing.
Now the trio must find out where things went wrong, find Doug, and get him back to LA in time for his wedding.
But as the hangovers wear off, and their memories return, they realise just how much trouble they are in.
If you liked ‘Wedding Crashers’ and ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’, you’ll love ‘The Hangover’.
‘The Hangover’ – showing at your local cinema.”
‘Crazy comedy’. ‘Hotel room…trashed’. ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’. Just….. eurgh.
Let’s take another example: Night At The Museum 2. As if the first film wasn’t all cutesy and studio-ey:
“Ben Stiller, returns as a hilarious night watchman Larry Daley in the sequel to the hit film ‘Night at The Museum’. This time Daley is faced with a whole new kind of mayhem inside the world famous Smithsonian Institute!
Packed full of rip-roaring gags and hilarious cameos, ‘Night at the Museum 2′ is a comic treat not to be missed!
If you liked, ‘National Treasure: Book of Secrets’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, You’ll love ‘Night at the Museum 2′.
‘Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian’ – showing at your local cinema.”
You are not going to sell me a film whereby the producers describe their own film as ‘hit’. Nor are you going to sell me one with Ben Stiller in it.
‘Rip-roaring gags’. ‘Hilarious cameos’. ‘Hilarious night-watchman’.
Errrrr, no.
And also it’s over-priced. Eight pounds twenty for a standard adult ticket. And the popcorn and drink is a fiver.
Pffft. That’s why I haven’t been.
