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Hungover in Vegas.
| How does The Hangover compare to Somebodyisfromhere.com's night in Vegas (click here to read about Somebodyisfromhere.com's trip). The Hangover finished first in the box office this weekend and has garnered a lot of buzz. Is it worthy? |
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<<< The world falls squarely into two camps. The people who giggle about Las Vegas reciting cliches like "What happens in
Vegas stays in Vegas" and the people who silently know the city; know that they faced the beast and that they got out alive.
The Hangover is for the second group (Appropriately, What Happens In Vegas is for the first group. One questions the people
behind the Cameron Diaz/Ashton Kutcher feature that decided to do Sin City PG-13. Somebodyisfromhere.com suspects nobody
else saw the movie though so he will shut up about it.).
The Hangover stars Bradley Cooper. Cooper has been in a bunch of stuff but has never necessarily been likable. For example, he
played the douche, the boyfriend douche of Rachel McAdams, in Wedding Crashers. This time around he plays, ahh, well a
douche. But the likable kind. He plays a teacher who starts the movie by taking the young students in his class' money. Later,
when he wakes up hungover he is the one going with the flow.
In Vegas for the bachelor party, he is joined by the future groom played by Justin Bartha, the groom's soon to be brother and law
in Zack Galifianakis, and highly strung dental friend Ed Helms.
The trailer for the movie showed a smattering of antics: the police station, Mike Tyson, a baby, a tiger. You get the idea. Throw in
the usual Vegas staples: the Rain Man suite, the alcohol, the gambling. That is The Hangover.
It's more than the sum of its parts. The director is Todd Phillips, who also directed Road Trip and Old School, is good at piecing
together a collection of random funny scenes and tying them together. Most importantly, he knows good performances make a
movie.
This time around it's Galifianakis. Pudgy with full beard, he plays a dimwit. He might talk about cocaine early on, but he also won't
use bad language.
Las Vegas is a good time. The Hangover is a good time. After The Hangover, you'll even be able to remember some of it.
Vegas stays in Vegas" and the people who silently know the city; know that they faced the beast and that they got out alive.
The Hangover is for the second group (Appropriately, What Happens In Vegas is for the first group. One questions the people
behind the Cameron Diaz/Ashton Kutcher feature that decided to do Sin City PG-13. Somebodyisfromhere.com suspects nobody
else saw the movie though so he will shut up about it.).
The Hangover stars Bradley Cooper. Cooper has been in a bunch of stuff but has never necessarily been likable. For example, he
played the douche, the boyfriend douche of Rachel McAdams, in Wedding Crashers. This time around he plays, ahh, well a
douche. But the likable kind. He plays a teacher who starts the movie by taking the young students in his class' money. Later,
when he wakes up hungover he is the one going with the flow.
In Vegas for the bachelor party, he is joined by the future groom played by Justin Bartha, the groom's soon to be brother and law
in Zack Galifianakis, and highly strung dental friend Ed Helms.
The trailer for the movie showed a smattering of antics: the police station, Mike Tyson, a baby, a tiger. You get the idea. Throw in
the usual Vegas staples: the Rain Man suite, the alcohol, the gambling. That is The Hangover.
It's more than the sum of its parts. The director is Todd Phillips, who also directed Road Trip and Old School, is good at piecing
together a collection of random funny scenes and tying them together. Most importantly, he knows good performances make a
movie.
This time around it's Galifianakis. Pudgy with full beard, he plays a dimwit. He might talk about cocaine early on, but he also won't
use bad language.
Las Vegas is a good time. The Hangover is a good time. After The Hangover, you'll even be able to remember some of it.
| Somebodyisfromhere.com's definitive guide to VEGAS. |
PART ONE: SINgle CITY.
Somebodyisfromhere.com was up for over 30 straight
hours and lived to write about it...sorta.
Click here for the photo journal and some gibberish
like this ...
7:20am: I think it's now safe to say I rival only David
Blaine for pointless feats of perseverance, y'know,
only with drinking and gambling.
hours and lived to write about it...sorta.
Click here for the photo journal and some gibberish
like this ...
7:20am: I think it's now safe to say I rival only David
Blaine for pointless feats of perseverance, y'know,
only with drinking and gambling.
PART TWO: Welcome to the Party.
It's different from other gambling cities. In Atlantic
City, for instance, it’s almost like they want you to
gamble, but in the process they're sure you’ll drink.
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, it’s like they want you to
drink, but in the process they’re sure you’ll gamble.
Full page: Welcome to the Party.
City, for instance, it’s almost like they want you to
gamble, but in the process they're sure you’ll drink.
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, it’s like they want you to
drink, but in the process they’re sure you’ll gamble.
Full page: Welcome to the Party.
There are plenty of things for the family to do in Las
Vegas.
I know, I know, initially after reading that you get the
same feeling you get when you type in "French
military victories" into Google and pick the "I'm
Feeling Lucky" option (here)..
Full story: Family Time
Vegas.
I know, I know, initially after reading that you get the
same feeling you get when you type in "French
military victories" into Google and pick the "I'm
Feeling Lucky" option (here)..
Full story: Family Time
PART THREE: Family Time.
PART FOUR: Fashion Done Vegas Style.
I have a decent sense of style, that is to say I’d be
fine if I didn’t physically look like a schmuck. Still, I
showed up in Vegas in a Hawaiian shirt and a fairly
trashy blazer (Perry Ellis with wrinkles).
Of course, there might be some kind of precedent
for this in Las Vegas. After all, two of their more
famous performers are gay lion tamers.
Full story: Fashion Done Vegas Style
fine if I didn’t physically look like a schmuck. Still, I
showed up in Vegas in a Hawaiian shirt and a fairly
trashy blazer (Perry Ellis with wrinkles).
Of course, there might be some kind of precedent
for this in Las Vegas. After all, two of their more
famous performers are gay lion tamers.
Full story: Fashion Done Vegas Style
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