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It’s no great secret that every writer eventually runs out of things
to say. The well dries up, so to speak, and for a prime example you need
look no further than “The Hangover 2: Copy / Paste Edition”. For the
thing that made the original “Hangover” great, non-linear innovation,
was the very thing that made “The Hangover II” poor, there was nothing
resembling innovation. So it gives me great pleasure to report that “The Hangover Part III”
doesn’t suffer from the same problem, and it
is
funny, and huzzah, who doesn’t love a summer comedy done right? If the
three films were boxers, “The Hangover” would be Mike Tyson, full of
tremendous uppercuts, while “The Hangover 2″ would be Michael Spinks,
only good for about 90 seconds of entertainment. “The Hangover Part
III”? Evander Holyfield, steady and solid, though still slightly battle
worn and ear torn.
Fair warning: “The Hangover Part III” starts off on a discordant
note, though thankfully it’s about as unfunny as the film gets. Alan
(Zach Galifianakis) has purchased a giraffe, and for some reason he’s
towing it behind his car, leading to an eventual (and completely
predictable) sight gag. This sort of idiocy is almost without precedent
in the series, as the “Hangover” series has been embedded with the
gritty realism of drug-induced bad decisions and seedy environments.
This giraffe angle was almost as if someone had this idea back in their
6th grade creative writing class and finally saw a way to make that
dream come true.
Nothing about this makes sense, you can’t buy a giraffe in the United
States, and even if you could, you certainly couldn’t tow it behind
your convertible like some kind of giant moronic rube. The scene is
meant to convey Alan’s dip into crazy, but all of the audience here is
credentialed, we’ve been pre-dipped into Alan, and sorry for your luck
if you somehow missed the first film. And really, if there is a problem
with the “The Hangover Part III” it comes, surprisingly, in the form of
Alan, a character who has been utilized well up until this point. They
stay with Alan about one beat too long for almost every joke, and they
lose a little momentum each and every time they do it.
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