The marketing campaign for The Hangover Part III is largely centered around the idea that this movie marks the conclusion of the series.
Indeed, the film’s posters boast taglines including “The end” and “It ends,” and the movie itself includes lines of dialogue like “It all ends tonight.”
(It’s subtle, I know.)
But anyone who’s seen all three films, as I have, would agree: This is a series that should have ended after the first one. After all, the first sequel was nothing more than a carbon copy of the original Hangover, just set in a different city, with more raunch and a lot fewer laughs. Now we have a second sequel that’s not very funny and isn’t even about a hangover, but certainly feels like one.
It ends tonight? Damn. What took you so long? Continue reading
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