Comments on: The Hangover Part III on Blu-ray finishes an unlikely trilogy https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/ Big voices. Little censors. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Chuck Duncan https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49393 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 22:17:57 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49393 Well, I laughed more during the third one than I did with the first two combined. And I’ll be the first to admit that I find things enjoyable that most people don’t (ask Ivey West!). But, even though it has a terrible Rotten Tomatoes rating, there are still a few others there who gave it decent reviews. We’re all different.

]]> By: Adam S. https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49389 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:53:53 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49389 Nah, I didn’t think the second one was anything special and I wish they’d tried to cover new ground. But the third movie just didn’t contain many attempts at comedy. I understand that whether comedy is funny is subjective, but whether an attempt at comedy is present seems reasonably objective to me. I don’t hate the third film because it was different; I just didn’t like it because it wasn’t particularly good. I actually was on board with the plot they had, but the writing really kind of let them down in comparison to the first film. I definitely don’t think it would stand on its own.

I didn’t mean to offend by calling your response “weird”. I just meant that it doesn’t line up with the popular response, which I shared (and therefore seemed “normal” to me).

]]> By: Chuck Duncan https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49333 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:48:31 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49333 Dude, comedy is subjective. Just because I liked something you didn’t doesn’t make it “weird.” You, I assume, fall into the category of fans of the first film who hated the third because it was different. I think it’s more “weird” to go into a third movie and not expect, or want, some kind of growth in the characters and plot but hope for yet another retread that equals the first one. And let’s be real here, not many people liked the second one much either … because it was a retread. Like I said, I saw the first two back-to-back so the first one was still very fresh in my mind, and I could see where the placement of each moment in the second one was in relation to the first one. It really just made me angry.

I honestly don’t know how they could have made the fans happy with the third one.

]]> By: Adam S. https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49322 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:52:52 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49322 Weird response to the trilogy, man. The first movie was excellent, the second movie was a retread but still entertaining, and the third movie was pretty devoid of humor. I think most people agree with me on that, but I’d say so even if they didn’t.

]]> By: Chuck Duncan https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49222 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 01:10:00 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49222 I’m not quite sure what article you’r reading, but the “quote” you attributed to me (“trying something different”) is nowhere be found in the piece. In fact, in your rush to condemn me for being “cynical and elitist” (which is a direct quote from your comment), you completely overlooked what I actually wrote. And I quote (or copy and paste, as it were):

“Unfortunately, the fact that the movie was so different from the first two — or that people were just expecting another regurgitation of the same plot — left Part III with a much smaller box office total than either of the previous films.”

We actually agree, although you somehow completely missed that. I did say that those who actually did see the film were disappointed because it was different, and I know that from speaking to people first-hand. So, yes, some people didn’t go because they expected to see the same movie a third time, while others went and were disappointed that it wasn’t the same movie a third time. I enjoyed it more exactly because it wasn’t the same movie a third time and that’s what I’m trying to impart to those who skipped Part III for that reason.

]]> By: Alex https://cliqueclack.com/p/hangover-part-3-bluray/#comment-49219 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:05:50 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=12917#comment-49219 I feel like your review grossly misunderstands what actually happened with audience reaction. Everybody loved Part 1, because of this they were willing to give Part 2 the benefit of the doubt and go see it, which created 2’s large box-office numbers. At this point no one had any idea that the creators would have the audacity to make the exact same movie all over again, but once people had seen Part 2 everyone agreed that it was a terrible film. Because Part 2 failed so spectacularly to meet audience expectations, no one was willing to give Part 3 a shot because “Fool me one shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”. People did not shun Part 3 because it was “trying something different” (way to be cynical and elitist dude), people shunned Part 3 because they weren’t willing to fork over 12 bucks for something that had the potential to be just as terrible as Part 2 had been.

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