Hangover vs Hangover 2

[jackietreehorn8]

This isn't meant to be simply...tell us which one you like better. I think pretty much everyone agrees that the first was the better film.

I do too, but I'm trying to figure out the mindset of people that liked the first, but hated the second. I hear that a LOT.

I mean, everybody LOVED the first Hangover movie. It was a comedy masterpiece. And it seems to me that everybody HATES the second.

To me, it was basically the SAME EXACT movie. Now, maybe this is why people don't like it - not very original. But I get the sense that people somehow flat out think it's inferior comedy. That's what I don't really understand, I think the comedy writing and general hilariousness is the same.

There's two reasons I think the first played better

- It was the first time being introduced to these characters and that's always more fun than knowing what you're getting into. It was more shocking.

- It was set in Vegas...everybody's been to a bachelor party in Vegas, so it was familiar ground. Not everybody's been to Thailand.

But neither of those really have anything to do with the comedy itself. From a pure laughs standpoint, I don't see how part two was any worse than part one.

So, if you are someone that likes part one but thinks part two sucks...why do you think that way? Is it just because nothing was very original due to it being a sequel, or do you think it really was just not a funny movie?

 

[richmFTW]

part 1 was better IMO

 

[Linkuei]

I like the first better but the second did grow on me tbh. I just felt the first was a much superior film all together. Had a bigger and better cast, Was something new and fresh when it came out, and the setting was better.


The second just seem like a kroger brand copy of the first. There is a few funny parts but that's it. There wasn't anything really special about it besides it was a sequel.

 

[Plutoburn]

The 2 movies are so similar in so many ways that whichever one came out first will be preferred because it will have originality going for it compare to whichever one comes out after.

So given that 1 came out before 2, the obvious choice would be the original.

 

[Frylock]

The 2 movies are so similar in so many ways that whichever one came out first will be preferred because it will have originality going for it compare to whichever one comes out after.

So given that 1 came out before 2, the obvious choice would be the original.

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I enjoyed both

 

[random nerd]

Zack's crazy character ( the brother in law ) is by far the best.
after him i would say the chinese dude is next. those two dudes were really funny.

we met them in 1, so when they came around in 2 the impact wasnt the same.

 

[jackietreehorn8]

So, so far nobody actually thinks the second one SUCKED?

Because that's what I keep hearing from people. HANGOVER 2 SUCKS! Maybe they're just talking in absolutes and exaggerating, and what they really mean is "because it came second and was set in a place I was unfamiliar with, I did not like it as much as the original." Which is fair. What is not fair in my opinion is to have laughed your ass off at part one and then say part two was garbage...because it was basically the same movie.

 

[tkotom]

the only good thing about the second movie was the hot asian girl

 

[GroundGameFan]

I liked the first better, but I was never one of the people who said the second one sucked in comparison. I own both and have rewatched and/or quoted from both many times. This is actually my ranks for those kind of movies.

Hangover 1 > Hot Tub Time Machine > Hangover 2

 

[MMA Hole]

I didn't think either were particularly good to be honest. They had their moments but neither were great.

 

[Linkuei]

I liked the first better, but I was never one of the people who said the second one sucked in comparison. I own both and have rewatched and/or quoted from both many times. This is actually my ranks for those kind of movies.

Hangover 1 > Hot Tub Time Machine > Hangover 2

I thought HTTM was halarious but every one I talked to said they didn't like it.

 

[RSmith47]

I saw both in theaters and now that I look back at them, I'm wondering why the hell I laughed throughout both movies? I'm sure a lot of people are like me where you spend your money on the ticket and you want to get your moneys worth, so you're ready to laugh as soon as the movie starts. When I think back on the movies, they had some funny lines here and there like the one about the wolfpack and Leslie Chow doing the whole "You want to fuck on me?" and "Toodaloo muthafuckas". But then I remembered that I laughed at all the physical comedy, which I don't normally do because I've seen it all done before. I think it's just one of those deals where the movie has something crazy going on every 3 or 4 minutes that you feel compelled to laugh even if you wouldn't find it funny in a normal situation.

With that said, I thought the first Hangover had a funnier script than the second. Couple that with the fact that it was the first one to come out and people are just going to like it a lot more.

 

[The Clinch]

Hangover 2 was fucking awful.

Followed the same formula as the first almost to the T sans location, and the acting was half hearted at best.

 

[Oeshon]

I didn't think either were particularly good to be honest. They had their moments but neither were great.

Agreed. I didn't think either one was a comedy masterpiece. The first is clearly better than the second one. They pretty much copied the script for the first movie 100%. Hell the opening scene is EXACTLY the same (along with many others).

 

[lakersfan45]

They both sucked

 

[GroundGameFan]

I thought HTTM was halarious but every one I talked to said they didn't like it.

Yeah it's been very underrated and overlooked imo. Fuckin hilarious, I've watched it dozens of times too.

 

[triangle killer]

Im one of the only people to prefer the 2nd, as you previously said they are basically the same film but I prefered thailand to vegas

 

[Linkuei]

Yeah it's been very underrated and overlooked imo. Fuckin hilarious, I've watched it dozens of times too.

I had no idea the chick Weber was banging in the tub is the chick from Mad Men.

 

[weed]

there should be a sequel to Beerfest (if not Weedfest): the Hangover Games

 

[GroundGameFan]

I had no idea the chick Weber was banging in the tub is the chick from Mad Men.

Never seen Mad Men, but that bitch has great tits. Hot as hell

there should be a sequel to Beerfest (if not Weedfest): the Hangover Games

Yes! Supposedly they are making Weedfest. Beerfest is hilarious! I've watched it a bunch of times too.