The Hangover Part II (2011)

The sequel to The Hangover is
hilarious but it tries to redo a few things from its predecessor. In The
Hangover Part II, just like its predecessor, Phil (portrayed by Bradley
Cooper), Stu (portrayed by Ed Helms) and Alan (portrayed by Zach Galifianakis)
must find somebody after a wild night but this time around it isn’t Doug (portrayed
by Justin Bartha) that’s missing. No it is Stu’s future brother-in-law Teddy (portrayed
by Mason Lee) who is missing and with a little a help from Mr. Chow (portrayed
by Ken Jeong), Doug and a little cigarette smoking monkey the Wolfpack must
find the teenager before Stu’s wedding, which is in a couple of days by the
way.

The Hangover Part II, the
sequel to the 2009 comedy hit The Hangover, delivers lots of laughs but
it really lacks the element of surprise by trying to do a lot of stuff done by
the first film, like for example the fact of showing the pictures of the wild
night at the end of the movie while the credits roll and other things I will
not mention cause I don’t wanna ruin the flick for anybody. Now although the
picture lacks this element, the sequel truly has a lot of great new jokes and
the performances by everybody are great. The direction, cinematography and just
about everything else is also great. The only problem with the feature is the
lack of surprise element and that it needs a little more originality.

Rating:
4 stars out of 5.

MacGruber (2010)

I had always wanted to see this film
because it seemed hilarious. In this 2010 comedy Will Forte brings his throat
ripping Saturday Night Live (SNL) character MacGruber by pitting him against
his nemesis (Val Kilmer). MacGruber first retired after from his services as a
soldier when his wife (Maya Rudolph) was killed. But now when his former boss
(Poweers Boothe) finds out that MacGruber’s nemesis has a nuclear weapon in
possession he will call the soldier of fortune for some help along with a new
team (Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe).

This flick is funny from beginning
to finish. Even the action scenes in this movie are comical. Just like the Wayne’s
World series and the classic Blues Brothers this SNL based feature
brings just what the audience wants: lots of great jokes splattered in their
faces so they can laugh so hard they’ll maybe pi in their pants. Now although
the picture is very funny, the jokes in it are very raw so the viewer must have
a lot of sense of humor to watch it or else he or she will not enjoy it. Other
than that the flick is perfectly entertaining and over the top funny.

Rating:
4 stars out of 5.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2005)

This film has got to be one of my
favorite comedies ever and without a doubt one of the greatest comedies of the
first decade of the new millennium. In this 2005 comedic masterpiece Will
Ferrell portrays Ron Burgundy a steak and scotch loving San Diego news
anchorman who is loved by everyone in his city. But Mr. Burgundy isn’t loved by
the other local news teams because he and his news team always get the better
of them in the ratings. When a new, female, member joins Burgundy’s group our
main character at first falls in love with the new member. But when she takes
his place on a day that he can’t make it to do the news, everything changes for
Mr. Burgundy who is eventually fired but then rehired when he is needed to
highlight the biggest news that San Diego has ever seen.

Like I said before this is one of my
favorite comedy flicks ever, everything in it is perfect. The acting, the
directing, the script it is all excellent, I mean if you want to see a great
Frat Pack (the group composed of Vince Vaughn, the Wilson Brothers, Ben
Stiller, Will Ferrell and others) movie then I think this might be the definitive
one. Surely there are other great Frat Pack features like Old School, Starsky
& Hutch and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, but I think that
this might be the best one, I mean Will Ferrell’s performance is just amazing
and so is the entire cast’s. The picture in its entirety does what it is
supposed to do, being a comedy; give you lots and lots of laughs. The flick is
just a piece of comedic excellence.

Rating:
5 stars out of 5.