Mikey D

The Hangover
Review: Thumbs Middle

When someone says that a movie is going to be awesome, most of the time there's a letdown when you go to see it. When another person says that the movie is awesome, even after someone told them it was going to be awesome, you are setting yourself up for twice the letdown. So after all these great reviews about how awesome The Hangover was, I just had to see it.

Overall...eh. I think five years ago I would have found this freakin' hilarious, but I think I've been over-staturated in raunchy/silly comedies over the years. I would relate The Hangover to Old School in the type of comedy that it is, but just not as funny in my opinion (perhaps that's because Old School came first).

But don't get me wrong, it still had its funny moments. I laughed a lot, but not as much as I thought I would. It was also a raunchy movie at times...something I didn't particularly enjoy. Breast feeding and a fat guy getting head from an old lady (yes, they showed that...)? Sometimes you feel like the producers/writers were purposefully going out of their way to be over the top, which just cheapens the movie.

Anyway, the movie is worth a look for you to make your own opinions. Definitely a one-time viewing for me, though. And on a side note...a family that sat behind us brought their little daughter to it, maybe no more than five years old. How disturbing...and I wonder why my sixth grade kids I teach are having sex and cussing like sailors. Go figure.

Taken
Review: Thumbs Up

If you like 24, I don't know how you can't like this movie. Old government agent's daughter gets kidnapped and he goes on a kick-ass rampage to get her back. Sound familiar? It's not going to win any awards for script writing, that's for sure, and there are better car chase and fight scenes in other movies, but overall, not a bad movie.

It really was like watching Jack Bauer. Liam Neeson (the main character) literally killed every bad guy he came across. I mean, what more could you ask for? He was ruthless wherever he went, including shooting an ex-friend's wife to get information. Could you imagine me shooting Stacey to get information out of you, Adam??? I know, I could too (just kidding, just kidding...I'd totally just torture it out of you)!!! The movie even had terrible bad-guy gunfire, which is the mark of any good action show/movie (see GI-Joe and 24).

It's worth a watch on DVD. It was enjoyable, and gave me my post-24 fix for the summer.

~Mikey D