Mendelson's Memos: The Hangover II gets a shockingly unfunny trailer, just replays the first film ala Home Alone 2: Lost in New York..

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Hangover II gets a shockingly unfunny trailer, just replays the first film ala Home Alone 2: Lost in New York..

I make no bones about my admiration for the first Hangover. It had a tight mystery screenplay that worked as a light thriller first and a comedy second. And even back in June 2009, I said that I had no interest in a sequel, especially one that just repeated the story of the first one. And that's basically what Todd Phillips and his friends have done this time. Same three guys, same basic set-up, same core problem. Last time, it was a missing groom, this time it's a missing brother-of-the-bride. Oh, and it's in a totally different country this time. Oh, and the trailer fails to score a single laugh. It's been awhile since we've seen a sequel that so obviously seems to be just replaying the first film. The obvious precedent is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. That's not good. Anyway, this one comes out May 27th.

Scott Mendelson

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Ah, you forget Meet The Fockers. Same as the first, just 2 new wacky characters this time!

-Brandon; April 2, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Jerika said...: Oh wow, I don't think I could be any less disappointed for this now. I'm kind of shocked at how not good and exactly the same it looks.; April 2, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Tom Clift said...: There's no doubt that this is a shameless rehash of the first one, but I still thought there we enough funny moments in the trailer (clearly we differ here) that I'm willing to reserve judgement until I see the film; April 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Jerika said...: Oh wow, I don't think I could be any less disappointed for this now. I'm kind of shocked at how not good and exactly the same it looks.; May 13, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Ah, you forget Meet The Fockers. Same as the first, just 2 new wacky characters this time!

-Brandon; May 13, 2011 at 10:45 AM