And (after
the success of the Hangover movies) what better place is there to toss together a premarital fete than in Las Vegas.
But
the success of The Hangover owes much to the maintained interest in men behaving badly.
The only way this got the green light is because of
the success of The Hangover movies, Sex and the City, and HBO's «Girls ``.
After the runaway
success of The Hangover, it's easy to see why director Todd Phillips is in high demand right now.
He tells me outright that he owes the relatively smooth production of Horrible Bosses to
the success of The Hangover (another Warner Bros. release), though as our discussion took a thematic turn, I sensed some reluctance to commiserate with my assertions about how his latest trumps the «other comedies» of its ilk.
Not exact matches
But while
successes like «The
Hangover» (the first one only) and «Bridesmaids» are pinnacle examples
of using the adults - only rating to raunchy perfection, there are handfuls more that simply think a wacky premise and salty language are the only ingredients you need for comedy.
With the
success of the first
Hangover movie and the tracking for The
Hangover Part 2 looking like it's going to open huge, it's no surprise at today's
Hangover 2 press conference that the cast and filmmakers would be asked...
The
Hangover «s
success has lead to plenty
of imitators and spin - offs, but it became such a juggernaut in its own right that it has expanded into a trilogy (but will we also get a Hobbit-esque origin story eventually?
In this day and age it must come as little surprise that The
Hangover, a massive
success with audiences, critics and studio accountants alike, has been the recipient
of the sequel treatment.
After The
Hangover's radical
success, adult - comedy movies
of recent memory are rarely well - received.
Todd Phillips» The
Hangover was one
of the biggest comedy
successes in recent memory; a runaway
success at the box office, it also made stars out
of its three leads Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms.
The
success of the first
Hangover film (the highest grossing R - rated comedy
of all time) has propelled its cast and they are all highly recognisable (some might argue overexposed) actors.
The choice makes sense in theory — combining the dark thriller tones that made The
Hangover a phenomenal
success with the ribald stylings
of Schumer and the empowerment fantasies which have made previous Feig films as popular as they are.
Phillips, who has made some interesting films in the past such as Old School, Starsky & Hutch and Due Date, has enjoyed enormous box - office
success in the past few years with The
Hangover, and also its sequel, The
Hangover Part II, which suffered artistically from the fact that it was basically a reprise
of the original film, only with the gags having worn off dramatically.
The box office
success of «The
Hangover» puts into interesting context another movie about a bachelor party that goes wrong in Las Vegas.
Box office
success (i.e. fan favorites) were also high on the evening's priorities, with The
Hangover taking home best comedy, Up walking away with best animated film, and Avatar continuing its rule
of Hollywood with a record - breaking six awards, including best action film and a slew
of tech honors, including best visual effects and sound.
The rated R comedy is looking to ride the wave
of success that comes with being raunchy these last few weeks (Bridesmaids,
Hangover II).
Nevertheless, it's hard to imagine that the
success of the «
Hangover» films didn't play some part in getting the movie greenlit, and as goofy as the concept sounds (expect plenty
of cheap jokes at the expense
of its elderly characters), it actually looks pretty fun.
In the last part, we looked at a decade which could charitably be referred to as a
hangover from the massive
success of the genre in the 1990s.