Uberfluff

So, I finally got to see The Hangover.  Not only does it get a solid "thumbs up," but it restored my faith in movies a little.  I know that summer is the season for brain-dead blockbusters, but sometimes it feels as though the intelligence level of our big flicks (never high to begin with) has been slowly draining to the point where I begin to imagine the script being written by a slightly slow second-grade child.  That's definitely where they seem to peg their audience's ability to follow plot and dialogue at least.

But I suppose I shouldn't review the new Transformers movie before I've seen it.

Anyway, the Hangover is one of those movies that's going to movie line heaven, where guys repeat the best bits at each other forever and ever, amen.  What I find most interesting about it is how it handles the "crazy stuff happened when we got drunk last night" cliche.  My biggest problem with movies like this is that I usually don't believe that the characters involved really took part in all of this mayhem--it always seems so staged.  But somehow, I completely accept the bachelor party in the Hangover.  I'm not sure why--though I think it may be because the actors seem so ordinary and grounded that they seem to be sharing the audience's bewilderment at what went down the night before.

Oh, and Zack Galifianakis practically steals the movie with his clueless, socially awkward man-boy brother-in-law role.

(P.S. There's also a new Daily Fluff today that has nothing whatsoever to do with anything.)

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