Bangkok Boys

Never trust a teaser that tries to sell a sequel based on reviews of the original. That in itself suggests that The Hangover 2 (Warner Bros., 5.26) has issues.

Over the last year or so I’ve developed a small cancerous tumor because of Bradley Cooper, whose appearance on last June’s MTV Movie Awards proved that he’s a fizzy-souled showbiz whore. I was never that tickled with Zach Galifianakis‘ retard in the original, and now he looks icky-repellent with his head shaved. Ed Helms will be the only reason to see this thing. And fuck the monkey.

28 thoughts on “Bangkok Boys

  1. Can’t really get my head around Jeff’s love of Ed Helms, who plays the exact same suburban putz in every single role – the kind of characters that usually make Wells start muttering to himself, leaving the auditorium or taking naps on the floor. He even plays the same role in his Hotels.com animated voiceover stint.

    Teaser looks like it was thrown together on someone’s iPhone 4. Impact font? Was Comic Sans busy?

  2. I like the original so much that I don’t even want to look at the trailer. Can’t Hollywood ever just leave well enough alone?

  3. I thought the obvious thing to do would be to go back to Vegas. I don’t remember a trailer with the reviews scrolling across the screen. It doesn’t tell me anything. I hope a better one pops up soon. What about the fourth guy, why isn’t he in the trailer?

  4. Due Date was great. Hangover was okay . The monkey in a vest makes me laugh. I just hope they don’t lose that guy again.

    This is only a teaser, not a trailer.

  5. I wish they weren’t bringing Ken Jeong back. Talk about a schtick getting old fast. He’s repeated it on every single movie/show/commercial he’s done since.

  6. I was very underwhelmed by The Hangover. Everyone telling my how funny it was. I kept sitting there wondering why I was bored. It was a huge hit, so I guess it’s just me. I’ve never seen Ryan Reynolds in a movie I liked. I hated The Proposal. That was him, wasn’t it?

  7. Very underwhelming trailer, yeah. Hangover 1 had a really good marketing campaign, with the “mai la heeee” at the beginning of the trailer to the tiger in the bathroom down to Mike Tyson drumming to In the Air Tonight at the end. I still love it; saw it twice.

  8. Clearly just a paycheck gig 4 evr1 involved. Thats cool, make your money sluts. I’m probably just watching a cam version of this on Justin.tv a few weeks after its released anyway.

  9. Like there aren’t plenty of white hookers in Bangkok.

    Oh, who am I kidding? I don’t have a fucking clue what I’m talking about.

    Fuck ever watching any straight comedy on the big screen that doesn’t involve ZAZ, Carrey, or Steve Oedekerk.

    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist = funniest movie of the ’00s by a MILE.

    Shit is almost always funnier on a small screen in a more intimate setting.

    And yes, by “intimate” I mean “getting my dick sucked.”

  10. HOT TUBE TIME MACHINE sounds like a frothy waterpark comedy. Sign me up.

    As for this? Someone needs to be fired. The highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time, and you sell it with quotes from critics? Even if they were trying to be ironic, it’s just not a good joke.

  11. “Never trust a teaser that tries to sell a sequel based on reviews of the original.”

    I’m guessing they’re using the same marketing gimmick as Paramount did with the Jackass sequels. Even though I liked the original, I have to admit that teaser is pretty lame.

    Kane: “Kung Pow: Enter the Fist = funniest movie of the ’00s by a MILE.”

    Fuck Kung Pow. It’s all about Shaolin Soccer and/or Kung Fu Hustle.

  12. “What happened to Justin Bartha? Bet that guy’s PISSED.”

    Yeah, fat chance the filmmakers are trying to hide the second coming of Heath Ledger as The Joker, so I guess he’s even more disposable in this sequel than his character was in the original.

    The only interesting thing about the trailer was how much Galifianakis’ mowed down scalp looks like a white Cee Lo Green…

  13. Love Shaolin Soccer (I’m more decidedly on the “meh” side of KFH), but it’s much more of an off-the-wall action/sports foreign flick than it is a straight-up comedy.

    “Wacky” humor generally doesn’t translate so well across cultural boundaries.

  14. tate4 wrote:

    I’ve never seen Ryan Reynolds in a movie I liked. I hated The Proposal. That was him, wasn’t it?

    Reynolds was certainly good in ADVENTURELAND.

  15. I can’t stand to look at Bradley Cooper. He’s almost as repellent as Russell Brand. Can’t stand Seth Rogen either. Or Ryan Reynolds. Don’t get me started on Danny Kaye or Van Johnson or Martin Short. My shitlist is endless.

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