There really wasn’t anything about this preview that set it apart from any other stupid, buddy movie that seem to hit the screens every other month or so. But something made me want to give it a chance.  It’s really 50/50 when you go to one of these that all of the funny moments were already in the preview.  But to me, it seemed charming.  There is no one of great fame in the film, unless you’re a fan of The Office and enjoy Ed Helms’ turn as Andy.

Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Justin Bartha, respectively) hit the road to Las Vegas for a night on the town for Doug’s bachelor party, a night they know they’ll never forget. Which of course, is exactly what they do. They wake up the next morning unable to remember anything about the  night before. There’s a tiger in the bathroom, Stu is missing a tooth, and Doug is nowhere to be found.  So they do the only thing they know to do and begin working backwards to find clues and find their friend.

I laughed constantly throughout this movie. I laughed so much that I am convinced that I missed some of the jokes so I have to see it again. I thought that this movie would be just like every other no-holds-barred buddy comedy and the raunchiness would overpower the plot, but there is a surprising lack of raunchiness.  Please, don’t misunderstand me, there are moments of pure shocking disgust, but they are hysterical. I was impressed by the way the movie flowed, with the pieces of the night revealed in a non-linear way that maximized the humor. Go see this movie.  It’s fantastic. And  can someone tell me where that chicken came from?

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The movie jumps right into some action within the first 10 minutes.  Ryder (John Travolta) and his men hijack a subway train and hold the passenger for ransom.  Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is a recently demoted city employee who ends up in the middle of the mess when he calls in to find out why the train has stopped.  It just so happens, Walter is in the middle of an investigation for apparently taking a bribe.  This adds another level to the movie where you wonder if he is involved in any way.

There isn’t much to the movie. It is just Denzel Washington and John Travolta talking to each other the whole time, and somehow this is entertaining.  Ryder isn’t the scariest or most convincing bad guy throughout the movie; his choice of phrases is all over the place.  But it all fits the character perfectly once you figure out the back story of Ryder and know what he is all about.

The movie does a good job of keeping you interested and doesn’t have many dull moments.  I would say that this is a rental.  If you have the money then it is worth checking out in theatres.

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I needed a movie that was fun, and this was it.  It did a great job at being just a fun movie.

The movie is about  a group of guys going out to Vegas for a bachelor party.   They mistakenly take the soon-to-be brother-in-law of the groom, Alan.  So they start out the night by taking a shot on the roof of their hotel and the next thing you know, they wake up with the hotel room a wreck.  And there is a tiger in the bathroom.

From where the guys wake up until the end of the movie is hilarious.  To be honest, I went to see it because I wanted to see all this crazy stuff happen with that baby strapped to the guy’s chest.  That didn’t happen – the baby wasn’t in the movie more than fifteen to twenty minutes.  But that didn’t take away from the movie since it was hilarious most of the time. Alan (Zach Galifianakis) made this movie; if it wasn’t for his character it would have been a bust.

I can’t say go see this in theatres, but it is definitely a fun movie to watch.  So if you have nothing better to do, go see it.  It is not the summer’s biggest movie,  but it is exactly what it was meant to be.

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Where should I begin?  Do you already have an expectation of what this movie will be?  I certainly thought that I did.  Sam Raimi returns to horror with his latest film, Drag Me to Hell.  It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?  I did not go into this with high expectations at all.  To be honest, most horror movies are a disappointment, relying far too much on disgusting mutilation and forgetting that building suspense is far scarier.

The  premise of the film is extremely simple.  Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is a loan  officer angling for a big promotion in her bank branch, and in order to show her boss that she can make difficult choices that are in the best interest of the bank, she denies a mortgage extension to an old woman.  An old gypsy woman.  Poor Christine just didn’t realize what a bad decision this was, and the gypsy woman curses her, calling a demon to torture Christine for three days.  After the third day, the demon will be back for her soul, which will be taken to Hell for all eternity.  Christine and her boyfriend, Clay (Justin Long), enlist the help of a seer to try and save her soul.

So, I can’t believe it, but I had so much fun watching this movie.  It was terrifying.  I dreaded the next time the demon would show up.  It was disgusting.  I had to look away from some of the creepy, crawly images used to disturb. Finally, it was hysterical.  The biggest surprise to me was that it was so funny, and on so many different levels.  Sometimes I laughed out of shock, sometimes because there was a genuine joke.  The film is so well balanced, that everything flows beautifully, from suspense to terror to absurd and back again.  This movie is definitely worth your time.  Go see it in the theatre and go see it with friends.

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