Absolutely brilliant

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Like most people, my expectations were low for 'Part III' of the Hangover series, and rather predictably it turned out to be the worst of the three. The first film was never going to be matched for its fresh jokes and hilarious, memorable individual scenes, but this was still a disappointing sequel. Part III is severely lacking in ideas and originality and, while it did occasionally crack me up, the laughs just don't flow like they did in the first film.If this was a stand alone comedy movie, judged in its own right, it would have probably gone down a lot better. I think the audience had unreal expectations of both this and the second film which were never going to be met and, as a result, many reviews, including from critics, are exaggerating just how bad it is. 'The Hangover Part III' is a perfectly watchable comedy movie, not terrible by any means, but disappointing when measured against the hilarious first film.

I'm not quite sure why 'The Hangover Part III' was called 'The Hangover Part III'. The first two films in this series actually dealt with four friends who had epic hangovers and crazy exploits and adventures. This third installment doesn't even include a hangover, and oddly leaves a lot of the comedy at the front door to focus instead on violence, murdering animals and action sequences. I'm sure this will score a giant opening weekend box office reward, but bad word of mouth should prevent this third and final act from making any more money past the next couple of days.The first 'Hangover' film was a fun, nutty comedy that garnered gut-busting laughs with its witty dialogue and entertaining characters who got themselves into some off-the-wall situations. Then 'Part II' was released and was virtually the same thing all over again, but in a different setting. Despite the many similarities, the sequel offered some genuine funny moments from time to time. However, this third movie is the bottom of the barrel. Instead of making a raunchy comedy with some action beats, director Todd Phillips decided to make a deplorable action-crime film with occasional bits of comedy, and it almost never works.In the first few minutes, we see a prison riot that leads to the escape of Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) and two deaths, one of which is an adult giraffe that Alan (Zach Galifianakis) purchased for reasons unknown. In a trailer towed behind Alan's car, the poor giraffe dodges a few highway bridges until one is too low to dodge. The giraffe is decapitated into a bloody mess that causes a giant highway pileup behind him. This third go-round tries too desperately to push the bounds into more depravity. And no, this isn't the only act of killing animals. You can add drugging and neck-breaking a few dogs and smothering a rooster with a pillow, to name a couple of other instances.From Alan's behavior and actions, it's clear that he needs some intense help. His family and the Wolfpack decide to stage an intervention and take Alan to a nice rehab facility in Arizona. To sweeten the deal, Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha) agree to drive Alan together to the facility. However, the guys don't get more than a couple hundred miles before they're run off the road, kidnapped and tied up by a ruthless mobster named Marshall (John Goodman).Marshall had over $40 million in gold bars stolen from him by Mr. Chow a few years ago, and can't seem to locate Chow's whereabouts. But he knows that Alan has kept in touch with Chow often over the years. Therefore, he kidnaps Doug and forces the other three to locate Chow and his gold. Thus begins our third adventure, which takes the three best friends to jail in Tijuana, a basement in Mexico, and ultimately back to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where this whole franchise began.One of the few likable scenes in the movie comes when Alan meets the female version of himself (Melissa McCarthy), who runs a pawn shop in Vegas. Their banter, body language and love-at-first-sight is engagingly awkward, yet sweet. It's definitely one of the highlights of the film. The rest of the 100 minute run-time, the entire cast seems to be bored and phoning it in. Cooper is still fun to watch take charge of the situation and is witty enough to receive a pass. Galifianakis takes in a meatier role here, but his usual quirky characteristics come across more rude than funny. Jeong's Chow is much less funny here and more aggressive and murderous. Poor Bartha only receives a few minutes of screen time once again, while Helms' Stu is off-camera a lot and not as animated as he was in the first two movies. Some of the minor characters from the previous two films return for a few minutes, but no instance is fulfilling.If this is the final chapter for the Wolfpack, it's a sad and unfortunate way to go out – not with a bang, but with a whimper and a slap in the face. The filming, dialogue and characters feel one-note and vague throughout. The only good thing to come out of 'The Hangover Part III' is the end credit sequence that showcases a familiar scenario and sets up a possible fourth film. That part was met with giant laughs by the audience I saw it with, at least.

So this time the three amigos got caught between mobs business,,,that ends up by returning their always kidnapped friend and their star dump friend gets married,,,announcing( gladly for me ) that it will be the last sequel Its no secret that the first part was a hit because of its humor and risky funny story,,,its no secret that its not an Oscar or trophy movie,,,its for entertainment,,,the second sequel was a bit distorted version of the first one,,,then the third sequel,,they changed the direction completely,,,they gave up what made this movie a hit,,,humor and comedy and made it mostly action thriller gangster movie,,,,are they serious? What were they thinking,what were they trying to do,,,to win other kinds of viewers?? May be fans of pure thrillers? Anyway i don't care what were they going for,,,it came out a disfigured movie,,,very bad quality,,,full of idiocy and stupidity,,the worst thing,, u cant really categorize it,,is it an action movie,,,well its not really exciting enough,,,is it a thriller,,,its expectable from start to end,,,is it a comedy? Well if it was,,,it will be the lamest dumbest comedy in history of cinema

It's hard to fathom why this ever got green lighted. Even though The Hangover II wasn't as good as the first, it still had its charm. Stu hooking up with the transsexual stripper was truly one of the highlights of that movie.Hangover III offers no highlights. The humor was cruel and crude below any level of laughter. Ken Jeong's Mr. Chow is pretty much the highlight of the movie, even if some of the humor seemed force and stupid on a Police Academy level. Alan always had a stupid Homer Simpson charm. In this one, he's pretty much an unlikable jerk. He lost that childlike persona that made him so likable in the first 2. Not even the return of Mike Epps as "Black Doug" saves this clunker.The film starts off badly with the death of Alan's father, which was a terrible plot device for the film. Maybe having Sid pay Stu, Doug and Phil to take Alan and try to find him a woman would have been a better choice, if clichéd. Sid's the lucky one, he gets to drop dead and not live though this mess.John Goodman is wasted as the main villain in the movie. Melissa McCarthy as Cassie is perhaps the most unlikable character in a film since Jar Jar Binks. To have Alan fall for her not only derailed the film off the cliff, but made zero sense. It seemed like they were forced together.The Hangover series limped out to the back, and like Old Yeller, it was put out of its misery. Or was it put out of our misery. The only way The Hangover IV could ever be made is if the directors decided that this was all a drunken stupor dream by Alan at Mr. Chow's wedding.I'd go more into detail about some of the funnier jokes, but outside the bit with Mr. Chow and Stu in Gangster Goodman's house, I really can't remember any, and indictment on the writers more than the viewer like me.Over all, it's best to ignore The Hangover III like it never happened. Just stick with the first two, and treat the Hangover II like it was the final movie in the series.However, if you seek a blueprint on how to truly kill off a movie series beyond all possible repair, please, watch The Hangover III till your hearts content. The rest of us will blissfully ignore it as if it never happened, sort of like a really bad date or job interview.