Got my Hangover On – FINALLY!

For those of you who know me, at least kinda in a superficial way, you know that I dig me some flicks. While I am no Siskel or Ebbert, I like to check out the new movies that are creating buzz and get good word of mouth. I NEVER miss a SuperHero movie. I usually get sucked into all of the Summer Blockbusters, and I ALWAYS want to check out the newest comedies.

Comedies seem to try to set the bar higher each year. One movie comes out with some outlandish shit, the next summer, a new movie tries to top it. I love this!!!

Well, this summer’s masterpiece is The Hangover.

I have literally waited with bated breath since early July when this mutha came out. Each week I found a way to sabotage my attendance. Not appropriate for the kid and he would rather see Ice Age. Gotta help a friend tear down a fence. Gotta work on the weekend. I was starting to think that this flick had officially “shot me the ghost.” Until last Saturday…

… The wife and I got an OFFICIAL REPRIEVE from the constant onslaught that is parenthood. The kid went to a birthday party at a ranch and was officially out of site out of mind for greater than a 24 hour period. This never happens! The stars had aligned! I frantically scoured the movie listing websites while sipping my Starbucks (at Starbucks with my lovely bride), trying to find the PERFECT time to see what I had heard was “The funniest movie of all time!” (from SEVERAL people). 5:05 pm – NorthPark. Done Deal…

This movie hit hard from the GET GO! I love sex humor, toilet humor, fart jokes, etc… This movie had Peh_lun_ty of all of this, and Mike Tyson to boot. While I will not bore you with the details of a lame attempt to review this movie, I will simply say that we were rolling the entire way through. The girl next to my wife was having what appeared to be epileptic seizures she was laughing so hard. The elderly gentleman in front of me missed most of the one liners, but when his wife whispered them back to him, he was cracking me up with his cracking up!

All in all, the movie totally ROCKED! The characters were great. The dialogue was great. The subject matter was great. It was the funniest movie I have seen since…. Last summer: Step Brothers

Next up to try to dethrone it as the DeFacto Funny Movie: Funny People Starts this Friday. I will probably see it a couple of months from now…