Film Review: The Hangover

Its frustrating to see a film which loses sight of its purpose.”The Hangover” has a nice cast, but it hovers in between being simply a buddy comedy and a film with something to say. It’s never quite clear about whether it is demonizing the behavior of its characters or exulting it.

A group of men decide to leave life behind for the weekend and travel to Vegas, presumably to let loose for an evening and ignore their responsibilities. Things (of course) go haywire and the group spends the majority of their time in Vegas searching for the groom and trying to remember what the hell happened to them.

During the more humorous moments, it seems pretty clear that the viewer should idolize debaucherous behavior. Its as though nothing that bad can really happen to these men, despite the fact that they’ve made all of the cliche mistakes of a typical Vegas tourist. Yet somehow, true disaster seems to avoid them every step of the way. Its as though they are untouchable. Supermen.

“Venus”

Venus (2006/I) – Peter O’Toole, Jodie Whittaker

Age can do wonders for the human psyche. We can grow and change and become better people.

But what about those of us for whom time means nothing? I would imagine that living a life to its fullest and achieving every goal that you ever set for yourself can ultimately feel both rewarding and unsettling. What happens when you get to the end of the road and realize that you aren’t ready for the end of the road to exist. You don’t want to be finished.