Response to Hill's Lead Blog

The Hangover is an iconic film that I feel like everyone should see once in their lives, and I agree that the first is the best one by far. Alan and his group of friends encounter so many crazy incidents and throughout the whole movie where they look for the groom, Doug, he was on the roof the whole time. Baby Carlos is so iconic. The whole idea that there is just some random baby in the morning and that Alan, the most child-like character himself, is in charge of another child is all in all absurd to imagine. I agree that superiority theory is definitely at play because though Alan’s various idiotic actions, we, the audience, can feel superior to him and laugh at him throughout the movie. Another scene that I really find funny is when Alan and his friends were driving to go to Las Vegas in their convertible. Alan was so excited to go to Vegas that he was yelling and the little girl in the car next to them flicked him off. That scene was just so unexpected because it was a little girl and you just wouldn't think that little girl would put up her middle finger and put Alan’s spirits down just like that. The whole movie represents incongruity because of the many many many absurd and very funny moments which range from a tiger being in their bathroom to baby Carlos to Stu losing a tooth. The movie is just simply one that never fails to bring laughs.

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  1. UnknownNovember 15, 2018 at 7:45 AM

    Carlos is definitely an icon. Can you imagine when that kid grows up how much of a legend he will be to his friends? I also really agree with you about the use of the superiority theory.

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  2. Shane HerronNovember 16, 2018 at 10:12 AM

    do you think that they had to make the comedy too obvious in the subsequent movies?

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