Very Bad Things vs. The Hangover
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chrisrocknroll — 15 years ago(February 25, 2011 12:39 AM)
That's true, the plot of the Hangover does require suspension of disbelief, but my point was that The Hangover is actually funny enough to work as a comedy and doesn't demand the viewer consider it realistically. Very Bad Things wasn't funny enough (at I didn't find it funny enough) to justify its existence simply as a comedy. So there is more lifting required of the dramatics. I think the premise actually could have been interesting enough to compensate for the loss of humor if the movie took itself more seriously and posed the question to the viewer of how these men would deal with their guilt. This doesn't work as it is though because there are simply too many plot holes for the movie to be believable on this level. It wasn't funny enough to be a comedy and it wasn't serious enough to be a drama. I just see it as residing in this black-comedy dead zone where it didn't wind up being anywhere near as clever as I'm sure the filmmaker thought he was being.
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DSo1976 — 14 years ago(March 06, 2012 10:21 AM)
The desire to compare is understandable as at the heart of it, they're both bachelor party movies But that's where the similarities end. One is straight up comedy, the other is dark comedy, and both have extremely different plots.
Between the two, my vote for overall entertainment value goes to Very Bad Things by far. I think that virtually everything was better about it over The Hangover.
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Dale257 — 13 years ago(April 04, 2012 05:39 AM)
Not that these films really have anything in common, or should be put together for a vote on which is betterbut just to join in Very Bad Things beats The Hangover in everyway possible. The Hangover was just "OK" nothing special, but this film on the other hand is just "wow, brilliant"
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kcott44 — 12 years ago(February 15, 2014 06:15 PM)
Well, They are really not even similar because The Hangover is a straight out comedy and Very Bad Things is a black comedy. Plus, The plots are not very similar either with the exception of an out of control bachelor party taking place and the consequences after that. While I think Very Bad Things had a better cast than The Hangover, Very Bad Things was so disappointing and was barely funny at all and I love black comedies such as Seven Psychopaths and Observe and Report. The Hangover wins in my opinion.
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PinkPancreas — 11 years ago(March 04, 2015 09:48 PM)
To me there is no comparison- "Very Bad Things" was wickedly funny but to appreciate it you really must have a certain kind of humor obviously. "The Hangover" was plain awful. It was not even close to funny. But to each his own. There is definitely no need to insult someone whose taste differs from others. I hate when I see people criticizing others just for having a difference of opinion. The only exception is when I see someone claim "Caddyshack" is not funny. Anyone who doesn't find that movie hilarious is a total idiot!!!
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patkav6 — 10 years ago(August 28, 2015 08:13 PM)
Very Bad Things had little humor. Bunch of yapping but it was ok. Gory yes. The Hangover stole a few ideas thought, like the "I/We beep up line." Also the road trip stuff. The directing was obviously smoother, Todd Philips is solid. I like Berg but he was green here, the jokes were hard to hear cause of the loud music and shouting from the other guys. Plus, we needed to care about these characters from the start, I didn't.