Never underestimate the power of a mentally ill family member and how much it can add to the quality of a well crafted narrative. I feel like this journey of analyzing films is also a discovery of every single aspect of life that you can turn into humor. But if you experience it in real life, it just is not funny at all. A movie which immediately comes to mind is Bridesmaids. Also Wes Anderson's humor, particularly Moonrise Kingdom & Rushmore.
In real life a convicted sex offender with a extremely poor sense of boundaries would be a complete headache, but when it came to the Hangover it made the movie.
The Hangover is brilliant, the first time I have been jealous of a writer after watching a film.
We talked a lot about motivation in my advanced screen writing classes at SAIC. The motivation was to find Doug before his wedding. Slight tension and stress really added a lot to this film. It was also nice to not know how they forgot about the night before.Not everything has to be revealed, even if its one of the biggest factors of a film. I know that sounds elementary and simple, but it does wonders for the storyline.
It's
been a while since I've seen this, it was so entertaining to watch them
try to to figure out what happened the night before. Looking for clues, finding Stu's tooth. Finding out Stu married a prostitute. The narrative felt very fresh and keeps your attention, you want to find out. You want them to find Doug. It's also very believable, a cunvictited sex offender (unfortunately connected by being the brides brother)
would slip roofies in his friends drink, and they would do a bunch of crazy stuff while on drugs.
It's just so intelligently written, they think Mr. chan has Doug, but are mislead because he has a bag over his head. so many times cliches are used to mislead in a movie.
Cliches are very powerful if used right, they can hide a lot if used right.
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