The Hangover is a movie about four guys going to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. As soon as they get there, they do what the majority of people do while in Las Vegas, drink and gamble. The movie was popular because it gave the audience something to relate to, and then exaggerated it. If I were from another country and saw this movie, I would probably have a bad opinion about Americans. It shows the world that we idealize partying and not caring how it affects the people around us.
Once they are in Las Vegas, one of the guys drugs the other three. Once they wake up the next morning, nobody remembers what happened the night before. One guy marries a stranger while the others are stealing a police car. During the movie the steal a tiger and kidnap a person and putting him in the trunk of their car.
I personally liked the movie, but I don't think it portrays Americans positively. When you have a movie that shows people doing drugs, stealing, and getting kidnapped it gives us as a country a certain image. There are definitely more positive ways for people to think of America, but that's not what gets movie makers money. By making this movie popular, it shows that we idealize what they do in the movie and in some cases, can relate to them.
Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/
1 comment:
I think that this movie really does portray a lot of Americans. As free and independant Americans, we want to go out and have fun. Everyone wants to enjoy themselves and to be entertained. We find movies like this hilarious because, as you stated, they exaggerate the truth and people can relate to it on a different level. This movie also shows a lot about business in America, they will put anything on the market in order to make money.
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