Hangover Part II comes out May 26th. Oh my. Bradley Cooper is in it. I have no idea who the other actors are, except for Mike Tyson (only because of his infamy, I can't really call him an actor). Yes, it is wrong to slight the rest of the team--but it's all about The Coop.
In order to celebrate the coming event of HPII, we decided to obtain a copy of The Hangover. Now, just to be clear here, we did in fact purchase it, as we do all our movies/music/books. As an artist, I believe in giving other artisans their due payment. 
To watch such a fun movie, we needed to prepare for the optimum viewing experience. It included making sure we had enough food and drink to stuff our glutinous mouths continuously. Such decisions need to be made with careful consideration. We ended up choosing Jones' Soda Blue Bubble Gum, Kernels' cheese popcorn, and a couple of Laura Secord's "Easter Eggs."**Warning: Do not try this at home unless you have the tolerance for way too much sugar all at once.
The movie, which I'd seen before, turned out to be just as hilarious the second time round. Say what you want about the bachelor party debate, but I didn't watch it to critique the societal significance of various themes. The Coop, action, and absurd possibilities were about all that interested me, and the movie did not disappoint. Yes, the Coop as an underpaid school teacher...
While the whole cast was solid, Ken Jeong, the actor who played Mr. Chow, went above and beyond during his short on-screen appearances. He pulled off some great comedic timing. From the previews of HPII, it appears that he's going to be back and in fine form. Good. On a sad note, Heather Graham won't be returning.
The subplot that revolved around the tiger bothered me enough that even suspended disbelief couldn't cut it, I'll admit. First, doesn't keeping a tiger in a hotel room over night mean that the place would stink up with mountains of cat crap, and second, would any exotic animal owner in their right mind let a bunch of hungover idiots transport the pet back home? I mean, come on, not even Tyson would let that go down. None of that ruined the tasty eating, though, fortunately.
While observing the scene where Phil (The Coop), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zack Galifianakis) and Baby Tyler (played by a bunch of different infant actors) are sitting at a table, trying to figure out the night before, I had an epiphany: Jones Soda needs to create a flavour called 'The Coop.' It's a great idea, I hope that other soda companies don't read this and make it first...
Ratings:
The Hangover: 8.5 / 10 - Great action, lively interaction, funny scenes, suspension of disbelief worked, but, sadly, there wasn't enough screen time given to The Coop. Oh well.
Jones Soda: 9 / 10 - Mmm, refreshing blue bubble gum taste, done up with inverted cane sugar (always a bonus, if you're gonna choose sugar), and looked quite pretty in the glass mug with ice cubes. The only draw back was that damn, those bottles are so small.
Kernels: 6.5 / 10 - Not bad for fresh popcorn to chew on like a hungry cow while watching a movie, but it didn't have the best cheese flavour and the popcorn was nowhere near as firm and crunchy as traditional movie popcorn. Lesson learned.
Laura Secord: 8.5 / 10 - To be honest, I didn't even look at the ingredients before devouring the 75g egg. Crazy. I knew that the taste of Secord chocolates is on average, good. My mouth enjoyed the gooey insides and breaking off bits of the outer chocolate shell. The only downside to such a treat was the price; which was steep even on sale.
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