The new comedy "Get Hard" stars Kevin Hart as an unlikely coach who trains Will Ferrell for a stint in prison. In one scene, Hart insists that Ferrell go to a top La brunch spot and give oral sex to a random patron in the bathroom to learn -- I guess? -- the mechanics of prison rape. Yes, this movie equates consensual gay sexual activity with actual rape. Cut to Will Ferrell in a restaurant bathroom gagging at the sight of a penis for the amusement of a multiplex audience. Could it be the most homophobic scene in a comedy of the past ten years? It's certainly a candidate. To commemorate this weirdly ignorant movie, we've compiled a list: movies with homophobic scenes so blatant, they made us shudder. Sometimes a movie reeks of homophobia (See: that ol' heart-warmer "Cruising") and sometimes it's just a couple of moments in a...
- 3/26/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
With the release of The Hangover 2 on all manner of home consumption-style media this month, we are now all free to enjoy the sweaty, booze-and-drug fueled shenanigans of our favorite Wolf Pack in the comfort of our sweaty, booze-infused homes. Hooray!
As a resident of Bangkok, I remember the buzz when it was announced that the sequel to the biggest R-rated comedy of all time would be filmed in my adopted city, as is the norm when any major Hollywood production comes to your town. Some shuddered at the thought, some thought it was a perfect match, but all were interested to see the final product. While Hangover 2 won.t win any awards for originality, it did get some things right about Thailand . but it also got a few things very, very wrong.
Here’s my list of a few of them below;
Right
1. Realistic Bangkok locations
While many of...
As a resident of Bangkok, I remember the buzz when it was announced that the sequel to the biggest R-rated comedy of all time would be filmed in my adopted city, as is the norm when any major Hollywood production comes to your town. Some shuddered at the thought, some thought it was a perfect match, but all were interested to see the final product. While Hangover 2 won.t win any awards for originality, it did get some things right about Thailand . but it also got a few things very, very wrong.
Here’s my list of a few of them below;
Right
1. Realistic Bangkok locations
While many of...
- 12/29/2011
- by Greg Jorgensen
- Obsessed with Film
I started off 2011 by attending the Sundance Film Festival for the first time. I was only there for a few days but got to see the films Becoming Chaz and Gun Hill Road. I left the film festival feeling infinitely inspired as an actress, artist, and trans woman. I was certain that the game would be forever changed for trans folks in the media because of these two films. Chaz Bono, the subject of Becoming Chaz, of course, went on to have a groundbreaking year for transgender visibility. Harmony Santana, the transgender actress who plays Michael/Vanessa in Gun Hill Road, has won critical raves and public adulation for her moving performance as a teen struggling for paternal acceptance as she begins her gender transition. She was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role. She is the first trans woman to be so honored.
2011 has been a...
2011 has been a...
- 12/23/2011
- by Laverne Cox
- Aol TV.
Yasmin Lee -- the uh ... exotic looking star of " The Hangover 2 " was the target of a dude's affection out in Hollywood. That is ... until he recognized her body of work -- Surprise!!! Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings! Read more...
- 6/18/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Loved The Hangover, but wish the baby had been a monkey instead? Then you’ll be tickled pink by The Hangover Part II — except this time, there’s also a Cosmo-flavored twist. Let’s examine the evidence:
1. Every single plot point, joke, and twist that appears in Hangover The First is either recycled wholly or replaced by a direct analog in the sequel. This time, Doug (Justin Bartha) is present and accounted for, but Teddy (Mason Lee) has gone missing; instead of awaking to find he’s lost a tooth, Ed Helms’s character awakes to find he’s gotten...
1. Every single plot point, joke, and twist that appears in Hangover The First is either recycled wholly or replaced by a direct analog in the sequel. This time, Doug (Justin Bartha) is present and accounted for, but Teddy (Mason Lee) has gone missing; instead of awaking to find he’s lost a tooth, Ed Helms’s character awakes to find he’s gotten...
- 5/27/2011
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – Business and creative people go together as well as fine wine at a burger joint. Riding on the heels of the monumentally profitable “The Hangover,” the brass win out over the artists in “The Hangover Part II”.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Sequels usually fail because they’re just subpar as compared to their initial flash of genius. On the surface, “The Hangover Part II” appears to take chances by radically upping the ante on the film’s shock factor. But delving beneath the smoke and mirrors, the film actually is trying desperately not to let you down by riling you up even more.
Part two puts a new meaning to “Bangcock” when the film’s bachelor finds a woman who – if she was a Ms. Potato Head – was misassembled with one body part that makes you go hmmmm. Successful comedy, though, doesn’t come from having to drop more “F” bombs or falling down more stairs.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Sequels usually fail because they’re just subpar as compared to their initial flash of genius. On the surface, “The Hangover Part II” appears to take chances by radically upping the ante on the film’s shock factor. But delving beneath the smoke and mirrors, the film actually is trying desperately not to let you down by riling you up even more.
Part two puts a new meaning to “Bangcock” when the film’s bachelor finds a woman who – if she was a Ms. Potato Head – was misassembled with one body part that makes you go hmmmm. Successful comedy, though, doesn’t come from having to drop more “F” bombs or falling down more stairs.
- 5/27/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“The Hangover Part II” May Be Rote and Pointless, But At Least It’s Less Homophobic Than You’d Think
Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover Part II
“I can’t believe this is happening again!” screams buttoned-down dentist Stu (Ed Helms) when he wakes up after another night of blackout drinking with his friends Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis). But believe it, Stu – this is The Hangover Part II, a movie that’s bound and determined to hit every plot beat from the surprise 2009 hit The Hangover.
Pre-wedding blackout bender? Check. Sleazy adult playground? Substitute Bangkok for Las Vegas, and check. Day after spent hunting down missing pal? Substitute the bride’s brother Teddy (Mason Lee) for the first film’s groom-to-be Doug (Justin Bartha), check. Adorable mute sidekick? Substitute drug-dealing monkey for baby, check. Heterosexual white male privilege of getting rip-roaring drunk and causing havoc everywhere, with tut-tutting but ultimately forgiving women waiting for them at the finish line? Check. Or rather,...
“I can’t believe this is happening again!” screams buttoned-down dentist Stu (Ed Helms) when he wakes up after another night of blackout drinking with his friends Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis). But believe it, Stu – this is The Hangover Part II, a movie that’s bound and determined to hit every plot beat from the surprise 2009 hit The Hangover.
Pre-wedding blackout bender? Check. Sleazy adult playground? Substitute Bangkok for Las Vegas, and check. Day after spent hunting down missing pal? Substitute the bride’s brother Teddy (Mason Lee) for the first film’s groom-to-be Doug (Justin Bartha), check. Adorable mute sidekick? Substitute drug-dealing monkey for baby, check. Heterosexual white male privilege of getting rip-roaring drunk and causing havoc everywhere, with tut-tutting but ultimately forgiving women waiting for them at the finish line? Check. Or rather,...
- 5/26/2011
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Backlot
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