Saw this last night and was astounded at how average it was. After hearing almost universal gushing about how funny this was, I was really looking forward to it. I liked the set-up/premise, and thought the cast was basically ok, but it would have been nice if someone had taken the time to write, say, a script. Lots of things in this film COULD have been funny. They just didn't take the time to make them funny. I could say almost exactly the same thing about Pineapple Express, which I thought was actually a little funnier, in that I thought the lead (Seth Rogan?) was very funny.
In all, it seems like we're living in the world of Will Farrell comedy. Things are supposed to be funny, well, just because: "See, he's Asian and he's gay. That's like really funny right? - a gay Asian? Get it, he's Asian AND gay." Cue the hillarity. This sort of started with Jonathan Winters (who was ocasionally actually funny), went through Andy Kauffman (who wasn't), and then Adam Sandler (not my thing, but I see the appeal). Films that are ACTUALLY funny tend to have lines you can remember (because of that there script thing) - Caddyshack, Fletch, Holy Grail, Better Off Dead, Stripes.
It's not like a hated the Hangover, but I couldn't imagine wanting to see it again. I'm sure I am in the extreme minority here, but I'm beginning to wonder if the generation after me (who didn't get to grow up with the original SNL cast) even knows what funny is. Surely they seen Arrested Development and (to a lesser extent) the Office, so they must have some general idea of the importance of good writing. Thoughts?
I believe that's one more time than I did so during the Hangover. 
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