It was good, but not THAT good. People are calling it the funniest movie they've ever seen?! Better than The Big Lebowski, Monty Python, Office Space, Spinal Tap etc?!?!
I don't even think it's the funniest Todd Phillips movie ever - I'd say it's on-par with Starsky & Hutch, but well below Old School's standard.
Though that's not to say I didn't enjoy it immensely. It was great, and certainly had its moments. But for me it was primarily a chuckler, not a "my-stomach-hurts-and-i-might-whizz-in-my-pants-from laughing"-er.
I think part of the problem was that, other than the Carlos bit at breakfast and the credit slideshow, they literally ruined every single one of the funniest parts of the movie in the trailer (Tyson, tiger in bathroom, lost a tooth/married a whore, hospital visit, police car valet, door slam/baby face, taser in the face) literally all of moments are shown in the trailer. That is an epic way to kill any of the spontenaity of what would have been a far, far better experience than what it was.
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