So I just watched The Hangover

And it wasn't very good. I've heard acquaintances at school who would always insist that it was hilarious. But really, it wasn't that funny, and the strongest reaction I got was a couple single soft breaths of quiet laughter to myself. Same thing happened after I watched Anchorman and Stepbrothers. Seriously, they're less funny than Family Guy. Why does everyone else have such a bad sense of humor?

Your wrong it's a fairly well thought out and funny comedy, that bearded guy was hillarious

I think the problem is that your acquaintances may have overblown it for you.  I had the same problem with Wedding Crashers.  I saw it in theatres a month or so after my friends, and I left the theatre unsatisfied.
 
Personally, I think The Hangover was fairly entertaining.

I wasn't aware that people who laugh while watching a comedy film have a bad sense of humor.

I think Step Brothers and Family Guy suck too, but I enjoyed The Hangover. I think cstrang may be right; perhaps the hype killed it for you.

Like anything, it appeals to certain dispositions more than others.  
 
Personally, I think it's funniest to me having lived through some similar (and less dramatic) hangover experiences. It's fun to relate. I don't think it has anything to do with having a "bad sense of humor". In fact, I'm not sure I even know what a "bad sense of humor" is. 

Isn't that one of those Judd Apatow or Judd Apatow-like comedies? Those average about one laugh per movie, so this is no surprise. 

it was really fucking stupid, but I laughed so much. I won't lie, I thought it was hilarious. 

It was alright I suppose, nothing spectacular but I had the odd chuckle

I found it to be very funny and entertaining. One of the better comedies i've seen in a while

" it was really fucking stupid, but I laughed so much. I won't lie, I thought it was hilarious.  "

I'm just wondering, what did you think of Knocked Up?

"Like anything, it appeals to certain dispositions more than others.   Personally, I think it's funniest to me having lived through some similar (and less dramatic) hangover experiences. It's fun to relate. I don't think it has anything to do with having a "bad sense of humor". In fact, I'm not sure I even know what a "bad sense of humor" is.  "

I didn't really ever laugh but i liked the movie still. as a not-too-serious drama rather than a comedy

I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.
 
Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_>

You're just a ruhtard.

I didn't laugh at it nearly as much as my friends did, but I still found it to be a very entertaining and enjoyable movie.  
 
And Step Brothers is one of the best comedies of the decade, maybe even the last twenty years.

" I'm just wondering, what did you think of Knocked Up? "

What happens with me, is that once something gets popular and annoying highschool kids start talking about it like it's the best(you know who i'm talking about) then I usually don't like it, it ruins it for me. Often times it's because they overhype it and it doesn't live up to the hype, but more often than not I don't like it just cause they do. They're are some exceptions sure, but luckily I usually like completely different things than them anyways, so it's all good. Either that or they're too busy worrying about their dumb little relationships and the latest gossip about other people who are just like them. Ya that's my mini rant about how i hate highschool kids, even though i technically am a highschool kid I'm not like that.
 
EDIT: Also very rarely is Family Guy  legitimately funny, mostly it's just random pop culture references that aren't related to the main plot and jokes that go on for way too long and happen every few episodes or so. And don't get me started on that fucking chicken either. I miss Greg the Bunny, except for the Sara Silverman part.

i thought that the hangover was a really funny movie. i just watched it on saturday night. i thought step brothers was also funny to watch also.

I walked into that movie with no expectations..and normally i love comedy movies...but the hangover didn't do it for me :\

I'm slowly trying to watch it, in amongst boughts of being unable to watch it cause its just that stupid, i dont like stupid comedy...

I didn't like Step Brothers either.

It was great and funny.  Your just super stupid. 

"Oh, right, I keep forgetting about the fucking tiger."

" And it wasn't very good. I've heard acquaintances at school who would always insist that it was hilarious. But really, it wasn't that funny, and the strongest reaction I got was a couple single soft breaths of quiet laughter to myself. Same thing happened after I watched Anchorman and Stepbrothers. Seriously, they're less funny than Family Guy. Why does everyone else have such a bad sense of humor? "

" "Oh, right, I keep forgetting about the fucking tiger." "

I disagree in the fact that for this kinda movie it's one of the funnier ones, but a score 8 on IMDB is way too high imo.

the movie is funny, but man is it overrated. There are way better comedies out there and i feel this film doesn't deserve this much credit. It's funny and that's really all 
 
Also Zach Galifianakis has been doing his thing long before this... i'm glad he's getting recognized but in such a weak fashion... atleast Visioneers is getting some recognition..... love that movie

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

you don't have a sense of humor
 
that's about it.  The movie was funny.  Zach is hilarious.  I love his "Between Two Ferns" skits and him on Tim and Eric Awesome Show.
 
but if neither Borat or The Hangover is funny to some of you guys.  What is funny to you?  Seriously?  I use to watch Family Guy.  It is funny IMO whenever I still catch it on.  Cleveland Show is god awful.  My all time favorite comedy movie is still and probably forever will be Dumb and Dumber tho.

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

" Your wrong it's a fairly well thought out and funny comedy, that bearded guy was hillarious "

Then he punched them while sounding like a underage schoolgirl with a lisp.  So funny I nearly turned off.  "

" @DanielJW said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

Did you find Bruno funny? I remember when I saw that in the theatres by far the funniest part was the audiences reactions. "

" @Black_Raven said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

Did you find Bruno funny? I remember when I saw that in the theatres by far the funniest part was the audiences reactions. "

Never saw Bruno. Looked like the same thing to me. "

" @SeriouslyNow said:

Then he punched them while sounding like a underage schoolgirl with a lisp.  So funny I nearly turned off.  "

You know that's what he actually sounds like in real life right? It's not supposed to be funny. "

" @DanielJW said:

" @Black_Raven said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

Did you find Bruno funny? I remember when I saw that in the theatres by far the funniest part was the audiences reactions. "

Never saw Bruno. Looked like the same thing to me. "

I'm a big Sacha Baron Cohen fan.  Loved the Ali G show....but Bruno was pretty terrible :(.  I liked the character on his show but as a full movie dedicated to him, it just wasn't funny.  Most of it seemed completely scripted (which is okay if it is still funny of course because I'm sure a lot of Borat was scripted as well but it wasn't funny).  Only one funny part probably because it is pretty gross.  He has a focus group watching his show and there is a scene on it where he has his...parts....swinging around. "

" @handlas said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @Black_Raven said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

Did you find Bruno funny? I remember when I saw that in the theatres by far the funniest part was the audiences reactions. "

Never saw Bruno. Looked like the same thing to me. "

I'm a big Sacha Baron Cohen fan.  Loved the Ali G show....but Bruno was pretty terrible :(.  I liked the character on his show but as a full movie dedicated to him, it just wasn't funny.  Most of it seemed completely scripted (which is okay if it is still funny of course because I'm sure a lot of Borat was scripted as well but it wasn't funny).  Only one funny part probably because it is pretty gross.  He has a focus group watching his show and there is a scene on it where he has his...parts....swinging around. "

It wasn't just swinging around, it fucking talked! "

How to make yourself look edgy and cool: 
 
Step 1: Hate everything popular 
 
Example: This thread.

I thought Hangover was a good movie. I laughed at a few things in there, but it wasn't as all that as other people made it out to be. Maybe I've fallen into the hype train when I was watching that movie. 

it's SOOOO overrated but it's still good 
you might have liked it had you watched it on your own instead of on your friends recommendations.

I thought it was freakin' hilarious. Better than most comedies released in the past 10 years. 

You probably need to be either a pubescent american who instantly find anything to do with drinking cool and inherently funny because its such a taboo (the audience of any college movie ever made.)
 
Or someone who has a good history of getting drunk and doing stupid things and can relate.
 
Falling in the second category, i found it reasonabley funny.

I think the only reason I thought it was so hillarious was the fact that I thought it didn't look funny at all. I went into it thinking it would it be a pretty lack luster comedy.

Oh man, I hate popular thing so much, it was even worse than three other popular things.  Popular thing loving people are retarded.

" @handlas said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @Black_Raven said:

" @DanielJW said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" I've never really laughed at comedies...ever.  Like I was watching Borat with a friend and it wasn't funny at all. He started complaining and asking why I wasn't laughing >_> "

You and me both brother. Borat didn't even get me to crack a smile.  I watched The Hangover last night, it was OK. It's been said already that my friends over hyped it. Very mediocre in my opinion.  "

Did you find Bruno funny? I remember when I saw that in the theatres by far the funniest part was the audiences reactions. "

Never saw Bruno. Looked like the same thing to me. "

I'm a big Sacha Baron Cohen fan.  Loved the Ali G show....but Bruno was pretty terrible :(.  I liked the character on his show but as a full movie dedicated to him, it just wasn't funny.  Most of it seemed completely scripted (which is okay if it is still funny of course because I'm sure a lot of Borat was scripted as well but it wasn't funny).  Only one funny part probably because it is pretty gross.  He has a focus group watching his show and there is a scene on it where he has his...parts....swinging around. "

It wasn't just swinging around, it fucking talked! "

" I'm just wondering, what did you think of Knocked Up? "

" @Colonel_Cool: I actually agree with you, I didn't find the Hangover as hilarious as people made it out to be.  Your comment about Anchorman, however, is COMPLETELY uncalled for. Anchorman may be the funniest comedy of our time.  You need to watch it more than once really, almost everybody I know, myself included, didn't really like it until the second time through. "

I enjoyed the Hangover but I wasn't laughing my head off or wiping tears from my eyes. Getting sick though of all these comedy films coming out with the same actors and similar jokes/plots.