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crash05 [ 1.0 ]
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What is this ridiculous movie supposed to be about? Nothing makes any sense. The only reason i gave it a star is because of Christina Applegate, love her ever since Married...
But seriously, I don't understand this movie, I am not a big will ferrell fan unless it's saturday night live stuff he's done, thats good, but i had seen previews for this film and bought it and regret it totally. Waste of time....
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jeff_v [ 7.0 ]
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At its best when it gets truly bizarre (the newsman back-alley rumble, the jazz-flute, Pleasureland), Anchorman is a high-key spoof of an era that needs no more spoofing. There's thankfully very little downtime where the characters get serious and try to learn a lesson --even those parts are played to silly extremes. I wish William Ferrell's news team cohorts were funnier --even Steve Carrell was billed to be more hilarious than he was, but his one-note character flatlined after awhile. Still, when there are this many non-sequiturs and surprise cameos, you don't have to wait too long for something to make you gasp.
[upgraded after second viewing]
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Tomcat [ 4.0 ]
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Some funny moments just are not enough to bust your gut. Once again Will Farrell doesn't seem to be able to carry a picture the whole nine yards. The comedy is original but sometimes it just seems to be overkill and we end up just snickering at some parts of the film.
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Dancing_P [ 7.0 ]
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Damn these ''frat pack'' movies. I see all of them because I like all of the actors involved in this so-called movement (yes, even Ben Stiller). And I seem to feel the same way about practically all of them. I laugh, but I rarely feel the desire to see the movie again. Compared to the other films of its ilk (Old School, Dodgeball, Starsky & Hutch), Anchorman has much funnier moments, but it also has longer stretches and more dead air. Much of this film was improvised and, consequently, it makes it harder to piece together a joke. When a joke delivers in Anchorman, it delivers hard... but when it misses, it misses by a mile. Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy, 1970's San Diego's #1 rated news anchor. Ron is a real macho man, strutting around pool parties Hefner-like, coming on to everything with breasts. It's a shock to his system, then, when his boss (Fred Willard) hires a woman named Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) to be his co-anchor. The concept is alarmingly one note (''Hey, you know what's hilarious? 70's newscasters!') but we are talking about Will Ferrell. The man almost single-handedly carried SNL throughout his entire tenure there; he does the same for this concept. As I said above, the improvisational nature of the film means that the timing of some jokes is off (the film tends to go on too long after a punch line), but the sheer absurdity of some of the dialogue and the considerable talent gathered here outweigh the flaws. The cast are very funny, but it's Steve Carrell as dim-witted weatherman Brick Tamland who steals the show. Would be forgettable if it wasn't so quotable.
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chapter11 [ 8.5 ]
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Spectacular. Will Ferrell is a total comic, immersed in any given role, and his approach to playing a character comes with no winks or nods, no satirical side jabs for the audience to laugh knowingly at - just Ferrell's own brand of wide-eyed, straightforward insanity. This makes his Ron Burgundy a bit of an exaggerated caricature of a man - but that's what he's supposed to be. Ferrell's devotion to the material makes his character that much funnier: witness a despondent Burgundy drinking milk from the carton after losing everything, or Burgundy in a telephone booth screaming "I'm in a glass case of emotion!," or his ridiculous impromptu jazz-flute breakdown. Everything about this film is bizarre and exaggerated and wonderful. Perhaps my sense of humor is juvenile or easily stimulated, but there were several occasions when I came quite close to laughing until I pissed myself - scenes like Steve Carrell's legally retarded news correspondent's non sequitors ("I hear their periods attract BEARS!"), or the inter-station gang fight, or Ferrell and Applegate's post-show jabs ("you're a filthy whore, and I'm going to slap you in public.") .. two points docked for the reckless stupidity of it all, but man, on a pure laughs and enjoyment level, this thing is an easy 9.5.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.3 |
| No. Ratings | : 16 | |
| No. Reviews | : 8 | |
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