Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy

I think it's official – Will Ferrell is here to stay. And against such odds. I never liked Saturday Night Live after the cast I grew up with (Carvey, Myers, Rock) took off to try their hand at movies. With some exceptions, notably the adorable Tina Fey during weekend updates, I find the show tired. Moreso than ever, the cast seems like they are just sitting out their time until they are semi-popular enough to try their hand at crappy mediocre movie stardom.
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And how mediocre is it? Take a look at some of the movies that Lorne Michaels has produced over the years. Even though "A Night at the Roxbury", "Superstar", "The Ladies Man" and "Coneheads" would be an oeuvre capable of getting you beheaded in most Middle-Eastern countries, the success of "Wayne's World" and "Blues Brothers" keeps these people pumping at the same ol' dry well.

One movie you won't see Michaels' name attached to is Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. In fact, there isn't that rank smell of second rate Saturday Night Live actors hanging in the background. No evil-villian-Chris-Kattan, no pizza-delievering-Rob-Schneiders. Ferrell surrounds himself with the best. The Daily Show's Steve Carell plays a mentally challenged weatherman who made the audience I was with burst into laughter just by standing there.
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Paul Rudd is impressive as well, giving a little bit of acting to the group.
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The director, Adam McKay, was a founding member of The Upright Citizen's Brigade, and the humor has that same trajectory of "if it's not working, up the bizarre level." There are so many twists to the humor – a joke that is suddenly taken in the completely opposite direction for no other reason than to see if it works.

And man does it work. There's no point in talking too much about this movie: the joy is how completely immediate Ferrell can present his humor.
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It's overwhelming physical – his mere presence and the way he walks and talks conveys this man who is completely unaware of how much of a idiot jackass he is. But since he personifies everything that was throw away in our mass culture around 1977, we can laugh with him and not at all feel uncomfortable. I think Ferrell has a long career ahead of himself, playing that jackass who you should want to kick in the head but instead you end up giving him a giant hug. Keep it up.

One thought on “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy”

  • Defenately a must see I think. I can't remember the last time I was in a theatre where the audience laughed so much… oh wait, they were laughing pretty good when Orlando Bloom tried to act in Troy… but anyways, $10 that Tim Robbins would have been the last man standing at the end of the news fight if it continued.

    Tim

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