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Originally Posted by Zotz
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
1.5/10
A poor excuse for a film. Wil Ferrel is either loosing his touch or his picking awful scripts. It was hard for me not to fall asleep during this flick.
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Will actually co-wrote the script with friend and fellow SNL alum, Adam McKay (head writer for much of Will's stint on the show and personally wrote a lot of Will's sketches). This movie has comedy that's definitely an aqcuired taste, and by that, I mean you have to be at least
slightly demented. But, Will Ferrell has said that this movie is the first time he's actually gotten to do his brand of humor and comedy and not be held back by censors (SNL) or the scripts/direction of others. Personally, I loved Anchorman as it possesses exactly the same silly, absurd, irreverent, almost insane humor that I like to think I also have.
As for my latest movie, I finally got around to seeing Big Fish. I absolutely loved the movie and thought Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney gave incredibly charming performances. And with all the surreal elements of the movie, I understood the descriptions of it being a modern-day Wizard of Oz. It was just visually engaging, and I loved how the story unfolded. The ending was a bit cheesy, but since the entire movie made me feel like a little kid again, I didn't mind at all.
All in all, I thought it was a wonderful movie that I'm very glad I bought despite not having seen it before. After watching it, I'm completely perplexed as to how this movie didn't get more recognition in the awards circuit, and was only nominated for Best Score--which was fantastic, by the way--by the Academy Awards. Then again, this is the same Academy that completely snubbed Eternal Sunshine this year, so there should be no surprise.
Lastly, Tim Burton is awesome.
9/10 (minor points docked for subjecting me to the sight of Danny DeVito's naked ass)