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Cinematical Seven: Favorite Will Ferrell Man-Children
Filed under: Comedy », New Line », Sony », Dreamworks », Cinematical Seven »
At some point this past summer, between all but consecutive viewings of The Dark Knight, I slipped into a screening of Step Brothers with the same tempered expectations with which I had greeted Blades of Glory and Semi-Pro -- and found myself equally surprised in the coming days and weeks and months by just how admittedly tickled I was by any of them (quoting lines was moderate on all counts). Mind you, I'm saying this as the guy who chuckled during Anchorman, sure, but not really enough to keep it on my shelf or call myself thankful for it.
That's nothing against our Eric D. Snider, and nothing against the star of each film mentioned, Will Ferrell (yes, he was actually Batman). In fact, with Step Brothers hitting shelves today (with reports of a wholly sung commentary track), it only seemed fitting that we go over his most amusing roles as overgrown man-children (Ferrell's, not Snider's). Because they're there, and they always will be, and the sooner that I admit to being vulnerable to his shtick, a better world this very well may be.
The Return of Ron Burgundy
Filed under: Comedy », Deals », RumorMonger », Fandom », Scripts », Remakes and Sequels »
In a move sure to delight millions, Will Ferrell has officially announced his interest in returning to the role of Ron Burgundy for another Anchorman go-round. Although Ferrell is a very busy man these days (as is his partner Adam McKay) with plenty of projects on his plate, he told the Toronto Star "I would love to do a sequel," and may actually be willing to put his next project with McKay (Step Brothers) on indefinite hold in order to get back to being Burgundy. The plot this time? According to Ferrell: "I was thinking, all of a sudden, for no reason, he's a European correspondent and has to do foreign languages which he knows nothing about."So what do you think? Does the Burgundy character have another film in him, or will the shtick get old if they try to bring him back? Will there be a breaking point when everyone gets tired of Ferrell's idiot-savant routine? He does tend to play largely the same character in most of his movies, and people haven't stopped queuing up for them yet, so I suppose if there is such a point, we haven't reached it yet.
Talladega Nights trailer
Filed under: Comedy », New Releases », Movie Marketing »
Even without knowing anything about the movie's credits, the fact that the main
character in Talladega Nights is named "Ricky
Bobby" should be enough to let anyone know that the movie was written by Adam McKay and Will
Ferrell. You see, the undeniable key to the brilliance of the previous collaboration, Anchorman, was the fact that the man's name was "Ron
Burgundy" - the movie seriously would have been at least 25% less funny with a different name. And "Ricky
Bobby"? Equally perfect. The new trailer for the movie, while perhaps less promising than the inspired character name, is nonetheless pretty funny. Ferrell's performance is pitch-perfect, a great combination of attitude and innocence, all thrown together with a nicely vague southern accent. Plus, there's the by-now-required scene of Ferrell running around in underwear screaming, so that base has been effectively covered. Though there are definitely moments of outright stupidity, the stupidity of Anchorman was so well set-off by its demented cleverness, I'm holding out hope that McKay will be able to work his magic a second time with Talladega Nights (which comes out in early August).
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