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Nothing Funny About Anchorman 2
The American Spectator ^
| 01/08/14
| James Bowman
Posted on 01/10/2014 9:59:53 AM PST by pgkdan
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Haven't seen this and don't intend to. I saw about half of the first Anchorman movie and found it vulgar, disgusting and profoundly unfunny. My wife and I were in complete agreement when we walked out of the theatre.
Personally I don't find anything funny about Will Ferrell. He tries waaaaaay too hard..and never succeeds.
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posted on
01/10/2014 9:59:53 AM PST
by
pgkdan
To: pgkdan
Will Ferrell SUCKS. He is the most OVERRATED comedian EVER. He is NOT funny. I think the word ‘banal’ describes him best. He sucks.
To: pgkdan
I have only laughed at one bit Will Farrel did and that was on SNL Celebrity Jeopardy. However the contestants carried the bit. Other than that I am not a fan.
To: pgkdan
I started to watch it
it got too tedious (even for my low standards)
I did see something hilarious on Showtime last night about some friends having a dinner party when a nuclear of chemical weapons attack takes place and strands them all together in a house...
At first I though it was some chick flick thing then I started listening to the really off-beat dialog and it was FUNNY
I could not catch the name of it- anyone see that?
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:03:39 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
To: Organic Panic
His Harry Carey bits were hilarious! Other than that, most of his movies are slapstick and often miss the mark.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:04:08 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: pgkdan
IMO, Will Ferrell is hilarious in 1 minute increments. He could make a good living on movie cameos....come in, steal a scene or two, then leave.
That's about it. Jack Black and Adam Sandler have the same affliction. Whoever thought any of these three could routinely carry a movie, is a fool.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:04:33 AM PST
by
wbill
To: pgkdan
Saw it and it was funny all the way through. Long movie that seems to last a short time.
You have to take it in the same vain as watching Mel Brooks. It is over the top and outrageous by design.
It was not supposed to be a sophisticated comedy.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:04:45 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: pgkdan
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:05:49 AM PST
by
brivette
To: pgkdan
Back when GWB was president I got satellite radio. I got it because I spent a lot of time in the car and I liked comedy, of which there were three channels. But the three channels were 100% anti-conservative and always called GWB a plethora of bad names. I’d listen to the audience laughing hysterically and not even crack a smile. None of it was funny. Most of it was idiotic. To a liberal you can say, “Fart!” or “George Bush!” Or “Dick Cheney!” and they laugh like maniacs. I cancelled satellite and I’ve never gone back.
To: pgkdan
I’ve seen enough of Will Farrell that if he’s in it, I know I don’t want to see it.
To: pgkdan
"I think I chuckled three times. Meanwhile, all around me were cracking up."By the author's own admission, other people are finding it funny.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:10:35 AM PST
by
DannyTN
(A>)
To: pgkdan
Will Ferrell is NOT funny. Thats the short answer.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:11:40 AM PST
by
packrat35
(Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
To: DannyTN
society has been dumbed down to the point where most people crack up whenever anyone on screen curses or says “fart”.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:13:46 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: GeronL
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:16:08 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: pgkdan
I can’t slog through most of this review. It’s a bit much. But I saw anchorman 1 on TV and didn’t laugh once. I thought it was supposed to be such a funny movie but it just.... Wasn’t.
Will Ferrell definitely tries too hard. He doesn’t seem very intelligent himself.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:17:04 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: A CA Guy
No way does this crap compare favorably to Mel Brooks!
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:17:27 AM PST
by
pgkdan
To: Yaelle
I thought the scene with the reporters fighting was funny, especially when the PBS guys showed up.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:18:30 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Gen.Blather
Most of it was idiotic. To a liberal you can say, Fart! or George Bush! Or Dick Cheney! and they laugh like maniacs.
Had the same experience at a comedy club in Portland, OR (I know, but I was visiting friends and they had free tickets). The guy was just spewing out every left-wing cliche there was - I could have written his material from just leftwing talking points, but the audience was laughing their butts off. Meanwhile, the vodka/cran I ordered was so strong that I got very buzzed within 10 minutes, and it STILL wasn't funny. In fact, with the buzz, the act put me in that dark place, had to "go to the bathroom" for about 1/2 an hour. Met a girl also hanging out in the lobby for the same reason that I ended up chatting with - probably the only two conservatives in the building.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:18:59 AM PST
by
fr_freak
To: Organic Panic
Oh yeah - his celebrity jeopardy skits were hilarious. But they were written for him, and he was the straight man.
And the biggest jokes in those skits were all based on this out of the blue hostility that Sean Connery has for Alex Trebek. “That’s not what your mother said last night, Trebek.” Rofl.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:19:34 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: pgkdan
I detest Will Ferrell and everything he is in.
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posted on
01/10/2014 10:20:00 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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