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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

uring the two very long hours of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, I think I chuckled three times. Meanwhile, all around me were cracking up. They, obviously, were more in tune with the general audience responsible for (at the time of writing) the $100 million in box office receipts earned by this sequel to the equally dreadful Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Not that I’m not used to being in the minority in my view of popular movies, but I can’t help asking myself why so many people think this one, which is by the same creative team of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay that produced the original, is funny when I do not. I don’t think it can be because I lack a sense of humor, or that it has atrophied with age, since I do laugh at quite a lot of things. Scott Foundas, the critic for Variety, likens the new Anchorman to “Network as directed by Mel Brooks, and starring Gene Wilder,” thus comparing it to some movies that I do find funny. Does he, then, think they are funny in the same way as Anchorman 2?

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To: Yaelle
Darrell Hammond played Sean Connery in those Jeopardy skits. Hilarious!
61 posted on 01/10/2014 10:58:22 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: wbill

“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.”

Yes, such as “Austin Powers.” I thought the title sequence of Anchorman was funny, when he is sitting at the desk, “I love scotch! Scotch scotch scotch. Down into my belly...” I never really “got” Adam Sandler when he was on SNL, or his movies until I was “forced” to watch “Happy Gilmore.” Funny movie...


62 posted on 01/10/2014 10:59:57 AM PST by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: a fool in paradise
Rob Schneider, Chris Farley, and David Spade,

Say what?


63 posted on 01/10/2014 11:00:49 AM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: dfwgator

“I thought the scene with the reporters fighting was funny, especially when the PBS guys showed up.”

Agreed. The “West Side Story” style rumbles were very funny.


64 posted on 01/10/2014 11:01:57 AM PST by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Rummyfan

65 posted on 01/10/2014 11:02:54 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Rummyfan
Darrell Hammond played Sean Connery in those Jeopardy skits. Hilarious!

Best of all, he's a Gator.

66 posted on 01/10/2014 11:03:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Well, that was the only thing that was clearly there because it was in the first movie, I know why they did it, because it was such a memorable part of the first movie, but it just really didn’t work at any level, and the movie would have been better had they dropped the scene entirely.... they did have tons of cameos in that scene, but it really just didn’t work.

I am no fan of Farrell, the Anchorman movie was one of the few I actually could make it all the way through, the problem with this improvish type movie, is, it either works or it doesn’t and when something works in can be funny, but unfortunately those deciding if something worked or not are usually the same people doing it, so things wind up in the final product that probably shouldn’t be.

It was not the worst movie on the planet, but like all movies of this type its nothing earth shattering... You’ll probably chuckle a few times, unless you are major fan of Farrell’s. Otherwise its highly forgettable. Which can be said of nearly ALL movies in this vein.


67 posted on 01/10/2014 11:04:04 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: cld51860
Happy Gilmore was Adam Sandler's high point. It's been all downhill since. It's my second favorite golf movie, after Caddyshack.
68 posted on 01/10/2014 11:04:24 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: wbill
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.

Yes - he was funny in Wedding Crashers, for example, but that's about as much as one can take of him.

69 posted on 01/10/2014 11:04:53 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: cld51860

Sandler can be hit and miss with his comedy movies.... some are solidly funny others are just stinkers... I definitely put Sandler above Ferrell or Black... not that I think everything he’s done is great, but he’s far better on average than the other two.


70 posted on 01/10/2014 11:05:57 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: randomhero97

Dennis Miller has been asked about that movie on his radio show and even he says he’s never seen it.


71 posted on 01/10/2014 11:06:14 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: 11th Commandment

Elf.


72 posted on 01/10/2014 11:06:55 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: Organic Panic

And so's your mother!

73 posted on 01/10/2014 11:08:40 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: HamiltonJay
Yeah, now that I think about it, Sandler was in a short handful of chick flicks that I was dragged to on occasion by Mrs WBill.

He was tolerable, however, they weren't comedies. Just light entertainment. He played a likeable sort of doofus.

74 posted on 01/10/2014 11:13:44 AM PST by wbill
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To: Obama_Is_A_Feminist

I’ve seen his movies on cable and some of his SNL skits. I honestly can say I have not found one thing that he has done funny.


75 posted on 01/10/2014 11:15:05 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Yaelle

“Oh yeah - his celebrity jeopardy skits were hilarious. But they were written for him, and he was the straight man.”

I feel the same about Steve Martin. He was much better in movies where he was the straight man. When he was the comic lead he tried way too hard.


76 posted on 01/10/2014 11:15:06 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: MamaDearest

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/celebs-demand-plan-gun-control-18038592

Celebs ‘Demand a Plan’ on Gun Control
Online video features Will Ferrell, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and others.
12/21/2012


77 posted on 01/10/2014 11:15:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: DannyTN

Yeah, mental midgets. i.e. leftists


78 posted on 01/10/2014 11:17:47 AM PST by Shimmer1 (don 't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference)
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To: pgkdan

I have never thought Will Ferrell is funny.

I’ve seen nothing in the ads for this movie that would lead me to change my mind.


79 posted on 01/10/2014 11:22:03 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: dfwgator

Funny enough... this thread had me thinking about Idiocracy. There should be a standing order to all Freepers that if you find out it will be on the air, to give everyone a head’s up.

Well, anyway... When I was home for Christmas, I convinced my father to spend $2.99 and download Idiocracy... I had a feeling he would enjoy the satire of the film, but at the same time I was concerned he would lose interest.

While I was home, I think he watched it 3 times, and kept coming to me telling me all the funny little things he previously missed.


80 posted on 01/10/2014 11:25:52 AM PST by Rodamala
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