Let us salute the magic of Blades Of Glory

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You know, I think it's more consistently funny than Anchorman and Zoolander.

― Alba, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

(not combined)

― Alba, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

― latebloomer, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

I can't tell Will Ferrell-Ben Stiller-Owen Wilson movies apart anymore

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

The chase sequence near the end, where they have to take a break as they go up the escalator had me making some ridiculous noises.

― Alba, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

And that North Korean footage was just ... so giddily good.

― Alba, Thursday, 5 April 2007 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

actually that bit was funny

― latebloomer, Thursday, 5 April 2007 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

I can't tell Will Ferrell-Ben Stiller-Owen Wilson movies apart anymore

-- Shakey Mo Collier

ben stiller movies involve bug-eyed pratfalls and heroin, will ferrell movies involve male nudity and cocaine, owen wilson movies involve eastern european warfare and one-liners made incongruous by their settings. usually it's easiest to tell them apart by noting which of the 3 actors appears in the film.

― rps, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

I'm looking forward to it, even though I thought Talladega Nights was fairly rubbish.

― Drooone, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

i loved talladega nights and thought this was rubbish (aside from a few bits here and there)

― latebloomer, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

Talladega Nights was fairly rubbish, Sasha Baron Cohen and (especially) the appalling children aside. It too often seemed to be reaching for satire of the American way in a clumsy way that reminded me of bad Simpsons episodes.

Blades Of Glory abandons the satire and just concentrates on being funny as hell. The Talledega Nights plot seemed to not really drive the comedy forward. And motor racing just doesn't afford the same comic possibilities as ice skating. The driving bits in Talladega Nights were boring. It was the Days Of Thunder of the franchise.

― Alba, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

ok but this wasn't "funny as hell".

― latebloomer, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

talladega was mostly ass.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

this one's ten times assier

― latebloomer, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

LOVED Blades of Glory, was laughing most of the time.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:29 (nineteen years ago)

Heder is a one-note black hole of charisma-free prime grade-A SUCK

― latebloomer, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

the world didn't ask for an indie label jake busey but the world nonetheless received

― rps, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

I can't be the only one singing the title in my head like Bon Jovi every time I read it.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

I can't be the only one singing the title in my head like Bon Jovi every time I read it.

Nope - but this is the first time I'm copping to that little fact.

― MsLaura, Friday, 6 April 2007 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

"You know, I think it's more consistently funny than Anchorman and Zoolander.

-- Alba, Friday, April 6, 2007 12:55 AM (5 days ago)"

nah, it isn't as good as either of them and the stuff that was like stuff in them was less good.

hardass coach -- better in dodgeball
commentators -- better in dodgeball
comedy themed routines -- comedier in dodgeball

god dodgeball is great.

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

vince vaughn is my favorite of all these dudes

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

^^^^^^crazy talk!

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

nah

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

at least he doesnt believe in ghosts

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, he just seems really mean.

xpost hah fuck you

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

I will never forgive Vince Vaughn for Swingers.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

the dude at my grocery store looks just like vince vaughn in a little green vest and once they overcharged me for a broom and so as per store policy they had to refund me the full price and he looked at me really bitterly and said 'free broom.'

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

at least he was pretty in Swingers.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

i like post-swingers doughy vaughn

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://files.blog-city.com/files/O05/148581/p/f/vince_vaughn.jpg
^^^ bro

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

okay he doesn't look mean there.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

he looks good in that photo

― rps, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

i think he's the least mean of everyone named so far in this thread!!

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, admittedly I'm just working off personalities I've made up in my head, but I don't think Owen Wilson has a mean bone in his body.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

did you ever see his furious new yorker letter where he seriously calls david denby an anti-semite for saying ben stiller looked simian?

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

i mean it would be pretty funny if he was kidding but he really wasnt

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

he comforted Jen in her time of need

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

I think he was kidding about calling him an anti-Semite? anyway, Denby is mean as shit and I hate him and his tiny personality.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

xposts

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

denby is the worst writer in the world but he was otm about ben stiller

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

you really think he was kidding????

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

it was really sad for me to read denby's dreamgirls review and realize I entirely agreed with him. he is sometimes otm but he is the worst and he has meanness coming to him.

xpost again, has to do with my idea of Owen Wilson, but I just kind of can't imagine him doing anything seriously except maybe his performance in Bottle Rocket?

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

bottle rocket is basically the only good owen wilson performance

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

remember when will ferrell was the least overexposed comedian in zoolander?? so much promise!

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

he's good in other stuff, but Bottle Rocket is the only role of his I can think of that's, like, an actual ROLE and not just some one-dimensional silliness.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

I also assumed he was kidding because it would take some gall as a non-Jew to accuse a Jew of anti-Semitism?

xpost I can never stop loving Will Ferrell.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

'im tired of being hit over the head with jerry stiller - i wish this ferrell guy was in every comedy instead!'

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

denby is jewish??

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

I think so. but maybe I made that up.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

ha i googled david denby jewish and got

http://www.google.com/explanation.html

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

if only someone could contact his dead ancestors to find out

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

he's good in other stuff, but Bottle Rocket is the only role of his I can think of that's, like, an actual ROLE and not just some one-dimensional silliness.

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:25 (2 seconds ago)

bottle rocket is also the only wes anderson movie that resonates with me at all. probably because it's not trying to be so damn precious. i guess everyone involved peaked early!

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

yeah no kidding

i guess luke wilson was pretty good in later stuff

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

Luke Wilson is only good at seeming preternaturally sweet, so roles like Richie Tenenbaum are perfect for him. also he is hot.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

to be fair, Owen Wilson was pretty good in Minus Man. it's funny because in that his usual laconic persona is in effect but it's used to play a serial killer!

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

he was ok in idiocracy but i wanted more hank hill/peter-in-office-space style indignance or disgust at this shitty world instead of just looking squinty & perplexed

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

i thought 'vacancy' was a comedy when i first saw the trailer

― rps, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

like remember in office space when dude is showing off his jump-to-conclusions map and they're all reallly obviously repulsed?? i wanted that

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

god i love office space. I haven't seen Idiocracy.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

i thought 'vacancy' was a comedy when i first saw the trailer

-- rps, Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:33 PM (18 seconds ago)

hahaha me too! i thought it was a parody commercial for hotels or something!

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

okay I didn't even notice upthread that someone said Dodgeball is great. maybe liking Vince Vaughn is related to liking Dodgeball. I don't get either.

my favorite of these movies is probably Anchorman, though it is not as rewatchable as Zoolander.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

"Anchorman" is totally the best one of the lot. The "team" (Stiller/Wilson/Ferrell) has a pretty shitty track record actually, but they deliver low-budget films that do fairly well and they churn 'em out quick. But they haven't done anything as solidly funny as the early SNL guys they idolize.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

i really didnt want to like dodgeball and i eventually came around and now i like it a lot and i think its really funny and great

i never saw anchorman tho its got my boy parnell so i should probably check it out

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

if we include 40 yr old virgin thats my fav

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

oh, yeah, 40 yr old virgin is an order of magnitude better than all the rest of them.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Parnell is not really given enough to do in Anchorman.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

what does 40-yo Virgin have to do with any of these people? (same producer, Apatow..?)

but yes that is totally funnier than all the others.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

'knocked up' is supposed to be awesome

― rps, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

paul rudd was in anchorman and 40 yr old virgin, right?

― rps, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Paul Rudd is in 40-year-old virgin. he's one of these dudes, right?

xpost

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Seth Rogen is also in Anchorman and 40 year old virgin and is the greatest.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

paul rudd is one of those dudes i really hate cuz gfs always think hes cute and i get all jealous & competitive but then i have to admit hes pretty funny even though i think hes a douche

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

Old School was the last great frat packer. Piven, Frank the Tank, earmuffs, etc.. Nothing since has been solidly funny.

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

paul rudd is like the platonic ideal of cute so it's always really shocking when he turns out to be really funny and always thinking onscreen. like, his reaction shots in anchorman are all perfect. and he is sheer genius in wet hot american summer. and so freaking cute.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

girls liking seth rogen is ok though i realized a while back its a really thin line between being cool & funny like he is and being a really jokey irritating asshole like this over-confident asshole i saw at a party who was wearing an adult swim hoodie and kept making fratboy self-deprecation jokes that were obviously directed towards getting laid that night

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

he's really not a douche at all.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

40-Year Old Virgin just seems like a completely distinct animal to me - totally different story arc (no rise-and-fall-of-a-self-absorbed moron plot, no goofy sports competitions or fight scenes, etc) different tone, different actors.

Sure there's some actor overlap - Steve Carrel, Paul Rudd, etc. but that seems kinda minor.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

yes, that's true about the thin line but I think Seth Rogen is a good one.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

that being said I am super-excited for Knocked Up. Trailer is fucking hilarious.

multiple x-postssss

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

paul rudd is definitely a douche, did you see the photo shoot of him where hes all stone-faced naked and sinewy and covering his crotch with a pillow or something, wtf homie ur not burt reynolds put some damn pants on

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

'goofy sports competition' reminds me that I forgot Wedding Crashers. WC > Old School >>>>>> all the rest

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

i don't dislike any of these actors really. sometimes they're funny sometimes they're not. and despite the fact that he's in every other movie released nowadays i still like will ferrell. even when he's on autopilot, like in blades of glory.

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

yeah the seth rogen thing is like, strive to be funny like him at your own peril cuz youre gonna end up lame

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

i thought wedding crashers was really fucking funny btw

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

i wonder if any of these movies will ever have a black person in them

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

comedy swearing west asians dont count

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

for any britishes reading this

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

does Road Trip count?

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

40 year old virgin has romany malco...and weird sort of annoying race humor.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

i never saw anchorman though, maybe it has, like, a 70s black guy... with an afro! and hes smooth with the ladies!! or something

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh, I didn't even know he was West Indian. that doesn't count?

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

I think there was a black guy in the rival anchor crew

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

no, no black people in Anchorman.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah i forgot dude in 40 yr old virgin hes like the funniest non seth rogen dude

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

he is the only dude in that movie besides Paul Rudd attractive enough to pull the women they pull.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

malco, I mean.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

like remember in office space when dude is showing off his jump-to-conclusions map and they're all reallly obviously repulsed?? i wanted that

-- and what, Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:33 PM (17 minutes ago)

me too -- it's one of my favorite parts of that movie

and also paul rudd is fucking hilarious, dude: the tantrum scene in wet hot american summer is fucking genius

― river wolf, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

what does it say about me that id rather just hang out with those circuit city dudes than with catherine keener & her annoying kids? she is pretty hot but still

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

you taste like a burger. I don't like you anymore.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

i think the funniest thing with dude in 40 yr old virgin is when dawn of the dead is on the wall of tvs and hes like 'no! NO! bitch get out the room!!! awww!!!'

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

its in every man's DNA: "tackle... drunk... bitches"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

a fluorescent light sword fight sounds like fun

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

'dude its cool if you fuck guys, i got friends who fuck guys... in jail...'

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

also classic just for being a part of the 'yeah i remember that girl... she was a ho... fa sho' scene

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

do you like to... do it yourself?

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

you should keep your ho on a leash! bitch is runnin wild!

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

is this that movie about babies that are geniuses?

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

I just watched this last night actually.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

Romany Malco?

massive xp

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

You have a rainbow bumpersticker on your car that says "I love it when balls are in my face".

― milo z, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

thats gay???

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

the "you know how I know you're gay" conversation is the crowning achievement of all of these movies put together.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

The four films that are really variations on a theme (parodies telling the story of absurdly caricatured characters at the top of their profession, with realism left way, way behind) are Zoolander, Anchorman, Talledega Nights and Blades Of Glory.

The others mentioned seem a different kettle of fish, even if they do share actors. The Wedding Crashers and The 40 Year Old Virgin are much more conventionally told comedy-dramas. I liked The Wedding Crashers but thought T40YOV quite sweet but not very funny, and really, really, clunkily put together in places. I don't think I find Steve Carell very funny, in fact. I didn't get why people liked him in Anchorman.

I haven't seen Dodgeball or Kicking And Screaming.

― Alba, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

I think "Tits McGhee" and "Mr Burgundy, you have a massive erection" in Anchorman are still my favourite things of all.

― Alba, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

Go back to your home on whore island

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

ban alba

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

(and trust me Alba Dodgeball falls in the first category for sure - I'd put Wedding Crashers in there too tho, there's nothing realistic about that movie! wtf)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

It's an accurate representation of my life!

― Alba, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

(obviously, no comedies are ever very naturalistic, because life's not that funny, but there seems to me to be a clear difference between the licences taken in Wedding Crashers and the out and out cartoonish farce of Zoolander et al.)

Anyway, as I said, the other thing that links the four I mentioned was the way they're kind of biopics of pretend famous people.

I would really like to see Dodgeball. Vince Vaughn is just naturally funny to me.

― Alba, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

wedding crashers is totally realistic

― and what, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

On a somewhat related note, Redman is working on How High 2, and talks about his love for Will Ferrell in this week's Onion

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

no comedies are ever very naturalistic

Thing is, one of the reasons I liked 40 year old virgin so much was that two parts of it _really_ rang true: the scene where they're all on the loading dock and absent-mindedly smashing flourescent lights, and the bit where Steve Carrell threatens to narc on them for stealing CD-rs and they freak.

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

alba you gotta see 'dodgeball' if you liked 'blades', srsly.

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

mc hammer from 40 yo virgin is pretty good in his bit role in blades of glory. when will judd apatow step up and make him a star

― A B C, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

because life's not that funny

i disagree...life often sucks but i wouldn't say it isn't funny

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

Life is very funny, but it doesn't present situations and dialogue that deliver the laugh-a-minute pacing of a comedy, is what I mean. At least not for 90 minutes in a row.

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

OK, sometimes I have laughed a lot more with a bunch of friends in the space of 90 minutes than I do in an average comedy, but I guess the point is, if you were to film us, it wouldn't make too many audiences laugh.

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:06 (nineteen years ago)

Romany Malco is k-classic both for 40YOV (esp. him singing "Age of Aquarius" at the end) and his role in Weeds, which I can't believe no one's mentioned.

― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

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