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Summary: Funny comedy with Will Ferrell at his best
Review: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a hilarious comedy with a great cast that shouldn't be missed. In early 1970's San Diego, anchorman, Ron Burgundy, and his news team are on top. The whole city loves them as they continue to hold the top spot in the ratings(Super duper!). However, just when everything seems to be going the right way, a female anchor/field reporter, Veronica Corningstone, is hired. Burgundy and his news team will stop at nothing to get rid of Corningstone so that the Channel 4 news office can return back to normal. Not everyone will enjoy this type of humor, but if you're a fan of Will Ferrell, you will love this movie. Plenty of off-the-wall humor, too many great lines to even mention, and some of the worst hairstyles you'll ever see. One particularly hilarious scene, with some great cameos, has Burgundy and Co. duking it out with all the other channel's news teams in a no-holds barred street fight. Not all the jokes work, but the ones that do are hysterical. Highly recommended comedy about a different time that will have you rolling around. Will Ferrell is hilarious as chauvinistic Channel 4 in San Diego anchorman, Ron Burgundy. His character, even when arrogant and cocky, is still likable. He fully embodies the man who reads from the teleprompter without thinking, which ends up getting him in trouble. Christina Applegate is also very good as co-anchor, Veronica Corningstone, who tries to survive in a male-dominated news office. The rest of the news team includes Paul Rudd as ladies man and field reporter, Brian Fantana, Steven Carell in a great part as weatherman, Brick Tambland, who has an IQ of 48, and David Koechner as sports anchor, Champ Kind. The always funny Fred Willard plays Ed Harken, the head of the news office. I won't say who the cameos are because it is so funny to see them in their parts, much of the time unexpectedly. I can't wait to see the DVD for Anchorman for all the deleted scenes, outtakes, and hopefully a lot more. Be forewarned, many of the scenes in the trailer airing on TV did not make it into the final cut, but the version shown is still great. For a hilarious movie with a great performance by Will Ferrell, check out Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
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Summary: Wild and Wacky Will Ferrell Fun
Review: Chalk this one up with Dodgeball and Starsky and Hutch as another in a string of dumb, low-concept little comedies of 2004. Of course, like those other two movies, this one's funny, and like Dodgeball, it works. Then again, like Hutch, barely and not all the time. I can't deny that Will Ferrell is emerging as a premier comic talent in his post-SNL days, and if you aren't laughing so hard you're wiping away tears - at least a few times - then check your pulse. Yes, this movie is stupid and yes, it draws on a pretty cardboard concept for 90 minutes. But Anchorman spruces things up occasionally with wacky, oddball little additions that don't make sense but are hilarious (a violent brawl of anchormen, involving great cameos, comes to mind). Will Ferrell's first movie as the total centerpiece (Elf was a kids movie, so it's on technicality) isn't as funny as the man himself, and it would have been better to completely embrace its stupidity like the slightly better Dodgeball. Luckily, though, there are enough moments of tear-inducing, knee-slapping comedy to keep this one afloat. By the way, the music freaking rocks. THE SOUNDTRACK: A+; THE MOVIE: B
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Summary: "I'm in a glass case of emotion!!!"
Review: How could you not love this film? It has a 5 star cast! Will Ferril from old school, Christina Applegate from Married with Children, and special appearances by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaun, Jack Black, and Luke Wilson. The performances were hilarious and I couldn't stop laughing. As watching the film I noticed that there is other cast members from SNL in this film. Will Ferril plays Ron Burgundy so well. Will Ferril would have made a great anchorman for an actual T.V. These actors/actresses play there characters so well its hard to believe this is a movie. [the plot] Set in 1970s San Diego, this is the story of local TV anchorman Ron Burgundy (Ferrell), God's gift to the ladies and the area's most respected reader of the teleprompter of the news fit to be known, who finds his position challenged by an ambitious female newscaster Veronica Corningstone (Applegate) who, unlike Ron, actually knows something about journalism. Ron and Veronica then begin dating and fall in love. But when Ron couldn't make it on time for the news they needed a replacement, which was Veronica. Veronica nails it and Ron gets mad because he didn't really take her serious when she said she wanted to be an anchorwomen. Then it becomes a fued between the two. A hilarious film.
If you love Will Ferril you will not be disapointed by his performance in this film. He is funny through out the whole film and doesn't get annoying. If you love comedies, this film is definitley for you. A must see film!!!!
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Summary: Absurbly Funny
Review: Seeing the words: 'starring Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate' gave me the clue that I would be watching another golden performance from Ferrell himself. But I was still not prepared for how over-the-top and idiotic this film was. On the other hand, however, I laughed the better portion of my head off - and so did most of the audience. And, when you think about it, that's not a bad way to spend a good 90 minutes in a dark movie cinema, is it? The film tells the tale of Ron Burgundy, a vain, ridiculous, fictional San Diego television news personality in 1976 who's the #1 network news anchor in the local ratings and presumably based on 70s anchor Harold Green. A billboard says it all: 'If Ron Burgundy says it - it's true.' He leads a pompous, sexist group consisting of redneck alpha-male sportscaster Champ Kind, played by David Koechner, sleazy Geraldo Rivera-like ladies man in Brain Fantana, played by Paul Rudd, and moronic weatherman, Brick Tamland, played by Steve Carrell, who rebel against the station's manager, Ed Harkin (Fred Willard) when a beautiful woman, Veronica Corningstone, played by Christina Applegate is brought in for diversity's sake. Burgundy thinks diversity means an old, wooden Civil War ship, but soon falls for the blonde, curvacious former star of Married With Children head over heels. Unfortunately, a run-in with a burrito, Jack Black on a motorcycle and Burgundy's pet pooch on the Coronado Bridge changes the newsman's life - for the worst (which results on a great scene). With Corningstone's star on the rise and Burgundy in decline, he falls into a three-month drunken stupor (on milk, no less) before an opportunity comes along to change his fortunes. Like his previous turns in Old School and Elf, as well as most of his characters on Saturday Night Live, Ferrell is as hilarious in his addled simplicity and gives a very good comedic performance capturing the misogyny and ignorance of many 1970s male chauvinist pseudo-celebrities, especially those who populated local TV and radio stations before cable came along. The silliness of the wild leisure suits, white shoes, overstarched hair, sideburns and mustaches is only matched by the gang fight scene in which Burgundy's group goes up against the likes of other newsmen, including Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and, of all people, Tim Robbins. Though it sweetly preaches acceptance and equality, McKay's scattershot comedy is primarily founded on the premise that there's nothing funnier than dialogue strewn with ludicrously illogical lines, such as Burgundy, grief stricken over the sudden murder of his beloved Spanish-speaking dog Baxter (who he refers to as "a miniature Buddha covered in hair"), screaming to his friend from a phone booth, "I'm in a glass case of emotion!" Carell's brain-dead Brick randomly exclaims about women "I read somewhere that their menstruation attracts bears!" and Burgundy's vain crew engages in a weapon-filled rumble with Vince Vaughn's competing, second-rated local broadcast team in which the only rule is "No touching of the hair or face." Anchorman's satiric skewering of the era's fashion, cheeky optimism, and sexism occasionally grows a bit stale, but it's hard to keep a straight face when somebody thinks San Diego means "a whale's vagina."
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Summary: hilarious!
Review: this movie was awesome! it is extremly funny and enjoyable. anyone who likes comedies, will love this!!
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Summary: Ron Burgandy gets tiring after awhile
Review: Will Ferrell (Old School, Elf), Paul Rudd (Wet Hot American Summer, The Cider House Rules), David Koechner (Bruce Almighty, Tv's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Christina Applegate (Tv's Married With Children, A View From The Top)and Fred Willard (Best In Show, How High) star in this movie about Legandary Anchorman Ron Burgandy. There are a lot of raunchy and disgusting things in this movie that really pull it down but it's main punch is those little clever jokes on the side. Examples are when Ferrell is talking to his dog. The anchormen brawl in the alley. All the anchorguys singing. If your a fan of Ferrell's then go see this, you wont be dissapointed. Actors who make guest cameos are the following: Luke Wilson (Old School, Alex and Emma), Vince Vaughn (Dodgeball,Swingers) , Jack Black (School Of Rock, High Fiedelity), Tim Robbins (Mystic River, The Truth About Charlie), Danny Trejo (Spy Kids, Once Upon A Time In Mexico) and for the love of god, this man should take a break from making movies, Ben Stiller (Dodgeball, Zoolander). im storming your castle my lady with my great steed (best line)
I think that's how it went but it was a funny one liner
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