Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)

LAME MOVIE

I wanted to like this movie, I really did. I know that Will Ferrell is supposed to be funny and I keep waiting for him to prove it, but.....I'm still waiting. I stopped watching and ejected the DVD when Ferrell kicked a dog off a bridge. What kind of sick prick considers this amusing? November 24, 2008

One Of The Greatest Comedies Ever Made

Anchorman is a film that only comes around once every decade or so and it sets the standard for any comedies to follow. Arguably being Will Ferrells best it's a film with very ridiculous comedy moments brought together in an extremely intelligent way. It's not something where the jokes are reeled off one by one in an in obvious way, in fact some of the more funny jokes you can miss the first time round as they're very subtle. Along with Will Ferrell this film has a very strong supporting cast with people like Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Christina Applegate. They give us a great blend of serious acting with very, very silly humour. I'm not usually a fan of the silly comedy movies and I'm sure a lot of people will shy away from it because it looks just that, however, it's something that will surpass all expectations and then some.

Anchorman tells the story of 1970s San Diego news Anchor Ron Burgundy and his time as the most respected Anchorman in the San Diego area. Him and his team, Brian Fantana (Rudd), Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) & Champ Kind (David Koechner) are brought into peril when an aspiring woman Anchor is brought into the team. Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) is brought into the news office due to complaints of lack of diversity. This woman is strong and no matter how hard the main news team will try, she's not going to be put off from her goal to be Anchorwoman. Ron manages to use his charm and his ability to play the Jazz Flute (No Inuendo intended) to win over Veronica and they end up dating. She wants to keep it quiet because it will peril her career, but Ron being a mans man tells San Diego live on air that they're sleeping together. Through another series of unfortunate events Ron Burgundys dog baxter is killed leading to him being late for newscast. Seizing her chance, Veronica takes charge and becomes Anchorwoman for the one show to the dismay of Ron. Because she was so successful she is promoted to co-anchor and the relationship is off.

I'm tempted to tell you the entire story but I wont. It is awesome though and is one of the most bizarre, childish and intelligent comedies I've ever seen. People would try to knock this film slightly by saying it's not as funny as his prior film, Old School but it's definitely much much funnier. The over the top acting of Ferrell is worth it alone as I could watch him in his outrageous emotional state after Baxter was killed, all day. Steve Carell is also another shining light in the film as he plays the dumb weather guy who's the over the top idiot that comes out with hysterically stupid things. "I stabbed a guy in the heart" the way he said it has to be witnessed as it's just classic Carell.

One of my favourite lines from the movie which occurred in the opening credits as it was just so unexpected and very very silly. "The human torch was denied a bank loan" is an absolute classic which I think many people will agree with. Also the fight between the different channels news teams is also a classic as it features cameos from one of the greatest comic actors in Ben Stiller as the Spanish language news Anchor. I could honestly go on and on about how crazily funny this film is but I would give everything away. All I can say to wrap this up is you will need to watch it more than once in order to catch all the jokes as some you will miss the first time around. November 23, 2008

Christina Applegate At Her Best

Anchorman is a hilarious movie about a successful anchorman(Will Farrell) newscaster in San Diego who later gets his reputation tarnished by his sidekick(Christina Applegate).

In addition to why I liked this movie so much, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN's Christina Applegate was sexy as usual and better looking and the most talented I have ever seen her throughout her whole acting career and I think Christina Applegate did an astonishing performance in this movie as well, not to mention she was definetly eyecandy in this movie.

I also enjoyed all the oldies songs they played from the 70's like "Use Me" by Bill Withers, "Who's That Lady", etc., plus I enjoyed all the outtakes they showed us at the end of ANCHORMAN as well, which were quite a crack-up.

So if you're looking for a funny movie with Christina Applegate or Will Farrell in it, I highly recommend ANCHORMAN to you. November 21, 2008

A very long SNL

If you are a fan of Christina Applegate, maybe it's worth watching. As usual, she is just astonishing. I also liked the 70's soundtrack. But that's it. Just sketches after sketches. The one where he plays the flute in a restaurant is too long and not funny. I don't know why people like Will Farrell's movies. September 14, 2008

AWESOME

if you have any sense of humor at all, you'll like this movie. this movie consists of will ferrel, steve carrell, vince vaughn and luke wilson. if you like random comedy, such as talk about hand grenades, tridents and guys on fire, then watch this movie. August 24, 2008

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