Halfway done with July and I've only seen FIVE movies so far this summer? Something wrong with this picture? To tell the truth, I don't think it's really that surprising as many of the movies so far this summer have been few and far between in the high quality points. The variety of types of movies though has been refreshing. This last weekend, we took part in a view of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Second to none, this is the funniest movie I've seen all year. Dodgeball, you say? Not even close, this movie blows Ben Stiller out of the water.
Will Ferrel is indeed going to be the next Mike Myers type star to break out of the Saturday Night Live curse of low quality movies produced from their alumni. Adam Sandler is acceptable, but he's really hurting for something new to build on the critical acclaim from Punch-Drunk Love. Mr. Ferrel is quite charismatic as the immortal Ron Burgundy. He's infinitely got the look of a supremely confident, if dull, journalist of the '70's, bushy moustache and all. He carries this movie on his shoulders and all of his supporting players play off of the energy so well.
There are so many cameos and insanely outrageous lines in this movie that it's unjustly impossible to recollect all of them. Needless to say, Tim Robbins' appearance as a competing Public Broadcasting journalist was aptly punctuated with his turtleneck and matching pipe. If you're going to see any comedy at all this summer, go see Anchorman.
Final score: 4 out of 5 stars.
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