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Proof there is a God

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:57 AM

http://www.movieline.com/2010/04/paramount-nixes-anchorman-2.php

I've tried to watch his flicks but they're awful! They're just a bunch of bad "SNL" skits streched out to 2 hours, THIS HAS TO STOP!! Thank you Paramount for saving us from yet another Will Ferrell flick that takes place in the 70's, there have been too many.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:14 PM

ZEEK

Agreed. The first one just didn't do it for me. Movies with people who are too stupid to successfully feed themselves just make me lose all interest.

At least I can't handle it live action. Homer Simpson was hilarious when I used to watch the simpsons. Even he seems to be over the top dumb if I ever catch an episode these days.

Strangely enough I'm still kinda a Will Ferrel fan. In small doses his one character that he plays in everything he's ever been in can be sorta funny. Like in Elf!

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:33 PM

BYTEMITE

It's probably easier to take because Elf is more of a genuine and sincere take on the role, and it's uplifting. Will Farrel technically is a scene stealer and the main in Elf as well.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:43 PM

CHRISISALL

Not a fan is all.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:08 PM

RIVERDANCER

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
his one character that he plays in everything he's ever been in...

...except Stranger Than Fiction, which was an excellent film.

Just saying.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:23 PM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

I got enought stupid at work, why would I want to seek out more. This person is in the wrong business, he has a brain.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Friday, April 30, 2010 12:00 AM

LWAVES

Glad to see I'm not the only one who can't stand this waste of space.
I'm a big Kevin Smith fan but the worst thing he ever did was not putting J-Lo in one of his movies. It was putting Ferrell in Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. To me he just isn't funny to the point where I will avoid any movie with him in it.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Friday, April 30, 2010 3:22 AM

ZEEK

Quote:
Originally posted by RiverDancer:
Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
his one character that he plays in everything he's ever been in...

...except Stranger Than Fiction, which was an excellent film.

Just saying.

Haven't see it. So, that could be true.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 4:12 AM

DMI

Expired, forgotten, spoiled rotten.

I'm going to venture a guess, and there is no offense intended here, that everyone posting thus far in the i-hate-will-ferrell-thread is over 40. I think it's a generational thing. There are so-called "dumb" comedians from twenty years ago that I just don't get. As a twenty year old, I really enjoyed Anchorman and tend to love it whenever Will Ferrell pops up, be it in Stranger than Fiction, Wedding Crashers, SNL, The Producers or a recent episode of 30 Rock.

With that said, I'm neither saddened nor elated about the nixing of Anchorman 2. Maybe it would have been good (for those of us who like that sort of thing) but we all know what the number '2' tends to inflict on movies.

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I pray for one last landing,
on the globe that gave me birth.
Let me rest my eyes on the fleecy skies
and the cool, green hills of Earth.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 8:28 AM

KHAMBILO

Quote:
Originally posted by DMI:
I'm going to venture a guess, and there is no offense intended here, that everyone posting thus far in the i-hate-will-ferrell-thread is over 40. I think it's a generational thing.

I don't think it has much to do with a generational gap, as I am not over 40 and find Will Ferrell extremely annoying (except in Zoolander which I found him actually funny in). I more or less think it has to do with taste. Most of what Will Ferrell's humor consists of stupid, pervy, or campy, and obviously caters to a certain crowd (and I mean no offense when I say this).

I have heard good things about Stranger than Fiction though and I should make a point of seeing it.

And you raise a good point about the sequel curse. It seems to be the rule that movie sequels, particularly comedy sequels, are usually terrible, with few exceptions.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 8:33 AM

JONGSSTRAW

He did an amazing job in his Broadway show of George Bush that HBO has aired a few times....absolutely hysterical, no matter if you liked or hated Bush. Also, his Best of SNL dvd's are terrific too.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 8:14 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

I'm over 40 and have enjoyed sme of his work, mostly after 40. Rush went on and on about Holloway's hit "What it Love" because it cracked him up by reminding him of Will's Roxbury Boys skit. So I actually enjoyed the film.
I think I caught parts of Anchorman, didn't thrill me.
If you can get over his lack of subtlety in characters, many of the films he is in can be enjoyable.

I'm more shocked that some child here hasn't changed the thread title. I guess that means the children of this site stay in RWED spouting liberalness.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 8:25 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I have to agree with Dancer, here. Stranger than Fiction was a good movie, and Will Ferrell was good in it. This is likely because he wasn't doing his over-the-top shtick. He was playing a normal, subtle character. I'd actually say it was a classic and much-missed story trope: Sane Man in and Insane World. The world goes insane around him and we watch what happens. He grows and evolves and deals with this world that he suddenly doesn't quite have a handle on.
I need to watch that movie again.

...I'm not sure what the name of this thread would be changed to. Aside from "No Anchorman 2" or "Discussion on the merits of Will Ferrell movies" or something. I guess those would be more accurate, but I just... don't care enough.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 9:36 PM

SINGATE

Originally posted by DMI:I'm going to venture a guess, and there is no offense intended here, that everyone posting thus far in the i-hate-will-ferrell-thread is over 40.

The funny thing is Anchorman is probably better appreciated by people in the 40 and over crowd being that it parodies 70's machismo. Not a huge fan of Ferrell on the whole but this movie does make me laugh quite a bit. On a related note his Harry Caray and Jeopardy skits are some of the funniest SNL had to offer during that period.

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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 10:09 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

...I'm not sure what the name of this thread would be changed to. Aside from "No Anchorman 2" or "Discussion on the merits of Will Ferrell movies" or something. I guess those would be more accurate, but I just... don't care enough.

No, to continue the trend the title would be changed to anything which derails and obfuscates the actual topic - you are thinking opposite, a change which would enhance the description of the thread. This is not the way of the children here.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 7:25 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Well, coming from within my own mind as I do, I only change thread titles when I think such changes would bring more clarity to what's contained within, whether because the poster of the thread gave it a vague title, or on occasion because the discussion has spun so far off-topic that the original title no longer reflects the contents.
Since that was kind of off the topic of the thread...

I have a fever...

and the only cure...

is...

MORE COWBELL!!

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:39 PM

PCCH7

The only proof I´ve ever seen that there´s a god would be Summer Glau.

"Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor.."

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:47 PM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by pcch7:
The only proof I´ve ever seen that there´s a god would be Summer Glau.

"Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor.."[/QUOT

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:52 PM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by pcch7:
The only proof I´ve ever seen that there´s a god would be Summer Glau.

"Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor.."

Then I give you this www.summer-glau.net

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 9:02 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Well, coming from within my own mind as I do, I only change thread titles ... or on occasion because the discussion has spun so far off-topic that the original title no longer reflects the contents.

That is very rude of you to do. Just because you or others have valiantly tried to diffuse, deflect, obfuscate or whitewash the intended topic of a thread does not warrant your petulant changing of the title to what you want it to be, unless you are asked to do so by the OP. You should really know better, although I expect less of others here.
If you want to open a seperate thread with the topic you want it to be witht he title that you watn to have, that would be the far better option rather than abusing your jackboot to imprint everybody else's threads with your cookiecutter viewpoint - that is nothing but disrespectful, and uncivil. Please reread the request at the top of the response window: please be civil when responding to others. This means stop the childish behavior of changing the title to suit your petty prejudices, unless the OP asked you to do so.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:39 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Oh, get over yourself. I don't have a cookiecutter viewpoint that I'm obfuscating everything else with. Don't get snappy with me for wanting to keep things accurate, that's just ridiculous of you. You have issues with what you have issues with, and I have issues with trolls jacking threads and cluttering the board. When I can call attention to such things, I do, and a petulant lecture from you isn't going to change that. As often as I'm calling attention to threadjacks or troll threads, I'm also putting right what I can when titles change or disappear. There are people in this world who will abuse anything they can, but that's not my fault, either. So don't

take it out on me.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:50 PM

KIRKULES

I agree that most of Ferrel's movies suck, but "A Night at the Roxbury" is a comedy classic in my opinion.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:39 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Agreed, Anchorman is just plain awful. I couldn't get through the first 20 minutes of this film. Luckily I did not rent this.

As far as Elf is concerned, I love this film because it is a cute story, good concept with some real chuckles in it.

The look on James Caan's face when he finds out that this overgrown elf is his son is priceless.
It is a good Christmas story, uplifting as well as funny.

Another good one that was understated was "Stranger Than Fiction." Not your typical Will Ferrell movie. He was actually quite good.

Sometimes H-wood makes some good decisions.

SGG

Tawabawho?

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