Stranger than Fiction.

[Ice]

Will Ferrell's next movie. You can view the trailer right here.

I had heard about this before, but seeing the trailer made me want to see it NOW. This will rock.


And on a related note (of Will Ferrell), he has a movie coming out in 2007 called "Blades of Glory". The synops of it:

Two rival Olympic figure skaters are stripped of their medals and banned from the sport after a nasty brawl at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. After years of obscurity, the two men put aside their differences and exploit a loophole that allows them to compete in the pairs figure skating category.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

I admit that this looks funny. Not Ricky Bobby/Ron Burgandy funny.....but classic low-key Ferrell funny.


The trailer and premise reminds me of John Candy's "Delirious".


Either way......I'm so there.



When it's all said and done, Ferrell will go down as one of the comedic greats like Belushi, Candy, Short, Steve Martin.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

This seems funny, but I think were going to see different kind of Will Ferrell.

 

[ourchair]

I wouldn't say it's a different Ferrell so much as it is the role that Ferrell was born to play, in the same way that Jim Carrey's Truman Burbank character from Truman Show was actually the epitome of what Jim Carrey's life and career amounted to.

 

[Planet-man]

The thing with Will Ferrel is that I cannot STAND him when he's playing the obnoxious, wacky guy(Anchorman, Talledaga Nights). If he sticks with that, he'll always be thought of as the king of dumb, mainstream humour.

On the other hand, I think he's just about the best straight-man in the business(Celebrity Jeopardy...no further explanation needed). If he focuses on that and keeps doing movies like this, his career will be added to the history books.

 

[ultimatedjf]

Did anyone see this? I saw it last night; it's definitely not the crapfest the critics said it was. In fact, it was actually quite good. Maggie Gyllenhaal was, of course, the standout of the film.


4/5

 

[Ice]

I'm gonna get it on DVD soon as I get the chance.

 

[ultimatedjf]

I'm gonna get it on DVD soon as I get the chance.

You sure you shouldn't rent it first? There were a lot of people who didn't like it at all and it's by no means your standard "Will Ferrell movie."

 

[Ice]

You sure you shouldn't rent it first? There were a lot of people who didn't like it at all and it's by no means your standard "Will Ferrell movie."

I don't do renting. And I get everything Ferrel stars in because he's one of my favorite comedian.

 

[ourchair]

You sure you shouldn't rent it first? There were a lot of people who didn't like it at all and it's by no means your standard "Will Ferrell movie."

Which is probably precisely the reason why some people liked it. Especially those who aren't generally fans of Will Ferrell in the first place.

I liked it.

 

[TheManWithoutFear]

I enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was funny, cute, and original. Nothing wrong with this movie.

Oh yeah, and Wreckless Eric rocks. (Based off of one song)

 

[ProjectX2]

This is Will Ferrell's best movie.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

This is indeed his best movie. Well best in terms of him "not running around acting like an ass".

When it's all said and done, Ferrell will go down as one of the comedic greats like Belushi, Candy, Short, Steve Martin.

Sometimes I regret ever saying this.

 

[ProjectX2]

When it's all said and done, Ferrell will go down as one of the comedic greats like Belushi, Candy, Short, Steve Martin.

Sometimes I regret ever saying this.

Give me $50 and I'll remove all traces of it.

It will cost another $50 to delete this post though.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

Money!?!?! BAH! I could just promise not to snap your neck when I meet you.

 

[ProjectX2]

Money!?!?! BAH! I could just promise not to snap your neck when I meet you.

You would have to catch me first.

 

[bluebeast]

I did enjoy this movie a lot.

 

[J. Agamemnon]

same here

 

[Captain Canuck]

The thing with Will Ferrel is that I cannot STAND him when he's playing the obnoxious, wacky guy(Anchorman, Talledaga Nights). If he sticks with that, he'll always be thought of as the king of dumb, mainstream humour.

On the other hand, I think he's just about the best straight-man in the business(Celebrity Jeopardy...no further explanation needed). If he focuses on that and keeps doing movies like this, his career will be added to the history books.

I agree with this completely

This is Will Ferrell's best movie.

And probably this too. To be honest the ONLY two WIll Ferrell movies I like are this and Elf. And I like them both a lot.

Sometimes I regret ever saying this.

only sometimes?

 

[Victor Von Doom]

only sometimes?

Yeah. I tend to like his "dumb ass" comedies. Well used to.

When I said it, at the time he was on a roll with Achorman, Talledega Nights, Old School, etc. He hadn't really had any bombs like he's had the past few years.