7/13/04 "Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy"

Movie Night with Niki again, yay! It's been so long...and she drove down because she said I drove up the past few times and it was her turn...I love my friend. BEWARE THE GROOVY SPOILERS.

7-13-04 "Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy"

Notes from the Red Book

trailers-saw the tail end of something called "Collateral"? We got to the theater late and were darn lucky just to be seated together.

"God, I look good. Everyone, come and see how good I look!"
"By the beard of Zeus!"
lots of random undies at that party
"You have a breathtaking heinie. I wanna make friends with it."
jammies and headgear
"Are you paying attention, Ron?" "Nope."
"LOUD NOISES!"
Vince Vaughn!=Wes Mantooth
"We could have some chicken, some sex."
cologne closet
"That smells like a used diaper filled with Indian food!"
"It smells like a turd covered in burnt hair!"
jazz flute?
"Take me to Pleasure Town!"
"I friggin love you!" "I friggin love you, too!"
Afternoon Delight
odd uneven mustache
crazy cat show
Jack Black!
"I'm in a glass cage of emotion!"
"I'm gonna punch you in the ovary. Yup, right in the baby-maker."
Luke Wilson! Tim Robbins! BEN STILLER!
"Son of a bee-sting!"
"No touching of the hair or face."
Planet of the Apes, Spartacus riffs
"You POOP mouth!"
Superman quick change in bathroom
"Newsteam ASSEMBLE!"
"I'm riding a big, furry tractor!"

Oh, this movie was a stitch. I heard one critic say "This is the movie you'll be quoting the rest of the summer." So right on. I've already used the ovaries line about a dozen times.
So, this movie takes place in the seventies, in San Diego, and it focuses on a news team, headed by Ron Burgundy, the man's man, played by Will Ferrell. He, and all his news room cohorts, are all huge male chauvanist pigs. So when Christina Applegate, who plays Veronica Corningstone, arrives to join the news staff, she finds herself the butt of all their jokes. Her biggest dream is to the first woman anchor, which the men think is hilarious. But when Ron has a run in with a biker and can't make the 6 o'clock news, Veronica covers for him and does a splendid job. She is hired on as his coanchor, much to the chagrin and dismay of Ron and his sexist friends. A war of words and practical jokes begins, and when Veronica takes advatage of the fact that Ron reads EVERYTHING that appears on the teleprompter, he is fired. Will he regain his anchor position? Will he and Veronica ever date again? Will he best the other anchors and keep his ratings? Tune in and find out!

Will Ferrell is so darn funny. The guy is the most amusing person I've seen in movies since Mike Myers. I really really need to hunt down some old SNL reruns and catch some of his past action. All I've ever really seen him do were the Spartan cheerleaders,Alex Trebek, and the "Cowbell" sketch. Christina Applegate seems to be keeping a career nicely, if not widely. I was mainly impressed with her ability to deliver the snappy comebacks. I found myself thinking, wow...I wish I could do that. Of course, the writers write hers for her, but she still delivered them wonderfully. But the guy who really stole the show was Steve Carell, the weatherman with an IQ of 48. Will some one please give thisguy more to do?? After seeing him as Evan in Bruce Almighty and now as Brick...riding a big furry tractor...I about died. The guy is TALENTED.

I don't know why I loved this movie, and hated "Old School" and loved "Elf". They all had the same guy...oh well. This movie was worth it just for the "Rumble" scene between the rivalling newsteams. I spotted "Spartacus" and "Planet of the Apes" riffs in there...brilliant. Also the funniest darn scene in the movie. Niki and I frist thought it was some sort of odd dream sequence...and when it wasn't, we just shrugged and went with it. And it was fun to see random cameos by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jack Black, and Luke Wilson. I heard someone refer to them as "the comedic Rat Pack"...could be...until someone thinks up a better name than that. Any ideas?

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "Stay Classy, Massachusetts."