7/6/04 "Dodgeball: a True Underdog Story"

Ok, this movie was pretty much what I expected-complete and utter foolishness on the scale of Old School. But, CJ really wanted to see it, so, we did. BEWARE THE STUPID SPOILERS.

7/6/04 "Dodgeball"

Notes From the Red Book

trailers-I have no idea...we got to the theater late just as the movie was beginning.

Ben Stiller is BUILT

guy from Office Space

pirate Steve?.....ok....weird

Ben Stiller's spandex...oy

scary cut out Ben Stiller w/ freaky eyes

pump up package? sigh...

camera in cut out eyes! good call by CJ

"L for LOVE!"

Troop 417-"You're all adopted, your parents don't even love you!"

It's Booger!

Drug screen-good call by me

"I didn't think Nazi camp got over until 8."

"we will...we WILL..rock you."

"You're about as useful as a poopy flavored lollypop."- (I just have to say, this one line made the movie worthwhile.)

"Time to put your mouth where our balls are."

"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood."

It looks like the eighties threw up in her house.

ESPN 8-the Ocho...if it's almost a sport, we've got it.

Jason Bateman is a spaz (and the second reason the movie was worth going to see.)

David Hasselhoff!!!!

Lumberjacks, Kamikazes, the Skillz that killz....She-mullets??

Is that a hickey on her neck?

Lance Armstrong!!

SHATNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHUCKNORRIS!!!!

"Thank you, Chuck Norris!"

Ok, this review is going to be short, because this movie was ultra silly and really had no redeeming film qualities except for the random star cameos, Jason Bateman, and the great line "You're about as useful as a poopy-flavored lollypop."

The plot, which was pretty much given away in the trailer, centers around two gyms-a snobby high tech gym where the people are full of themselves, and a crappy, rundown gym where everyone loves you just the way you are. Of course the run down gym, owned by Vince Vaughn, is going to run into problems with the the rich gym, owned by Ben Stiller. Ben Stiller wants to take over Vince Vaughn's gym. So the run down gym enters a dodgeball tourney in Vegas to win the money to save their gym from destruction. And of course they win. And if you think I've spoiled the ending of this for you, you can't really tell me that you thought they were going to lose. Come now. Honestly.

Ben Stiller was pretty funny, but a bit manic for the role. He was really built tho, which you don't usually see and was quite nice. Vince Vaughn was ok...just ok. But the star cameos were the best. CJ and I were constantly going, BOOGER! SHATNER! HASSELHOFF! CHUCK NORRIS! Yeah, that was us making all the noise down in front. What can I say? The movie was boring and we were amusing ourselves. Don't come with us next time. And I can never, never see Christine Taylor without thinking, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! And there was this scene in the trailer where Ben was showing Vince his cowboy cardio class...and it was missing...huh.

The movie is one of those mindless humor movies which you go to when you've had a long day at work and there was nothing good for lunch in the cafe, and CVS didn't put your pictures on disk like you asked them too and you had to work late and spilled soda on your shorts and the candy bars you snuck into the theater melted all over your bag and to top everything off, you're still exhausted from your crazy Fourth of July weekend. I probably wouldn't have gone if I was in the mood for a REAL movie. So, yeah...skip it. But most of you probably know that already. Unless you have some extra brain cells you don't care about, then by all means, attend. But if you have that much brain matter you don't care about, then you probably didn't need me to tell you to go see it, because you probably already have.

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "This MOVIE was as useful as a poopy-flavored lollypop."