Letters to the Editor
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Will the horrible, willfully moronic comedies every go away?
Deliberately dumbing-down an already imbelic public...
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If he's making money, why would he stop?
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
H. L. Mencken
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Semi-Tough
It's a free country. If you don't want to see the movie, don't watch it. I'm sure that there are many people that want to.
Having said that, while I'm a fan of Ferrell I'm not a big fan of these movies that he does most of the time, but my thought is he keeps doing it looking for one part or script that actually clicks through to genius. Perhaps there an art within the stupid lunacy that he keeps trying for? Perhaps the boy just wants to have fun...and get paid for it? Perhaps when this type of movie no longer makes a buck, both the studio and Ferrell will stop doing them. Until then...
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Hey, that reminds me..
It's just about time to watch Slap Shot again!
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Is it time...
...to call foul on Stephanie Zacharek for repeatedly undermining whatever credibility there is in film criticism?
I didn't read this review. What's the fucking point?
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No.
It's time for Will Ferrell to apologize for his entire career, going back to the days when Tina "Scarface" Fey wrote horrifically bad sketches for him, Ana Gasteyer and the rest of the Intestinal Gas House Gang in the 90s.
Then he should jump off the nearest cliff.
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We all got to pay the rent somehow...
Ferrell as well.
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Oh yes
Broad comedies for the mass market are a new development in Hollywood.
Did my rolling of my eyes come through in that sentence?
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American Public?
Actually there was that summer football league a few years back.....
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Ride that Hooptie
till the wheels fall off.
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...that summer football league a few years back
The XFL was "financially solvent" when it ended after one season due to dismal TV ratings. The salaries paid to the players were not big league and ranged between $4000 and $5000 per week. Last time I checked, Vince McMahon is still in business.
This list of people or companies making money off the masses goes on and on. WWE, gansta rappers, Larry the Cable Guy, Will Ferrell, reality shows, inane sitcoms, MTV, Britney Spears, etc.
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The problem is that Will Ferrell is not funny.
Will Ferrell's comedic talent is even more shallow than his movies. I do not understand why this guy and his movies continue to be promoted. Is it the dumbing down of America?
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"Will Farrell Movies"
are all connected in that the majority of them is farrell riffing. he's become the new robin williams. directors just turn on the cameras, say go, and then when the film runs out they stop. what's left is moronic crap. the majority of anchorman was moronic crap, and this has been the consistent through line in all his "will farrell movie" movies. if he had better (more restrained) directors and editors, this wouldn't be so much of a problem.
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I was a teenager in the 70s and it was dorky then
and 38 years later it's still pathetic and not at all amusing.
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Am I the only person who likes Will Ferrell?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
I don't like every Will Ferrell movie, and Semi Pro looks stupid, but there are a few performances he's done in the past which I think are hilarious:
Old School - I especially love the bit where he gets shot by the tranquilizer and gets mouth to mouth from Sean William Scott. I'm laughing just thinking about it.
Anchorman - A whales vagina. 'nuff said.
Wedding Crashers - Hooking up with horny widows.
It's a matter of taste, of course, but I think Ferrell does best when he's in a group. Like in Anchorman; the best parts of the movie were when he was rolling 4 deep with the other reporters, getting in a rumble or beating up some bears. (Yeah, Brick killed a guy..)
If he should be shot for anything, I would say it should be for Bewitched. That was an abomination.
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Wow, relax
There has always been and will always be mass market entertainment. If you don't like it, that's fine, but Will Ferrell making a fart joke in a movie should hardly be a personal affront to your being.
(I can't believe I'm about to draw this tired comparison, but here goes) William Shakespeare was viewed as overly broad and common in his time.
I'm not implying that Will Ferrell will be studied in high school classes in the year 2500, simply pointing out that a lot of people should check their inner knee-jerk contrarian when the urge to throw a fit about the latest Hollywood blockbuster arises.
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Goulet!
Am I the only person who likes Will Ferrell?
You are not the only person who likes Will Ferrell. I think he's freaking hilarious.
I did think Talladega nights was a little dull, although he did a good job of allowing Sascha Baron Cohen to showcase his non-Borat talents: "Yu haf speel my macchiatoooo!"
I *loved* Ferrell's smaller characters on SNL, in particular his cracked-out version of Robert Goulet sitting in a top-down Caddy in the woods with a fake deer in the back seat singing lounge versions of rap tunes, a la "Papaaaaa! I love it when you call me Biiiiig Paaaapaaaa!" as well as the totally insane Neil Diamond on "VH1's Storytellers" telling tales about killing people in Vegas and then singing duets with Bigfoot and speculating that he's probably just incredibly high and really sitting in his basement talking to his water heater.
And of course his home-movie featuring his two year old daughter as his alcoholic landlady demanding the rent and "three beers!"
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My 2 cents
It's time to call a foul on Will Ferrell for being Will Ferrell.
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That sinking feeling
It's like something straight out of Mike Judge's Idiocracy that a Salon critic spent her time writing about a Will Ferrell flick, and that all of us read it.
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The 70's weren't this bad! Really!
Every era has its exaggerations of taste and fashion. But as a "normal" Baby Boomer growing up in the 60s and coming into "maturity" during the 70s and 80s, I can attest that the majority of people did not over-indulge in the stereotypical "looks" of those decades.
Most 60's teens did not look like hippies, at least not during school hours, due to both "house rules" and restrictive dress codes. Most young adults in the 70's looked more like the cast of the Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart shows (Oh, how I wish I still had a figure like Mary had 30 years ago, so I could wear those clingy knit tops without embarassment!) than "That 70's Show" or the Will Ferrell fiascos.
Unfortunately, a lot of us DID wear big hair and big shoulder pads in the 80's.