Get Hard 2015 6 out of 10

Get Hard 2015 6 out of 10

Get Hard has a fun premise and two great comedians.  Will Ferrell  plays a millionaire named James King that is going to be sent to prison for fraud.  Being a rich out of touch white guy Will Ferrell just assumes that Darnell (  Kevin Hart ) has spent time in prison.  He hires him to train him to survive prison and Kevin Hart's character takes the job because the money is too good to pass up.

Like many modern comedians this film has some really funny moments as Kevin Hart attempts to put Will Ferrell's clueless character through a ridiculous prison training camp.  The two actors have good chemistry together which leads to some fun comic moments.  The issue holding this film back from being a better film is the plot itself.  It is obvious from early in the film that Will Ferrell's character is being set up to take the fall and that he is clearly innocent.  It is also clear that at some point later in the film the story will turn from a story about training him for prison to uncovering who framed him to clear his name.   Unfortunately the movie spends about 5/6 of the time showing the ill advised prison training and uncovering that he was framed is basically plugged into the end of the film almost as if it was an after thought.   

My suggestion is that if you are a fan of either Will Ferrell or Kevin Hart than enjoy the film for the comic moments between the two actors.   Just don't expect anything for the story itself.

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Daddy's Home 2015 7 out of 10

Daddy's Home 2015  7 out of 10

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reunite on screen in Daddy's Home.  The duo had great chemistry in the buddy cop picture The Other Guys back in 2010 so it was a no brainer to reunite the two actors..  This time around  Will Ferrell plays Brad a stepfather that is trying to earn his stepkids love and respect.  He has worked hard to earn that respect when all of a sudden Mark Wahlberg (the dad that bailed on them) shows up again.  He is the opposite of Will's doughy Ned Flanders type of dad.  Mark's character is a motor cycle riding badass with a mysterious past.  His return sets up a battle for the kids affection which is where the comedy of the film comes from.   

I'm a huge Will Ferrell fan and feel that he can elevate even the dumbest SNL sketch.  Will Ferrell definitely had some great moments in the film as his character freaks out and tries to one up his rival.  One of his best moments may have been when he throws Christmas for the kids in the middle of the year.  This was a good film--but like many modern comedies it wasn't particularly memorable.   It had  funny moments and a decent story---but the best scenes were  of course in the trailer.  I just left the film feeling that the battle between the two rivals should have been bigger and better.  Their battle was subtle at best --when the trailer promotes it as being more epic.  I would probably have given it a 6 out of 10---if not for the Will Ferrell factor which elevates it to a 7 out of 10.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2013 7 out of 10

Anchorman 2  2013   7 out of 10

The Movie

Anchorman 2 was an a really mixed bag of a movie.   As a full movie is was a little underwhelming and typical of a comedy sequel that doesn't live up to the expectations of the original.  It was a very silly film with a plot that was really unimportant to the experience or enjoyment of the film.   Some moments in the film were just plain dumb,  other moments were laugh out loud brilliant (like the Cruise control RV crash).  So despite it flaws any comedy in this day and age that can make me laugh out loud has done something right.  Too many modern day comedies feel like a bunch of unconnected sketches and Anchorman 2 suffers from that as well. The only recent movie that succeeds for me in having a fully functional 1980's era comedy plot was We Are the Millers. 

How to rate this film?

 It is really hard for me to rate it.....I remember the first time I watched the original Anchorman and gave it a 6 out of 10, but like many other Will Ferrell movies.... it grew on me to eventually be a 9 out of 10 and a comedy classic.   Will Ferrell just makes me laugh for some reason  (unlike say Jack Black).   Even in a bad SNL sketch--he found ways to shine and as a result this film will probably grow on me as well,  despite its not having a quality plot  and re threading on much of what it had already done in the original.  The star studded newscaster battle was great in the original and just fell flat for me the second time around.  It was a very inconsistent film and yet its high moments help to wash away some of its really dumb moments when reflecting on it a day later.

So for now it gets a 7 out of 10 for me.....

The DVD

 The DVD definitely enhances the movie.  The menu screen is super funny ---watching the stars doing bad disco dancing (Carrell kills it with his lackluster dance moves.)   The gag reel is almost more enjoyable than the movie itself.  Watching the extras it definitely looks like the actors truly enjoyed making the movie.  I haven't even dug into half of the extras yet---but with all the different improv lines and behind the scenes features, it is definitely on its way to being a great DVD and definitely worth buying for any Will Ferrell fan.

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The Campaign 2012 5 out of 10

The Campaign  2012  5 out of 10

I was really looking forward to this movie and after seeing it was let down.  I mean it had Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis how could it not be great?  Story and good writing are still important apparently to answer that question.  You can't just stick two really talented and funny actors in a movie without those key ingredients and expect it to just work.  The same could be said for Burt Wonderstone a few weeks ago (which could just as easily have starred Will Ferrell  instead of Steve Carell) it just was underwhelming.   Will Ferrell still had his moments (just as he used to do even in bad SNL sketches).  Zach Galifinakis's talent was wasted in this movie about too political rivals  Cam Brady

 and Marty Huggins  

battling it out on the campaign trail.  The plot just wasn't funny enough.   It had the occasional funny scene or moment as you can see in the trailer below, but it was just missing a really good story to tie it all together.   The ending was cheesy and a little bit to sappy and message heavy.   I guess I was just expecting too much from this film.  A quality episode of a classic sitcom is still generally better than most comedies in the theaters these days.   I hope Anchorman 2 lives up to its potential.

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Sex on ice--A Blades of Glory Review 8 out of 10

Will Ferrell is the most manly guy to ever hit the ice.  "Sex on Ice" as he calls himself. Come on girls you know you want some?   I enjoyed this movie a lot more than expected.  After recently being letdown by Talladega Nights my expectations for an ice skating comedy were not very high.   But I love Will Ferrell—who shined even in bad SNL sketches.    Blades of Glory (unlike Talladega Nights –which had good individual moments but was plot-wise a mess)  was a complete story from beginning to end.   A rare thing in many of today's lackluster  comedies.  Will Ferrell was in top form as Chaz Michael Michael's  a sex addict rock n roll god of ice skating.    

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The movie was a quality reluctant buddy comedy –with the graceful and peacock like Jimmy MacElroy  (Jon Heder) having to team up with the reckless bad boy of  skating Chaz (Ferrell).  My one complaint would be Jon Heder's acting  --unlike Dumb and Dumber where Jeff Daniels was able to hold his own and complement Jim Carrey's brilliance---Heder seemed pale in comparison to the genius that is Ferrell.   Heder keeps falling in and out of a half impersonation of his own overrated  Napoleon (not so Dynamite character).  Ferrell is clearly the star of this movie.  From his drunken  throwing up in his own  Wizard  costume in a road show  Grublets on Ice after hitting  on the woodland  elves  backstage.  To the montage of him trying to call Jimmy after giving his romantic interest played by the sexy, cute and funny  Jenna Fischer a "Boob Handshake"   and his great ice chase with Will Arnett—that has them stumbling across concrete and an escalator.   The rest of the cast was great –Craig T Nelson as the skating coach.  Amy Poehler and Will Arnett as the villainous pairs skating champions –.    (Damn Jenna --The Office's Pam is sexy)

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The movie really shines on the Ice---from the opening solo skating performances to their first pair  performance "Fire and Ice"- (picture below an argument against men's pairs ice skating --ouch)

--and then their great finale where they pull off the unthinkable  death defying  "Iron Lotus"  move while dressed like a cross between Tron and Captain EO.

Talladega Nights 2006 5

I was very disappointed ----I love Will Ferrell (who shined in even the really bad SNL sketches)   --But Talladega Nights was the perfect example yet again of a film that's best scenes were in the trailer.    Don't get wrong there were good moments in this film –The family dinner scene with the argument over his thanking Baby Jesus with great.

The plot was just a mess and there were characters that didn't even really matter to the movie at all like Molly Shannon's character.    It really didn't have a good story and was just a meshing together of a bunch of random scenes that just didn't work for me.  I just expected better.   The ending with the 2 cars left both crashing and them running to the finish was just plain stupid.  Will Ferrell movies are filled with dumb humor --which in most cases turns to gold,  but this race car movie just kept running around and around the track and never gets to the finish line.   From the makers of Anchorman......."I know Anchorman --and Ricky Bobby  you sir are no Anchorman"