Anchorman… not Old School.


No Idea / Wednesday, July 14th, 2004

I just got back from seeing Anchorman and it seems as if I called out Will Ferrell and he couldn’t quite deliver. We were supposed to see King Arthur but I decided to listen to everything I’ve heard and skip King Arthur and see Anchorman. Arthur got practically nothing but bad reviews while Anchorman cleaned up with all the rave reviews. Despite all the good reviews, Anchorman delivered exactly what I was expecting from it before I heard all the good press. It was an adequate comedy which seemed to have no legs to stand on. It just seemed like the classic SNL type comedy about nothing. But I just expect more than that after Old School and Elf. Neither of them were SNL like. Anyway, I’ll probably like it more if I see it again, but I think Will Ferrell has just set the bar too high for himself too soon. Don’t get me wrong, there were some hilarious parts, but they only really appeared about halfway into the movie and weren’t around all that frequently. Most of the time I was just chuckling for the sake of not feeling like I wasted my $7. Anyway, I’ll look forward to seeing this again on cable, and I think you all should too.

I’m currently watching: Futurama