Plenty of fun, but wait for rental

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2004)

All of you know about this movie. That's right, I went to see a Will Ferrell movie on the big screen. Now I'm never much for seeing comedies in the theaters because usually they're just as good at home on your TV. This one is no different, but I had good company and it was fun to watch. The movie surrounds a news anchorman named Ron Burgundy and he's a typical "I love myself and you should two" kinda guy from before the days of sexual harassment suits. What made this movie was not so much Will Ferrell, but his interactions with everyone else. The movie plays like a very long SNL skit, but a somewhat decent one (in other words, kinda like SNL of oh...5 years ago). I laughed frequently and almost died from choking on some Sprite that went down the wrong pipe as they say. So if you're going to see this movie and Jack Black is on the screen, do not take a sip of your soda. Before I give my rating of this movie, let me tell you some of the comedies I feel are better than this movie and what rating I would give them. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 4 stars, Spaceballs - 4 stars, Young Frankenstein (no this is not a horror film you idiots who do reviews on IMDb) - 3 stars, UHF - 3 stars, Dumb and Dumber - 4 stars, South Park Movie - 3 stars, Animal House - 3 1/2 stars, Zoolander - 3 stars, Austin Powers 1&2 (not 3) - 3 stars. As far as comedies go, I enjoyed all of the above more than Anchorman, but it does beat out anything in the American Pie Trilogy, and upon thinking about it further, I think I liked it more than "Old School" and "Elf." I'm giving this movie 2 1/2 stars which is a decent review coming from me. My suggestion would be to wait until it's on video and then see it. I bet it'd be a lot funnier with a few drinks in your belly. Perhaps Scotch?