60 Percent of the Time, it Makes You Laugh Every Time

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2012)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is easily one of the funniest movies of the 21st century. The star studded comedy cast along with the great role play by actors such as Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd makes the film a great comedy for the generation of young adults and many adults who like 'stupid funny' movies. By describing it as 'stupid funny' I am summarizing how the film does not have anyone serious parts in it and makes jokes that can be inappropriate. The actors in this movie capture the audience with their satirical interpretation of late 1900's news crews. In this film actor Will Ferrell supported by actors previously listed as well as stars Vince Vaughen, Christina Applegate and many others go through the battle of separate news stations battling to be the top station in San Diego, California. This film wins the audience through its witty humor and classic one- liners that never seem to get old. Along with that the main characters of the film play extreme stereotypes that never break character. There is a stereotypical cowboy named Champ, a dummy named Brick, an overconfident ladies man named Brain, and of course a cocky lead anchor named Ron Burgundy. This odd combination of characters blends effectively by the randomness of the film. These characters begin the film as the most successful anchor crew in all of San Diego. They constantly gloat of their success to all the other all male crews. Their perfect reality slowly fades as an inspired young woman, Veronica Corningstone, is forced into their crew by the news station. The supporting news crew men all try to stun the beautiful lady at first, but of course they all fail. Ron Burgundy though succeeds in capturing the heart of Veronica but soon screws up ending their relationship harshly. ***(Next few lines are a spoiler)Ron cannot handle this woman sharing his role in the office and eventually goes crazy to the point where he is fired and goes into a solemn state. Eventually through comedic happenings he loses his friends and his beloved dog. After a long time of struggling Ron works to recapture his job and Veronica, and gets the chance by saving her from two grizzly bears during a news report at the zoo. *** As anyone can tell this story line and the characters are extremely random and 'out there', which I believe makes the movie all the more funny. You can never anticipate what happens next in the film because it ranges from a fight of different news crews in an alleyway to shopping for new suits. The one- liners that I mentioned earlier really bring out a lot of the comedy in the film. Some examples of these are following the news crew fight in the alleyway where the used axes and weapons, Ron Burgundy just says "Well that escalated quickly." Or another time Brian Fantana is talking about his 'illegal' cologne that he says "They've done studies, you know. 60 percent of the time, it works every time." He says this when referring to picking up woman while wearing the cologne. Just small things like that they say with their smug facial expressions make this movie a must- see. I would extremely recommend it to anyone searching for a good laugh.