A Wannabe Dodgeball...

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2007)

The idea of taking a completely asinine sport and making fun of people who might take it seriously was done very well in Dodgeball. I had really hoped and believed that Balls might be like that. Unfortuanately I was wrong.This movie really strives to be satirical and funny at the same time, which might appear to be easy to make with movies like dodgeball and anchorman coming along once a year. But the jokes in Balls of Fire are completely obvious and unoriginal, and seems like something that might have come out of the 80's, laugh track and all. I mean you can actually hear the background of Family Matters when wins a match (having just found out that this written directed and produced by those that did the pacifier, herbie fully loaded, and let's go to prison; this doesn't surprise me) Unfortuanately Christopher Walkens guest role convinced me to see this movie, and even though he is fantastic as a white dude running a murderous Triad Ping Pong Ring, it doesn't save a horrible movie from a horrible script.