Here We Go Again - Too Much The Same Overdone Crudeness

Rating: 3/10 (14 January 2009)

First of all, a handful of questions......
What happened to subtle humor? Why do filmmakers like this think they have to kick you in the testicles to get a laugh, or is it just hilarious to them? Don't they ever have jokes that the audience has to use their brains to figure it out? Why does Hollywood put comedies down the gutter, film after film? Do they think "sex" is the only funny topic?
In this typical crude, obnoxious, sex-obsessed comedy of today's world, the topic is ice skating and, of course, a big plug (if you see it that way) for same-sex pairings., Actually, story-wise - the film is a rip-off of Zoolander and Dodgeball, which were much funnier films, by the way. In this one "Chazz Michael Michaels"(Will Ferrell), a slob who proudly admits he's "a sex addict," and "Jimmy MacElroy" (Jon Holder),a pretty-boy small blonde guy who looks more the like the real-life thing, are both are thrown out of competitive ice skating when Ferrell starts a fight on the ice.
Several years later, figure skating guru, "Coach" (John T.Neson) figures the boys could sneak back into competition by being pairs. Hey, whoever said you couldn't have two same-sex partners, he reasons? Of course, you know the guys will quickly evolve from stooges to champions.
Along the way you get the same old/same old bathroom jokes and sight gags in today's comedies, meaning nonstop sex jokes, guys with their faces in the other's crotches, guys with their skates and other objects rammed into their groins, nonstop innuendos or gross-out scenes and generally low-life material we've come to expect from a Will Ferrell film. As for Holder, this is the first time I've seen him since "Napoleon Dynamite," and he's okay. I don't think he'll win any acting awards but at least he's isn't anywhere as offensive as Ferrell.
Hey, I like dark humor. It can be very funny at times, but Ferrell's character overdoes it. Cut his crudeness and insults in half and you might have had a semi-decent movie. Yeah, I know the character he plays in here is supposed to be repulsive, but it's overplayed to the point of losing the humor.
Stereotypes? I won't even get into the gay issue with this movie. How about the villains with the big German names (Von Waldenberg)? How long is Hollywood going to hang onto its hatred of Germans? Get over it.
I was sorry to see real life skating star/announcer Scott Hamilton involved with sleaze like this. I thought he had more class. The same could be said for some famous other skaters of the past, but they only had cameo appearances.
Finally, in this sex-sleaze "comedy," I see two of the writers were guys named Cox. That figures!