Huge fan but slightly annoyed at the layout of the film

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 2004)

I don't want to come off on the wrong foot I am the biggest fan of this new wave of comedies hitting the big screen like Old School, Starsky & Hutch, Dodgeball, and eagerly awaiting Anchorman. In short I love the actors that star in these movies; Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and Jack Black (waiting for him to join the gang).
But I was quite annoyed with the delivery/layout of Dodgeball. Now I don't want it to look like I'm backtracking on what I said before I did love the film but I felt the way that the director basically was setting up the dialogue so that Vince Vaughn could say something humorous. It simply felt forced and unnatural. With a character saying something stupid or unwitty just so Vince could comeback with a clever quip. Ben Stiller was a laugh a minute as the egotistical White Goodman (I'm sure there's a race related joke in there somewhere; White Good Man) and I also thoroughly enjoyed Steve the pirate, who is one of the most random characters I've seen in a while with no explanation as to why he thinks he is a pirate. If that was a nail in comedy you just hit it on the head.
I am now in a state of limbo waiting to see Anchorman so that I can finally decide who is my favourite comedic actor Vince Vaughn or Will Ferrell and unfortunately at the moment I think I'm leaning towards the Ferrell beast.
Overall a good laugh and worth a watch if you like this batch of comedy although I would have enjoyed seeing a few more of the Dodgeball teams. One especially; the She Mullets.