Product: Dodgeball/Borat Bonus Preview Disc (2004)
Rating: 5.0
Dodgeball, Grab Life by the Balls
Jonathan LevittMovie Review"Ready...and... DODGEBALL!" Those were the words heard over and over during the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. This movie, is so great it should bring tears to your eyes... after laughing so hard.Globogym owner and operator White Goodman (Ben Stiller) thinks he needs to expand his gym, so when the opportunity to take over Average Joe's Gym arises, he attacks. The owner of Average Joe's, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), wont go down without a fight. Average Joe's Gym must come up with $50,000, or they will have to shut down. What other way is there to win fifty grand, then playing Dodgeball? The loyal customers at Average Joe's decide to play in a dodgeball tournament with a grand prize of $50,000. White (Stiller) finds out, and enters his gym in the competition as well.Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn) is the old ex-dodgeballer who teaches the Average Joe's how to play Dodgeball by means of the 5 D's. Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge! Patches enjoys saying things like "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball," followed immediately by him throwing a wrench at someone, or saying "if you can dodge traffic you can dodge a ball," followed immediately by Patches making the Average Joe's run through traffic.Dodgeball is full of hilarious lines, such as the following: "Peter La Fleur: Hang on a second. You wanna become a cheerleader to prove you are not a loser? Justin: Yeah. Why? Peter La Fleur: Nothing. High school's changed a bit since I was a kid."The witty commentators of the Dodgeball matches, Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole) and Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman) also have their fair share of hilarious comments. "Cotton McKnight: I'm being told that Average Joe's does not have enough players and will be forfeiting the championship match.Pepper Brooks: It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.""Cotton McKnight: In 23 years of broadcasting I thought I'd seen it all, folks. But it looks like Peter La Fleur has actually blindfolded himself.Pepper Brooks: He will not be able to see very well, Cotton."Around the middle of the movie, six time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong appears, in an attempt to motivate Peter, and recommend that he doesn't quit.Peter La Fleur: Uh, actually I decided to quit... Lance. Lance Armstrong: Quit? You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. So what are you dying of that's keeping you from the finals? Peter La Fleur: Right now it feels a little bit like... shame. Lance Armstrong: Well, I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't anything to regret for the rest of their life. Well good luck to you Peter. I'm sure this decision won't haunt you forever.If you do end up watching this movie, which is a decision you will not regret, make sure you watch until the very end, after the credits are over...