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Maybe this is a film that will die at the box office (though buzz tells me maybe not) but damn, I have to give them credit for th pretty outrageous ad campaign they are running.
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Re: Semi-Pro
The unrated trailer makes it look way more funny than the standard trailer. Part of this was filmed in my town and it was pretty neat seeing all the movie stuff around town for a few days. Hope it does well.
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Re: Semi Pro..Same Will Farrel Again
Will Ferrell is only as good as his material. I liked "Blades of Glory" and "Elf," but I didn't think "Talledega Nights" or "Anchorman" were all that great. Anchorman especially bugged me because the level of visual sophistication of actual 1970s local newscasts was nowhere near what the movie depicted them as. I thought he was miscast in the otherwise charming "Curious George" animated movie.
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Re: Semi Pro..Same Will Farrel Again
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Anchorman especially bugged me because the level of visual sophistication of actual 1970s local newscasts was nowhere near what the movie depicted them as.
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You do realize that this is a comedy?A goofy Nonsensical one at that(and very funny as well.)The accuracy of the type broadcasts from that era was not exactly with point of the film.IT IS A COMEDY
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You do realize that this is a comedy?
A goofy Nonsensical one at that(and very funny as well.)
The accuracy of the type broadcasts from that era was not exactly with point of the film.
IT IS A COMEDY
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If the film were funnier I wouldn't have minded so much.
Semi-Pro looks like another misfire. It seems Will's following the same, sad career trajectory as so many other SNL stars.
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Re: Semi Pro..Same Will Farrel Again
Ferrell is digging his own hole. He definitely needs to give the 'sports' movies a rest and move on.
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Re: Semi Pro..Same Will Farrel Again
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Whoa, with all the Will Farrel bashing! I must be in the minority here, but I loved Anchorman and Taledega, thought Blades was OK, and Kicking and Screaming wasn't as bad as people led me to beleive. The only really terrible movie he ever did, in my opinion, was Bewitched. That was painful to watch.
I really liked this movie. Better than Blades, not quit as good as Anchorman.
The audience I was with loved it too, as the audience laughed a whole lot. There are some gags that misfire, and the love interest didn't need to be there (maybe they only put it there so they could lead up to one really funny joke). But come on, they traded a washing machine for a former NBA player! Just typing that made me laugh. And Woody Harleson, Will Arnett and Andrew Daly get their chance to be funny as well.
I guess you either like these kinds of movies, or you don't. I do.
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Yeah lets cool the jets on flaming this guy.Lets get some perspective. Farrel has had one of the most successful crossovers from SNL the big screen. No comedian no matter how good they are hits a home run every single time. This one was not his best. The best you can hope for is to have more hits than misses and I think that Farrell has succeeded in doing that so far.
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Still his best role, rivaled only by Ron Burgandy in Anchorman.
