DVD: Blades of Glory

I had high hopes for this movie. Possibly a little too high.

Ferrell can be a little hit and miss for me. I don't deny he is a very funny man, but for every Anchorman, you get a Bewitched. I think he does better in smaller roles. For example, his parts in Starsky and Hutch and Zoolander had me on the floor. The smaller parts really allow him to let loose the complete insanity that makes up his comedic performances.

Heder just generally leaves me cold. I seem to be one of the few people who just couldn't get into Napoleon Dynamite. Although he did amuse me greatly in Just Like Heaven.

But that is not to say that this movie was awful. It was no Talladega Nights. I did enjoy the movie and the creepiness of the Von Waldenberg's was spot on (could have had a bit more of them, and the ending scene at the games you could see coming a mile away, given their performances). I just didn't find it as funny as I'd hoped.

Blades of Glory is the story of Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) and Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell). Ice skating champions. A series of events lead them to be banned from competitive ice skating for life and both are left to try to find alternative life paths.

Until MacElroy's stalker comes to the rescue. They can no longer compete in their division (solo male), but there is nothing to stop them form competing in the pairs. With a small amount of time remaining until nationals, if they want to get back into competition they have only one choice - to head into competition as the first all-male pair.

Of course, the contrast in their personalities makes for some rather amusing moments in their quest for gold.

So overall, it was fine. Won't be buying the DVD though.

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