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Blades of Glory - Will Ferrell formula still works... kinda!

June 26th 2007 06:23

Will Ferrell and John Heder shine... the movie doesn't

Blades of Glory hit the Australian cinema with all the energy of a rampaging furbie - a shame as at base it really isn't all that bad! Though Will Ferrell has united movie fans into two devoted camps - "love him!" and "hate him!" - Stranger Than Fiction proved beyond all question that he is a legitimately skilled comedian. Taladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, proved that he has farce locked up and in the bag. Only the likes of Jiam Carey and Sacha Baron Cohen can compete with him for true outrageousness!

Sadly this is where Blades of Glory slips. It isn't outrageous at all. Really its just formulaic and hookey. Shame! It had such potential too!
Co-starring brilliant Napoleon Dynamite alum John Heder and Arrested Development bad-boy Will Arnet... just where and how did this screw up?

A comic genius for our times - his talent is woefully underused here

Storyline: Two of the worlds greatest solo male figure skaters compete at the Olympics and tie for the Gold - only to get into a brawl during the awards ceremony. The result is that they are banned for life and are forced to take on extremely ba-yud skating jobs. Will Ferrel's character takes on a king of Disney-on-Ice job and ends up getting laid, getting pissed and vomitting inside his costume - it's ugly!

That is only until John Heder's stalker - tired of stalking an ex-star - informs him that according to the rule book he can still compete in the pairs skater event. Naturally he looks EVERYWHERE - no honest! EVERYWHERE!!! Really... PFFT!

Nice Try Boys

You can already guess whats coming. He teams up with his former rival and ex-coach who has revolutionary sure to wow-the-crowds-or-destroy-the m-both skating routine and they head off to compete against the top pair - a brother sister team, providing the compulsory incest scene!!!
It's ridiculous, it's outrageous, but it hangs back from going into all out wildness! John Heder's character for example is shy, retiring, a pretty-boy surrounded by all kinds of gay symbolism - and all he wants is a girlfriend! The joke is not even played once! WHAT'S WITH THAT???!!!!!!

Good visual gag... just kinda underplayed

Will Ferrell's character is dirty and crass and over the top in ALMOST every way. Note the almost. Blades of Glory starts with exceptional promise and slowly descends into down and out boredom as the brilliantly conceived characters and contrived situations fail to live up to anything more than a formula laugh-fest without much in the way of comic pizzaz. There just is no farce factor.
A dreadful shame. Sure to go straight to triple packs on DVD and into the bargain bin. In the meantime, if you can get cheap tickets and could use an undemanding cackle, drop in and see it. Just don't go out of your way. You can wait to see Blades of Glory!

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