Just had to switch it off.....

I perfectly understand you.
I love Will Ferell, but found the humour in this one of really bad quality...

I agree. First of all, I don't find Will Ferrell funny.
One, he's a terrible actor who can only play the "douchebag comedy" type of role. And two, man, he’s just really, really, really unfunny.

Not to sound like a douche myself, but when watching Arrested Development or a similar show, not only do I get knocked out cold by the awesome jokes and dialogue, but the way the plot is written so that all kinds of situations and intricate details intertwine and create this awesome episode is just fantastic.

Then I watched this because my friends insisted, and I don’t get it. I really don’t.
Did the writers and Ferrell think long and hard about what would be funny? “I know, we’ll have him in a telephone booth wailing over his dog, but instead of speaking he just cries in a over-the-top way the whole time”. Or “got a great idea, we’ll have the restaurant owner bring him catpoop, and they will have a long back and forth discussion whether Ron eats the catpoop”. Or how about “Veronica tries to read the news but the guys are doing goofy dances in their underwear to throw her off”. Wow, brilliant!

To me, this is the kind of comedy that takes no talent or skill to come up with, and is only “funny” because we see grown men do childish things. It’s unoriginal and get boring quickly.



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I had the same reaction.

I'm not a snob, this movie just didn't make me laugh. Putting a bunch of former SNL people in a movie doesn't automatically make for humor.

If you want to see a real-life anchor meltdown, try viewing Bill O'Reilly freaking out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-Y3HJNU_s

I found some parts funny, but I enjoyed the actual story more.

That's okay. I got two lines into your review and couldn't finish it either.

Old school is way better

I agree with the person who mentioned that you'd have to be in the 70's to appreciate the joke.

It's clearly made for today's audience with the joke in the comparison of how things were then and how we should appreciate the progression from those times.

If you go into the movie with that mindset then you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised. Live out the outer-sphere-things like how the premise sets it, this is Ron and he's the center of everyone's attention. He could do practically anything because he's the anchorman. None of the scenes that admittedly are idiotic aren't meant to discredit him in the eyes of us, the audience watching the movie.

To me the honest and simple bragging as portrayed here when Ron announced to everyone that he's dating Veronica is preferred to the awkwardness and genuine wtf as seen in the Amazing Spiderman.