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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
I walked out
Unwatchable and completely unfunny. I just don't understand how any of the professional critics can find anything redeeming about this piece of trash. Will Farrell is normally hilarious just walking onto the screen and he did the best he could with poor writing and tedious sight gags. I would like to see the actual screenplay compared to what made it into the film. Even the brilliance of Will Farrell's improvisation couldn't rescue this colossal waste of time.
I had enough after Burgundy's seemingly endless trek to the studio. Every now and then, even a modicum of watching people get knocked senseless can be amusing. Not here. $6.50 of my money and more importantly, 60 minutes of my life, that I will never get back.
Full Frontal (2002)
Dreadful
I remember my thoughts when I picked up the movie. "I've heard this is pretty good." I don't remember where or when, so I rented it. After watching this dreck, I now think, "Somebody lied to me." The lies just get better and better (or worse and worse) depending on your perspective
The lies continue. Look at the top of the page under Genre. The first word is COMEDY. Huh? Comedy for whom? There's nothing funny here.
Go to: Box Office and Business. Budget $2,000,000. I didn't think that Julia Roberts did anything for less than 20 million. I think that somebody is guilty of fraud. How do you quantify a big fat favor from her? This is fraud on an Enron scale.
Finally, this is from the Plot Summary: "Julia Roberts, Blair Underwood, David Duchovny, Brad Pitt (cameoing as himself), David Hyde Pierce, Catherine Keener, and Terence Stamp are reason enough to see the film, which is billed as a 'movie about movies for people who love movies.'"
A movie about movies for people who love movies? What? This should be billed as 'self-indulgent crap'!
And notice who was left out. Nicky Katt (although very annoying) was the best actor in this mess.
Alas, there is some truth. It was filmed in 18 days. I think just about anyone would agree, that sounds about right.