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Comedy Blades of Glory hit the mark with me. It is a very funny movie that is full of typical Will Ferrell one liners. I was sketchy going in to see a movie about figure skating because it is definitely not one of my favorite sports, but the all-time great combo of Jon Heder and Will Ferrell caught my attention. I did not want to miss what might be my only opportunity to see Napoleon Dynamite teamed up with Ron Burgundy.

This movie has a fairly simple plot about two famous figure skaters with very different styles. Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) is a skater who focuses completely on style and showmanship, while Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) works the crowd, especially the ladies, with his dazzling effects and tricks. They both are competing for supremacy in the figure skating world. In the opening act the two compete in a big time event and end up tying, while accepting their medals they get into a fist fight in the middle of the ice. This causes the two men to be banned from figure skating for the rest of their lives. One note that I would like to mention is that William Daniels plays a role in this movie. For those of you who don't know who that is, he played Mr. Feeny on my all-time favorite TV show Boy Meets World. I digress. Superstalker Hector (Nick Swardson) finds a loophole in the system and tells Jimmy that all he has to do is sign up for doubles and he can skate again. Jimmy is skeptical at first but then he realizes he wants to skate because it is all that he knows how to do. He has trouble finding a partner until his old coach (Craig T. Nelson) gets the crazy idea that he should pair up with hated enemy Chazz Michael Michaels. Things are rough at first but the two eventually get along and find their way to the big stage at the national winter games in Canada. They have to compete against the best doubles team of all time Fairchild and Stranz Van Waldenberg.

The movie is very funny but it is a little corny at times, which is to be expected from a Will Ferrell and Jon Heder flick. But all in all in is a pretty good movie that I was not disappointed by. Will Ferrel is a genius when it comes to comedy. He really knows what he is doing and I've even heard he ad libs some of his scenes which makes it that much more hysterical. I'll give you a little flavor from the movie. This is my favorite convo between Jimmy and Chazz:

Chazz: Night is a dark time for me.
Jimmy: It's a dark time for everyone.
Chazz: Not people in Alaska or dudes with night vision goggles.

This is just one of the many one liners portrayed in the movie. But as usual I will provide a trailer below so you can check it out if you would like.

Grade: B

Posted by tschill at April 5, 2007 11:53 AM

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