Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Catfish at the cinema

Dodgeball has lots of the funny. Anchorman has just a little of the funny.
The banter between ESPN 8 “The Ocho” commentators Gary Cole and Jason Bateman alone is worth at least matinee price.
Yup. That’s Lumberg and Teen Wolf Too as Cotton McKnight and Pepper Brooks as an over-excited duo of an overly analytical cliche flinger and buzz-word hip X-Games announcer.
Some exhanges:

Cotton McKnight: It looks like it's two on one. This is a ménage à trois of pain.
Pepper Brooks: Usually you have to pay double for that, Cotton.

Cotton McKnight: It looks like this Cinderella story has come to an end. The clock has struck midnight and this magical carriage has turned back into a pumpkin.
Pepper Brooks: I sure do like pumpkins Cotton.

Cotton McKnight: It looks like the Average Joe's are having to forfeit because they don't have enough players.
Pepper Brooks: Interesting strategy, Cot. Let's see how that works out for them.

Dodgeball is surprisingly smart, a film that doesn't stop with it's send-up premise. It's too quirky to dismiss as another in the canon of Ben Stiller weird-voice and weird-hair films. The snappy sketch comedy style bits just keep on a comin'.
Anchorman is hilarious at times, but far too thin to be great, or even a cult classic. That Kelly Bundy, though, she just hasn't quit...

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