2004 Directed by Adam McKay
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
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"Why don't you go back to your home on Whore Island?" - Ron Burgundy
There's just something about Anchorman that makes it an absurdist cult classic.
Maybe it's the smell of rich mahogany that it gives off.
Maybe it's the yazz flute soundtrack.
Maybe it's the twisted science, where a woman's brains are 1/3 the size of the male's, and where bears can smell menstruation.
Maybe it's the loving of lamps. The loving of carpets. The loving of desks.
Maybe it's the intense emotional resonance of the glass case of emotion.
Maybe it's the fact that 60% of the time, the jokes work every time.
But one thing's for sure: it's kind of a big deal.
I love... carpet. I love... desk.
Brick, are you just looking at things in the office and saying that you love them?
I love lamp.
Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it?
I love lamp. I love lamp.
I've long ago given up on trying to pinpoint what tickles my funnybone, but there has always been one consistent thing that gets me laughing and that is dead pan absurdism.
Anchorman has that in spades. It plays everything with a straight face and it's just absolutely ridiculous. The dialogue, the physical comedy, the plot and the spontaneous spells of absurdity make this film a cocktail that clicks really well with me.
There's no point in analyzing this film. It's bonkers in all the right ways and reminded me a lot of Police Squad and Airplane. I usually like Ferrell, so that certainly helps, but Carell's schticky idiocy got the most laughs out of me. It's a trick he does, but boy does he do it well. So if that's your thing, definitely watch it (if you're one of the three people that hasn't yet).
Stay classy, Letterboxd. Stay classy.
Turns out ANCHORMAN is still a funny movie when I'm not 13 years old. Somehow the least funny parts of it are what became quotable, though.
How does Veronica Corningstone go for Ron Burgundy when Paul Rudd is RIGHT THERE???
“60% of the time, it works every time” is a great way to describe Adam McKays career.
I cant believe how many memes and scences from this movie I've known for years, and yet I've never seen it before. Till now ofc.
"Oh, Baxter, you are my little gentleman. I'll take you to foggy London town 'cause you are my little gentleman. Wow, this burrito is delicious, but it is filling."
This particular brand of tongue-in-cheek eye-rolling, smirking, and self-congratulatory overacting is never going to be my comedic bag. This film has some great moments, but so much of it is lazy, dated character humor and repetition that it feels like an overstretched Saturday Night Live skit-turned-movie to me.
