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'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.
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.
Every now and then a comedy just works, contains that in definable alchemy of great concepts, perfect casting and memorable, iconic comedy lines. Anchorman is one such film for the Noughties, without question Will Ferrell's best movie (maybe Steve Carell's) and the kind of movie, much like Airplane or Naked Gun, that people will be quoting and referencing still in twenty or thirty years:
"IIII DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT! LOUD NOISES!!"
"Beard of Zeus! Great Odin's raven!"
"IM IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!"
"I love lamp."
"What do you say if we go out on a date? Have some chicken, maybe some sex... You know, see what happens."
"I read somewhere their periods attract bears. The bears…
A '70s-set celebration of goofiness, Adam McKay's "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" has aged into one of the great comedies of the last decade. Not because it is deep; and not because it really has anything to say; but because of its cast, color, and immense quotability; the film has cemented itself as, perhaps, the quintessential comic blast of the '00s. It is an often-hilarious, always fun dose of polyester-clad comedy that gets better with each viewing.
Detailing the impact on San Diego's famed Channel Four news-team when the team is forced to allow a woman within its ranks, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" is 90 minutes of jokes at the expense of mid-market TV news and old-school…
i watched this movie 20 times in 3 months when i was in the sixth grade. i like it less now but it still makes me chuckle
Comedy is hard to do in movies, and this movie does it very poorly. There are a few good chuckles in there and everyone plays there roles very well, but so many of the jokes were just piss poor excuses for comedy. This movie has it's fans and I can see why, but it really misses the mark for me personally
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