Went to see Blades of Glory last night, the new Will Ferrell film set in the world of figure skating. If you don’t know anything about the film it is basically the story of two world class male figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) who get banned for life from Figure Skating for fighting on the winners podium. They both hit rock bottom until they find out that they can re-enter champioships as a figure skating couple, but this puts them in direct competition with evil brother and sister team Stranz Van Waldenberg (Will Arnett) and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (Amy Poehler)
I have to confess I didn’t have high hopes for this film, I was kind of expecting Dodgeball on ice. Not that there was anything wrong with Dodgeball but it wasn’t the best comedy ever. So many of these films either fall flat after the first 40 minutes or outstay they’re welcome with bloated running times.
Blades of Glory however was hilarious from beginning to end. Ridiculously over the top outfits (just wait until you see the tron costumes), campness is abound as you would expect, along with homosexual undertones and even incest. Ferrell and Heder, play really well off each other, totally different characters but ultimately both the same at heart. Ferrell once again plays an overly macho, not very bright and in this case addicted to sex (including a very funny sex addicts meeting scene) character. Heder plays the innocent blue eyed boy, with a privileged and also cruelly skating focussed upbringing.
It’s not often I visit the cinema and hear lots of open laughing out loud from the audience. But this was one of those times, so I guess that is as good a recommendation as anything.
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