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old school was ok but over the top a trend that runs through all his films. He plays the same role in every film it gets boring like Hugh Grant.
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old school was ok but over the top a trend that runs through all his films. He plays the same role in every film it gets boring like Hugh Grant.
Most of his one liners are ad-libbed! The exact opposite of what you said. He also doesn't do slapstick at all.
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if he isnt slapstick, then what is? lol
slap·stick (slpstk)
n.
1. A boisterous form of comedy marked by chases, collisions, and crude practical jokes.
He doesn't do any of the above, therefore he is not a slapstick comedian.
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most of his jokes are crude. as for not being slapstick, well, people would disagree http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=...=result&cd=1&q=will+farrell+slapstick&spell=1
http://movieshow.sbs.com.au/index.php?pid=movie&cid=15898&uid=751
http://cavalierdaily.student.virginia.edu/CVArticle.asp?ID=15303&pid=984
its 'humour' at its most basic. the problem is, outside of a sketchshow, most people really dont find it funny.
http://movieshow.sbs.com.au/index.php?pid=movie&cid=15898&uid=751
http://cavalierdaily.student.virginia.edu/CVArticle.asp?ID=15303&pid=984
its 'humour' at its most basic. the problem is, outside of a sketchshow, most people really dont find it funny.
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I must say, most of you naysayers in this thread don't know anything about either will ferrel or comedy in general! Perhaps you should go watch his saturday night live sketches (Mr Tarkanian anyone?) and then perhaps you might revise your uninformed comments about how he relies on "heavy directing" etc. Yeah, that's exactly what SNL is about - heavy directing! 
It's like you saw Talledega nights and thought you'd figured it all out...
Anyways, I would agree that some of his films have been poor, TN especially. But some of his films have been pure comedy genius - Anchorman, Old School and who can forget the awesomeness of MUGATU in Zoolander, and that is all because of HIM, not the sodding director or the 'script'.
It's like you saw Talledega nights and thought you'd figured it all out...Anyways, I would agree that some of his films have been poor, TN especially. But some of his films have been pure comedy genius - Anchorman, Old School and who can forget the awesomeness of MUGATU in Zoolander, and that is all because of HIM, not the sodding director or the 'script'.
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I must say, most of you naysayers in this thread don't know anything about either will ferrel or comedy in general! Perhaps you should go watch his saturday night live sketches (Mr Tarkanian anyone?) and then perhaps you might revise your uninformed comments about how he relies on "heavy directing" etc. Yeah, that's exactly what SNL is about - heavy directing!
SNL is a sketch show, which is where Farrell is right at home. it doesnt work in a feature length film. frankly, the fact that you have feel you have to resort to that little rolleyes shows just how intolerant you are of other people's opinions.
he hardly had the biggest part in zoolander did he? if the film was based around mugatu it would have got boring very quickly.
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my main problem with will ferrel is his routine is getting old, he's shot himself in the foot with the amount of movies he has starred in which are all pretty similar
I am intolerant when people are expressing their ignorant opinions as fact. The FACT is, Ferrel is funny. Whether or not you like his films is another thing altogether.
Thanks for that Mr Spielberg. What an odd thing to say? The point is, his role in Zoolander was hilarious and that was becuase of him, not these stupid reasons you and your 'buddies' have been spouting in this thread (direction/script/slapstick/etc/etc).
I can understand why people may not like the latest run of ferrel films, but the guy is a talented comedian regardless.
what are you basing that on? I'm afraid that if you've got a crap script, then you're going to struggle to be funny so I'm not sure what you mean there.
I personally think he can be pretty funny, but his serious role in Stranger than Fiction went down a lot better.
agreed.
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thats balls, its your opinion and nothing more. when so many people find him unfunny, than you should revise what you are stating as fact. i think looking at imbd is enough to show you are in the minority.
pretty arrogant, arent you. do yo feel some sort of personal need to stick up for the guy?, to the point where you have to speel that trash at me? LOL. get over yourself.
because they are crap, yes.
I don't think it can be a fact that he's funny - it's a fact that he's a comedy actor, but whether he's actually funny is down to the individual. That's why these debates are largely pointless - you'll never resolve it because you'll have one camp going "omg will ferrel == hilarious" and one going "yeah, he sucks". Neither is going to change the others' minds so it just degrades to name calling and pointless tit-for-tat.
do you really think that a representative sample of the world's film-watching population rate films on IMDB? I'd wager that it's mostly self-proclaimed film "buffs" who think they're too good for Ferrell, and that's why you're using it as evidence to support a claim
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and for the record, i actually quite like him in SNL.
not at all, although i do feel it is an accurate representation of the general publics feeling towards his movies. certainly. i cant argue with a lot of whats said about them. it really has nothing to do with being too good for Ferrell lol. at any rate, i said nothing more than advice him to retract his "FACT" statement
answer me this, was there any need to get so defensive?
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I'm not digging at you, I'm sure you agree that threads of this nature mostly end up this way and it just gets a little old.
fair enough - there's no way either of us could ever prove our side, so there's little point in it. It was just food for thought.
I find he tends to be much better in small doses, hence his success on SNL I guess. If you check out the improv outtakes on the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back DVD you can see he does have a genuine talent ("Doesn't anybody have a jet any more?" 
), but maybe he should inject that into supporting roles rather than trying to take on leads. Anchorman would have been extremely dull were it not for the excellent supporting cast as the other members of the news team - trying to turn a sketch character into a feature film is always a huge gamble but luckily they managed to pad it well. It could easily have been another 'A Night at the Roxbury', which is so dire I actually love it.
), but maybe he should inject that into supporting roles rather than trying to take on leads. Anchorman would have been extremely dull were it not for the excellent supporting cast as the other members of the news team - trying to turn a sketch character into a feature film is always a huge gamble but luckily they managed to pad it well. It could easily have been another 'A Night at the Roxbury', which is so dire I actually love it. 