REVIEW: The only two things one need ask
of a movie like ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES are, be funny, appeal to those who liked the first one.
Not exact matches
It doesn't have to be niche — it can be a kind
of wine or a particular
movie — but «For a great night in, I need a bottle
of Margaux and
Anchorman on DVD» is much more exciting than «I
like watching films with a glass
of red!»
A curiously joyless
movie that tries to channel the giddy amorality
of Dr. Strangelove but forgets to add jokes or dramatic stakes, War Dogs is a major whiff from Hangover trilogy director Todd Phillips, who won't be graduating to serious material
like Anchorman's Adam McKay did with The Big Short.
Super Troopers 2 does a middling job addressing these concerns, and while there are a few laughs sprinkled throughout, it's far below the level
of the first
movie —
like Anchorman 2, while even including an astonishing failure
of an opening sequence that seems lifted almost directly from that
movie.
For the last few years, Apatow has reigned as the King Midas
of comedy, a kingmaker who transformed the doughy, stony likes of Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen into movie stars and produced or directed a formidable string of big hits: Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal
of comedy, a kingmaker who transformed the doughy, stony
likes of Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen into movie stars and produced or directed a formidable string of big hits: Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal
of Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen into
movie stars and produced or directed a formidable string
of big hits: Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal
of big hits:
Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Legend
Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal
Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Rudd has spent a lot
of his career playing either the lovable everyman or the goofy friend, in
movies like «Clueless» and «
Anchorman.»
I have a feeling it may be one
of those
movies you catch on TV and have to watch 15 mins
of like Elf, or
Anchorman.
Too many
of the
movies this year are aimed at a younger male audience
like (December's) «
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues»,» Shaw said.
Anchorman 2 feels
like a search for
movie patron gold rather than a desire to tell a second tale with this cast
of characters.
Starting October 1, Hulu will provide a wide range
of hit
movies for streaming, including things
like World War Z, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hunger Games: Catching Fire,
Anchorman 2, and more.