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Our Spy Goes SEMI-PRO In Thousand Oaks!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
The teaser trailer for this is so completely fucking silly that it won me over. And, yes, I agree that seeing Will Ferrell (please learn to spell his name, everyone... please) do a new variation on a sports movie is at this point about the same as seeing Jim Varney either go to jail or join the Army. You pretty much knew exactly what you were getting, and the same is true of Will. The difference for me, of course, is that Will Ferrell’s brand of brainy oddbally surrealism with a touch of runaway meatball makes me laugh.
There’s a sliding scale for how good they are, of course. I thought TALLADEGA NIGHTS, for example, was very, very funny, while I thought KICKING AND SCREAMING was fairly close to unwatchable. So where on that sliding scale does SEMI-PRO fall? Let’s see what this spy had to say...
Hey Harry,
Me and a Buddy of mine just saw a free screening of Will Ferrell's new period-comedy, SEMI-PRO. This is yet another film in which the Ferrell Stereo-type inhabits a sports related world. While the movie is funny at times, the genre itself is getting a little fucking tiring.
Will Ferrell does: Nascar, Will Ferrell does: Pee-wee soccer, Will Ferrell does: Ice-skating, Will Ferrell Does: Your Mom, and here, Will Ferrell does: Basketball. I don't pretend to be a Will Ferrell hater, I do think his knappy chested man-shield is still funny, but he needs to put his talents to better use at this point.
The movie has a decently funny cast, including Woody Harrelson, who is actually the star of the film. I don't mean he overshines Ferrell, but the movie is driven mostly around Woody's character. It's jarring to tell you the truth.
It's an early cut, and I do think they can fix many of their problems in the editing room. They just have to cut back a bit on some of their story lines. The film mostly plays out following Woody Harrelson pursuing a love interest, and coaching the team. Will Ferrell is often trying to promote the team and earn money in various ways (Jumping women on rollerskates, and fighting a bear). And also follows a third character, Coffee, played by Andre Benjamin, who is the team's star player.
The film opens with a high and mighty, Jackie Moon, played by Ferrell, and suddenly we are introduced to Woody, as an ex, NBA star, who will be used on the team as Ferrell's secret weapon of success.
The introductory scene to Woody's character, gives the impression that he's some kind of hip, idiot. It was a bad way to introduce his character because later we realize that he's our straight man. The film nearly abandon's the slap-stick, ridiculous humor as he tries to earn his woman back, and we are left with a love story. However, the love story doesnt fully develop and in the end, the movie felt
confused as to what it wanted to be and who it should follow.
Overall, it's got some great moments and in my opinion, its funnier than Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory. They just need to make some decisions on plot lines in that old, cutting room.
If you use this, call me Don Cheadle.If you don't use this, call me a cab.
Me and a Buddy of mine just saw a free screening of Will Ferrell's new period-comedy, SEMI-PRO. This is yet another film in which the Ferrell Stereo-type inhabits a sports related world. While the movie is funny at times, the genre itself is getting a little fucking tiring.
Will Ferrell does: Nascar, Will Ferrell does: Pee-wee soccer, Will Ferrell does: Ice-skating, Will Ferrell Does: Your Mom, and here, Will Ferrell does: Basketball. I don't pretend to be a Will Ferrell hater, I do think his knappy chested man-shield is still funny, but he needs to put his talents to better use at this point.
The movie has a decently funny cast, including Woody Harrelson, who is actually the star of the film. I don't mean he overshines Ferrell, but the movie is driven mostly around Woody's character. It's jarring to tell you the truth.
It's an early cut, and I do think they can fix many of their problems in the editing room. They just have to cut back a bit on some of their story lines. The film mostly plays out following Woody Harrelson pursuing a love interest, and coaching the team. Will Ferrell is often trying to promote the team and earn money in various ways (Jumping women on rollerskates, and fighting a bear). And also follows a third character, Coffee, played by Andre Benjamin, who is the team's star player.
The film opens with a high and mighty, Jackie Moon, played by Ferrell, and suddenly we are introduced to Woody, as an ex, NBA star, who will be used on the team as Ferrell's secret weapon of success.
The introductory scene to Woody's character, gives the impression that he's some kind of hip, idiot. It was a bad way to introduce his character because later we realize that he's our straight man. The film nearly abandon's the slap-stick, ridiculous humor as he tries to earn his woman back, and we are left with a love story. However, the love story doesnt fully develop and in the end, the movie felt
confused as to what it wanted to be and who it should follow.
Overall, it's got some great moments and in my opinion, its funnier than Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory. They just need to make some decisions on plot lines in that old, cutting room.
If you use this, call me Don Cheadle.If you don't use this, call me a cab.
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What happend to the Rusty Bute film??
Will see this though, cant beat a bit of Cowbell! -
it was the number in the teaser and its fuckin hilarious
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my previous name was supercowbell IV the quest for more cowbell until i got freakin banned
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.......... it needs more Cowbell!
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Oct 26, 2007 11:05:48 AM CDT
Will Ferrell run around in his underwear and scream a lot?
by osmosis jones
'Cause that's ALWAYS funny.
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Its somewhere inbetween Kicking and Screaming and the Ice Skating one. You can kind of tell how good a Will Ferrell movie is going to be based on the director, unlike Adam Sandler movies. See this is a first time director who worked on crap like Mr. Woodcock, and Son of the Mask, The Man, And Balls a Fury. Pretty much some of the worst comedies to come out in recent times. But he also worked on Little Children and History of Violence, which were movies that were given a lot more cedit then they were worth, but about 7/10 movies. And the two guys that did Blades of Glory had never done anything, while the guy who did Kicking and Screaming did How High and American Wedding and those were pretty awful movies, yeah they were midly funny but ultimatly pretty bad. I feel like Will finds this small directors to do these Sports dumb sports movies.
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Am I the only one that thinks that should let Adam McKay and Will make the Justice League movie? Fill it with funny cameos, rather then tring to make it serious. Because JLA always seemed kind of Corny and dumb. I mean Superheors working together really just isn't fair, and since when would Superman ever need help? It is like the power Rangers of comic's. Lets just make it s goofy comedy, I think it would make for a much better movie.
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whatdeheck?
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People forget how fucking funny and witty Woody is. Maybe it's all of those articles in High Times that get in the way. I'm glad that he's the main focus here. It sounds more like Kingpin, which is ONE OF THE TOP THREE FUNNIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME!!!! If Ferrel is Bill Murray to Woody, then this is comedy gold people AND GOLD HAS NEVER BEEN WORTH MORE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. THANKS CONDOLEEZA.
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will wants to make it so it better be out soon. and if its not funny im going to kill someone.
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It's not like the public overwhelmingly demanded more Stranger Than Fictions from him either.
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