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BLADES OF GLORY (Paramount/DreamWorks)

 

Starring Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, William Fichtner, Jenna Fischer, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Rob Corddry, Craig T. Nelson

 

Tagline: "Kick Some Ice"

Plot Summary: The two top ice skating rivals, Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder), wind up in a heated fight on the ice during the World Championships, getting them both banned from the sport for life. Three years later, they discover a way to get around the judgment, by joining together to become the sports' first-ever male pairs figure skating team.

 

I found a mini review: At its core, this suffers from the same problem as every other Will Ferrell movie in that if you don't dig his usual schtick, you'll spend most of the movie trying to figure out why others seem to find him so funny. Essentially, Ferrell is playing Ricky Bobby on Ice with a lot of the same obvious and predictable gags that Ferrell has done in every single movie, almost as if the filmmakers watched alll those movies before writing this one. At least the rivalry between Ferrell's manly MIchaels and Heder's fey MacElroy offers a lot of funny physical gags, and you have to give the duo credit for the guts and gumption it must have taken to perform some of their hilarious ice-skating routines. Though there's certainly a danger of the movie turning into one homophobic joke after another , there's a couple saving graces like comedy's cutest couple Amy Poehler ("SNL") and WIll Arnett ("Arrested Development" ), who steal many scenes as Michaels and MacElroy's rivals, while Nick Swardson gives a freaky performance as an obsessed stalker fan. What will win any skeptics over is the sweet and innocent romance between Heder and "The Office" star Jenna Fischer, who's awkward first kiss is destined to win an MTV Movie Award. (Fischer is so incredibly hot in one scene that you can't help but be jealous of James Gunn... and Ferrell for that matter.) Ultimately, the movie gets better and funnier as you warm up to the premise and the characters, and it succeeds best when it takes advantage of its talented cast and lets them do their thing. (Stick around after the credits for a really strange bit from Swardson that makes his character even creepier.) Rating: 7/10

 

Why I Should See It: You can't do much better in terms of a comic pairing than Will Ferrell and Jon Heder…. Well except putting him against Borat.

Why Not: There's a chance that people are getting burnt out on both of of these guys, and let's face it, what self-respecting straight man would want to watch a movie about ice skating?

 

Box Office Projections:

 

Rank Title Weekend (in millions)

1 Blades of Glory 36.2

2. Meet the Robinsons 30.3

3. TMNT 13.9

4. 300 12.0

5. Shooter 8.9

6. Wild Hogs 8.6

7. The Last Mimzy 6.2

8. Premonition 5.4

9. Reign Over Me 4.8

10. The Hills Have Eyes 2 4.2

Ask a Ninja interview of the stars of this movie..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQM2VYaWzSs

I look forward to killing you very soon.

Actual Weekend Box Office

 

1. Blades of Glory (2007) $33M $33M

2. Meet the Robinsons (2007) $25.1M $25.1M

3. 300 (2007) $11.2M $180M

4. TMNT (2007) $9.16M $38.4M

5. Wild Hogs (2007) $8.39M $135M

6. Shooter (2007) $8M $27.2M

7. Premonition (2007/I) $5.1M $39.3M

8. The Last Mimzy (2007) $4M $16.2M

9. The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) $3.92M $15.8M

10. Reign Over Me (2007) $3.7M $13.3M