2008 Woodie Awards
Blades wins gold in comedy
By: Jessica Morrow
Issue date: 4/4/07 Section: Entertainment & Features
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Staff Writer
As we near the end of this semester, we could all use a break from the hard work and stress we have been enduring. For me, I chose to go to the movies and see the debut of the new comedy Blades of Glory starring Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) and Jon Heder (Napolean Dynamite, School for Scoundrels).
Not being a fan of figure skating, I was a little reluctant at first, but what drove me to go was knowing Ferrell and Heder were starring in this film, and I was desperate for a break and really could have used some laughs. Ferrell plays eccentric champion figure skater, Chazz Michael Michaels, a self-satisfied, self-made, rags-to-riches superstar whose sloppy physique and routines have made him male skating's first superstar. Heder plays Michaels' rival on the ice, "The Galloping Peacock," pampered Jimmy MacElroy. Adopted by a billionaire, MacElroy was programmed from childhood to be a figure-skating champion.
During a medals ceremony, Michaels and MacElroy wind up getting into a scuffle causing them to get banned from organized skating for life - until a loophole in the sport's regulations enables them to compete again - this time as a team.
Not only do they become the first male/male figure-skating pair, but they also become a threat to the longtime dominance of Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (Will Arnett, Arrested Development, and Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live), the brother-and-sister skaters who will stop at nothing to remain on top.
Based on the trailer (along with my lack of fondness for figure-skating), I was sure this movie was going to be a waste of my time, but Ferrell and Heder did a wonderful job delivering in this movie and truly made it worthwhile.
So, if you are anything like me and really could use a time out for some laughs, then go see Blades of Glory. You won't be disappointed.
Blades of Glory debuted as the No. 1 movie with $33 million in ticket sales and is now playing. It is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image and some drug references.
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