March 21, 2010

Anchorman



Data
Title: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Year: 2004
Length: 98 minutes
Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Will Ferrell & Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner
Music: Alex Wurman (mostly non-original music)

My reaction
Synopsis: a woman joins a 1970s local news team
How I saw it: on video a couple times, most recently (have on DVD) yesterday
Concept: Terrible.
Story: Terrible. But they don't pretend it isn't.
Characters: Indifferent.
Dialog: Great.
Pacing: Good.
Cinematography: Bad.
Special effects/design: Indifferent.
Acting: Bad.
Music: Good.
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great). Hilarious. On a lot of levels, it's a terrible movie. It's the sort of thing you either love or hate.
Objective Rating: 2.0/4 (Indifferent).

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