Fellman's Movie Reviews

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy is a 2004 comedy starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, and Fred Willard. The movie revolves around famous newsman Ron Burgandy (Ferrell) and his loyal news team sometime in, judging by the hair and fashion, what is supposed to be the late 70s. But their world is turned upside down when a new woman, Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), comes to work for the station, and begins to steal some of Ron’s spotlight.  

This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite movies. There’s so many good lines, and so much going on, it’s hard to not quote almost the entire movie when you’re talking about it. So much of this movie has become a meme by this point, and a lot of people don’t even know where it came from. The phrase “wow, that really escalated quickly” comes from this movie, and hardly anybody from this younger generation even knows it. I don’t really think “I love lamp” is as funny as it was 20 years ago when the movie came out. But it still has some charm to it.  

The thing I love about this movie is all the different characters. There’s so many different people in the script. From all the people working at the television station, to all the other news teams, to even Tino, the club owner. The amount of varying character development in this movie really makes it funnier than people realize. Like, you don’t notice how often Fred Willard is talking about his son on the phone before he starts talking to somebody else in his office, and how insanely messed up the situation is that he’s describing over the phone because he’s talking so normally. It’s a great gag, and you’re probably not paying attention to it because you’re focused on Ron or something else.  

Another thing I loved is how they made the news teams like gangs, and had them hanging out, smoking cigarettes next to their news van, waiting for another news team to walk by. That was a great bit. And then all of the other news teams show up for the “rumble” and they have the cameos from other comedy superstars like Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller. That’s one of the best scenes in the movie, despite the fact that there’s so many best scenes in the movie.  

So, yeah. Go and see Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. It’s not only one of the best comedies ever made, it just might be the basis for some jokes or lines that you’ve heard before, and didn’t even know they were from something that you’ve never seen before. But aside from all that, it’s just a hilarious movie that is worth watching. And as always, keep on watching, with a smile on your face…