Comments on: ‘Land of the Lost’ – Ferrell misplaces comedy compass

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:51:31 +0000

James’ point remains strong, RonBurg, but I didn’t have too much sympathy for the anchors Ferrell mocked.

By: RonBurg

RonBurg — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:54:09 +0000

Hey, those 1970’s anchormen (too many of whom who still exist in some form on today’s news programs, cable in particular) had it coming!

By: James Frazier

James Frazier — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:14:03 +0000

Will Ferrell goes after the hard targets only a brave, principled comedian would dare target: NASCAR, ice skaters, George W. Bush, anchormen from the 1970’s. What a visionary.

By: opus

opus — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:24:27 +0000

Is Ferrell really considered a hot comic anymore? What was his last hit, the racing movie? He’s a one trick pony whose trick get’s old real fast.

Being a huge fan of animation, I have to take issue with the “claymation style dinosaurs” line.

If you’ll allow me to be a little anal here, the original animation for the show was spectacular, especially considering it was a weekly series and there were no computers involved. Large, lush minature sets were built and the models used weren’t clay.

I’ll stop throwing my animation tantrum now:)

By: cftoto

cftoto — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:35:45 +0000

I need to check in to his body of work, EDS. From a rough glance at his reviews he seems to disagree with the critical consensus on everything. Embracing “Lost” to buck the trend is just silly.

By: EDS

EDS — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:00:12 +0000

Well, Armond “The Bizarro Critic” White gave it a glowing review, so…I’ll be avoiding this one like the plague.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:40:47 +0000

My kid’s only 5 months old and my parental radar is already up … it’ll only get more frustrating when I see movies like this.

Yeah, I neglected to mention it here but the music actually impressed me … thunderous at times, but in a comically supportive way.

I’m a work in progress on the soundtrack front …

By: Ben Boychuk

Ben Boychuk — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:27:14 +0000

“‘Lost’ might have been a passable lark for the youngsters, but the film keeps heaping on the sexual and scatalogical jokes to spoil that option.”

Yeah, I was afraid this might be the case, especially with “Matt Lauer can SUCK IT” featured prominently in the trailer. My 7-year-old is reasonably well-mannered, but I could just hear him telling somebody — a teacher, his mom — to “suck it,” and that would be that. So, I think we’ll pass. Thanks for the confirmation.

Oh, by the way Christian, I don’t suppose after last weekend’s discussion you might have noticed the soundtrack when you screened the movie? Did we plant a seed? If so, what did you think?