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Every
so often a movie comes along that changes things forever. As The Joker once
said, “there’s no going back.”
A movie
that rattles the Earth to its icy core and sends shock waves to the furthest
reaches of the solar system, passed Pluto, beyond Planet X and into the
infinite grasp of the universe.
A movie
whose cultural impact can’t be measured, calculated or even fathomed until
centuries later. At the earliest.
For
those of us who walked the Earth during that year of our lord 2004, “Anchorman”
was that kind of film. And thanks to the wonders of DVD and Blu-Ray, the magic
of “Anchorman” is available for generations to come.
And now
comes this news. Announced on TBS’s “Conan” last night.
Yup. A
sequel. Now, on the surface that sort of news should be enough to make a
wolverine purr and drive the ladies wild. Real good times for all.
Except,
I hear no purrs. All I hear are nervous whispers and troubled sighs. Why?
What
are the odds that “Anchorman 2” turns out to be “The Godfather Part 2?” Or,
better example, “Terminator 2?” Sequels that managed to one-up their beloved
predecessors.
The original
“Anchorman” perhaps was lightning in a bottle. It’s going to be extremely hard
to recapture that again, even for a man of Will Ferrell’s stature. Even if Paul
Rudd, David Koechner, Steven Carell, Christina Applegate, Ling Wong the Panda
and director Adam McKay return.
It’s
never-wracking. I will hold out hope for the best. But if it fails, I promise
to send “Anchorman 2” to the ugly depths of The Cheese List for all of time.
Until it
enters theaters, we must wait. And wonder.
Eddie Murphy is really horrible
I don’t
know if you noticed, I sure as heck didn’t until just this minute.
Eddie
Murphy’s latest crapfest “A Thousand Words” is currently sitting at an
astounding 0% on movie review aggregator site Rottentomatoes.com.
0%!
That means it hasn’t received a single mostly positive review. Really amazing
stuff.
Now, in
case you’re keeping score at home, this is literally rock bottom for Murphy,
whose career has been in a historic nose dive for the last… few decades.
Murphy’s
previous low point had been 2002’s “The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” which
clocked in at 6% on Rottentomatoes.com. Even 2007’s universally reviled “Norbit”
managed to scrounge up a 9% rating.
The
good news for Murphy and moviegoers is, if he’s still allowed to make movies
after this, there is nowhere to go but up. Or, you know, I guess he could
maintain. I like to be optimistic though. No I don’t.
Source:
Rotten Tomatoes
