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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rated by buyers PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN num: 0097361310640
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 4175
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 2007
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When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing, no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they’ve found a loophole that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate together – in pairs’ figure skating
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Take two male figure skaters, throw in a preposterous storyline, and you've got Blades of Glory, a surprisingly funny film that almost makes you forgive Will Ferrell for his back-to-back 2005 clunkers Kicking & Screaming and Bewitched. This time around, Ferrell eats the scenery in his role as a sex-addicted, cocky skating champ named Chazz Michael Michaels. When he gets into an on-podium fight with his nemesis and co-gold medallist Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite), both skaters are banned from competing in men's figure-skating events. Forever. Their fall from grace is brutal. Chazz is forced to work for a D-list skating show, while pampered Jimmy is disowned by his wealthy and cold-hearted adoptive father (excellently played by William Fichtner), who only wants to be around winners. When Jimmy points out that he tied for gold, his dad cruelly says, 'If I wanted to share, I would've bought you a brother.' Flash forward 3-1/2 years and Jimmy's No. 1 stalker Hector (Nick Swardson) says he's found a loophole. Jimmy's been banned from men's singles events, but there's nothing that says he can't compete in pairs skating. After a chance meeting with Chazz, mayhem ensues as the two rivals team up to go against the brother-and-sister team of Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (played by Will Arnett and his real-life wife, Amy Poehler of Saturday Night Live and Mean Girls fame). The Van Waldenbergs will stop at nothing to beat the competition, even if that means literally beating up the competition. They have no qualms manipulating their sweet little sister (Jenna Fischer, The Office) to seduce both men to try to break up the team.
The finale will be no surprise to moviegoers who know that comedies like this aren't set up to make its leading men losers. But there is one brief skating sequence set in North Korea that will surprise (and shock) many viewers because of its brutality. Ferrell and Heder make a great comedy team. Though he has been accused of playing the same role since his breakthrough performance in Napoleon Dynamite and, to a certain extent, plays a similar type of role here, Heder is spot-on as Jimmy. He manages to convey innocence, bitterness, and longing--all within the span of a few seconds and while wearing a peacock unitard (You can understand why Hector is so enthralled with him). Look for guest appearances by real-life skating champs Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, and Sasha Cohen, who gets to sniff Chazz's jockstrap. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Like Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - which put a laugh track on NASCAR - Will Ferrell takes a comedic shot at a "misunderstood" sport, but this time having a rival to slide the shtick around the rink.
Ferrell plays the flamboyant Chaz Michael Michaels, whose bitter feud with Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) leads to an altercation that earns them a lifetime competition ban in men's figure skating. Both fall on hard times, but a loophole in the banishment permits them to compete in pair's skating. And - you guessed it - Michaels and McElroy team up to stage a remarkable comeback on the world stage.
With skating legends like Sasha Cohen, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill and Scott Hamilton making appearances, the film parallels Talladega Nights (numerous NASCAR-associated personalities made cameos) in bringing a "realistic" twist to the wackiness.
But no matter the venue, there is a predictability in the script that keeps the action gingerly trying to locate solid footing while stumbling around on thin ice.
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This movie blows, they try too hard to be funny and aren't. What more can I say.
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This movie started well, but went down hill fast. It is one of just a few that I did not even finishwatching, but forced myself through most of it. Not worth the effort to buy.
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Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50
Average video bit rate: 31.51 Mbps
Running time: 1:33:09
Movie size: 29,86 GB
Disc size: 43,86 GB
LPCM 5.1 6912Kbps 24-bit English
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English / English SDH / Spanish / French
#Featurettes
-- Return to Glory (HD - 15 minutes)
-- Cooler Than Ice: The Super-Sexy Costumes of Skating (HD - 5 minutes)
-- Celebrites on Thin Ice (HD - 6 minutes)
-- Arnett & Poehler: A Family Affair (HD - 5 minutes)
-- 20 Questions with Scott Hamilton (HD - 5 minutes)
-- Hector: Portrait of a Psychofan (HD - 4 minutes)
#Moviefone Unscripted Promotional Interview (SD - 10 minutes)
#Photo Gallery (HD)
#Deleted Scenes (HD)
#Outtakes/Alternate Takes (HD - 10 minutes)
#Music Video (SD)
#MTV Interstitials (SD - 10 minutes)
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'Blades of Glory' is not the most significant film of all time but it is definitely hilarious. The plot is bizarre and oddball beyond imagination and, as something genuinely different, deserves a high rating. Two enemies, who are figure-skaters with diametrically opposed styles are thrown out of skating because of a stupid fight during an awards ceremony. Both are forced into demeaning jobs but find that there is a loophole in the regulations. They can still compete but must compete as dancing doubles.
Reluctantly and with huge antagonism they decide on it. They do well but must compete against an unscruplous, brother-sister doubles team that will do anything to win. They encourage their younger sister to seduce the younger member of the competitive team and then betray him with his partner [who happens to be an uncontrollable sex maniac]. It almost happens which drives a huge wedge between the partners.
To hedge their bets the brother-sister team attempts to handcuff their opponents until the Montreal competition is over. Both men escape, however, to finish their routine with the incredible and lethal 'iron lotus'. They win; the brother-sister team is arrested; and boy gets girl.
One of many funny scenes is the brother-sister competing as JFK and Marilyn Monroe. Hilarious.
Ron Braithwaite
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