Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Brick Tamland: Excuse me, Veronica?

Veronica Corningstone: Yes? What is it, Brick?

Brick Tamland: I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.

Veronica Corningstone: Excuse me?

Brick Tamland: [struggling] The... party. With the... with the pants. Party with pants?

Veronica Corningstone: Brick, are you saying that there's a party in your pants and that I'm invited?

Brick Tamland: That's it.

Veronica Corningstone: Did Brian tell you to say this, Brick?

Brick Tamland: No. Yes. He did.

Veronica Corningstone: Okay. No. I don't want to go to a party in your pants.

Brick Tamland: Very well. Ian, would you like to go to a party in my pants?

When Anchorman opened in 2004 almost immediately you heard people on the streets quoting the movie. Anchorman is a classic that everyone needs to see. Certain movies you can brush off and easily forget, but a movie like Anchorman is not one. Anchorman is a movie where there are so many good quotes, you can only wish to remember them all.

Will Ferrell has countless hilarious movies, but many believe this was peak of his career. Many consider Anchorman the key to setting Will Ferrell above many of the other average comedic actors. There is no other actor that could play Ron Burgundy; Burgundy is an absolutely ridiculous character, and Will Ferrell was born to play his role in this movie.

Ferrell’s supporting cast was also full of talented actors. Actors like Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell, and Vince Vaughn are what put this movie over the top. Steve Carrell played Brick Tamland; a complete idiot. Brick was the weatherman for the news team, and he constantly provided random, irrelevant information which was absolutely hysterical.

In the middle of the movie Burgundy dropped the F-bomb on live Television, and was fired. Burgundy was one of the most popular newspersons in the city, and completely fell from fame. This proves Skinner’s point about reinforcement; it doesn’t matter who you are, there are positive and negative affects proportional to your performance.

There is not much to say about Anchorman, other than the fact that you could watch it 5 times in a row and still laugh every time. This movie gets funnier the more times you watch it, and will be, I believe, what Will Ferrell is remembered for.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Cotton McKnight: In 23 years of broadcasting I thought I'd seen it all, folks. But it looks like Peter La Fleur has actually blindfolded himself.

Pepper Brooks: He will not be able to see very well, Cotton.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, opened in 2004, is known as one of the most entertaining movies to ever be released. This movie’s cast is full of recognizable comedic actors; including Justin Long, Ben Stiller, Jason Bateman, and Vince Vaughn.

The movie starts out in a slower fashion in comparison to the rest of the movie. The beginning of the movie presents the context; it gives background on the situation and displays the rivalry between Average Joe’s gym, and Globo gym. This part of the movie puts Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn’s true comedic ability on display. Vince Vaughn’s is very laid back, with many witty jokes, while Ben Stiller is extremely obnoxious, both making the audience laugh hysterically.

Although this movie is great all the way through, what is truly memorable about the film are the announcers of the actual Dodgeball tournament held in Las Vegas. Jason Bateman, playing Pepper Brooks performed some of the most memorable quotes in movie history. Alongside was Cotton McKnight who throughout the entire tournament seemed appalled by Brooks lack of intelligence making the scenes even funnier.

I do not want to release the entire plot to you, but the entire movie is based around the owners of a gym competing in a Dodgeball tournament to save their gym from being bought by Globo gym. Average Joe’s gym (the main character and owner of the gym Vince Vaughn) was losing all of their customers. People were either going to Globo gym, or they just stopped working out all together, and this is a similar situation which Robert Putnam stated was going on in America in Bowling Alone. Putnam stated that the social capital in America was decreasing, and this was being confirmed in the movie.

Dodgeball, although is considered one of the best movies of all time, I believe has not yet received the credit it deserves. This is one of my favorite movies, and hopefully over time will become even more recognizable.