Blades of Glory [Blu-ray]

I don’t want to say how many times I’ve watched this.

Fire and Ice Genius casting, original plot, perfectly compatible soundtrack, and a wonderfully comedic script all contribute to make Blades of Glory a timeless, “never gets old” type of movie. Chazz Michael Michaels, “an ice devouring sex tornado”, and Jimmy MacElroy, “skating’s little orphan awesome”, pair up to create the biggest scandal in figure skating yet.After years of quarreling build up to a physical altercation that leads to the two being stripped of their gold medals and banned from figure skating for life, they find a loophole in the rule book and register together in pairs figure skating. Despite butting heads regularly, Jimmy and Chazz begin to form a bond over Jimmy’s crush on Katie Van Waldenburg, sister of their competitors Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenburg. Jimmy and Chazz have clashing personalities in every aspect, but manage to form an unbreakable friendship and build their skills as they attempt the most dangerous feat in skating history, the Iron Lotus all while refuting the sabotage attempts being laid out by the Van Waldenburg’s. The only question is, will they execute the move and not each other?Will Ferrell plays sex addicted Chazz Michael Michaels, and makes every scene so believable that you forget he’s also played characters like Buddy the Elf and Ricky Bobby. He absorbs the role with facial expressions and grunts of exhaustion that take his acting to a whole new level, particularly the strain heard in his voice when he breaks his ankle. Jon Heder plays Jimmy MacElroy, a role not so different than that of Napoleon Dynamite. Heder suits his role perfectly with his natural awkwardness and innocence, easily seen in his line, “I got my face painted at the blueberry festival one year”. Also recognizable is Amy Poehler as Fairchild Van Waldenburg. Poehler portrays her character’s personality with perfect facial expressions that radiate with jealousy and bring the character to life. Each actor/actress delivers their lines with purpose and direction, emphasizing their character’s individual mannerisms and personality.A good soundtrack can grant significant improvement to any movie. George Drakoulias, music supervisor for Blades of Glory, carefully assigns each scene with a song to convey the mood that he wants the audience to feel. In particular, the various skating scenes in the movie are matched up with music that fits not only the routine but also the respective personalities of the characters performing the routine.Along with great actors and an awesome soundtrack, Blades of Glory was given a well-written and comedic script. The script was crafted so well that you’ll find yourself quoting line after line, which gives the movie a fun, timeless quality. The movie is so quotable that Kanye West and Jay-Z inserted sound bits from the movie into one of their songs, they used a conversation between Chazz and Jimmy, “I don’t even know what that means… No one knows what it means, but it's provocative… No, it's not, it's gross...It gets the people going!” This can be accredited to the brilliant screenwriters Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler, who have worked together in the past writing scripts for things like Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill.From the sex jokes delivered by Will Ferrell, the innocence portrayed by Jon Heder, and the antics carried out by Amy Poehler, the film is truly one of Fire and Ice, which coincides with the theme for Chazz and Jimmy’s first pairs skating routine. Blades of Glory is 93 minutes of comedy, figure skating, and friendship that you’ll be quoting for years to come.

Will Ferrell is always hilarious. I watch this over and over. Kind of goofy but very funny.

Worth purchasing this movie to watch when it isn't streamed on things. Super funny!

Good movie. Funny. Some crude humor.

Silliest Movie on the planet but it will make you smile!!!

Hilarious, would watch again

I could spend all night writing about how cool these guys are. Will Ferrell has always been an idol of mine and his performance here is top tier! Everyone else also did a great job! You will laugh your buns off if you watch this movie.

Loved it

Desternillante. Muy en la línea de ZOOLANDER.

Como todos los trabajos en los que sale Will Ferrell, película entretenida, para pasar el rato y reírse un poco.

Entgegen der Angabe auf dem Cover hat die BD keine Deutsche Tonspur!Bin leider auch drauf reingefallen...Die Disc ist nur für den Skandinavischen Markt mit Deutsch 5,1 erschienenund hat die Artikelnummer 7332504990581.Ein Stern Abzug wegen der falschen Info bzgl. des Tonformats.

Escelente un pedido de 5...Milagroo.