Will Ferrell needs to stop acting; confirm/deny

[EightMilesHigh]

I hate this guy.

I don't think he's ever been in a good movie. He just seems to go around thinking that the louder he is, the more obnoxious he is, etc., the better his films are. He sucks. He's like a really bad version of John Belushi without the sense of self-awareness.

And the most annoying thing is people keep giving this guy roles. There's something wrong when in between 2004 and 2007 he makes Anchorman (I admit this was ok, but only because of Steve Carell and Paul Rudd), Kicking and Screaming, Talladega Nights, Blades Of Glory, etc., and people still pour in to see it.

I'm not some freak movie snob who only watches Frederico Fellini. I love a good comedy now and then, like The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack, Office Space, etc. But he plays the same character over and over and just panders to the lowest common denominator.

Any thoughts?

[Alf™]

Anchorman was a good movie.

[MattSharpIsCool]

I think he can be pretty funny at times, aside from the fact he has one character he plays in everything he's involved in. But my god is he overused. I read somewhere that he and Ben Stiller are in something like 90% of movies ever released worldwide. True story.

[Mr. Ron]

Will is the man.

[planewreck]

He needs to stop doing broad, slapstick comedies and realize that black dramadies are his thing. His best movie (and one of the best films of 2006) was Stranger than Fiction.

Did you see this, EMH?

[EightMilesHigh]

No but it's on my to see list because of the high levels of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

[3074326]

He doesn't really act, he just does what he does. I think it's funny, but I can see why people are annoyed.

[Mr. Ron]

That baby land lord thing was hilarious.

[Eliminator]

I don't know, his movies aren't as bad as your threads.

[DanD]

Old School is better than any movie ever

[Krabsworth]

I like Old School, that was his best.

[Darkness]

I don't know, his movies aren't as bad as your threads.

Yes


And Old School is quite excellent.


He gets the lolz in most of his movies. Except for that Stranger then Fiction thing, that was the worst movie I've ever paid to see.

[Kithkin]

I loved Stranger than Fiction.

7 to 1 against.

[DeckerDontPlay]

hes funny

[A Spoonful Supreme]

id fcking party with him hes cool

[Seafroggys]

I'm not a big fan, but Anchorman was pretty good.

[niobium]

anchorman was so damn funny. i've never seen stranger than fiction, but on the power of anchorman alone, yes, continue

but stop shittiness such as blades of glory or elf. or bewitched. or kicking and screaming. or old school.

[MegaPhony]

he needs to stop acting in shitty movies
it's hard to be amazing in every movie
he's been in like a dozen movies in the past 3 years.

[samthebassman]

Will Farrell is badass.

Stranger than Fiction was excellent as was Anchorman & Old School.

I haven't seen blades of glory yet but my fingers are crossed that is another winner.

[exodus]

Zoolander

[<3<3<3]

I liked Elf.

[Kage]

I can't stand him.

[Ephemeral]

I will personally release the guillotin.

[margin0walker]

im with EMH on this one

[planewreck]

Okay so basically for the people that like him (apart from liking him for Stranger than Fiction), it was really obvious as to who they would be.

[Hedgedive]

I liked him on SNL but lately his movies have really sucked.

elf

wtf Elf is like the Christmas movie of our generation.

my mom had Christmas Story and we have Elf.

[EightMilesHigh]

Zoolander

Zoolander was made of win, but mostly because I love anything with Owen Wilson.

[Hedgedive]

Zoolander was made of win, but mostly because I love anything with Owen Wilson.

tbh his performance was nothing special.

Zoolander is one of the few movies where Ben Stiller is win.

[EightMilesHigh]

tbh his performance was nothing special.

Zoolander is one of the few movies where Ben Stiller is win.

Most times I just cringe for Ben Stiller because so much of his stuff is hit and miss.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I like Will Ferrell. I just got done watching Talladega Nights.

[Shadows]

I think he can be pretty funny at times, aside from the fact he has one character he plays in everything he's involved in.
That about sums him up for me. I think he's really funny, but I prefer to take him for what he's worth. By no means a "diverse" actor but he's good at what he does.

[Meatplow]

That baby land lord thing was hilarious.

It was alright... but i didn't think it was worthy of the attention it got :(

I have found him amusing in the past i admit but as to whether or not he should be in a lot of movies i don't know.

[Pop music sucks]

I can't stand Will Ferrell at all.

[Iscariot]

every time will ferrell is in another movie it's just a clone of everything he's done before

he needs to either show some real acting talent and diversity or just stfu

[Meatplow]

He needs to either show some real acting talent and diversity or just stfu

This.

[RockStar]

Stranger than fiction was great. Not going to see blades of glory because I hate the other guy in it.

Night on the roxbury ftw!

[Pastorius]

Will Ferrell movies consist of

Niche sport + weird names + outlandish characters + ferrell saying things like "sweet jumping baby beans of babylon..."

[PshSam]

Will Ferrell movies consist of

Niche sport + weird names + outlandish characters + Ferrell saying things like "sweet jumping baby beans of babylon..."

sort of, but you got the formula messed up...Niche sports were only in the last 2... so it's easy to make that comparison....in fact this formula only works for the last 2 movies...tallagdaga nights and blades of glory? (**** i can't remember the name)

[MrConeman]

He's alright. Anchorman and Old School were almost comedic genius, he probably won't ever make another movie as good, everything since has been kind of good but lacking.

He's a pretty average actor, and it's true, he does act the same way every single time.

Jim Carey is where it's at.

[Pastorius]

sort of, but you got the formula messed up...Niche sports were only in the last 2... so it's easy to make that comparison....in fact this formula only works for the last 2 movies...tallagdaga nights and blades of glory? (**** i can't remember the name)

Well, niche sport only has to be adapted slightly, then you've got niche television spot, niche fashion job, always with the niche.

[AA-12]

Will is the man.

This. He's hilarious.

[Akira]

A Night at the Roxbury

Case closed.

You decide which side I voted for.

[Jawaharal]

Anchorman was a lolfest.

[tom79]

I like him for the most part. Old School, Anchorman, Zoolander and Roxbury are why. And his small bit in Jay and Silent Bob.

[-Listy-]

Will Farrell is badass.

Stranger than Fiction was excellent as was Anchorman & Old School.

I haven't seen blades of glory yet but my fingers are crossed that is another winner.

this, except i've seen Blades of glory, and couldn't watch it all it was that bad.

[FakePlasticTrees]

I like Will and with the right part, I think he has the potential to be a great actor.

[antihippy]

will ferrell is badass in the anchorman.

haven't saw his other movies.

[Jude]

There are lots of actors who play the same exact role in every movie, what's the big deal?

Stranger than Fiction...wasn't that the one where the book was supposedly so poetically beautiful because he got killed at the end but as far as I could tell the book and prose sucked?

[Gnarmageddon]

He was horrible in everything but Stranger Than Fiction.

Jude: It wasn't supposed to be poetically beautiful, it was just a murder mystery novel that followed his life exactly.

[Jude]

He was horrible in everything but Stranger Than Fiction.

Jude: It wasn't supposed to be poetically beautiful, it was just a murder mystery novel that followed his life exactly.

No everybody was all talking about "Oh you have to die for this book cause it's so poetically beautiful" but as far as I could tell from what they revealed of the story, it was absolute crap.

[niobium]

I liked him on SNL but lately his movies have really sucked.



wtf Elf is like the Christmas movie of our generation.

my mom had Christmas Story and we have Elf.
you must be uh young there because christmas story is our generation too

christmas classics are few and far between, we don't need one even every 20 years... we always have the same three (it's a wonderful life, charlie brown christmas, christmas story) and that's the way it's going to be forever and yes elf sucks.

[metallicaman8]

You're confusing bad acting with bad rolls. People give Will Ferrell parts where he's supposed to be loud and obnoxious. Watch "Stanger Than Fiction", he's not at all obnoxious thur.

[Kif]

I don't mind him in doses, but when they release the same comedy film every few months, that's when it starts to wear me out.

"Let's do a movie about some people playing dodgeball!"
"Let's do the same movie, but about racing!"
"Let's do those movies combined, but it's about ice skating!"

[Tyrant21]

He was horrible in everything but Stranger Than Fiction.

Jude: It wasn't supposed to be poetically beautiful, it was just a murder mystery novel that followed his life exactly.

um, except there was no murder in it, and the novel itself wasn't really a mystery at all, it was an author who had all of her characters die at the end of the book, where's the mystery in that?

[metallicaman8]

I'm pretty sure Will wasn't in dodgeball.

[antihippy]

dodgeball is hilarious though

[Kif]

I'm pretty sure Will wasn't in dodgeball.
Really? I have no idea who's in what movie anymore. It seems like there's this group of comedians who are in the same movies together, and to me, that just bores the hell out of me.

[metallicaman8]

It was Vince Vaugn and Ben Stiller, Will may have a had a small part like he did in Wedding Crashers, I can't remember. But he definitely wasn't one of the main characters.

[RetiredAt21]

Old School was awesome. And this thread is gay.

[Tyrant21]

Really? I have no idea who's in what movie anymore. It seems like there's this group of comedians who are in the same movies together, and to me, that just bores the hell out of me.

so you are criticizing a movie it sounds like you havent even seen....

[Jude]

Speaking of Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson is a way worse case of playing the same character every time than Will Ferrell is.

[superpeer]

Mah style is awesome!

In other news, haven't really seen him in anything apart from Austin Powers, it seems. And that was a tiny role, so. No opinion.

[Iscariot]

Speaking of Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson is a way worse case of playing the same character every time than Will Ferrell is.

yeah but owen wilson just shines with a coolness comparable to the fonz

[drewhet]

THANK YOU!! i thought i was the only one. will ferrel is the EXACT same character in every movie. i admit he was funny on SNL, but his movies suck.

i saw talladega nights not too long ago and then the next day i saw a preview for blades of glory and i was like "wtf, thats the exact same movie but with a different sport"

will ferrel needs to stop making movies

[MrConeman]

yeah but owen wilson just shines with a coolness comparable to the fonz

This is the truth.

[Kif]

so you are criticizing a movie it sounds like you havent even seen....
I have seen it actually, but if you asked me to name the "big stars" in it before they were named in this thread, I'm sure it would take me a while. There seems to be this clique that just reappear in the same movies, and I find it incredibly dull.

[EightMilesHigh]

Speaking of Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson is a way worse case of playing the same character every time than Will Ferrell is.

I love Owen Wilson.

edit

yeah but owen wilson just shines with a coolness comparable to the fonz

this :-D

[planewreck]

I have seen it actually, but if you asked me to name the "big stars" in it before they were named in this thread, I'm sure it would take me a while. There seems to be this clique that just reappear in the same movies, and I find it incredibly dull.
I Knocked Up The 40-Year Old Virgin So I'm Super Bad!

[Cocaine]

I Knocked Up The 40-Year Old Virgin So I'm Super Bad!
Don't bring Apatow & Co. into this. They've yet to make a bad film or tv show.

[Mr. Ron]

THANK YOU!! i thought i was the only one. will ferrel is the EXACT same character in every movie. i admit he was funny on SNL, but his movies suck.

i saw talladega nights not too long ago and then the next day i saw a preview for blades of glory and i was like "wtf, thats the exact same movie but with a different sport"

will ferrel needs to stop making movies

No they were two totally different characters....

[Danger Bird]

He's an okay actor but for some reason he only decides to act in shitty movies. So I say yes, even though I voted for the latter because Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin ta **** wit.

With stuff like Anchorman, it would have made an okay 5 minute SNL skit, but you can't base an entire movie off of one character making the same jokes.

[Hedgedive]

Really? I have no idea who's in what movie anymore. It seems like there's this group of comedians who are in the same movies together, and to me, that just bores the hell out of me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frat_Pack

lawl

[bradc1988]

Hate him, everything I've seen of his just pisses me off it's that bad.

Although Old School was watchable.

[Gnarmageddon]

um, except there was no murder in it, and the novel itself wasn't really a mystery at all, it was an author who had all of her characters die at the end of the book, where's the mystery in that?
You never knew how they were going to die.

[planewreck]

Don't bring Apatow & Co. into this. They've yet to make a bad film or tv show.
I never said they did, that's my point.

[Hbp]

Talledaga Nights guys, sheeshh.

[Tyrant21]

You never knew how they were going to die.


by that logic every movie is a mystery because you dont know what happens at the end...

[MattyBlade]

you forgot elf, apparenetly he was an elf

[Erratic]

Confirm, although Anchorman was funny. He's pretty much just annoying in the rest of his movies.

[cobert]

He was great on SNL, and Anchorman is one of my favorite movies.

Other than that, thumbs down.

[Krabsworth]

He had an utter fail with that Bewitched movie, if I remember.

EDIT: am i only the one who noticed the Wu Tang reference in the poll?

[Danger Bird]

No, it's from Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing Ta **** Wit. One of the most popular rap songs in history isn't quite as esoteric as you think.

[Krabsworth]

lol get all on the attack why dont ya.


sometimes i feel im the only one in the world who appreciates music :upset:

[Danger Bird]

Lol has anybody heard of this band The Beatles, I just like discovered them they're awesome

[Krabsworth]

yea dont they play that song "daydream believer" that really sucks they suck

[Danger Bird]

Dude gross that's The Monkees nobody likes The Monkees.

[Krabsworth]

yeah well the beatles just ripped off them a bunch so they cant be much better

[Seafroggys]

Okay, cut this out before you piss me off.

[Krabsworth]

yeah i should stop comparing the monkees to the beatles its rude to the monkees

[Danger Bird]

Yeah the beatles were the only group more piss-poor than the monkees

[Krabsworth]

nah theres this really underground rap group called the Wu Tang Clan, incidentally they are referenced in the poll.

they blow too. good thing im the only one who has heard of them

[Danger Bird]

Yeah if word got out there would be riots. Race riots.

[planewreck]

omg you guys know about the beatles?????

i just found them and this other band called radiohead. they're ok i mean nothing special

[Wow]

He was horrible in everything but Stranger Than Fiction.

Jude: It wasn't supposed to be poetically beautiful, it was just a murder mystery novel that followed his life exactly.


That movie owned so hard.

[Iskandar]

confirm

[MattyBlade]

Lol has anybody heard of this band The Beatles, I just like discovered them they're awesome

fatal flying guillotine chops of McCartney's head.

[Cliche]

That movie owned so hard.


I agree, it was one of his only movies I enjoyed.

[Kage]

That movie owned so hard.

No it didn't.

[exodus]

No it didn't.

Especially when it received mostly positive reviews from critics