zkonedog The first "Anchorman" movie is one of the most quotable comedy movies of all-time. When I sat down in the theater for the long-awaited sequel, I expected more humor along the same lines (if not quite as fresh). That is exactly what I received...and in the case of comedy films that is a win for all parties involved.For a basic plot summary, "Anchorman 2" tells the story once again of Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a man born to look good and read the news. When wife Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) essentially takes his job, however, Ron must decide what the next direction is that his life should take. With input from the old news team of Brick Tamland (Steve Carrell), Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), and Champ Kind (David Koechner), Ron decides to pursue an opportunity to land on a 24-hour news station.This sequel primarily works because of Ferrell's impeccably honed Burgundy character. When some of the jokes inevitably fall flat, sometimes just Ferrell's reactions alone can carry a scene. Without his strong presence, this franchise (and especially this installment) would be utterly lost. Does the movie contain an ensemble cast? To be sure. All the auxiliary parts work well together...but they also have some jokes that fall completely flat or are just plain stupid. Only the "Burgundy scenes" are the ones that are consistently hilarious.Basically, "Anchorman 2" is a four-star movie (though not five) because it continues the solid humor of the original. It contains more than its share of fresh jokes, but others are just a bit stale because they have essentially been done before. That's not fault of its own, of course, but the characters were just so fresh in the original that now they don't "pop" quite as much here. Essentially, this is probably about the best sequel that could have been expected for this franchise.

systemofabush2005 Don't get me wrong, I loved the original and this was one of my most anticipated movies of the year. I have been waiting for an Anchorman sequel for years, however this is not the movie I was waiting for. The best thing about this movie is the commentary about how ridiculous the news has become, but if that is what I was looking for, I would just watch The Newsroom. I watch Anchorman for the comedy and the buffoonery of the Channel 4 news team. This movie is full of buffoonery but lacks the fresh comedy of the original. It seems as though they just examined everyone's favorite bits from the first movie and tried to rehash them just with different wording in a different setting, almost as if this movie was made by a fan who was trying way too hard to replicate what he loved about the original. This time around though the jokes just seemed formulaic and didn't work. This is one sequel that, it pains me to say, I can definitely live without.

lipepublio Continuing the saga of Ron Burgundy and his news team , the comedy back 10 years later, now in the 70 to repeat his criticism of society and not be ashamed to make a nonsense mood. Gathering his team again this time to a telecommunications project journalism 24 hours in New York, Ron ends up being assigned to the the morning newspaper. To overcome hearing problems that track time has comes the solution to bring news that really would attract the audience in an appealing way, with his reports in kittens, best football bids and police chases, its public soon will the tops of the station. The film structure reminds much of its predecessor, which ends at a time, as part of joke. His style of humor, which is fully loaded for the great performance the core team, will make you laugh than others movies you might consider tacky or dull. Its brightness comes in its great reviews, which despite being made to the 70, continue to apply to today. Unfortunately much of the public not to play this style of humor most critical, finishes not understanding which the movie came, leading to be restricted to a less public. We can see this through your notes in RottenTomatoes, specialized reviews giving higher scores and big public tends to reject.With its weak direction, the set of jokes and construction characters captivate the film. Not to be seen in the room with the family, far addition, we need a more appropriate tasting. taking note that it is only a comedy, it fulfills its purpose and is with the added bonus of making you think.

ElMaruecan82 Adam McKay waited almost a decade to direct a sequel to his 2004 hit "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy". At that time, the first opus was already a comedy classic about an iconic character, played by Will Ferrell. The result is that the two films are so distant in time that calling "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" a sequel doesn't do justice to the film's quality, it's more of a, as the title indicates, a continuation, and at many levels, an improvement. Sequels rarely surpass the originals, but as far as hilarity goes, I think my laugh-o-meter got higher with this one.We're in the dawn of the 80's, National newscaster Ron Burgundy is married with Veronica Corningstone, they have a six-year old child and they're co-anchors for a prestigious New York TV channel. The film opens with a hilarious sequence of vocal warm-ups setting the tone of the movie (and you can see Christina Applegate surrendering to a little smile when Ferrell is warming up). Everything is going fine until they're called by their boss, the nightly news anchor, a tired and oddly scary Harrison Ford. He retires and makes Veronica his successor. She steals her husbands' thunder, but Ron quickly realizes he didn't have any thunder in the first place. A series of sloppy news mistakes makes you wonder why he wasn't fired earlier.Ron goes berserk, leaves Veronica out of hurt pride, gives a poignant fatherly speech to his son, telling him to lower his ambitions, and goes back to the East Coast where he works in an aquatic park. This is the lowest point for Ron, where he's such a failure, he even fails to commit suicide, and rightfully so, as it's the moment Freddie Shapp (Dylan Baker) makes his entrance and proposes a new job for Ron, something that will revolutionize the information, even more groundbreaking than having a woman presenting the news. The revolution is 24-hour information and the reaction of Ron proves that if he can read a prompter, he can't read much from the future.Ron hires back his news team, and then the film takes off for one hour of constant hilarity, satisfying each possible taste in humor. In the offensive and politically incorrect side, you have a suspicious fried chicken restaurant owned by Champ Kind, played by David Koechner, a place not admitted to any religious obedience, and where he uses baseball bats for complaining clients and bats bats for the food, as you can't really make profit with chicken. Kind is followed by Brian Fentana (Paul Rudd) who became a cat photographer, and I won't spoil the gag involving Brick Tamland, and certainly not reveal the scenes that comes after, which is one of the most hilarious moments ever, and I mean belly-laugh nearly-choking level, so great that any little flaw is immediately redeemed.Like the original film, this one contains efficient sight gags, absurd and raunchy offensive humor (after misogyny, race will be the new touchy issue with the boss being a Black woman, played by Meagan Good) but without the satire; "Anchorman 2" would've been a series of disjointed gags only working on an episodic structure. What is fascinating with Ron is that the guy is so wrapped up in his own ego, so eager to make a great impression at the right time that he makes the craziest decision regarding 24-hour information, like giving viewers what they like to hear (not what they hear) and starting the news with a random car chase. This sounds crazy, but he literally paves the way to sensationalist and attention-grabbing news, that became even more relevant today, at a time where the flow of information is so rapid, nothing interests more than what is happening now.Ron also plays on patriotism and goes to the craziest extents as wishing not just a good night, but a "good American night", an operator is wondering what's wrong with him, his colleague asks him what's wrong with saying USA is great. This brief exchange is something that could have been featured in a film like "Network" if it was set after September 11. And the only comedic aspect is that Ron's ideas are only the results of brainstorming that come up with other crazy ideas such as in the as smoking crack in live. In a way, Ron is a character who involuntarily pioneers the world of TV, which says a lot about the roots of American media. Burgundy is half Forrest Gump, half Howard Beale and as far as ego and intelligence and American pride go, half Otto West. And "Anchorman 2" plays in so many levels that I can't think of any audience being truly disappointed by the film.How can something be that funny, some skeptical minds will ask. Just watch the film and very soon, you'll have the one scene that kills you, that makes you laugh and hard and cry, and makes your belly hurt after so many laughs. And a few comedic films achieve these kinds of laughs, and if you feel low or depressed, well, it's the perfect moment to see the film, it works better than any medic. The film culminates with a great reference to the previous arena-like fight, with the greatest ratio of cameos per minute, I say that about the first one, but I guess I had to wait till the second. And just for the delight of having Harrison Ford turning into a werewolf and O'Reilly playing a ghost, and so many other bits I won't spoil, something struck me about "Anchorman 2".In fact, for all the offensive, absurd, visual and satirical humor, the movie reminded me of an animated series that works on the same levels: "South Park". Well, Ron Burgundy is humor-wise, the closest movie to "South Park" or "Team America" tone-wise, and I mean that as a compliment.