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So my washer died a week ago and the boy and I went to Best Buy to replace it.  He had gotten a few gift cards for that store at Christmas and so he did his shopping while Dad and I did mine.  He chose, X-box live (a 1 year subscription) and 2 movies.  I must say that I am quite pleased with his selections.  He is definitely quality people.  He chose “Hot Fuzz” which if you haven’t seen it, you should.  You should first see “Shawn of the Dead” though as it stars a lot of the same actors and was released a few years ago.  He also chose “Anchorman - the Story of Ron Burgundy”.  I’d say in the week since our outing he’s watched both a minimum of 8 times and has not stopped quoting lines from them to me.  This is the only negative.  It gets old.  I’m constantly saying “yes, son, I’ve seen the movie.”

I do think though that Will Ferrell can turn any movie into something watchable.  Although I will concede that he seems lately to be making movies in the 70’s era about every sport and that is a sticking point.  Anyone that has spent any time watching Will on Saturday Night Live or his movies after, knows that scripts are only guidelines for him.  He makes up a good chunk of what he says right on the spot and I think the directors tend to use it.  I don’t know for sure, as I honestly have done no research on this subject and don’t intend to.  I’ve got better things to do with my time.  But what I think makes his movies great, is not only the crap that comes out of his mouth, but the reactions he gets from his fellow actors/actresses.  I think that working around him would cause everyone to be a little quicker on their toes and work a lot harder at not losing the take by laughing.  I would be HORRIBLE at this.  I tend to think everything is funny when said by the right people so I’m pretty sure I’d be fired on day one.

My general opinion here is that if I could just get Hollywood to put Will Ferrell into every movie, even the crappiest ones would be worth watching.  The boy and I tried to watch “Michael Clayton” yesterday afternoon.  Now I don’t know if that movie just starts off slow and confusing and gets very good later on, or if I was just so ready for nap time that I didn’t care but neither of us felt like putting forth any more effort to watch it.  If Will had been in it, I would have sat through the whole thing just to see what he’d do.

I think I have a valid argument here.  I’ll grant you that I could be wrong, but let’s be honest here, the odds of that are slim so just accept what I’ve said here today as the gold that it is and feel free to share it with everyone you know.  Spread the word.  Maybe then Hollywood will listen.