Some movies are impossible to review. How does one analyze Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues? The sequel to one of the funniest films of the aughties throws a lot of shit at the wall and most of it sticks. In short, it made me laugh enough to merit 3 stars or a grade of B. Even though it’s set in the past, I’m skipping the Reel Films scoring system. Ain’t nothing realistic about Ron Burgundy and the gang.
Exiting the movie, Dr. A and I discussed how Siskel and Ebert approached movies like The Naked Gun series, Airplane or most things by Mel Brooks. Gene would earnestly attempt to make sense out of the senseless and then Roger would do his test: did it make me laugh and were there any BIG LAUGHS?Anchorman 2 passed the Ebert test but if you didn’t find it funny, I get it.
Btw, the post title refers to the racist, drunken, possibly gay sports guy (no, not Bill Simmons) running a fried chicken place that actually served fried bat. You know, chicken of the cavern. I bet you can cook it in your science oven too…