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[serene]

Things I learned today:

1) It is possible for me to not hate a Will Ferrell movie.

2) The bread machine kneads bread better with the paddles in.

3) Knitting is still fun, even if you have to unravel several rows and do them over.

Comments

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Re No. 1, I've been hearing good reports about Stranger Than Fiction, so I may go see it despite the Will Ferrell factor. At least he's apparently not trying to be his usual version of "funny"?

Re 2, gosh. Amazing the things one discovers sometimes! ;-)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

It's a good movie, and one that he neither helps nor hurts, in my opinion. He certainly is not doing his usual schtick, for which I was greatly grateful.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Hrm, sounds like you have the same opinion of Will Ferrell that I do of Adam Sandler. I actually got into a fight with a former sweetie over my refusal to watch "The Wedding Singer" because it had Adam Sandler in it. She said "YOu're being stubborn and irrational." and I said "You're right. But I still don't want to watch it."

We're not together now, and I still haven't seen it, though the one isn't the reason for the other. :)

For myself, I have no strong opinion one way or another on Will Ferrell, having seen very little that he's been in. I quit regularly watching SNL years ago, and I don't think I've seen any of his movies.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I *loathe* Adam Sandler. He didn't suck in "Spanglish", but not sucking is not what I require in movie stars.

I have similar feelings about Rob Schneider, who was rude to my ex-wife at a movie theater, so he's got an extra strike against him.

I will never understand people who want me to apply reason to my preferences.

[tom-allen.livejournal.com]

not sucking is not what I require in movie stars.

Yes, that is a criteria that some of us seem to require in our wives :-\

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Today, I came across this and thought of you :)

http://www.reallifecomics.com/comics/2006/20061204_1770.png

[leduck.livejournal.com]

LOL. I know #2 well from sad experience!

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

Not a big Will Ferrel fan. Truthfully not sure I have ever actually see a movie of his the previews alone usually put me off. I will have to keep his latest in mind. matbe see it on DVD.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Actually I think it was those really annoying radio ads he did for Miller beer that did it for me.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason I'm glad I don't listen to commercial radio.

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten about those Oh joy*giggles*

Will Ferrell & Adam Sandler

[beetlebau.livejournal.com]

I normally don't care for either one, but I have seen movies in which I enjoyed both actors.

I liked Will Ferrell as a Nazi in "The Producers" and Adam Sandler as the Son of Satan in "Little Nicky". Perhaps if both actors took more rolls like these...

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Anent #1: That's hard for me to imagine in my own case, and I've never even seen a Will Ferrell movie. Then again, if I can love a show with Calista Flockhart in it...

Anent #2: I've never left the paddle out altogether, but I have run the machine with the paddle not properly engaged (because the pan isn't seated properly), which doesn't work too well either. It's beyond me why bread machine makers can't put in an interlock that prevents the motor from starting in this situation.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

1) He didn't help or hurt the movie. He was bland, which worked for the character. I normally dislike him intensely, though, so it was a step up.

2) I did that once, and the machine woke me from a sound sleep with the loudest racket! I vote for your idea.

[sagittaria.livejournal.com]

Stranger than Fiction? I saw it yesterday. Wasn't it good? It's true, he did well as a straight man, so to speak. What's funny is that before the movie they showed previews for another of his upcoming movies, where he plays an inept nascar driver - NFW I would ever see that one.

[tom-allen.livejournal.com]

1) It is possible for me to not hate a Will Ferrell movie.

There are a number of comic actors that rub me the wrong way, and I think it's because I don't care for the general style. Will Feffell is one, as is Adam Sandler, Robin Williams, and a couple of others that I forget at the moment. The hyperactive, manic schtick really grates on me. And while all of them have had a few roles in which they play a more serious character, I still can't get that manic stuff out of my head enough to beleive their role.

Yet, I really enjoy the manic antics of the Marx Brothers movies. I can't quite define the difference, but part of it is dialogue - Marx Brothers are rapid fire with puns and wordplay, which I find hilarious. Likewise, I can watch The Thin Man movies with Powell and Loy all day long. Wordplay and wisecracking is much funnier to me than the "look at me, I'm a crazy man" humor displayed by Ferrell.

[glitterophelia.livejournal.com]

the new Will Ferrell movie? I liked Elf, actually..but mostly I can't stand his movies either...

I kind of liked Anchorman, but ONLY because of Steve Carrell (sp?). The "I love lamp" scene just had me in tears, in a good way.