Semi Pro: Is it better than Blades of Glory?

Posted by Banjo on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

Continuing the Will Ferrell discussion two weeks later.... Ferrell's ABA flick panned by City Pages.

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E-6 replied on February 29th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Technically, they pan Farrell, but like the film when he's not on screen. A glance at Metacritic shows it not getting a lot of love from the nation's critics, in general. I think the film sports an "Inspired by the book Loose Balls by Terry Pluto" tag. What they should have done is made a film about Marvin "Bad News" Barnes. Talk about your tragicomedy. If you haven't heard it, "News' has one of the all-time great sports quotes.

Barnes, who played for the Spirit of St. Louis, didn't understand the concept of time zones. He was reluctant to board a flight scheduled to leave Louisville at 8 a.m. and land in St. Louis at 7:59 a.m. because, he explained, "I ain't goin' on no time machine."

Banjo replied on February 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

Yeah, I was using the STRIB's headline methodology in an effort to goose readership. Shameless!

E-6 replied on February 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

Yeah, but you can't wrap fish in yours.

ubelmann replied on February 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

I was thinking I might not see Semi-Pro, because I've seen Blades of Glory and Talledega Nights, and I was unsure if I wanted to see Ferrell go through his sports routine again so soon, but the City Pages review almost has me wanting to see it. Mainly because I figure that even if it's not especially memorable, I'll probably enjoy Ferrell's time on screen, so if the rest of the movie is good, maybe it's worth seeing. Plus, I'm a big Outkast fan so I'm curious to see Andre Benjamin's performance.

E-6 replied on March 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Uni-Watch with a groovy ABA-themed edition. I'm digging these Minnesota Muskies jerseys.

(To say nothing of the Floridian's ball girls.)

kg2005 replied on March 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm

I saw the movie and I actually didn't think it was too bad. Better than Blades of Glory, that's for sure.

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