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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

December 15, 2018
By MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
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 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy revolves around an anchorman named Ron Burgundy, who's famous for being the best newsman in San Diego and is a bit of a goof ball. Ron Burgundy enjoys living the life of a proud anchorman, and he's famous in San Diego for his work. When an attractive woman joins his news station, things start to go sour. At first, Ron falls in love with reporter Veronica Corningstone, but when Veronica gets the opportunity to be on camera, and she outshines Ron, things get nasty. The fact that Veronica took his place on his news station upsets Burgundy. During the time this movie takes place, the 1970s, women weren't on television as news reporters and having them outshine a lead anchorman was unheard of, resulting in Ron trying his hardest to get rid of her. 
 However, Veronica soon decides to fight fire with fire, and she ends up succeeding with her goal; Ron Burgundy becomes despised by the people of San Diego and gets kicked off of his position. But when a crazy story breaks out at the San Diego Zoo, Ron has an opportunity to set his career right, as well as his love life. 
 Although parts of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy are more than just slightly predictable, the movie still proves to be an enjoyable, entertaining comedy, and there are a few parts that certainly feel inspired. The beginning of the movie is able to brilliantly jump start the movie and immediately allows the movie to create suspense and intensity. The middle of the movie marvelously progresses the movie along and jam-packs the film with character development and continues to increase the level of drama in the movie. The somewhat enticing ending of the movie is a little bit more dumb than the rest of the movie and nearly none of it is that shocking or surprising, but part of it is heartfelt and heart-warming, so that is a plus.

 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a fantastic comedy that has some truly superb scenes. The movie has some terrific jokes and perfectly-timed quotes that are dedicated sprinkled throughout the dialogue. None of the movie's wittiness feels forced or unnatural, which is actually an incredibly difficult task to accomplish. The cast of the movie is impressive and gathers together a group of fun actors that shine as comedians and are able to mesh together to create a truly hilarious movie. Even though, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy isn't perfect or the greatest comedy of all time, it is still a solid movie with a good plot. 


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