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Movie Review

Blades of Glory

Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck

Well, I must say that I was really entertained by watching this movie. Nothing really special about the story. It's basically about two rival skaters, Chaz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (John Heder) who, due to a scuffle between the both of them, got banned from the men's single competition for life. Their only hope to ever compete in skating again is a loophole in the regulation that allows them to skate as pairs.

You'd probably see the rest of the story coming from a mile away: they get together unwillingly at first, scuffles a bit more, trains together and go on and become one of the best pairs figure skaters. There's nothing in this movie that you haven't seen before. The story throws a lot of cliches at you. The only thing you've probably never seen before is two men skating as pairs. Both are straight, mind you, with Chaz on the rougher side of masculinity while Jimmy's more on the softer side. But, well, two men in figure skating pairs, wearing tights...expect a lot of sexually-charged jokes, especially those that are figuratively-gay flavoured, coming at you.

And when it comes to the jokes department, the movie delivers. Believe me, the jokes are satisfyingly funny, thanks to the comedic performance of Ferrell and Heder. Ferrell is fast becoming an icon in the comedy genre, delivering performances that are unique. To me, his sometimes clueless yet bewildered expressions are just right for the masculine Chaz character in this movie, a guy who's so full of himself but still likeable. John Heder gave quite a good performance as the perfectionist and good boy Jimmy MacElroy as well.

So, if you're in the mood for some good laughs, you won't go wrong in watching this movie. It'll give you some really good laughs.