Not Our First Rodéo (Part 4)

To the left we have Pops and Ttime (wearing his kimono) getting some snacks during intermission. Why does Ttime have a kimono? Oh because he went to Japan when he was in high school because he is a big nerd. Watch part four of Not Our First Rodéo and enjoy.

Classic JJ

I have six different dude's top ten movie character lists that I will post. The order that I'll post them in will be how closely they resemble my likes and dislikes...With that let's see the greatness of

JJ's Top Ten


10. Ryan Harrison- Leslie Nielsen- Wrongfully Accused

9. Vernon Baxter- Kevin Nealon- Principal Take a Holiday

8. Chester Lee- Rodney Dangerfield- Ladybugs

7. Alfred Borden (left)- Christian Bale- The Prestige

6. Derek Huff- Adam Scott- Step Brothers

5. Kevin McCallister- Macauley Culkin- Home Alone 2

4. Buddy the Elf- Will Ferrell- Elf

3. Bob Wiley- Bill Murray- What About Bob?

2. Randolph Dupree- Owen Wilson- You, Me and Dupree

1. Bartholemew Hunt- Chris Farley- Almost Heroes

Movie Characters: 40-31

40. Robin Hood- Cary Elwes- Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Kid: “Oh thank you sir. I shall tell everyone I see that there is one man in all of Rottingham who is not afraid to stand up to the sherriff and his men.”
Robin: “Yes tell them that. And tell them I vow to bring justice to this land! Right the wrongs! Introduce folk dancing. Demand a four day work week and affordable healthcare for saxons...”















39. Rod Farva- Kevin Heffernan- Super Troopers
Farva: “Who wants cream? Nobody? Okay, no cream.”


38. Mitchell Goosen- Shane McDermott- Airborne
Mitchell: “Mitchell Goosen at your service. Don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Don't care. As long as I live near the beach and don't have to wear a tie. Then I'll be stylin'.”
Augie: “St-st-stylin?”
Mitchell: “Let me tell you about stylin'. I'm talkin', the perfect A-frame wave spittin' salt water in your face. I call it 'liquid draino, wanna be bullwinkle', I tell you no lies, my friends. It's the consciousness.”

















37. Rick Blaine- Humphrey Bogart- Casablanca
Rick: “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”


36. Brett Maverick- Mel Gibson- Maverick
Maverick: “It's just a pair of sixes. If you can beat that you got me licked, and that's not a totally unpleasant prospect.”





















35. Shooter McGavin- Christopher McDonald- Happy Gilmore
Shooter McGavin: “Stop fraternizing with the help Gilmore. Just hit your ball... if you can find it.”


34. Billy Hoyle- Woody Harrelson- White Men Can't Jump
Billy: “This is like the luck of the Irish....only I'm not Irish, so you figure it out.”



















33. Ryan Harrison- Leslie Nielsen- Wrongfully Accused
Harrison: “Don't move. I've got a gun. Not here, but I got one.”


32. Captain Ron- Kurt Russell- Captain Ron
Captain Ron: “I'll go with....a margarita.”


31. Derek Huff- Adam Scott- Step Brothers
Derek: “Guilty as charged...with the stories."

Step Brothers and Will Ferrell

I went into Step Brothers half expecting greatness and half expecting to be disappointed...I believe this movie fulfilled my expectations. Although I have said time and time again, "I can never get a good judgement on a film when I'm in the theatre," I am going to make my comments anyway. Don't get me wrong, there were numerous parts filled with hilarity in Step Brothers. The characters Ferrell and John C. Reilly portray are ridiculously funny. For me Adam McKay (writer/director) and Ferrell let too much of Judd Apatow (producer) sink into this film. Apatow brings to Step Brothers, his regular dirty and disgusting humor that you saw in superbad and knocked up, and I could have done without it. Upon second and third and fourth viewings, my opinions are bound to change, but for now I thought it was very funny, but could have been realed more carefully and become a better product.

On a side note, Grif from Boy Meets World (Adam Scott, but not the golfer) put forth a tremendous performance as Will Ferrell's jerk of a brother.

Also a few of my most memorable moments/quotes...
-Brennan (Ferrell) dressed as a Nazi, mowing the lawn "I have plenty of fertilizer." Followed by Dale (Reilly) across the street in a KKK outfit.
-Brennan and Dale find out they have a lot in common; Brennan- "You wanna go do karate in the basement?" Dale- "Yup!"
-After already mentioning how setting their beds up into bunk beds will give them so much room for activities, Brennan feels it necessary to exclaim again and again about how many activities they will be enjoying in the newly open space of the bedroom.

Now to my next order of business...immediately following the movie everyone I was with (JJ, T-time, Bonzey, Braids, JTB, and the Neon Kid) started talking about where Step Brothers fit in order of best Will Ferrell movies. I, being the pessimist that I am, threw it much lower on the list than JJ and Braids who had it at 1 or 2. I think I said six or something...Now I will take the time to look over his movies and put them in order with this newest addition.

Also take into account that I have only seen Step Brothers once and Semi-Pro twice. I have ten movies in which Ferrell is the main character or tied for main character (Step Brothers, Night at the Roxbury). I didn't count Old School or Zoolander, which I believe he is the third main actor in both.

I've also been reminded by T-time that there is a major difference in favorite Will Ferrell movies and favorite Will Ferrell characters, for example although Buddy the Elf is probably my favorite character, the movie itself isn't as funny as some of the others, and I fail to realize this when I normally rank Elf near the top of the list. The character of Buddy is always on my brain when I think of Elf, that is the problem.

Anyway here we go...

10. Stranger Than Fiction
9. Bewitched
8. Blades of Glory
7. Kicking and Screaming
6. Elf
5. Step Brothers
4. A Night at the Roxbury
3. Semi-Pro
2. Anchorman
1. Talladegan Nights