Diagonaldi Very well executed

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

merelyaninnuendo Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesThey are back with a bang but this time with some better character inputs and brilliant semi-plots that sticks together till the end on this new ridiculously funny chapter

rebertanner The original Anchorman, created in 2004, became a classic and still has quotes being recited to this day such as Ron yelling, "Milk was a bad choice!" or Brick's kind invitation to Veronica saying, "I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party." Although the 2013 film Anchorman 2: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has many funny lines, it not only is less quotable but much less memorable. Movies represent what is currently acceptable to say and do in real life, and each generation is receiving a different, more vulgar, representation of life. Whether or not the movie is realistic, or completely off the wall and animated, the content is subconsciously understood by the viewer as what is currently acceptable in society. The English vocabulary receives the biggest hit from movies. . Language shows the current trends in the ever evolving vocabulary, and jokes made within films, quickly turn into popular phrases heard around school. Anchorman 2, although it is rated the same as its predecessor, it is shown to have much more vulgar language. With information from IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, we are able to statistically compare the two films. Both films possess 1 use of the F word and 14 sexual references. But when it comes to scatological and anatomical terms there are much more in the second film. The first Anchorman has 5 scatological and 19 anatomical terms while the second Anchorman has 14 anatomical terms and 27 scatological terms. Anatomical terms are considered, "words referring to parts of the human anatomy, mostly the private parts, and are considered crude" (IMDb). Scatological terms refer to, "words that have to do with feces, urine and defecation" (IMDb). This side by side comparison shows a clear increase in obscenities from the first to the second film. This is a very blatant depiction showing how the MPAA has become more lenient over time, but if that is not enough evidence already, both films are given the exact same five out of ten evaluation on profanity. Fortunately Anchorman 2, received a much lower view count than the ongoing hit of the first movie, and because the jokes were not as funny as the original, they did not quite stick as well. But, because of the impact movies play on our minds, this is still a topic of concern. With each new movie coming out, it is questionable what the language will be like within that film.

luke-a-mcgowan Thank heavens that Adam McKay was allowed to make The Big Short because of this film, because it is the only acceptable reason for it existing.Anchorman 2 reunites most of the lovable cast of the original 2004 classic, but viewers would be forgiven for giving a sigh of pity. Each and every one of them looks sad and old in their makeup and wigs, especially Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. The latter, on the verge of his stunning performances in Foxcatcher and The Big Short, gives probably his worst ever performance in Brick Tamland, a lovable minor character in the first film but now just obnoxiously and intrusively stupid. I didn't enjoy even one of his scenes. Ferrell tries every now and then, but it falls to fresh faces like Josh Lawson and Greg Kinnear to actually inject the energy into the film. Kristen Wiig is cute but every scene she is in I hated because of how it was written for Carell. I cringe for Meagan Good and the tragically sexist and tokenistic role she was given.Anchorman wrapped up nicely, but Anchorman 2 promptly erases all of that by creating a new future for their characters. I hate that about sequels, especially because it breaks up Ron and Veronica (a la Ted and Jurassic Park, therefore ruining the first film for everyone). Ron's story of pushing puff news stories has its moments but is greatly undone by a blindness subplot and a family arc featuring a horrendous performance by Judah Nelson. Then there's the excruciating story of a shark which exists only to rehash the Baxter jokes from the first one.The film is not worth watching. Just YouTube the Josh Lawson scenes and the big Anchor fight that are the highlights of the film and don't subject yourself to the rest of it.

Irishchatter This was the same as the first film - racist jokes and genital jokes. I suppose that's what kinda threw me off but we gotta love Will Ferrell regardless if he makes such stupid statements right? That's his fault as Ron Burgandy I was so surprised to see such an amount of celebrities like Kanye West, Jim Carrey, Tina Fey, Harrison Ford, Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Smith, Vince Vaughn, Amy Poehler, Liam Neeson and John C. Reilly all appearing in the fight. I was like so thrilled to see them all unexpectedly, where does Will Ferrell get these people? It was funny how they all were from different news sources and just came out of the blue for no reason!I wonder what happened to them all after Brick accidentally let the spark go on the split gas on the road? Hope they weren't killed lol!Anyways this film does make you laugh like hell. It is stupid so be warned that you could be easily put off by the offensive jokes!