Blades of Glory - Comedic Farce on Amateur Skating

We saw Blades of Glory in-flight from Salt Lake City to Orlando on our return flight from our wonderful summer vacation on July 7th, but had forgotten to include it in our movie reviews. (See our ODDS and ENDS page for a full pictorial and narrative account of our trip as well as our EATING AROUND TOWN and BEYOND for reviews of the Bars and Restaurants we visited)


First I will say, that we are not Will Ferrell nor Jon Heder fans. The last thing we remember seeing Ferrell in was Stranger than Fiction, which, had we been reviewing movies at the time, we would have given, at best, a 1.5-Star rating. In fact that was not just our opinion, but my sister and her husband, my two nieces and my nephew and his lover, which we had taken to see this movie over the Christmas Holidays, all canned it.


The last thing we remember Heder in, of any note, was Napoleon Dynamite. While it enjoyed commercial success, Napoleon Dynamite, was also not one of our favorites movies and Heder not one of our favorite actors.


All that being said, Blades of Glory, was funny, in spite of, Farrell and Heder.


Blades.... is about the world of competitive skating and this movie made fun of many of the rituals, customs, and music used by skaters during competition.


The movie is at its funniest and most original when zinging the sometimes pretentious world of competitive figure skating. Whatever combination of choreography, camera angles and special effects were required to render unbelievable, hyper-real skate numbers, they're executed with wit and originality. We found the movie to be frequently funny because of it. The fact that it was two men, competing in the pairs competition, added some humor but not enough to carry the entire movie with out the fun made at skating in general.


Blades of Glory has funny moves even when its characters can barely move. It has its moments of loopy ingenuity.


This blissfully silly movie is one of those rare comedies that puts a goofy smile on your face with the premise alone. We give it 2.5-Stars.


Please check back soon to see what else we have seen and given Our 2-Cents Worth.