Blades of Glory dir. by Will Speck and Josh Gordon
A preposterous idea, but it makes for a funny film.
We’ve had a lot of very good but rather heavy films from Lovefilm recently, so it was with some relief that we found ‘Blades of Glory’ landing on our doormat. We watched it last night, and while it’s pretty throwaway, it’s a really fun film. The preposterous plot concerns two male figure skaters, banned from their division for life after brawling on the winners’ podium (and incidentally setting the championship mascot on fire). Desperate to get back into competition, they decide to use a loophole in the rules and enter the pairs figure skating competition. A lot of the comedy comes from the Odd Couple mismatching of the personalities of the skaters, played by Jon Heder and Will Ferrell. There’s a lot of slapstick, and a pleasing but not irritating amount of vulgarity, and the costumes are a scream.
