Blades of Glory: Some funny facts

Blades of Glory is a movie about ice skating. Ice Skating is quite popular in Western countries. Here are some interesting facts about the movie:

• For the movie, both Will Ferrell and Jon Heder had to learn ice skating. They trained with Sarah Kawahara.
• The iron lotus move was actually poking fun at the movie, The Cutting Edge. In The Cutting Edge, Kate Moseley’s coach, Anton Pamchenko, introduces this move. In reality, it is impossible to perform.
• The ‘life time ban’ thing was related to American Figure skater, Tonya Maxine Harding.
• Some of the real skaters to appear in the movie are: Sasha Cohen, Scott Hamilton, Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, Kyoko Ina, Yuka Sato, Jamie Sale, and David Pelletier.
• Stranz and Fairchild planning to injure Chazz was inspired by Tonya harding’s attack on Nancy Kerrigan.
• In the movie we see that, Chazz was injured while skating. In reality, it was Jon Heder. He broke his ankle during the training.
• All of the scenes of the World Figure Skating Championships in Blades of Glory were shot at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
• The lifts performed by Chazz and Jimmy are dance lifts.
• The peacock costume you saw Jon Heder was wearing was actually his idea after he saw skater Johnny Weir.

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Blades of Glory: A funny movie but also disturbing

Yesterday, I watched Will Ferrell and Jon Heder’s Blades of Glory and to be honest it was funny and gay and last but not the least, incestuous. It tells the story of two accomplished rival ice skaters: Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder), who were facing lifetime bans. Three years later, a die-hard fan and stalker of Jimmy informs him of a loophole in the sports which bans him from men’s single but he can compete in pair. While searching for a female partner, Jimmy ended up with Chazz who was just fired from his job. Initially, they quarreled all the time but gradually they became friends and finally go to Winter Olympics. Overall, it was a funny movie. It made me laugh a lot but sometimes I got irritated a bit. Jimmy and Chazz’s overall physical appearance, their dress, hair style gave me a feeling that they are attracted to same sex person. Another thing that bothered me was the kissing scene between the brother and sister- Stranz and Fairchild. In real life, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler are married but they were playing the roles of brother and sister. I did not like the scene at all. The director could have made up something different. Anyway, it was a funny movie and good to watch.

Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen joins together to solve crime

If you are a Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen fan, then there is a good news for you. Once again the comedy duos are joining together and this time Sacha Baron Cohen will take the lead and Will Ferrell will play the role of assistant. Yes, Columbia Pictures is going to make a Sherlock Holmes movie with Sacha Baron Cohen playing the character of Sherlock Holmes, the famous British detective who solves mystery using deductive reasoning. If you are familiar with Sherlock Holmes then thinking about Sacha playing the role will immediately make you laugh. Will Ferrell, the famous American comedian will play Holmes’ faithful assistant Dr. Watson. The announcement. Reuters report:

Cohen, 36, and Ferrell, 40, last appeared together in the 2006 auto racing spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," with Ferrell in the title role and Cohen playing his rival, a French speed racer.

Screenwriter Etan Cohen, no relation to the British comedian who sprang to movie fame as "Borat," has been signed to pen the screenplay for the as-yet untitled Sherlock Holmes film, the Sony Corp.-owned studio said in a statement.

Rumor is out that the movie will start showing the Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the character of Sherlock Holmes. The launch date of the production has not been fixed yet and no other decision about the casting or director has been made.

Sacha Baron Cohen is famous for playing characters like Ali G, Borat and Bruno. Will Ferrell has also his share of comedy success like A Night at the Roxbury, Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Kicking & Screaming, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory,