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It can be said that any Will Ferrell movie can be summed up by the following Mad Lib: Will Ferrel plays (character name). He plays (sport) and is the best in the world until (problem) causes him to fall from grace. Watch as he works back to the top of his game. He even sings (title of a song) and says the line "I will (do something uncomfortable) to your face." Watch for a cameo from (other member of the frat pack).

As far as the Will Ferrell plays sports genre goes, Simi Pro falls on the lower end of the scale. This time the sport is basket ball and the movie is set in the 70s to give Ferrel an excuse to have his hair big and his shorts small. If you loved Blades of Glory and Talladega Nights then you will probably have a good idea of what this movie is willing to offer. However, even then you might want to be prepared for disappointment.

At this point even Ferrell sees to realize that he seems to be making the same movie over and over again and wonders whats the point here when they could just go watch Talladega Nights again. At least then Ferrell looked dedicated to the character. Even the movie seems to forget that he is the main character every now and then, focusing instead on Woody Harrelson, who seems to not realize that he is in a comedy, as he pines for an old flame.

Ferrell still says lines that will probably end up on T-shirts, (If You have a small child use it as a shield)and is willing to have the camera pointed directly at his crotch, but the movie will probably end up in a Best of Will Ferrell collection a few years down the road and you can wait until then.

Die Hard Vendetta serves as a Sequel to the Die Hard Trilogy and tells of the continuing troubles of John McClane. (though it is no longer considered a part of the story because it doesn't fit into the the story of Live Free or Die Hard) The Gameplay is actually quite fun though it's not a huge difference from the other hundreds of first person shooters out there. It tries to distance itself by adding several puzzle elements and stelth levels but that usually ends up being annoying when you want to burn off steam by shooting lots of bad guys in a row. the story is compelling enough and the graphics while fairly weak in the cut scenes are actually pretty good when it comes to the actual game play. and at the end of the day is still got a Die Hard stamp which has to count for something. While it sure isn't the next Goldeneye when you actually get to shoot its quite fun to go into hero mode and go into a field with a hundred bad guys shooting at you guns blazing. ( you do get lots of bullets so that never turns into a problem)

I have to say that i was holding my breath when I sat down to watch this. I wanted so much to like it but everything pointed to this being a total disaster. First off Christmas specials are rarely on the caliber of Charlie Brown Christmas and are usually closer to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Add on the fact that the last Shrek movie was nowhere near as good as the first two. Having now seen it I can say that there is hope for the Shrek series yet. Shrek The Halls tells the story of Shrek learning about Christmas. Now that the big green guy has a family, he wants to give them the best Christmas ever, but he doesn't know how. but with the help of donkey and puss in boots and the rest of the gang, he learns in a trial and error type of way that one can only find in a Shrek story. This cute little half an hour special has really restored my faith in both the Shrek series and Christmas specials in general. that may seem way to dramatic but if Shrek the Halls can pull it of then maybe there is hope for the ones yet to come.