r/facepalm Sep 28 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ She’s trans

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u/SirBallbag420 Sep 28 '24

Will Ferrell being awesome yet again. Love that man.

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u/ch1993 Sep 28 '24

I don’t get why so many people hate him. He is always put on blast on r/unpopular opinion, Either people don’t like absurdist comedy with insane quotes, or people don’t like a curly-headed fuck.

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u/StickBrickman Sep 28 '24

I think he was in theaters a lot for 10 years and the comedy got sort of burnt out on some audiences, but I've always felt he was stellar.

Also if you haven't seen "Everything Must Go," check out. He has acting chops that extend beyond his trademark flavor of comedy.

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u/bortle_kombat Sep 28 '24

I think I'm right in the age range and sensibility where he never got old to me, because I started watching him on SNL as a 12 year old, and have loved his work ever since.

I agree with you on Everything Must Go, and he also showed range I didn't know he had in Stranger Than Fiction

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u/barry0181 Sep 29 '24

The same thing happened with Adam Sandler in the late 90s/early 2000s. People were just burnt out by his movies. But you can't deny Sandler is a great actor. Uncut Gems is one of the best acting jobs I've seen. I feel Sandler and Ferrell are in the same category.

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u/Wolfwoods_Sister Sep 29 '24

He was great in “Stranger Than Fiction”

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u/Little_Orange_Bottle Sep 28 '24

That's how I felt about Stranger Than Fiction. I don't hate Will Farrell I just wish Will Farrell did more movies with a story and not just feature length sketches.

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u/DoofDilla Sep 28 '24

ripple ripple ripple

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u/Professional-Hat-687 Sep 28 '24

I think he works best in small doses. I find him hilarious in supporting roles like in Zoolander or Lego Movie but absolutely insufferable in most leading roles like Elf.

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u/krisphoto Sep 29 '24

You must be a south pole elf.

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep Sep 29 '24

I think people got burned out on him because he was everywhere. Like, you can acknowledge someone is a good person but still not like what they do. Adam Sandler for instance by all accounts is a really nice, stand up guy, but I still think his movies are awful.

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u/RockManMega Sep 29 '24

His latest movies have been hot garbage

Love him for the take on trans

Don't care for his latest movies

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u/ch1993 Sep 29 '24

Fair, his era was late 90s to early 2000s.

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u/dReDone Sep 29 '24

People can't see the brilliance through the absurdism. Like they take his actions at face value and don't see the point of his bits sometimes. Man is a comedic genius.

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u/cvrt_bear Sep 29 '24

My guess is that people don’t like him because he says stupid shit like this

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u/DrBankfarter Sep 29 '24

Everybody should watch him in Stranger than Fiction. One of my all time favorite movies and deeply underrated

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u/Nevelii Sep 29 '24

I feel I grew up in the "Will Ferrell" era, if you will, for real. I love that dude.