OK, so this last week I’ve watched Elf and Dodgeball. As the title of this post suggests Elf was a much better movie to me. Now, here’s the thing: Elf was fresher and funnier. Dodgeball had funny moments, it had some good snippets edited out, though which would have really clinched the humor in the movie – if you don’t believe me rent the DVD (except you Mom, because I know it’s not your kind of movie… at all) and check out the edited and deleted scenes. Ben Stiller used the same movements, similar joke types and goofy gags that he did in Zoolander and several other movies. In other words, the main quality acting came from his opponent, Peter. However, I give Steve the Pirate (a character in the movie) two thumbs up!

Elf on the other hand was consistently funnier and maybe, because I didn’t watch a lot of Will Ferrell in Saturday Night Live, his humor was at least mostly fresh. Yeah, there was some slapstick stuff in Elf, but I loved the claymation mixed with the real characters in the North Pole. I loved Will Ferrell’s exuberance, whether it was sugar powered or not. And what’s with the love story in the movie that doesn’t lead to sex? I mean come on, do we really want to watch a movie without sex? Actually, yes. I loved that there was very limited language, no sex, very minor innuendo, and a huge amount of creativity in this movie.

So, Elf 0.8, Dodgelander 0.5.

Pardon me while I go pour some syrup on my spaghetti…