The Making of 'Blades of Glory' (2007 Video) User Reviews

Eh

[TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews · 5/10 · 3 November 2009]

This is one of the featurettes on the DVD of Blades of Glory. It consists of interviews, behind the scenes footage and film clips. This is supposedly a making-of, but really, it's kind of a running joke, and not a particularly good one. Yes, we get it, not many movies have ice-skating as their primary focus. And of course they don't know professional ones. I'm all for mocking the typical love-fest, mainly promotional talking heads documentaries, but please try to make sure you have actual punchlines if you're going to go for that. This is basically everyone pretending to be dumb, and occasionally also a jerk. I don't know if this will be funny to those who loved the flick itself, maybe it will. To me it comes off as being too lazy to do a proper making of, and a one-note gag that goes on for far longer than it ought to, with a running time of 14 minutes(!). The one for the Danish Christmas calendar "Jul på Vesterbro" got it right by still including information, and by having an awful lot of charm. This has neither. There is mild to moderately strong language in this. I recommend this to fans of the picture itself. 5/10

Amusing spoof talking heads-style "making of" film

[bob the moo · 16 November 2007]

I was quite taken aback by how many extra features there were on the DVD of Blades of Glory so, even though I didn't think the film was much more than amusing, I figured it would be rude not to check them out. When I started this "making of" featurette, I immediately assumed that it would be just what I took it to be – a load of promo interviews edited together into a pointless ten minute film of everyone complimenting each other and saying how great it all ways. I have very little time for such films and was going to give up but after a minute realised that what was being said was a nonsense.

I watched on and found that this slight p1ss take was not just Ferrell in one interview but was shared across all aspects of the film. As such it is actually quite refreshing to watch and probably bought itself some extra credit for me on the back of this. Like the main film, the material is consistently amusing even if it is not often hilarious. Ferrell's material here could have been better but he works it while Arnett, Fischer and Heder are more enjoyable and convincing.

Overall then, a simple "making of" promo piece but with an acerbic and irreverent twist to it that it makes it actually worth a look.