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I literally had Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on in the bakcground while I took care of the stuff aorund the house. I think that was just the right balance for this movie. I devoted the right amount of attention to it, and it provided me with some good background entertainment.

I found it to be a slapstick comedy that was very hit and miss, and when it hit it didn't hit all that hard. I often try to put movies on while I casually do something else - and typically get sucked in by them. I'm not really the kind of person that can multi-task while I'm watching something. But I could watch this just fine, I didn't get sucked in at all.

I think the key to being able to do that and still get the jokes is the jokes are silly and not all that smart. Smart jokes build on subtle detail, growing over the course of the movie, so you don't get to enjoy them unless you're paying attention. For me though, the reward is very worth the time spent, since I find those jokes to be super funny. Plus, they're memorable, they stick with you.

I'm pretty sure Anchorman didn't have any of those jokes in it (I guess it could have, since I wasn't paying attention I may have missed them, but I doubt it.) All the jokes were nice and self contained. Which is easy, but also means they end up being shallow. I remember laughing at this movie while I was watching it, but now it's the next day and I only remember a couple of gags. I suspect in a week those will be gone too.

I'm no surprised though, I've never really been a big slapstick fan. I mostly like to have things be a bit more clever then that...

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