Blades of Glory

it’s a movies weekend…as i watched another movie this afternoon… “Blades of Glory”…initially I thought this movie must be one of those no-story, all craps type but since my fren, BX, suggested it, I agreed…well, I also need a de-stress from the busy work schedule, and this could be it…

Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) are rival world-class men’s single ice skaters…they tied for the gold medal at the world championship and ended up fighting each other which caused the Games’ mascot on fire…as a result, they were stripped of the gold medals and were banned from skating in this category for the rest of their lives…this came as a big blow to both of them, as they were both number 1, not just in this 1 competition…

3 n a half yrs later, Chazz was seen working for a children’s show-on-ice play acting as an evil wizard…behind the mask, he’s always drinking n 3/4-drunk…on the other hand, Jimmy was working in a skate supply shop as a assistant…a die-hard fan of Jimmy found Jimmy and told him he can actually return to the skating competitions as a pair (as they were only banned from their singles category)…so he tried to find a female partner but to no avail…in the end, he saw Chazz and they ended up fighting again…Jimmy’s coach saw the news on tv and thought that it’d be a good idea if they can pair up instead…after much persuasion, they finally agreed and became the first male-male pair to compete…

Their training sessions were very funny as they cannot see eye-to-eye; they had been rivals for so long and to pair up as a team, was really unacceptable to them…at their first competition (the national competition), they finally put aside all their differences and gave the audience a wonderful performance…and won themselves a place in the International competition…of course their journey wasn't smooth-sailing; they met with set-backs like the rival team (a twin bro-sis team) tried to break them up by forcing their sister whom Jimmy is in love with to seduce Chazz…and even to the extent of “kidnapping” them just before the competition…but of course, the evil can never win…and the Jimmy-Chazz pair won the Gold medal as they executed the “Iron Lotus” perfectly…

This is a very hilarious comedy, many unbelievable scenes, incredible yet too funny…just can’t stop laughing…indeed stress-relieving…aside this funny element, I would say this is an inspiring movie as well…2 men stripped of their hard-earned gold medal, and their lives were totally changed as they had to give up their life career and dreams as well…however, they picked themselves up and even put aside their dislike for each other and all their differences to make a comeback…as long as u have a dream, don’t ever give up…fly to your dreams, and 1 day u will realize it…a quote from Jimmy: "if u can dream it, u can do it!"