Dodgeball: Hit or Miss?

DodgeBall: Hit or Miss?

Dodge ball is a game that at some time in our lives we all played, whether it was in elementary school at recess or in middle school during a physical education class. Dodge ball was one of those games that no one would ever consider to someday become a Hollywood movie. Some would think it to be a ridiculous idea, but this was an idea for a smash hit comedy. Who knew that one day a game we once played and still play could be so hilarious that as an audience we would want to watch a comedy about it. DodgeBall is a great sports comedy; hence this is a movie that can be watched by the entire family. DodgeBall: A true underdog story is an extremely creative film that deserves to be watched.

Imagine playing a game of dodge ball against the toughest kids in the school. How well do you think that you would do? Would you over come or would you lose and run away, never trying to show how strong you really are? In the movie DodgeBall, you have the tough guys of Globo Gym against the weaker guys of Average JoeÐ'Ѓfs gym. The tough guys of Globo gym are led by White Goodman who is played by Ben Stiller (Meet the parents, Along came Polly). On the Average Joe team we have Peter LaFleur played by Vince Vaughn (Anchorman), Justin played by Justin Long (Ed), dodge ball legend Patches O'Houlihan played by Rip Torn, and Catherine Beach played by Christine Taylor. The movie has an amazing group of people that have the ability to make you laugh for hours.

Ð'ЃgIf you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball.Ð'Ѓh That is one of the many statements are by Patches OÐ'ЃfHoulihan. This movie is filled to the top with raunchy, hilarious, and subtle jokes throughout the movie. The movie has a lot of what some would call immature humor such as Justin Long not catching any of the balls thrown at him; instead he took them all to the groin or the head. Long alone keeps you laughing almost as if your gut is going to bust. VaughnÐ'Ѓfs character helps to keep the audience laughing by all of his subtle jokes. For example when Peter meets up with White they discuss all of the horribly funny things that Peter did to him. An example of this is the male stripper Peter sent White on Globo gymÐ'Ѓfs first anniversary. The movie has many jokes about how if you can dodge anything you can dodge a ball. At one point in the movie Patches has the entire Average Joe team run across heavy traffic telling them, Ð'ЃgIf you can dodge traffic you can surely dodge a ball.Ð'Ѓh It gets even better when one of the team members, Gordon, gets hit by a car while trying to get to the other side. This film has so many funny jokes that are made all throughout it. It is ninety two minutes of pure excitement and non-stop laughter.

The outtakes of the DVD alone are worth viewing. Located on the special features of the DVD are numerous outtakes and deleted scenes from the movie. As you are viewing the list of the