Blades of Glory

Published in The Athletes
September 5, 2013

Jimmy MacElroy

After the surprise success of Napoleon Dynamite, it seemed that the world could not get enough of Jon Heder; that is until we saw more of Jon Heder. Realistically, there isn’t much you can do with him other than effeminate wimpy roles….so enter, Figure Skating. With all due respect to Napoleon Dynamite fans out there, Heder’s Jimmy MacElroy was not exactly the strongest part of this film, and was overshadowed by his co-stars. Still, he performed the dangerous “Iron Lotus” at the end, and was paired with the bookishly cute, Jenna Fischer, so that gets at least a somewhat acceptable score from the German judge.

Published in The Athletes
August 26, 2013

Chazz Michael Michaels

Chazz Michael Michaels may have been a male figure skater, but the sex addict sure loved his women. Will Farrell (Michaels) made many laugh out loud with his performance of a down on his luck figure skater forced to find a male partner (his old rival) to return to the Olympics in pairs figure skating. Considering the premise, the film could have easily fallen flat on its face, but Ferrell was brilliant in his role, and it is almost inconceivable to imagine anyone else executing the “Iron Lotus”.