Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)

Wake up, Ron Burgundy is allegedly made of deleted scenes from Anchorman, but while it's obvious how some scenes fit into the movie such as Ron's dangerous driving here leading to the parking scene in Anchorman, there's no way most of this would have ever fit. I assume a lot of last-minute re-shoots were involved.Some elements work. The Alarm Clock gang is hilarious. They are a group with political goals, but seem unclear on what they are and lack any sort of grand plan. The bit with Amy Poehler as a bank teller who refuses to give them any money because they are so inept as bank robbers is one of the best in the movie. Justin Long as Ed's sullen teenage son, Chris, and Chad Everett as Jess Moondragon, Ron's mentor who won't shut up about how inappropriately he loves nature, also have some very memorable bits. Note that none of these (fairly significant) characters are in Anchorman.Unfortunately, the movie is just a series of bits. It doesn't really come together. To some degree, this is to be expected in a movie assembled from deleted scenes, but it's more than that. The jokes get too much narrative priority, often leading to things that just don't fit in the context of the movie. Veronica Corningstone's personality is all over the place and Champ King's moment in the car goes on way too long, even though it starts well, for instance. This really hurts suspension of disbelief as it never really establishes any rules to play by.This is a serious problem, but I'm giving the movie a 6 anyway, mainly because it made me laugh so hard I nearly vomited on several occasions, like when Brick explained what he was eating or any of Paul's attempts to explain the manifesto. In short, this is a great way to present deleted scenes. It isn't a great movie.

Anchorman was my favorite Will Ferrell movie before Blades of Glory, so ever since I learned of this DVD "movie" years ago, I had wanted it. However it was unfortunately only available as a bonus disc to the original movie and not readily available on region 1, and it wasn't even released on region 3. Hence I was quite happy to finally buy this (with Anchorman) in Oz.Was it worth the wait? Yes, and no. I hadn't known beforehand that this "movie" was made of various cut extended scenes and deleted scenes and such, and so it's not quite as coherent as a normal movie. Still, there's effort put into the cutting and pasting, and the result is indubitably more fun (and easier) than watching the individual scenes as standalones the way they are typically relegated as in DVD bonus features, which I don't even bother to watch, usually.So yes, I'm quite happy that I got this DVD, but I doubt it would be of any interest to anyone who didn't like (or watch) Anchorman. 6

for the first 20 minutes, i thought it would suck. the jokes were only OK, and they were showing almost the same stuff as the first one. i was depressed. then it got interesting. the story completely changed, and after about a half hour, it felt like Anchorman 2. It got really good. It wasn't as funny as the first one, but it had some good laughs. Anchorman is my favorite movie. that easily rates a 10/10. i was excited for this one, and got what i expected. An OK movie with some more laughs from the news crew. But seriously, how much did they film? id give this movie a 7.5/10, just because i love Anchorman. If i only thought Anchorman was OK, id give it a 6.5/10. If you want more of the news crew, definitely see it, you'll love it.

I loved anchorman but this movie made me really upset, it was terrible, there was no point in putting this movie together through alternate scenes and deleted scenes, it was only funny to the people who made the movie, I understand that they thought it would be funny, but it really wasn't. I am a huge fan of the work that all those guys do , but i just didn't really understand the point for that movie. I laughed once and that was at brick. I was expecting a whole new movie, i guess i wasn't expecting what i saw. I wouldn't write this sort of thing if i didn't think anything was wrong. I also thought going into watching this "new movie" as it is presented, that it was actually a new adventure.