# Dodgeball **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725 "2004-10-23T04:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/1 "2004-10-23T04:03:46Z")
This isn’t really about art per se, but - checking out the other thread titles in this forum - I don’t feel too embarrassed or inappropriate. I just moved back to the U.S., so I’ve missed a lot of movies in the last couple of years. So I’m makin that up at the dollar movies (because I also don’t have a job yet). I just went and saw “Dodgeball” and laughed until I was sick. Did anyone else enjoy this movie as much as I did? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/2 "2004-10-23T04:19:39Z")
Great cheap funny movie. No deep meaning…just funny. We loved it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/3 "2004-10-23T06:05:19Z")
I have always had an unexplained fascination with movies about teams of wacky misfits winning the big game. I don’t even like sports. Luckily, these movies always make what’s going on in the game perfectly clear. _Dodgeball_ is a parody of these films, though I wouldn’t say it was necessarily more preposterous than a regular one. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/4 "2004-10-23T14:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=JillGat] I just went and saw “Dodgeball” and laughed until I was sick. [/ QUOTE] Haven’t seen it yet, but our dodgeball team won the championship last week. Pity we didn’t have uniforms like the ones I saw in the previews. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/5 "2004-10-23T17:22:41Z")
I had more fun at that movie than just about any other movie this year. It was stupid and juvenile, but with just a dash of really clever gags. Lance Armstrong’s cameo just about killed me. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/6 "2004-10-23T17:49:12Z")
I agree with the above that it was stupid funny rather than stupid annoying, with several hilarious moments. Any movie which features Stephen Root will score some points with me, I think he is one of the most talented comic performers working today. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/7 "2004-10-23T17:53:53Z")
Very silly , very funny. I saw _Anchorman_ yesterday - sillier, funnier. ---
**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/8 "2004-10-23T19:19:16Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Very silly , very funny. > I saw _Anchorman_ yesterday - sillier, funnier. now this is my own preference but i liked Dodgeball a whole lot better than Anchorman. Dodgeball I laughed most of the way through but Anchorman, though it had good points just didn’t work its magic on me. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodgeball/270725/9 "2004-10-23T20:51:31Z")
My capsule review from an earlier [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262480): > [@](#): > > I laughed my ass off from start to finish. It may have helped that I went into the film literally with no expectations (I went intending to see Spider-Man 2 but, oops, it wasn’t out yet). I mean, dude, it had a _pirate_! For no reason whatsoever, a pirate! A pirate with existential issues, no less! Oddly, Dodgeball was only the first of two movies I saw because of not seeing Spider-Man 2. I went to where it was playing and tried to buy a ticket only to learn that it had closed the day before! Then why was it still advertised on the theatre’s website I ask you? Ended up seeing Deep Water instead.