As someone who grew up watching the play-by-play ice skating dramas of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, I couldn't help but enjoy the new film "Blades of Glory."
Will Ferrell and the guy from "Napoleon Dynamite" are rival male skaters who become a reluctant couple so they can compete in the pairs division. It's goofy. It's exaggerated. It's probably nowhere near the reality of professional ice skating (or is it?). Still, it's an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours on a weekend evening.
I wonder what local ice skaters think of the film? I know that professional skaters, like those who study ballet, are very serious about what they do. Do they also have a sense of humor?
I'm not an ice skater of any kind, but I also really enjoyed the film, particularly because I used to watch ice skating all the time as a youngling. I think the film got a lot of the details right, but I did spot one inaccuracy: amateur figure skaters aren't allowed to skate to songs in which lyrics are audible in competition. (Yep, I'm that much of a dork to know that.)