So I watched Step Brothers the other night, overall, a very meh movie. Some parts are pretty damn funny “classic” Ferrell, but most of the movie is ultra-dry line delivery that seems to have become Ferrell’s norm recently (unfortunately) — the kind of lines where you can’t tell if you are watching something funny, or a drama.
I think it’s the crazy/flamboyant Ferrell of the early SNL years that put him in the hearts of so many people as “super-funny”, and I just haven’t seen that in his last few movies except for a few moments in each movie.
This is the equivalent of sticking Chris Farley in a movie delivering straight-faced/dead-pan lines instead of over the top physical comedy and retarded voices that made me piss my pants 10 years ago and still does now.
ANYWAY, there is a song Ferrell sings at the end of Step Brothers with John C. Riley (who keeps saying “Boats & Hoes” through the song) that is one of those “that is awesome, what’s that called?!” songs you go lookup right after the movie is done.
Well I did that, and found it… the original is called Con te Partiro and below is sung beautifully by Andrea Bocelli
it turns out that what Ferrell sung was literally a Spanish version of that song called Por ti volaré — and when I searched for that, I just found a bunch of Step Brother’s references, which made me think that it was a customization of the classic just for the movie? I’m really not sure, but that would be impressive.
I’d suggest watching the YouTube video, the song is really something else.
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14. December 2008 at 12:00 pm
That song IS awesome, and so is Andrea Bocelli. He sings so efortlessly and his voice is so pure, like he’s channeling God. But I think my MOST favorite is The Prayer, by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion (NOT that I’m giving HER any props).
14. December 2008 at 1:17 pm
Mikal,
Totally agree, his voice is incredible… I had no idea about The Prayer, going to look it up now, thanks!
15. December 2008 at 1:34 pm
Wanted to comment that the Spanish version sung by Will Ferrel is not a customization. Andrea Bocelli also has a version.
Look it up on iTunes. I had purchased it some time ago.
15. December 2008 at 1:44 pm
Jonathan,
Thanks for the clarification, I was wondering about that.
Gonna hit up iTunes now and grab these
2. February 2009 at 1:54 pm
Beautiful! Intoxicating! The same way I feel about my handsome hubby Jessup!!
3. February 2009 at 12:27 am
Yo dude, step brothers was a funny film and worth seeing. My view on you is that your a very meh editor after reading your review.
3. February 2009 at 5:44 pm
Valentine,
List your top 3 favorite comedies… this might be a difference of opinions…