Ferrell Fails

I called into a radio station with a trivia answer to win tickets to a movie.  I used these tickets to attend the cinematic flop "The Campaign."  In a way I was relieved that I didn't have to pay for the movie, but the fact that I had this movie as a prize left a bad taste in my mouth.
My husband and I both teach, and for our last day of summer break we decided to go have a beer and then go to "The Campaign." Laugh a little.  Enjoy our last few hours. Looking back, I wish we would have stayed in the bar, or I would have gotten a jump start on my school year and corrected thirty research papers. That is how bad this movie was.
I have been a fan of Will Ferrell since his days on "Saturday Night Live."  I enjoyed "Old School" and "Talladega Nights."  The movies made me laugh out loud.   The drinking, dialogue, and jokes were an integral part of the movies' charm.  I left the theater and began immediately repeating the lines.
 There was an innocence to Ferrell's characters.  They were characters who were not yet "adult" men and that was okay. I cheered them on in those movies because I felt sorry for them.
Recently, I caught a guest appearance of his on "Conan."  He was emotionally spent because Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison's relationship appears to be over.  She cheated on Edward.  Ferrell did this funny bit about the fact that the relationship wasn't as perfect as he thought. He shed tears over the star-crossed "Twilight" stars.  It was funny and cute-true Ferrell.
"The Campaign" lacked anything close to humor.  The premise of the movie was fine.  Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) has to campaign against political newcomer Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) to win a congressional district in North Carolina.  Brady is a slimy politician and Huggins is a naive small town father of two.
I think I may have laughed twice in the two hours I wasted in the theater.  I thought I was watching an Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider film.  Ferrell lacked innocence, conviction, and style.  Nothing about the movie was clever, new, or creative.  Jokes about sex, farting, or homosexuality were base and  flat.
The only thing I enjoyed about this movie was sharing my husband's popcorn.  I feel like Will Ferrell should give me my last day of summer back.