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First you have to buy Stiller as a supermodel... by cds	Aug 5th, 2001 07:35:46 PM
and then it's all downhill from there. This is the most ill-conceived movie I've ever heard of. But then, what the hell, just throw in some fart and poop jokes and spread on some bodily fluids, trim it just enough to get Joe Lieberman's blessing, and it will probably haul in the allowances from the nine-year-olds.
Stiller: Smart, Silly,....Stupid? by falafa	Aug 5th, 2001 07:42:43 PM
Ok folks, we all know that Ben Stiller can be very funny sometimes (Meet The Parents, ..About Mary, Keeping The Faith), very pop culturish (Reality Bites), very off balance (The Cable Guy), or just NOT FUNNY (Mystery Men, MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS '98). Why must he use his rising star power (from last fall's Meet The Parents) and capitalize it with ZOOLANDER, clearly an SNL-type skit that debuted at the VH1 Fashion Awards. We all know that skit-movies killed Tim Meadows (The Ladies Man), Chris Kattan & Will Ferrell (Night At the roxbury), Molly Shannon (Superstar), and yes, even Mr. Franklin (Stuart Saves His Family). Maybe I'm being biased since I haven't even seen the film yet, but hell, we all know what direction these films go in: 20 minutes of laughs (take off 19 1/2 if it's an SNL movie), then an hour of dead air. To Ben Stiller: Zoolander isn't going to get you the star power you want and need to become a major player in Hollywood! Zoolander will kill your career, just like Mystery Men almost did for all involved! There has never been a "great" skit movie and there probably never will be...
"clapping applauses"? by Wino-Forever	Aug 5th, 2001 08:27:00 PM

falafa by fladnaG	Aug 5th, 2001 08:49:39 PM
Don't forget the Blues Brothers. They started the routine as a sketch on SNL and it made a damn funny movie. However, since this is the only skit turned movie that I can think of that has been good I believe your point to be correct. I did like Mystery Men though but the concept for Zoolander just doesn't sound promising.
disappointed with stiller and co. by orangelazarus	Aug 5th, 2001 09:09:43 PM
i don't know. is it me? i liked 'mystery men', i liked 'meet the parents', i liked almost everything that ben stiller's done - but i saw this preview a while back, at one of those deals where they make you watch on goggles, in the middle of a shopping mall, with the promise of five bucks? and i was disappointed. heavily. uninspired tripe. i can only hope that stiller wises up. please, please god, let him wise up. i love everything but this, is something wrong?
The traier for this movie got big ass laughs, movie looks hot by SierraMountain	Aug 5th, 2001 10:19:05 PM
Will Ferrell, David Duchovny acting like a retard, Owen Wilson, come on, it's gonna be great.
I think the best place to hold preview screenings is... by kittyboot	Aug 5th, 2001 10:23:56 PM
In a mall. Watching the movie through googles. Submerged in a giant fruit smoothee. Breathing through a snorkel. In front of Payless.
or 'goggles'. Thems good too. by kittyboot	Aug 5th, 2001 10:25:58 PM

Payless isn't so bad. by Foreskin_Jones	Aug 5th, 2001 10:58:56 PM
I got a hell of a discount on my pair of Patrick Ewing sneakers at that store. Anybody remember the episode of the Conan O'Brien show where they had Marky Mark and the Helena Bonham Carter Ape on If they Mated? well the offspring was good ol Ben Stiller, HAR HAR HAR. If Ben Stiller can bang a hottie like Christine Taylor then I'm pretty sure I could bone Holly Valance on a daily basis, Three Cheers for Me!
It can't be any worse than "Glitter" by Projectordust	Aug 5th, 2001 11:27:38 PM

other snl movies by nixon45	Aug 6th, 2001 12:05:38 AM
speaking of snl spinoff movies that were good: waynes world and coneheads. course others might not've liked em, but i did. i also liked superstar and night at the roxbury, crazy enough. zoolander has owen in it, and him and stiller have had good results so far, so i'll see it. i thought cable guy was vastly underrated, and by far jim carreys best. but that's my opinion, so peace.
I've seen the whole movie and... by LiquidNitrate	Aug 6th, 2001 12:46:54 AM
positively/negatively I really don't know how to gauge what business Zoolander's going to do when its debuts nationwide... I agree 100% with this articles
You mean it's not... by cart00n	Aug 6th, 2001 02:22:19 AM
"Highlander" in a zoo? Now I'm bummed...
I could just hear the Paramount execs: "Please God, let this be by Lance Rock	Aug 6th, 2001 04:37:59 AM
If the trailer is ANY indication, this looks slightly lame. Bring on Meet the Fockers!
Stiller and wilson as models? HAHAHA by BigTuna	Aug 6th, 2001 05:51:36 AM
Talk about bad casting. Most models don't look like a monkey and don't look like they've been bashed in the face with a frying pan.
That movie sounds Darn Right Funny. I was even laughing at the r by Napolean Solo	Aug 6th, 2001 06:37:39 AM
In the eighties in London, our newspaper was called The Daily Mirror. On the T.V guide page, 1 star meant an awful film and 4 stars meant excellent. However, When they used to review college/teen movies me and my friends used to look for 3 things. firstly it had to say; 1 star Second it had to say; Patrick Dempsey Thirdly it had to say; Cheap Porn. These three ingredients meant it was going to be an all time great. This Zoolander review was one of those. I was actually laughing at what the writer put. And Ben Stiller wasn't intelligent in Mystery Men yet I thought it was hilarious. The reason I don't think that film did well is because it is a comedy about abunch of B Rate super heroes. Alot of people don't see that as an attractive magnet to pull them towards the cinema. I saw it on video and to this day I regret it. I loved that movie. Ben Stillers mister Furious was a work of genius and he wasn't intelligent (In The Slightest). In conclusion, I am looking forward to seeing this joint TWICE!!! Love is Love
Cable Guy is a brilliant comedy and one of the most under-rated by JefferyLebowski	Aug 6th, 2001 07:07:51 AM
I believe in Ben Stiller as director. The Cable Guy is a comedy classic, written off by the media and public forever because it didn't make $100,000,000. Fuck American audiences if they prefer him as Ace Ventura or the Grinch. The Cable Guy is exceptional.
NOT ENOUGH WILL FARRELL??????????? by Jesse Ventura	Aug 6th, 2001 07:23:48 AM
Will Farrell is one of the most supremely untalented comedians working right now. What the hell is he doing in this movie... or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back for god's sake. Please stop putting him in movies!! Joe Piscopo was never this annoying.
This place is a zoo. by rabid_republican	Aug 6th, 2001 09:57:30 AM
To be quite frank, this looks awful. I have to agree with the sentiment that treating your audience like idiots is not the way to go, even if it does get the cheap laughs. I perhaps may be one of the few who liked "Mystery Men". I do enjoy parody, but I don't think I could watch Stiller for two hours as a male model and be nothing less than unconvinced, let alone entertained, which is a shame.________________________ ____ This aside, what's the deal with beating up on Will Farrel? He's hilarious because of the annoying characters he plays. I will readily concede not all his material is winning (see the abysmal cheerleader skit on SNL.) but for the most part he has a great sense of timing and can play a wide variety of unsettling yet hysterical characters.___________________ ____As for SNL-skit based movies (for which I'm not so sure why the topic took off this talkback) consensus pretty much remains that besides "Blues Bros." and "Wayne's World", the rest remain fairly lackluster, if not forgetable (Coneheads, Wayne's World 2, A Night At the Roxbury, It's Pat, Stuart Saves His Family, Superstar, The Ladies Man...need I go on with this holocust list?).
Zoolander looks horrible by coolmodee	Aug 6th, 2001 12:45:32 PM
I saw this preview in a packed theater before the excellent Planet of the Apes and it got practically no laughs whatsoever. It just looks terrible. However, Stiller and Owen Wilson have made some funny movies - Cable Guy - "What's the story with our eggs? Have they hatched yet?" I am laughing now just thinking about him in that movie. However Meet the Parents was utter crap - I swear I really wanted to enjoy that movie and it hardly made me laugh at all. Mystery Men sucked and Permanent Midnight was entertaining but not great. I really like both these actors but they really need some better material.
Hey Coolmoedee by Napolean Solo	Aug 7th, 2001 03:32:28 AM
Hey Coolmoe... You can't handle the whole weight, Skin need lotion, Teeth need Colgate, Wise up you little burnt up french fry, I'm that type of guy!!!

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