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better than expected
Several minutes into this film, I worried that it was going to be a bust, but by the end, it was better than expected. This movie plays out a lot like Austin Powers-similiar in style featuring a dumb male model instead of the secret agent.

I liked the soundtrack of this movie a lot and it was worth watching just for that. Owen Wilson is not too bad either...

My main complaint with this movie is that it was flat. David Bowie was in it (always a pleasure to see him) but he wasn't utilized much. The art direction was competant, but it could of (and should of) been more pronounced. A lot of this film's success depended on the comic tone and the scenery was a bit too bland to carry the story along.
The plot was dull and uninspired however this wasn't an issue for me because the story is about a dull and uninspired model anyway. For the most part, all the elements needed to make a reasonable film were there and it was in balance, but there was a need for a little more "oomf".

Sunday Nite Movie Nite yields a good one.
Every Sunday nite for the past three weeks (wow, what a streak) I rent movies. That's just procedure. I got Zoolander last Sunday along with They Call Me Trinity, which I have already submitted a review for.

Here's what I thought of Zoolander:

!) Ben Stiller is wonderfully original and funny as the equal opportunity idiot in his role as Zoolander.

2) Owen Wilson has fine style and is a wonderful actor.

3) Mugatu was just plain hideous to look at.

4) The "walk-off" segment of the movie was just plain stupid. Who proves anything coming down a runway?

5) What is with that pulling the underwear out of your pants thing? Ouch!

6) Matilda was fine in her role as the perky reporter type. And she's also hot.

To put it simply, Zoolander was a selection for Sunday nite that I did not expect to pan out. Thought I'd be watching The Practice or something instead.

I'd watch this movie again, but it only deserves four stars for horrid fashions and for the somewhat awkward scenes (the run-off) and for.....you guessed it.....MUGATU!

--teenlibrarian--

Stupid does not mean funny
Meet the Parents and There's Something About Mary were stupid movies because they were funny. Zoolander is just stupid and perhaps the worst Ben Stiller movie ever.

Stiller stars at Derek Zoolander, vaucous male model who is recruited by fashion industry thugs to kill the prime minter of Malaysia, because he plans to end child labor. Helping him in this effort is an equally vapid model, Hansel (Owen Wilson who usually gets much better roles than this) and Matilda, a crusading reporter (Stiller's wife Christine Taylor who will make you yearn for her Brady Bunch movie roles). Of the supporting players, Jerry Stiller is absolutley horrible, badly acting as the owner of a modleing agency. Stiller's mom Ann Meara is even in this, throwing an egg at a fashion desinger. If only we had the same opportunity.

The story really isan't about anything, it is a collection of jokes and bits that are mostly unfunny. One scene in Hansel's pad, is excrutiatingly long. There are cameos galore. David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Fabio, and other Hollywood luminaries, here as window dressing or perhaps to pick up that much needed check. Hope they were paid scale.

Reviewers have compared this movie to Austin Powers. I would too. Austin Powers 2 that is. It is as equally unfunny as this mess. Stiller almost appears to be trying to copy Jim Carrey's clipped dialogue in "Cable Guy", which looks like "Citizen Kane" next to this dreck.

Ben Stiller forgot that if you are going to make a comedy, at least make it funny. I gave it 2 stars because that is how many times I laughed.

Incidental note - the World Trade Center was removed digitally from the New York Skyline. I applaud the filmakers for this sensitivity. It is the only applause they will get from me.

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