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"the files are IN the computer"
haha

INANE BUT HAS SOME BRILLIANT MOMENTS
Ben Stiller wrote, co-directed and worked in a movie that is as empty and devoid of content as the industry it portrays, which could perhaps have been the very point. The vein of the movie is very AustinPowers-like, although the jury is still out on which ones are funnier.

The premise of Zoolander is a rip -- a super model called Zoolander (Stiller) with IQ equivalent to his shoe-size finds himself at a cross-roads in life when he has a contender challenge his leadership position (Wilson). This makes him a good candidate to be hired as an assassin.

Makes for a fabulous ground to poke some fun at fashion and advertising industries, and there's a bevy of barbs that produce a handful of genuinely funny moments. Stiller makes more faces in this one flick than he must have made in his entire career, and its hilarious!

If you watch the flick after a Merchant Ivory or Michael Mann item, you'll be disappointed. It's light-hearted fun and in general I believe it succeeds. The pace of the movie is good overall, although on average the first half has more genuine laughs than the second, the latter getting exceedingly unbelievable and situational in content.

Yet, a pretty interesting rental for some light fun. Would I want to own this? I wonder.

FAIR TO MIDDLING
This movie is not great. It's not bad either. It's just O.K.. After listening to the commentary, I bet that's Stillers' opinion also. He states that many gags seemed to work when writing the script but did not translate well in the movie. You can tell by his voice that it bothers him.

The part of this DVD that works the best is the menu. Each section starts with Derek giving us innane instructions. I also enjoyed the freeze-frame, cubist, color morphing on the main section. If only the rest of the movie had been as fresh and original as the menu.