Terrence Malick's favorite film?!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yep, looks like this was mentioned a little bit ago. -- cortex
*perishes in gasoline fight*
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:45 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:45 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
One of Stanley Kubrick's favorite movies was White Men Can't Jump, and I have it on reliable authority that one of Stanley Brakhage's favorite movies was Bring It On.
Many, if not most great artists aren't terribly pretentious.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:45 AM on June 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Many, if not most great artists aren't terribly pretentious.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:45 AM on June 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Sorry about that ladies and gents!
posted by littlemanclan at 7:46 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by littlemanclan at 7:46 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
What is this post, littlemanclan?
A post for ants??
Try again and make it at least three times as big.
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:49 AM on June 15, 2011 [13 favorites]
A post for ants??
Try again and make it at least three times as big.
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:49 AM on June 15, 2011 [13 favorites]
In before post eugooglogy!
posted by dubold at 7:50 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by dubold at 7:50 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
That shakespeherian. He's so hot right now.
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:51 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:51 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
DON'T YOU KNOW I GET FARTY AND BLOATED WITH A DOUBLE POST!?
posted by jph at 7:53 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by jph at 7:53 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
also, as someone who has hovered outside the fashion world, Zoolander is not exactly a parody. Favorite overheard line : These pants wont fit! DID YOU HAVE SALT TODAY?
posted by The Whelk at 7:56 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 7:56 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Oh, I'm sorry, did my pin get in the way of your ass? Do me a favor and lose ten pounds like NOW or get out of my sight! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!
posted by jph at 7:57 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by jph at 7:57 AM on June 15, 2011
Zoolander is the best movie.
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:57 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:57 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Zoolander is more than a movie.
posted by joost de vries at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by joost de vries at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Zoolander is the way, the light and the truth.
posted by jph at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by jph at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
No you're all right, it is definitely the pinnacle of human acheivement.
posted by muddgirl at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by muddgirl at 7:59 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
...slaves, Derek.
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011
Zoolander is life.
posted by clicking the 'Post Comment' button at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by clicking the 'Post Comment' button at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
If I admit to liking Zoolander in this thread and then it gets deleted, no one will ever see my comment, right?
posted by MrFTBN at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by MrFTBN at 8:00 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Listen to your friend Billy Zane. He's a cool dude.
posted by cazoo at 8:02 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cazoo at 8:02 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
angle brackets David Bowie close angle brackets
Perhaps I could be of assistance?
angle brackets slash David Bowie close angle brackets
posted by running order squabble fest at 8:03 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Perhaps I could be of assistance?
angle brackets slash David Bowie close angle brackets
posted by running order squabble fest at 8:03 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Zoolander is a movie I've never seen.
*runs away*
posted by kmz at 8:03 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
*runs away*
posted by kmz at 8:03 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Zoolander is the way, the light and the truth.
I went to a weird Zoolander/Dune mashup place right now.
posted by The Whelk at 8:04 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Zoolander is a movie I've never seen.
And you are far better-off for it.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:04 AM on June 15, 2011
And you are far better-off for it.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:04 AM on June 15, 2011
So as a gag I posted on Facebook last month that I had accepted a full-time teaching position at the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.
The next day I got a sweet but very concerned congratulatory e-mail from the Chair of my actual Department wondering how this would impact my current employment status.
posted by joe lisboa at 8:05 AM on June 15, 2011 [7 favorites]
The next day I got a sweet but very concerned congratulatory e-mail from the Chair of my actual Department wondering how this would impact my current employment status.
posted by joe lisboa at 8:05 AM on June 15, 2011 [7 favorites]
I have somehow managed to miss both Zoolander (Ben Stiller is like a jockstrap to me, best left to supporting roles; as a central focus, things go to a bad place) and seeing any Malick films at all.
Worthwhile?
posted by adipocere at 8:07 AM on June 15, 2011 [4 favorites]
Worthwhile?
posted by adipocere at 8:07 AM on June 15, 2011 [4 favorites]
I feel like I'm taking CRAZY PILLS!
(srsly, this is our household's version of "WTF?")
also: there's <small>, but no <big>?
posted by epersonae at 8:08 AM on June 15, 2011
(srsly, this is our household's version of "WTF?")
also: there's <small>, but no <big>?
posted by epersonae at 8:08 AM on June 15, 2011
Can the comments save this sinking ship? ;)
posted by littlemanclan at 8:08 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by littlemanclan at 8:08 AM on June 15, 2011
I love how unnecessarily clever Zoolander is when making really lame jokes.
"If Malasia goes, what is next? My entire panty line is made in Vietnam!"
Awww yeah, that's a Domino Theory joke in your Ben Stiller masterpiece.
(adipocere, yes, watch Badlands back-to-back with Zoolander. I kid you not. Together those two films represent everything that cinema can and ought to do.)
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
"If Malasia goes, what is next? My entire panty line is made in Vietnam!"
Awww yeah, that's a Domino Theory joke in your Ben Stiller masterpiece.
(adipocere, yes, watch Badlands back-to-back with Zoolander. I kid you not. Together those two films represent everything that cinema can and ought to do.)
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I want to apply David Bowie HTML to EVERYTHING now.
Even if you are in England and at a crossroads AND even if going that way would literally take them straight to that castle, no one likes Labyrinth jokes. Sigh
posted by The Whelk at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011
Even if you are in England and at a crossroads AND even if going that way would literally take them straight to that castle, no one likes Labyrinth jokes. Sigh
posted by The Whelk at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011
s/lame/corny
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011
I went to a weird Zoolander/Dune mashup place right now.
Tell me about the blue steel of your homeworld, Uzool.
posted by LionIndex at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Tell me about the blue steel of your homeworld, Uzool.
posted by LionIndex at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
One of Stanley Kubrick's favorite movies was White Men Can't Jump.
See, now I'm picturing Rosie Perez replacing R Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket. It wouldn't be quite the same vibe, but I still think it would work.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 8:10 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
See, now I'm picturing Rosie Perez replacing R Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket. It wouldn't be quite the same vibe, but I still think it would work.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 8:10 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Also it's worth pointing out that Ben Stiller wrote the script for Zoolander, and Ben Stiller is secretly a really good writer, and even flawed films like Tropic Thunder reveal him to be quite competent.
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:10 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:10 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ben Stiller has had a strange, meandering career hasn't he?
posted by The Whelk at 8:13 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 8:13 AM on June 15, 2011
It's because he can't turn left.
posted by davidjmcgee at 8:15 AM on June 15, 2011 [10 favorites]
posted by davidjmcgee at 8:15 AM on June 15, 2011 [10 favorites]
Sometimes, stupid/simple movies can be some of the best. Zoolander is iconic without being pretentious. It's a really solid comedy film. Ben Stiller is the everyman's James Franco.
In hindsight, Zoolander has aged remarkably well. It's going to be one of the comedies that we remember from the 2000s. Ferrell's going to be remembered for films like Zoolander and Elf. His "fratty" stuff is already dated.
posted by schmod at 8:15 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
In hindsight, Zoolander has aged remarkably well. It's going to be one of the comedies that we remember from the 2000s. Ferrell's going to be remembered for films like Zoolander and Elf. His "fratty" stuff is already dated.
posted by schmod at 8:15 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
I believe I read somewhere that Green Day is Malick's favorite band, and he was blasting Dookie nonstop while editing the final cut of The Thin Red Line.
posted by kingoftonga86 at 8:16 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by kingoftonga86 at 8:16 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ben Stiller can't jump. That's the problem.
posted by littlemanclan at 8:19 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by littlemanclan at 8:19 AM on June 15, 2011
I got here as late as I could what's up!
posted by shakespeherian at 8:22 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by shakespeherian at 8:22 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ben Stiller is like a jockstrap to me, best left to supporting roles; as a central focus, things go to a bad place
Metafilter needs little badges for amusing similes.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:23 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Metafilter needs little badges for amusing similes.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:23 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
adipocere, speaking as someone who's a bit iffy about both Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, I can say that yes, you should see Zoolander. It gets the silly just right.
posted by benito.strauss at 8:25 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by benito.strauss at 8:25 AM on June 15, 2011
Made it in before last call! I'll have two vodka tonics and a marguerita, please.
posted by likeso at 8:26 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by likeso at 8:26 AM on June 15, 2011
I have been known to describe my problem with left turns on my bike as "Zoolander Syndrome."
posted by epersonae at 8:28 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by epersonae at 8:28 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
The great movie director Terrence Malick's favorite film is...Zoolander?!
From link:
"I think ‘Zoolander’ is one of Terry’s favorite movies ever,” said Jack Fisk, Malick’s longtime production designer"
So "no".
Additionally... "so".
posted by dgaicun at 8:32 AM on June 15, 2011
From link:
"I think ‘Zoolander’ is one of Terry’s favorite movies ever,” said Jack Fisk, Malick’s longtime production designer"
So "no".
Additionally... "so".
posted by dgaicun at 8:32 AM on June 15, 2011
For me I can only take Stiller in small doses. I love Dodgeball, but I'll happily fast-forward through his grossout bits.
posted by kmz at 8:32 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by kmz at 8:32 AM on June 15, 2011
YES. I have been describing my left hip labral tear wonkiness as zoolanderitis!
posted by elizardbits at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by elizardbits at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2011
HEY GUYS IT'S ME AGAIN THAT'S RIGHT ME, TERRY MALICK.
(I'M TYPING THIS IN A HELICOPTER WHICH IS WHY I AM MAKING THE WORDS LOUDER. HA HA! IT HELPS ME THINK!)
SO IF ANYONE IS CURIOUS ABOUT MY AFFECTION FOR ZOOLANDER I GUESS IT'S LIKE HEIDEGGER SAID, THE POSSIBLE RANKS HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL. TO EXPLAIN, I MEAN, WHAT'S MORE POSSIBLE THAN ZOOLANDER? I'M NO NEOPLATANIST (LOL!) BUT I THINK WILL FERRELL'S PERFORMANCE IN THAT MOVIE REACHES TOWARDS THE IDEAL STATE OF BEAUTY, WHICH I THINK YOU'LL AGREE WITH. IT'S TRUE!
IT'S LIKE A BIG GIANT CRAZY TREE! I LOVE BIG GIANT CRAZY TREES! THEY'RE ALL UP THERE, IN THE SKY, WITH LIKE LEAVES AND SHIT. THAT'S COSMIC!
IN CONCLUSION, I'M IN A HELICOPTER. AND HEY REMIND ME SOME TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW SEAN PENN AND I GOT CAUGHT IN A DOWNPOUR IN TORONTO. WHAT A SILLY STORY THAT WAS!
omigod a flock of birds
posted by shakespeherian at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2011 [11 favorites]
(I'M TYPING THIS IN A HELICOPTER WHICH IS WHY I AM MAKING THE WORDS LOUDER. HA HA! IT HELPS ME THINK!)
SO IF ANYONE IS CURIOUS ABOUT MY AFFECTION FOR ZOOLANDER I GUESS IT'S LIKE HEIDEGGER SAID, THE POSSIBLE RANKS HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL. TO EXPLAIN, I MEAN, WHAT'S MORE POSSIBLE THAN ZOOLANDER? I'M NO NEOPLATANIST (LOL!) BUT I THINK WILL FERRELL'S PERFORMANCE IN THAT MOVIE REACHES TOWARDS THE IDEAL STATE OF BEAUTY, WHICH I THINK YOU'LL AGREE WITH. IT'S TRUE!
IT'S LIKE A BIG GIANT CRAZY TREE! I LOVE BIG GIANT CRAZY TREES! THEY'RE ALL UP THERE, IN THE SKY, WITH LIKE LEAVES AND SHIT. THAT'S COSMIC!
IN CONCLUSION, I'M IN A HELICOPTER. AND HEY REMIND ME SOME TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW SEAN PENN AND I GOT CAUGHT IN A DOWNPOUR IN TORONTO. WHAT A SILLY STORY THAT WAS!
omigod a flock of birds
posted by shakespeherian at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2011 [11 favorites]
I don't like Zoolander, but it bothers me greatly that there's confusion that a famous artsy fartsy director would love a silly comedy. Comedy isn't "below" other genres and I'm tired of people behaving as though it were.
posted by keithburgun at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by keithburgun at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
The basic rule of thumb with Ben Stiller movies is to avoid any movie where he is interacting with something significantly smaller than him.
posted by The Whelk at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011
My spouse has an obsessive fixation on Zoolander and I've been forced to watch it few months for the last year and a half or so. Even rationing our viewings doesn't stop the daily quotations (Owen Wilson, please stop acting so I will no longer have to hear about how hot you currently are).
Despite that, I still love it. Zoolander is one hell of a good film.
Now if you'll excuse me I need to go watch Dude Where's My Car for the umpteenth time.
posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011
Despite that, I still love it. Zoolander is one hell of a good film.
Now if you'll excuse me I need to go watch Dude Where's My Car for the umpteenth time.
posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 8:34 AM on June 15, 2011
Basically, if a person tells me they don't like Zoolander it's shorthand to my brain that says. "You won't like this person. They might not just be lame, but may also hate happiness as a general concept as well."
posted by Windigo at 8:38 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Windigo at 8:38 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
[Some comments removed. Please, no breakdance fighting.]
posted by ODiV at 8:40 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by ODiV at 8:40 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Listen to your friend Billy Zane. He's a cool dude.
Put a cork in it Zane!
posted by cyphill at 8:45 AM on June 15, 2011
Put a cork in it Zane!
posted by cyphill at 8:45 AM on June 15, 2011
Noble citizens,
Please pay no heed to the rapscallion posting under my name above. He knows nothing of my work.
Now can someone tell me how to get to my files? They're *in* the computer.
posted by "Doctor" Terence Malick at 8:47 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Please pay no heed to the rapscallion posting under my name above. He knows nothing of my work.
Now can someone tell me how to get to my files? They're *in* the computer.
posted by "Doctor" Terence Malick at 8:47 AM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Zoolander is the movie that got me to like both Ben Stiller (previously too annoying) and Will Ferrel (the first and at that point only thing I had seen him in was Night at the Roxbury, which is a war crime).
posted by X-Himy at 8:48 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by X-Himy at 8:48 AM on June 15, 2011
Woody Allen has said that he loves "Duck Soup" and "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break." True story.
posted by blucevalo at 8:49 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by blucevalo at 8:49 AM on June 15, 2011
But I mean Duck Soup is a Marx Brothers films and culturally "acceptable". It was even in Harold Bloom's Western Canon.
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:50 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by Rory Marinich at 8:50 AM on June 15, 2011
oh fuck yeah the Spice Girls did a cameo, lovvvve
ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCHINOS!
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 8:52 AM on June 15, 2011
ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCHINOS!
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 8:52 AM on June 15, 2011
Zuulander.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:53 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by adamdschneider at 8:53 AM on June 15, 2011
THERE IS NO STILLER ONLY ZUUL.
posted by The Whelk at 8:53 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:53 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Comedy on film is all about timing and editing, I can see someone like Malick who famously does most of his film making during the editing process being obsessed with a comedy.
posted by octothorpe at 8:55 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by octothorpe at 8:55 AM on June 15, 2011
But Zoolander is a culturally good film! It makes people feel good about themselves! It also teaches them how to dress cool and wear their hair in interesting ways.
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:56 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:56 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I love Zoolander. That is all.
posted by vibrotronica at 8:58 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by vibrotronica at 8:58 AM on June 15, 2011
Comedy on film is all about
posted by George_Spiggott at 8:59 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by George_Spiggott at 8:59 AM on June 15, 2011
I heard that Wim Wenders loves Howard the Duck. TRUE STORY!!!
posted by slogger at 9:02 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by slogger at 9:02 AM on June 15, 2011
timing and editing
posted by octothorpe at 8:55 AM on June 15 [+] [!]
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:03 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by octothorpe at 8:55 AM on June 15 [+] [!]
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:03 AM on June 15, 2011
Mister The Whelk are you too stupid to know what a eugoogoly is?
posted by "Doctor" Terence Malick at 9:12 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by "Doctor" Terence Malick at 9:12 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Zoolander is the way, the light and the truth.
Heretic! The only true font of purest film is 'End of Days'. Seriously, there is wisdom in these works -
Jericho Cane: Between your faith and my Glock nine millimeter, I'll take the Glock.
Solid gold!
i'm seriously stupid for that movie, i can't help myself
posted by FatherDagon at 9:20 AM on June 15, 2011
Heretic! The only true font of purest film is 'End of Days'. Seriously, there is wisdom in these works -
Jericho Cane: Between your faith and my Glock nine millimeter, I'll take the Glock.
Solid gold!
i'm seriously stupid for that movie, i can't help myself
posted by FatherDagon at 9:20 AM on June 15, 2011
I hate the presumptions in this article. If you're an ambitious philosophical artist, you have to be some ultra-rare above-it-all being? The mystical is not above it all, the mystical only searches for ground, the reality. I doubt there is anyone who creates lofty, intense art who doesn't need serious decompression time making funny image macros and watching Community. There is nothing "contradictory" about this unless you think human beings should all fit into neat slots and categories!
posted by naju at 9:38 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by naju at 9:38 AM on June 15, 2011
Rory Marinich: "and even flawed films like Tropic Thunder reveal him to be quite competent."
Fl- fl- flawed? Surely you jest. I like Zoolander quite a bit, but I LOVE Tropic Thunder.
posted by brundlefly at 9:43 AM on June 15, 2011
Fl- fl- flawed? Surely you jest. I like Zoolander quite a bit, but I LOVE Tropic Thunder.
posted by brundlefly at 9:43 AM on June 15, 2011
My first name is Hansel. Zoolander changed my life.
posted by aychedee at 9:44 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by aychedee at 9:44 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Jericho Cane: Between your faith and my Glock nine millimeter, I'll take the Glock.
Ed Rooney: Between grief and nothing... I'll take grief.
Sloane Peterson: Great.
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:51 AM on June 15, 2011
Ed Rooney: Between grief and nothing... I'll take grief.
Sloane Peterson: Great.
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:51 AM on June 15, 2011
The other Jericho Cane: I'm a pimp. And pimps don't commit suicide.
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:54 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:54 AM on June 15, 2011
Tropic Thunder is Exhibit 1 in my argument that Stiller is a much, much better writer than actor.
posted by Skeptic at 10:06 AM on June 15, 2011
posted by Skeptic at 10:06 AM on June 15, 2011
Fl- fl- flawed? Surely you jest. I like Zoolander quite a bit, but I LOVE Tropic Thunder.
Ben Stiller as over-the-top stupid was excellent in Zoolander, but it was played out by Tropic Thunder. Thankfully, Tropic Thunder had other great aspects to redeem it.
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 10:08 AM on June 15, 2011
Ben Stiller as over-the-top stupid was excellent in Zoolander, but it was played out by Tropic Thunder. Thankfully, Tropic Thunder had other great aspects to redeem it.
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 10:08 AM on June 15, 2011
Tropic Thunder is Exhibit 1 in my argument that Stiller is a much, much better writer than actor.
NOOOOO DON'T GO FULL RETARD
posted by mightygodking at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011
NOOOOO DON'T GO FULL RETARD
posted by mightygodking at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011
> The basic rule of thumb with Ben Stiller movies is to avoid any movie where he is interacting with something significantly smaller than him.
But then you'd miss out on Heavyweights!
I'm not kidding.
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
But then you'd miss out on Heavyweights!
I'm not kidding.
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Has anyone here seen Zoolander with Ben Stiller? Is it any good?
posted by chavenet at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by chavenet at 10:09 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I doubt there is anyone who creates lofty, intense art who doesn't need serious decompression time making funny image macros and watching Community.
Personally my best ideas come when I'm playing Harvest Moon 64.
Fl- fl- flawed? Surely you jest. I like Zoolander quite a bit, but I LOVE Tropic Thunder.
Tropic Thunder was more ambitious, and some moments in it were great, but it had a lot of sequences that just didn't connect for me. What's more, Zoolander has its own perfect little self-contained universe. It establishes its own pace, its own way of doing things. Almost every shot somehow feels like Zoolander. Tropic Thunder didn't establish itself in the same way.
posted by Rory Marinich at 10:12 AM on June 15, 2011
Personally my best ideas come when I'm playing Harvest Moon 64.
Fl- fl- flawed? Surely you jest. I like Zoolander quite a bit, but I LOVE Tropic Thunder.
Tropic Thunder was more ambitious, and some moments in it were great, but it had a lot of sequences that just didn't connect for me. What's more, Zoolander has its own perfect little self-contained universe. It establishes its own pace, its own way of doing things. Almost every shot somehow feels like Zoolander. Tropic Thunder didn't establish itself in the same way.
posted by Rory Marinich at 10:12 AM on June 15, 2011
I agree, Zoolander is great. It's probably the ONLY Stiller vehicle I can watch. I think it is the gasoline fight in the first act that does it for me, carefree, fun-loving, like a coca-cola commercial gone horribly wrong.
I can understand the appeal is what I'm saying.
posted by NiteMayr at 10:23 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I can understand the appeal is what I'm saying.
posted by NiteMayr at 10:23 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I heard Orson Welles' favourite film was Xanadu.
posted by elizardbits at 10:38 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 10:38 AM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
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