Has Ben Stiller ever made a good/funny movie?

[LostInAnomie]

[DS1]

1. Zoolander

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Beat me to it

:thumbsup:

How can you expect them to learn when they can't even fit in the building?!

:D

[DS1]

5. What's funny is people are still doing "The Magnum"

[bicentennial_baby]

6. YAY!!!

Guido Douchebags!! :woohoo:

You never let me down :D

[LibraLiz1973]

14. I think that's Blue Steel

:rofl:

[LostInAnomie]

3. I think you misread the question.

I said "a good/funny movie".

[TZ]

4. There's Something About Mary

Thats one of the funniest movies I have ever seen!

[Mojambo]

9. Yeah, Zoolander's not bad. n/t

[MullenBank]

13. coal country

southern new jersey

[flvegan]

7. Dodgeball was pretty damn funny.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

27. Yeah, that's me, taking the bull by the horns. It's how I handle business. It's a metaphor.

But that actually happened, though.

[PVnRT]

32. Nobody makes me bleed my own blood!

[RubyDuby in GA]

36. "Fucking Chuck Norris!"

I couldn't agree with him more! :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. I loved that one. Thed scene in Vegas where they take the court in leather and chains, OMG! LOL

[Bryan]

8. Sure he has

The Royal Tenenbaums, Flirting With Disaster, Zero Effect, Permanent Midnight-the mainstream star vehicles he's made in the past few years are pretty awful, but he's got chops as an actor.

[Swede]

10. Quite a few.

The dude just breaks me up.

[galledgoblin]

11. looking forward to Tropic Thunder

I like Stiller's films.

don't get me started on Adam Sandler or Eddie Murphy written/starred in films though...

[MullenBank]

12. mystery men

zoolander- orange mocha frappacino!!!!!

[Orsino]

20. Mystery Men was brilliant, and hilarious.

Stiller only has one schtick--trying to be cool, failing, and pretending not to know we know he failed--but it is used perfectly in this wonderful picture.

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. Mystery Men is a classic! Dodgeball ranks second for me behind that

[LibraLiz1973]

15. He totally has

I really like him

[Starry Messenger]

16. zoolander

It's a walk-off

MPK

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Yes, quite a few!

We just watched Zoolander again the other day - it's hysterical.

The "Fokkers" movies were also great. And Dodgeball cracked me up.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

18. Even if he hasn't he's still far funnier than Will Farrell.

How did that lump of meat ever become a movie star and zillionaire? :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

19. I totally agree. This man is just not funny and I don't know why he keeps making movies.

He was only funny on SNL, and only when he was playing Bill Clinton, whom I liked. :-)

[GCP]

22. Will Ferrell played Clinton on SNL?

Do you mean Daryl Hammond? Ferrell did a great Bush.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. My SO pointed out to me that I was mistaken, that he played Bush*.

And he did a good job at that. :-)

I liked Phil Hartman as Clinton. The McDonald's sketch was my favorite. :D

[Skittles]

30. OMG that McDonald's sketch is etched in my memory

INSTANT classic :thumbsup:

[Rhiannon12866]

38. I know! Looked for this on YouTube, but couldn't find it.

Has to be my most favorite SNL sketch, ever...:D :hi:

[GCP]

31. That McDonald's sketch was priceless!

We have it on hard drive.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. I wish that I had I had it, too...

Maybe my favorite SNL sketch, ever... :D

[GCP]

55. I believe it's on this DVD

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500148/

[Rhiannon12866]

57. Thank you so much! How terrific!

This is something that I'll save, and appreciate so much!

Rhiannon:pals:

[GCP]

59. You're entirely welcome!

Maybe you could Netflix it! :toast:

[RubyDuby in GA]

35. "Intercepted by Warlords!"

That was a great sketch!

But I must disagree about Will Ferrell...sorry, I think he's hilarious.

Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank!

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Well, we have a lot in common, anyway, since President Carter was my avatar on DU,

since we had avatars, until I changed to Kucinich, just for this election. President Carter was my candidate since he first ran, my hero and just an amazing person.... :hi:

[RubyDuby in GA]

49. Excellent!

I love Jimmy Carter so much I named my son after him! Little Carter Dean is progressing nicely in Democratic politics.

In a perfect world, Kucinich would be a shoe-in for prez. He's always who I score/identify closest with on all those candidate quizzes.

:hug:

[Rhiannon12866]

56. Wow! That is so cool! Did you ever tell President Carter that you named your child after him?

He sure would be both impressed and flattered, and he deserves a great deal of praise, since he does such excellent work.:patriot:

Jimmy Carter was my candidate from the time he first ran. I wasn't at all political, back then, but I could tell that he was a good person. He got my first vote. I come from a long line of Republicans *sigh*, and my brother used to refer to him as "Rhiannon's man," making fun of me, but I would vote for him again today.:-)

AS far as those quizzes are concerned, it's just the same for me. I knew that Dennis Kucinich was my candidate as soon as we started hearing from him about Iraq. He was called "unpatriotic" for his views, but he was right from the beginning. And on the quizzes, I always match up 100% with him, as well. I also liked John Edwards a lot, but think that Obama can win for us, this time around... This trip that John McCain goaded him into making has just been stellar and made us a lot of friends around the world. :D

Rhi:pals:

[GCP]

21. Zoolander and Meet the Parents

Both great movies INHO.

[Stuart G]

23. There's Something About Mary (1998) ...

This could be the funniest movie ever made. If not the funniest, one of them. Two scenes in particular. One about a zipper..that is all I will tell you

[TZ]

24. Hair gel

I can't think of hair gel without recalling that movie...:D

[Stuart G]

25. Yep.....the scene with the "hair gel" that is the other...

[FloridaJudy]

28. The "rest stop" scene

Always leaves me in stitches as well. And that poor dog...

I concur. One of the funniest movies ever made.

[Skittles]

29. his movies aren't that great but I still find him entertaining

I find Mr. Stiller just plain likable

[pokerfan]

33. Meet the Parents

I think it may have been more a case of the film being funny in spite of him but you asked if he had ever made a funny movie and MTP was very funny.

[mac56]

54. I agree that "Meet The Parents" was a very funny movie.

Whether it could have been funny with someone else in his role? Not sure. I think Zach Braff would have been excellent.

The sequel, however - "Meet The Fockers" - sucked butt. Through a straw.

[CreekDog]

34. Royal Tennenbaum's was terrific

but that was mostly because of the other characters.

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Dodgeball, Royal Tannenbaums, and many others.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

41. I'm so glad you posted this.

I can't say he's never made a funny movie. He's been in a lot of funny movies and he's given some good performances. Overall, however, I find him pretty damn unfunny for a comedic actor. And his brand of humor --squirm comedy--just isn't my cup of tea. It's just uncomfortable to watch. On top of that, he's got so much latent anger lurking just beneath the surface. Even when he's being funny, it just seems like he's pissed off. Not a bad actor, not a bad person, decent comedian, but I'm not a fan.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

42. The Royal Tenenbaums

is one of the best movies ever made.

Meet the Fockers - It is damned funny too.

[redqueen]

43. Zoolander, Mystery Men, and Dodgeball are all funny.

[kat_kringle]

44. the pilot: heat vision and jack!!!! n/t

[one mean sheath]

45. i love stupid comedy, no lie.

maybe it's because i'm a stoner but seriously - zoolander and dodgeball make my life complete.

[applegrove]

48. There is Something About Mary? He is hilarious. I'd go see any of his films.

[CBHagman]

50. I can't believe I'm posting in a Ben Stiller thread, but...

...Flirting with Disaster was terrific.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116324/

I haven't really bothered with his other movies, for the most part, and quite a few of them don't look appealing. I don't get why the whole B.S. phenomenon. (Hmm...) But I will give credit where credit is due.

[BlueStateGirl]

51. Royal Tennabaums and Keeping the Faith.

[regularguy]

52. Classics? No. Funny? Hell yeah!

Plus, I get told about twice a week that I look like him, so I'm biased.

"No one makes me bleed my own blood!"

[DarkTirade]

53. He's been in good movies, but they were usually good in spite of him.

The only time he really worked for me was in Mystery Men. He was okay as the over-the-top crazy bad guy in Heavyweights, but when he tried to basically redo that same role a few years later in Dodgeball it really just didn't work for me. I think it was because Heavyweights was a kids movie, whereas Dodgeball wasn't.

[Norwood]

58. He's made a few

Meet the Parents
There's Something About Mary
Dodgeball
Mystery Men
and that new one that he made with Robert Downy Jr. looks kinda funny.

But he's also made a lot of shitty ones too, your poll "choices" made me chuckle

[Rhiannon12866]

60. "Along Came Polly" wasn't all that bad. Saw it on TV a few weeks ago.

:shrug:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343135/

[LoveMyCali]

61. I like that movie too

but what do I know, I like some of Will Ferrel's movies and most of Adam Sandlers movies. :blush:

I can't help it, I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old boy, bathroom humor like in "Along Came Polly" always makes me laugh.


:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

64. That was the part that made me cringe, LOL.

I guess I'm like the guy in SNL who ran over pedestrians because he could only use his own bathroom at home...:D

Jennifer Aniston was the main draw in that movie, IMO, but I really liked Ben Stiller's dancing scene...:hi:

As for Adam Sandler, the only movie I saw of his was "Anger Management," since I couldn't stand him on SNL, which I thought was okay, but Jack Nicholson was the main draw in that one, though there wasn't a Brussels Griffon in sight. ;)

[Critters2]

62. I'm gonna have to go with "no". nt

[Kat45]

63. No, only stupid ones. And it's sad because he has a lot of talent.

He used to have a short-lived sketch comedy show on Fox in its early years. I loved the show, watched it all the time. He is extremely talented, and it bums me out to see that he's opted for the stupid-comedy route. Though he's likely taking his stupid-comedy ride all the way to the bank. There is a DVD of the Ben Stiller Show, and I would definitely recommend renting it when you're in the mood for a good laugh.

[bigwillq]

65. Yes

There have been a few that I found funny like:


Meet the Parents (Meet The Fockers)
Anchorman
There's Something About Mary (one of my all-time faves)