I think Ben Stiller just completely missed the mark with Zoolander 2 and it's good that he realizes it. It happens, not everything's gonna land the way you thought it would. But people really need to just stop making sequels to comedies years if not decades after the originals. It rarely ever works because comedy changes over time. Some humor doesn't age well but more importantly some premises just don't work well outside of the era they were conceptualized in because they were a reflection of that period. There are some exceptions of course but I've been burned too many times by shitty - purposeless sequels.
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Also, the original worked because it was a new idea, same as Anchorman. Take a profession, ratchet the stupid up to 11 and have fun with it.
The sequel doesnt have the same "fresh ground" to walk over.
The second Anchorman movie is almost as good as the first one imo.
I did not think so. It wasnt as bad as Zoolander 2, it had a few good moments but it felt more like "part 2" than a sequel... like it was a bunch of more of the same than anything bigger or better.
If you watch them back to back now it plays better than when it first came out.
That's just a rarity
I should probably stop hoping for Blazing Saddles 2
History of the World Part 2 was recently released as an 8-part series. I haven't watched it but reviews indicate it's not terrible.
It has its moments, though not nearly as memorable as the movie. It really helps to be a fan of Mel Brooks' style of humor.
Do we get to SEE, JEWS... IN SPAAACE?
Yes, they actually fulfill that decades-old promise.
EXCELLENT!
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy: part 42
Yeah that didn’t age very well.
You're not wrong. Imagine a movie being made nowadays that just dogs on backwoods hicks from start to finish.
I liked the first Zoolander movie and I’m surprised I didn’t even realize they made a second one. I may have to watch it just because it exists and maybe now that I have a super low expectation it will not be so bad.
It's as good as the fourth Matrix movie, or Dumb & Dumber Too.
Hey the first like, ~40 minutes of the fourth Matrix isn't that bad. It's just after the Wachowski's were finished making fun of the concept of lame milquetoast sequels trying desperately to do more of the same, they actually went and made one.
I did enjoy the Carrie-Anne Moss reveal that made her even hotter than in the original film.
It's legit bad, and not in a so-bad-it's-good way
The only good scene is one that they spoiled in the trailer… Mugatu getting out of prison.
For what it's worth, Zoolander still holds up, even if some of the jokes from that era will fly over people's heads.
Dere-lick my balls will always be great.
I can dere-lick my own balls, thank you very much.
This realization is why I hope Austin Powers 4 never happens.
I recall him saying a year or two back that he ultimately thinks it's a good thing it failed, too, because, if it'd done well, he probably wouldn't have gone onto do more serious things like Escape At Dannemora and Severance.
I agree in part, I think that making a sequel decades after the original IRL and story-wise and updating the ideas and humour to not be the same as in the original might be worth it. But that would require an actual new idea that somehow aligns with characters strong enough to make it reasonable to make a sequel and not a new IP.
They definitely fucked up the marketing, because this is the first I've heard of it.
You didn't miss out, it was terrible.
I wasn’t even aware (or completely forgot) there was another one.
I can 100% say I had no idea this movie happened.
Kinda like the Star Wars battlefront remaster that aparently dropped a month ago.
I knew all about that, was super hyped but waited for reviews and then didn't waste my money
I'm unfortunate enough to have seen this in theaters on opening day. It was very bad.
Luckily we saw Deadpool directly afterward which completely made up for it.
This is an article 8 years after a movie was released 15 years after the first.
How timely.
The article is about an interview he did on David Ducovny's upcoming 'Fail Better' podcast... Which is specifically about people who've experienced high profile failures.
This is a comment 37 minutes after yours. I don't think I helped, in fact I think I wasted both our time...
I’m here 18 minutes later to respond.
Response 4: The Articling
Idk I think it's valid to look back on stuff like this. I don't want/need a 24h news cycle for discussing movies.
Joe Dirt 2 was so bad as well
Oh yeah, that was god awful. Fuck Crackle for releasing that garbage out into the world. I'm glad that streamer failed for Sony and the only buyers they could find were the publishers of the Chicken Soup for The Soul book series.
I totally remember choosing not to bother with this one because the first one was perfect.