Blowing Smoke: A movie about poker, cigars, women, and getting screwed

Wednesday
December 20, 2006

Why creative people shouldn't have children.

Male James Orr (Director) | Category: Blowing Off
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Patrick Enright is my new hero.

He writes about why Ben Stiller isn't funny anymore, but his theory in general has a deep truth to it.

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He lists Anchorman as a Stiller bomb. If I recall, Stiller was in that movie for about 2 minutes. So he's either saying Anchorman was a bomb( I thought it was pretty funny ), or that Stiller's appearance was shite( a bit unfair).

He also says Dodgeball sucked. I liked it.

Oh well. Stiller peaked at Zoolander, imo.

Comment by Rupert on December 20, 2006 5:46 PM

"Years ago, when we were both young, things were different. It was a simpler time then, a time when we were doffing our gold lamé parachute pants and slathering on the Teen Spirit, an era when we really were too sexy for our shirts."

Okay, that's where I stop reading.

Comment by JT on December 20, 2006 7:24 PM

If he tried just once to play against the Jewish nerdy/schnooky/nervous type, he could get back to his roots. What about his performance in The Royal Tannenbaums? That was OK.

Comment by Dmac on December 21, 2006 1:49 PM