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David
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 Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller?  Among actors who direct, I find him interesting. He definitely has considerable talent as a stylist, and most of his films as a director have inspired a great deal of conversation, either becoming generational cult favorites or causing divisive reactions one would not expect from quote-unquote mainstream comedies (the grim and melancholy elements of The Cable Guy, the devil-may-care satiric depictions of mental health and race in Tropic Thunder). And, of course, his film celebrity status is predated by the underground popularity of the highly idiosyncratic Ben Stiller Show. So, yes, rate or rank his directorial oeuvre. _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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David
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. The Cable Guy
2. Zoolander
3. Reality Bites
4. Tropic Thunder
5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Riggs
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (by far)
2. Zoolander
3. The Cable Guy
4. Tropic Thunder
Never seen Reality Bites.
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Chippy
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. Zoolander
2. The Cable Guy
3. Tropic Thunder
All in the A/A- range. I enjoy his work.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. Zoolander - - an all-time comedy classic
2. Tropic Thunder - - not far behind #1
3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - - worked it's magic on me
4. Reality Bites - - just okay
5. The Cable Guy - - sucks donkey balls (and not in a funny way)
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thompsoncory
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Definitely Walter Mitty.
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Chippy
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? I'm actually shocked that Bradley didn't like the dark and quirky comedy of The Cable Guy.
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Thegun
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? I'm all for dark and quirky, but it needs the humor to back it up. Cable Guy just is very one note for me, with extremely bad performances by Broderick and Carrey. Zoolander handled that so much more.
Tropic Thunder, Reality Bites, and Zoolander are all As for me. Haven't seen Mitty yet. I'd put Cable Guy in the C range.
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Thegun
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJcThe latte part may have been one of the funniest things I ever saw when it first came out.
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Jmart
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. The Cable Guy
2. Tropic Thunder
3. Zoolander
4. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Thegun wrote: I'm all for dark and quirky, but it needs the humor to back it up. Cable Guy just is very one note for me, with extremely bad performances by Broderick and Carrey. Bingo!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Tropic Thunder, it's not even close.
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Algren
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Without a doubt, The Cable Guy.
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Secret Life of Walter Mitty
3. Reality Bites
4. Cable Guy
5. Zoolander
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BJ
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? 1. Tropic Thunder A
2. Zoolander A-
3. Reality Bites A-
4. The Cable Guy F
Cable guy is crap
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Algren
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Stiller will never beat the brilliance he had with The Cable Guy, whether directing, producing, acting, writing, whatever.
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MadGez
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? The Cable Guy by far. Reality Bites second.
Can't stand Tropic Thunder (apart from Downey Jr)
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Algren wrote: Without a doubt, The Cable Guy. If it was really "without a doubt", why did you need to post about it again? Algren wrote: Stiller will never beat the brilliance he had with The Cable Guy, whether directing, producing, acting, writing, whatever.
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Chippy
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? To post again.
So?
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Algren
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Re: Favorite film directed by Ben Stiller? Bradley Witherberry wrote: Algren wrote: Without a doubt, The Cable Guy. If it was really "without a doubt", why did you need to post about it again? Algren wrote: Stiller will never beat the brilliance he had with The Cable Guy, whether directing, producing, acting, writing, whatever. Me being with a doubt and me posting it twice are not linked at all. Good try-oll.  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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