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New Arrivals // 05.24.16

Zoolander No. 2 (Blu/DVD) dir. Ben Stiller

How to Be Single (Blu/DVD) dir. Christian Ditter

Risen (Blu/DVD) dir. Kevin Reynolds

Rise of the Legend (Blu/DVD) dir. Chow Hin Yeung

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Zoolander 2 gets a 6.1 out of 10. After retiring for fifteen years, Derek and Hansel run into each other in Rome as they help an Interpol agent solve a conspiracy. Zoolander 2, or Zoolander No. 2, or 2oolander; whatever you want to call it, was not as good as the original Zoolander made back in 2001. One of the main things that hurt this film was that it really was not about fashion. Sure the setting was in the modeling world, but it was mostly an action comedy film about these male models trying to solve a conspiracy, while the jokes about male modeling hit the back burner. Some off the jokes were kind of questionable in the film as well. There was a 9/11 joke at the beginning of the film and Benedict Cumberbatch's character, All, was kind of making fun of transgenders in a way. I know when the trailers came out, people were talking about boycotting the film because of its insensitivity to the LGBTQ community, and while I did not go that far, I do think films need to stop trying to make jokes about transgendered people because they already face enough discrimination. Other than that, I actually thought the movie was really FUNNY. I know reviews have been awful for the movie and while I can understand why the film may seem dull to some, I thought it was humorous. The truth is, this movie is stupid. The story is RIDICULOUS and the jokes are FOOLISH, but it was just so ridiculous that it made me laugh a lot. I love the first Zoolander so that may be biasing my opinion a tad, but I feel like you have to have Ben Stiller's sense of humor to appreciate both films. If you think about it, the story and jokes were not that far off from how ridiculous the first film was. Another element that I really think aided the film would be all of the celebrity cameos. They were mainly thrown in for shock appeal, but I really thought that having this many guest stars kept the laughs coming. Mugatu, played by Will Ferrell, makes a return as the villain and unlike a lot of Ferrell's movies lately, he is actually funny in this. Kristen Wiig also stars as a fashion titan who is connected to Mugatu's diabolical plan. Having these two stars as well as everyone from the original Zoolander helped this film a lot along with the cameos. Like I said above, I think that the filmmakers straying away from the modeling world was a big mistake because it caused the jokes to be about something other than modeling, and that is why the first film gained a cult classic status within the comedy genre. Zoolander 2 may not be able to beat its predecessor, but it still generated enough laughs for me to grant it a decent score so I recommend you SEE IT. Nothing after the credits. It makes me so happy that Katy Perry has met Derek Zoolander.

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