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Ben Stiller all time great or just a guy?

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  1. jiggyfly

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    I have been a huge Stiller fan since Zoolander, I liked him in Mary but after Zoolander I was hooked.

    He has a great IMBD, I think he is underrated as a all-around talent.

    He was in one all-time great Comedy Mary and wrote and directed another in Zoolander.

    And now he is an award winning drama director.

    My favorite projects of his are

    Something about Mary
    Zoolander
    Dodgeball
    Tropic Thunder
    Ben Stiller show.
     
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    Not a big fan, but a very successful comedy actor.
     
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    I don't think he's an all-time great...but I do think he's great. He is fantastic at delivering lines. Plus he's generally pretty funny.
     
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    TBH, I think Ben Stiller's dad was a lot funnier. But Ben's movies are all really enjoyable and rewatchable.

    I guess I would label him "just a guy" who's really good at what he does... sort of interchangeable with Steve Carrell these days...
     
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    Not an all time great, but not just a guy.
     
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    Severance is dope. Yall counting non-acting?
     
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    I love Ben Stiller... my favorite is Heavyweights
     
    #7 Erbnwarfare, Jul 13, 2022
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    He's a great guy

    ...which is what every woman told him before he got dumped
     
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    Reality Bites, Zoolander, and Tropic Thunder are great movies. The guy isn't an all-time great, but pretty good.
     
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    He's also a pretty good director. Directed the amazing Severance on Apple+ along with several of his own movies.
     
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    Just a gay for sure
     
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    There is plenty of room between "all time great" and "just a guy". I'd say he's pretty excellent but doesn't make it into the upper echelon of all time great comedic actors. Like...you can be an All-Star without being a Hall of Famer.
     
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    No idea. But when I have seen interviews of him he's never funny. So weird because he's hilarious in the movies.
     
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    Tropic Thunder is his best movie. Hilarious. I actually thought he dad was funnier though.
     
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    He's a comedic actor, not a comedian turned actor.
     
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    Makes sense.
     
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    He is awesome, he has been in so many movies I lost track until I looked it up.............The Heartbreak Kid is underrated, its friggin hilarious
     
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    Can't believe I forgot about Something about Mary. Still awesome after all these years.
     
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