Zoolander (2001)

[Movie 146 / Day 156]


Derek Zoolander is a male model with the IQ of a breadstick. He is brainwashed and primed to assassinate some world leader or other when he hears a trigger. His friends figure this out for him and help him to foil the plot.

I'd seen this once before on a long-haul flight. I hated it then. However, watching movies on planes really does nothing for the experience, so I gave it another go. It's not as bad as I first thought, but it's still a distinctly average Stiller movie (as so many of his seem to be). Absolutely loads of celebrity cameos though.

My rating: 5.7 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.3 / 10
Running time: 89 mins
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Night at the Museum (2006)

[Movie 141 / Day 151]


Ben Stiller plays a divorced man that seems unable to hold down a job and as such, is in danger of not being allowed to see his son anymore. So he takes a job as nightwatchman at the Museum of Natural History.

Unbeknown to him however, all of the exhibits come to life at sundown and cause havoc until dawn.

Various adventures happen, everything turns out well enough for them to have made a sequel.

It's OK, fun but not particularly funny.

My rating: 6.5 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.4 / 10
Running time: 108 mins
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

[Movie 87 / Day 52]


Enjoyable enough sequel. The penguins steal the show.

My rating: 6.3 / 10
IMDB rating: 7.0 / 10
Running time: 89 mins
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Tropic Thunder (2008)

[Movie 83 / Day 50]


More inane fun - props to Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr though, for me, they were stand out.

My rating: 6.9 / 10
IMDB rating: 7.3 / 10
Running time: 107 mins
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