Anybody who has seen his stuff knows he's funny as hell but he's only had like two hits out of 30 movies. Why is that?

Um...because he's not really that funny. That and his humor is occassionally funny, but some times it is too out there for most people to apprecitate. I personally thought he was good directing the Cable Guy, but everybody went expecting Jim Carey to talk out his ass and left dissapointed. Stiller was going for a completely different vibe and barely anybody caught it.

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"Many an unfortunate marriage has been prevented by a good
hanging." -Shakespeare

Ben Stiller is a hit and miss comedian. When he gets something funny, he does it quite well, but, when he misses, he's way off. I chuckled maybe twice through all of Mystery Men. Yet I loved the Cable Guy. Everyone has his off days.

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"All arts can and must wait. They may even wait to live until after the artist is dead. Only the ridiculous costs of cinematography force it to instant success, so it is satisfied with being mere entertainment."
-Jean Cocteau

The ONLY thing I've ever liked Stiller in is There's Something About Mary.

I think you need to judge his "comicness" based, not on movies he has acted in, but rather his own material. Like his TV show he had was pretty brilliant. Sure, sometimes it missed (as all comedy does) but for the most part, he was doing some really terrific stuff.

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"Don't move until you see it."

Well Pemenant Mindnight was suck, but I still love the Ben Stiller Show episode where he did the Last of The Mohicans Workout, where he runs through the woods. He is sort of hit or miss but I keep hoping....

I think the best comedy he was in was Flirting with Disaster, but it can all depend on the movie and who's working on it.

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Probably because all of his superpowers come from his unsurpassed rage.I could be wrong.

I heard his new movie Meet The Parents is much funnier than it appears to be in the trailers.

I dunno what it is about him. i just don't find him to funny. http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/tongue.gif

...because he starred in Mystery Men??? http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif

I didn't think Ben Stiller was all that bad in "Keeping The Faith".

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Because he is underrated, his father is a much funnier man.



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Father, The sleeper has awoken

I have not seen him in any other movies othe than Something About Mary... but that new movie w/him & Robert Deniro looks really funny!

BTW I loved The Cable Guy! http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif

Meet The Parents looks hilarious and his father is funny.

Meet the parents was one of the funnest movies i have seen this year. Great stuff. robert de niro just makes the movie. classic laughs.

I loved Meet the Parents.

3 out of 4 stars.

* Meet the Parents - My Review * http://www.writtenbyme.com/articles/575079060.shtml

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Why is Ben Stiller the most underrated comedian in Hollywood?
 

I don't know? :confused:

-"You can trouble me for a warm glass of shut the hell up! Now you will go to sleep, or I will put you to sleep. Check out the name tag. You're in my world now, grandma."

Happy Gilmore :D

he was hilarious in that small part he played

Re: Why is Ben Stiller the most underrated comedian in Hollywood?
 

Gotta love this place ..... where else could it take a forum member named <b>k-qwick</b> over <b>two years</b> to post a definitive answer.... -wink-

Re: Re: Why is Ben Stiller the most underrated comedian in Hollywood?
 

Thanks.:)

No one liked Mystery Men but me? I love Ben Stiller. Great in Tenenbaums.

Watched it last night. One great joke after another.

geez, i don't know....

There's Something About Mary
Zoolander
Mystery Men
Keeping the Faith
Meet the Parents
Royal Tenenbaums
Zero Effect
Flirting With Disaster
Reality Bites

.....that's a pretty f'n impressive line-up to me.....all good films and all VERY entertaining. Ben Stiller is one of the funniest people in America, plain and simple. If you don't think so, well then, I guess you don't have very good taste ;) :D ;)

I gotta agree with you there.He's made some funny as heck movies.And yes Mystery Men was great.