Zoolander 2

Possible spoilers ahead.Derek is now more intelligent (or perhaps less stupid) and Hansel is more aware of other people (or less narcissistic).

Some 15 years since the original, and fabulous, Zoolander I've been looking forward to this sequel for some time. Though not officially released until the 12th Feb it was being shown this weekend so I took a chance to get in early and see if it lived up to my expectations… Well I think it did, it's great to see Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) back on screen and they hardly look a day older than 15 years ago.

I really liked the original Zoolander, with its unique brand of cleverly dumb comedy, but I never thought we needed a sequel. Nonetheless, when Zoolander 2 was announced, I was looking forward to it, and with a couple of pretty entertaining trailers, I thought that this wasn't going to be one of those awful comedy sequels.

The orange mocha crappuccino of movie sequels.OK seriously who want it a sequel of Zoolander?

Zoolander (the original) was such a quirky parody of the fashion world. It carried a genuine tongue-in-cheek mockery of the entire industry and blew up 'their' ridiculousness to the max.

6/10 - translation: average. Zoolander (the original) is one of my favourite all-time comedy classics.

Zoolander 2 is the sequel to the original Zoolander film, which came out in 2001. As a send up of the fashion world, the film is pretty fun to watch, although it doesn't quite leave as much of an impression as the original.

This film gets a 3 due to the great work by the costume designers and set designers who obviously had a wonderful time being imaginative in this film. I also want to acknowledge Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig giving it their all and giving us the only laughs in this film, but besides those elements, this film is empty and embarrassing.

I loved the first film. This was truly horrendous, just not funny at all.