"reign him in" would be more properly said as "rein him in", as in "rein in a horse."
Forgive me, it's been making me twitchy and anxious and I just had to say it.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2004 6:58:23 am PST #7449 of 10001
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 29, 2004 7:10:06 am PST #7450 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think the opposite -- the director failed to reign him in,
(sorry connie, not going to correct a cut and paste quote)
Or even more likely, both. I expect that the movie executives also had a hand in it.
We're paying Jim Carrey, have him BE Jim Carrey - the kids'll eat it up.
But yeah, an inexperienced director would probably get steamrolled by Carrey.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2004 7:28:05 am PST #7451 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Who was the director who got in a fistfight with Clooney?
Frankenbuddha - Dec 29, 2004 7:30:06 am PST #7452 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Who was the director who got in a fistfight with Clooney?
David O. Russell, on THREE KINGS.
Jessica - Dec 29, 2004 12:36:10 pm PST #7453 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Betsy HP - Dec 29, 2004 1:11:03 pm PST #7454 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I don't see "All the haircuts in ALEXANDER".
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2004 4:19:58 pm PST #7455 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If those are the biggest, it was a good year. I'd also like to submit the posters from Alexander.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 6:37:03 am PST #7456 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Didn't notice Catwoman on that list either...
Lyra Jane - Dec 30, 2004 8:46:15 am PST #7457 of 10001
Up with the sun
I haven't seen Lemony Snicket (I didn't like the books, so seeing it on film is kind of a non-starter of an idea), but I have seen Carrey be quite good, in Eternal Sunshine and The Truman Show and Man on the Moon and the less extreme parts of Liar Liar. And I loved Doing Time on Maple Drive, which is a TV movie he made when he was the white guy from In Living Color, though I'm not sure how that performance would stand up were I to see it now. I'm kind of sorrry to hear he doesn't work in Lemony Snicket.
And I saw Closer yesterday, which was a very good movie. It pains me to say this, but I thought Portman was the weak link in the cast, probably because she has a decade's less experience. Clive Owens, Jude Law and, oddly enough, Julia Roberts are excellent.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 9:05:43 am PST #7458 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
While I understand the personality-based Julia hate, I've always thought her to be a talented actress. She just usually take the easy route and plays her stock character.