He was fine playing against type in Eternal Sunshine. But that's the only movie I've actually liked him in.

Ditto. I mean, small doses of his physical comedy, like, sketch-length doses, and then he can go back into the toybox he comes outta.

I saw Enduring Love this weekend, along with Laurel Canyon, and I feel as if I ought to feel all grown up and like them both, but I only liked one of them. Still, overall it was quite the weekend of superhero-to-be floundering in befuddlement. (Plus, bonus floundering by Toshiro Mifune in Throne of Blood !)

Doing Time on Maple Drive, in which he played an alcoholic.

I never can remember if that was him or Robert Sean Leonard. They could have been brothers, they resembled each other at the ages they were then. I remember loving whichever of them it was, though.

It was Carrey -- I checked, even!

You're right, though -- I never thought about how much he and RSL looked alike there for a while.

I saw Enduring Love this weekend, along with Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon really kind of bored me, but I watched it late one night in a bad mood.

I liked Carrey in The Cable Guy. Finally a role even slightly as creepy as I found his public persona.

Finally a role even slightly as creepy as I found his public persona.

Heh.

I didn't hate The Truman Show, and I enjoyed most of Bruce Almighty, but I will never willingly watch the abomination he and Ron Howard made of The Grinch.

::shudders::

Oh! The Mask. Probably the last time I liked Cameron Diaz too.

I loved Laurel Canyon. But that was just because I couldn't decide whether Frances McDormand or Christian Bale was hotter.

See, I can manage to watch Batman 3 by putting my thumb over Carrey, but it doesn't work with Unfortunate Events. Even with the sound off.

When you're too over-the-top to fit in a Joel Schumacher Batman movie, you might want to consider dialing it down a bit.

I'll be the odd one out and say I've loved Jim Carrey in almost everything I've seen him in.

I just watched War of the Worlds, and I was pretty impressed for most of it. I mean, sure, the characters are meaningless, but the effects were awesome, and sticking to Ray's POV was both interesting and maddening. It made it less like a bombastic sci-fi flick and made the audience feel like we were in the shit.

I thought most of the early action sequences were exceptionally well crafted, and the scene later on with the eye roving through the basement was awesome. I liked the pacing because it felt realistic, since we were following one man's journey.

Everyone complained about the ending, and I was surprised that er, well, they actually just used the original ending, so...I really can't fault them for that, right? It's not Spielberg's fault the actual ending is so lame.

Overall, though, I think the movie captured the death and destruction and chaos and anarchy of an actual alien invasion.