I liked Carrey in The Cable Guy. Finally a role even slightly as creepy as I found his public persona.
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
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§ ita § - Dec 10, 2006 6:20:31 pm PST #6414 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Dec 10, 2006 6:23:38 pm PST #6415 of 10001
Because books.
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::
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2006 6:25:24 pm PST #6416 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh! The Mask. Probably the last time I liked Cameron Diaz too.
Beverly - Dec 10, 2006 6:29:12 pm PST #6417 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I loved Laurel Canyon. But that was just because I couldn't decide whether Frances McDormand or Christian Bale was hotter.
Volans - Dec 10, 2006 6:45:45 pm PST #6418 of 10001
move out and draw fire
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 10, 2006 7:26:47 pm PST #6419 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
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.
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2006 8:33:47 pm PST #6420 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Dec 11, 2006 1:18:41 am PST #6421 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
The last 45 minutes of Nashville are my favourite Altman. For such a diffuse story beforehand, it comes together so solidly and with such a quick succession of gut punches that it's, ah... I can seem to find a way to finish this sentence. You can assemble something coherent and grammatically correct out 'wonderful' and 'surprising' if you so wish.
I just watched War of the Worlds, and I was pretty impressed for most of it.
Reminded me a lot of early Battlestar Galactica tonally.
Ash - Dec 11, 2006 3:42:56 am PST #6422 of 10001
Stranger than Fiction is one of my favorite movies ever. I want to see it again right now.
Strega - Dec 11, 2006 4:07:23 am PST #6423 of 10001
I guess my favorite Jim Carrey role was in Peggy Sue Got Married. That being the only movie he's in that I've seen more than once.