::imagines Carrey as Ben Weatherstaff in a new production of The Secret Garden; never stops screaming::
Shame on you!
::runs away to find brain bleach::
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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Amy - Dec 29, 2006 6:51:55 am PST #6656 of 10001
Because books.
Megan E. - Dec 29, 2006 6:52:50 am PST #6657 of 10001
::imagines Carrey as Ben Weatherstaff in a new production of The Secret Garden; never stops screaming::
There would be some killin' to be done if that were made. Killin' and hurtin'.
Beverly - Dec 29, 2006 7:02:55 am PST #6658 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
All of us with torches and pitchforks, marching on the studio, muttering...
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2006 7:07:41 am PST #6659 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
Marching on the studio merely means that he could go somewhere else and despoil another children's classic.
DebetEsse - Dec 29, 2006 7:10:02 am PST #6660 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Juliana, the thing that's really OTT is the advertising, which seems even more so than Richard's thing last year. The other thing, though to a lesser extent, is the interns (though that is likely largely an age-of-actors thing), but Momolly works for me.
I am loving basically everything actually connected to the play great. I am especially fond of the tension with the lead actor (and what's his face who Geoffrey fired).
Volans - Dec 29, 2006 9:15:02 am PST #6661 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Jim Carrey is, sadly, very, very kid-pleasing. As long as movie executives are hoping to turn a profit, no classic of children's literature is safe from him.
I heard that Jim Carrey will be playing Prince Caspian in the next Narnia movie. (runs away)
I got S&A2 for Christmas, as well as Brisco County Jr. Which made me realize that, for whatever reason, I file Paul Gross and Bruce Campbell in a similar part of my brain. So...F/C/M: Paul Gross, Bruce Campbell, Nathan Fillion.
Kevin - Dec 29, 2006 9:32:11 am PST #6662 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Technically, if kids like Carrey, he makes kids classics. Well, in my head. Just not so much adult classics. That said, some of the films he's done (Eternal Sunshine) have been great.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 29, 2006 9:33:10 am PST #6663 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I heard that Jim Carrey will be playing Prince Caspian in the next Narnia movie.
Really? I heard he was going to be Bilbo in THE HOBBIT since Ian Holm will be too old for the character in that book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2006 9:35:37 am PST #6664 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
Is suddenly grateful for Peter Jackson's feud with New Line...
bon bon - Dec 29, 2006 9:37:39 am PST #6665 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't know where I saw it recently, but YouTube has an old Living Color sketch where Jim Carrey did a great Vanilla Ice, and the physicality was so spot-on I remembered why he used to be so good.
I feel dirty for that comparison now.
Anyhoo, he's an over the top mess like Ben Stiller now but he used to be so, so good. Speaking of which, I finally saw Trading Places last night (can't remember in what thread I was urged to see it) and the rest is pretty dated but, as weird as it feels to say, the thing I kept thinking about Eddie Murphy was that he was fucking incandescent. Lights up every scene he's in, and it's just timeless.