Ha, yes, I saw that episode too. Though I doubt this is the right thread.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
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Dana - Mar 06, 2011 3:58:46 pm PST #13483 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Atropa - Mar 06, 2011 7:00:10 pm PST #13484 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Damn, that movie has so many virtues and its many virtues are so spectacular. Its only, only flaw is Jim Carrey; I could forgive his presence more easily if everything else weren't so very, very good.
I keep thinking I want to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events again, and then I remember HOW MUCH Jim Carrey ruined the movie for me.
DavidS - Mar 06, 2011 7:06:28 pm PST #13485 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I keep thinking I want to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events again, and then I remember HOW MUCH Jim Carrey ruined the movie for me.
Actually his impact lessens on repeat viewings. You spend more time (a) loving the kid casting; (b) loving the costuming; (c) loving the set designs; (e) loving the opening and closing credits; and (f) loving the supporting actors, especially Meryl Streep just killing in one of her all-time best comic roles.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2011 7:26:05 pm PST #13486 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I keep thinking I want to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events again, and then I remember HOW MUCH Jim Carrey ruined the movie for me.
This is the effect Jim Carrey has for me for every movie I've seen him in.
Atropa - Mar 06, 2011 7:40:14 pm PST #13487 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This is the effect Jim Carrey has for me for every movie I've seen him in.
I like The Mask and The Truman Show.
And I may try and rewatch ASOUE soon, if it's on Nexflix Instant.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2011 8:45:09 pm PST #13488 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So today we watched The Devil Bat, in which Bela Lugosi concocts a special aftershave to put on his victims ("Rub it on the tender parts of your neck"). The aftershave attracts the gigantic DEVIL BAT he creates with electricity and glandular...something or other. It's so ridiculous, but it's a really good bad movie! Very entertaining.
Kathy A - Mar 07, 2011 5:38:51 am PST #13489 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Get "The Totally Geeky Guide to the Princess Bride" for only 99 cents as an e-book. It was written by Maryann Johnson, aka the Flick Filosopher.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2011 5:42:57 am PST #13490 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This is the effect Jim Carrey has for me for every movie I've seen him in.
I like The Mask and The Truman Show.
I wanted to like The Truman Show, really I did, because my Ed Harris love knows no bounds (I even watched Milk Money, for god's sake), and because people kept saying "Oh, but Jim Carrey's not really LIKE his other roles in this!"
Uh, no. He's my movie kryptonite. He's never, ever the character he plays; he's just Jim Carrey, dressed differently. And I include the Riddler in that sweeping statement.
If forced to choose (DINAO), I would watch an Adam goddamn Sandler movie over a Jim Carrey movie.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2011 5:50:11 am PST #13491 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would watch an Adam goddamn Sandler movie over a Jim Carrey movie.
I would watch The Mask over just about any Sandler or Jack Black (haven't seen School of Rock) movie out there. I remember enjoying the lying one at the time, but I wouldn't see it again. Sandler comes much closer to annoying me by his very existence.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2011 6:10:31 am PST #13492 of 30000
"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
I enjoyed Big Daddy and The Wedding Singer and loved Happy Gilmore, so although I haven't liked the looks of any of Sandler's movies in recent years I don't object to his existence on general principle like I do Carrey's.