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UPDATED: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:59
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:14 PM

CHRISISALL

I love The Mask, but I'm awed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Help me here, folks!

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:37 PM

CYBERSNARK

Liar, Liar makes me crack up every freakin' time.

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:49 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Liar, Liar makes me crack up every freakin' time.

As far as the funny goes, Bruce Allmighty gets me goin'.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:20 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Ace Ventura.
Bruce Almighty.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:57 AM

LWAVES

In order (for once):

Eternal Sunshine - easily his best performance with an excellent support cast
Dumb And Dumber - although this is more for Jeff Daniels than Carrey.
Truman Show - underrated IMO with some very touching moments

The Mask is okay.
Liar Liar is okay.

That's it. The rest I've seen are either poor (the one about the number) or comedies where he just goofs off with silly expressions and voices. These types of 'comedy' bore me.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:15 AM

MALACHITE

No one has mentioned the Majestic, yet. Has anyone seen it (I haven't -- should I?)?

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:31 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I love The Mask, but I'm awed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Help me here, folks!

The All-righty-then Chrisisall

is there such a thing as a "best" Jim Carrey movie?

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:54 AM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by Malachite:
No one has mentioned the Majestic, yet. Has anyone seen it (I haven't -- should I?)?

I haven't seen it, or Man On The Moon, his other serious film. If someone could recommend them one way or the other it would be appreciated.

I just remembered that I quite liked Lemony Snicket as well.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:22 AM

BLUESUNCOMPANYMAN

I've never cared much for Jim Carey.

That said, The Truman Show was decient.

His SNL bits with the Roxbury Club wannabees was also well done.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:04 AM

ZEEK

Hmmmm...

Ace Ventura
Liar Liar
and Dumb and Dumber

are all pretty funny if I'm in the mood for that kind of comedy.

I haven't liked anything he's tried to do that is serious.

Eternal Sunshine didn't do a darn thing for me. I got really bored with it actually.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:40 AM

WAFFENMAC

The Truman show to me was pretty incredible he has been in so many good and bad its really hard to say.

Summer Glau is spectcular

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:08 AM

STORYMARK

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in terms of best film.

Funniest movie? Tie between The Mask and Liar, Liar.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:36 AM

OPPYH

Because I'm still in awe of Andy Kaufman, I'd have to say Man on the Moon. Carrey showed that when given the right material, he can knock a dramatic role out of the park. Still feel he should have won an Oscar for that one.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:41 PM

SINGATE

Best movie - The Truman Show. Carrey completely surprised me with his performance, even more so because it was during the height of his comedic success.

Funniest movie - Dumb & Dumber. Can't beat low brow stupidity. I do agree that Daniels kinda stole the show because we knew Carrey could play stupid.

I would also recommend Man on the Moon if you want to see another dramatic role. Be warned though, if you didn't like Andy Kaufman or his comedy this movie may not appeal. On the other hand you can still appreciate what Carrey does with the part.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:52 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

The Mask

"I've got a permit for that."
That one line made me pee my kilt!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:59 PM

HKCAVALIER

Surprised no one's mentioned The Cable Guy. I kinda hated the ending and the message--tv is bad for you, ooooooh--but Carry's performance in that was extraordinary, reminded me of Eric Roberts in Star 80--chilling (and funny from time to time, o' course). Carry has yet to do a movie that really makes full use of his talents.

Oh, and his performance in Earth Girls are Easy was kinda perfect.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 11:10 AM

PDCHARLES

What happened? He see your face?

Jim would never really draw me to a theater. (oh wait, he was in a terrible batman, I saw that at the theater, but certainly not the draw)

I love my sci-fi, but one of my biggest entertainment passions is stand up. I'm sure it has to do with my age in the 80s when stand up exploded. I would watch "An Evening at the Improv" and any stand up special I came across. So, I guess Ace would do it for me. A lot of his physical comedy comes right off the stage in that film. It's silly and don't want it to be anything else. Kinda reminds me of the Naked Gun movies.

This was the Jim I was introduced to. Then he blew up on In Living Color. Go Jim. "let me tell ya something!" Most his movies since, designed for comedy, have given me plenty of chuckles. Not saying Jim shouldn't have sought serious roles or matured or whatever, but his "stand up" will always "stand out" for me. Interested to see some of the suggestions on his “serious” films in this thread.

As for The Mask, I was too busy ogling this new hottie called Cameron.

The Mask was kinda like Jim's cartoon.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 11:59 AM

ZEEK

Quote:
Originally posted by pdcharles:
As for The Mask, I was too busy ogling this new hottie called Cameron. The Mask was kinda like Jim's cartoon.

I fully agree with Cameron Diaz in that movie. She's never looked as good as she did in the mask. I think she lost weight after that movie or something and the look just isn't nearly as good IMO. That super short skirt when she dances with the mask is just pure yum!

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