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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:11 PM
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Best Jim Carrey movie? I vote Eternal Sunshine ... wow!
Just watched it.
He went beyond anything he's ever done.
Terrific.
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Biased Liberal Media Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:12 PM
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1. Haven't seen many of the new ones...
but I do like Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
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noshenanigans Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:13 PM
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2. I *love* that movie and Michel Gondry...
it would take miles for me to say everything about that movie. I went in hoping to want it to be great because a) I love Michel Gondry's music videos, and b) I love me some Jim Carrey.

It really defied expectations, though. If I had to pick a second, I'd say one of the Ace Venturas. They're both awesome, just in different ways.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:15 PM
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3. It's even better the second time
Afterward, download Beck's "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" (the closing theme song in the movie) and listen to it cranked with good headphones. Every time I hear that song I think of the movie and get all mushy inside.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:18 PM
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4. I vote for "Man in the Moon"
Carrey was brilliant as Andy Kaufman.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:24 PM
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5. I didn't know that Carrey was the actor in that movie...eom
Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 10:25 PM by Digit
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:26 PM
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10. loved it - and also loved his work in "The Truman Show"
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:25 PM
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6. Ace Venture: Pet Detective!
His movies were a heck of a oot better before he thought he could act!

Did not care for Eternal...at all!
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:25 PM
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7. what did you like about Eternal Sunshine?
It didn't do a damn thing for me, yet everyone else seems to love it. What did I miss?
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:27 PM
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Nothing at all! The movie was as blah as you can get!
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:26 PM
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8. Excellent movie. Saw it in the theatre earlier this year n/t
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:26 PM
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9. The Majestic
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:34 PM
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13. I LOVED the Majestic
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:27 PM
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11. I watched it last night
A very good, and very interesting movie.
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:33 PM
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12. I must be the uncultured one here - I liked Dumb and Dumber
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:35 PM
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14. No, that will be considered a classic, like Duck Soup.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:37 PM
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16. that movie is hilarious, my favorite scene or the one that makes me howl
with laughter is when they get all dressed up in their top hat and tails and Jim Carry nails Jeff Daniels behind the kneecap with his walking stick.
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:39 PM
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17. That, and also the "We landed on the moon?" bit
I haven't seen any of his serious movies, but have seen both Venturas, D&D, Cable Guy (awful), and the Mask. D&D is my hands down favorite of them.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:42 PM
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19. I actually like Cable Guy, i'm sure i'm alone in this
but that scene at Midevil times was funny as hell.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:37 PM
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15. It is all about Charlie Kaufman, who is the brain behind this movie
Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 10:40 PM by kwassa
having written the screenplay to this movie and to "Adaptation" and "Being John Malkovich" and other very offbeat films like "Human Nature" and "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind".

Kaufman is the most original talent in Hollywood in many years. He often works with Spike Jonze.

I thought this was a truly great movie, very original in it's structure, and very deep in both its presentation and acting. Carrey was good, but this is not a Jim Carrey movie any more than it is a Kate Winslet movie.

I think this is easily the best film I have seen in several years. A classic-to-be. Great insight into the pain encountered in relationships, and why we stick with them.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:40 PM
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18. I guess i better see this. the only thing I liked him in was
Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 10:44 PM by jonnyblitz
the one where he played andy kaufman (i forget the name, Man in the Moon maybe). I have heard nothing but GOOD stuff about this movie.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:44 PM
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20. Absolutely, and you know what?
I think I'm gonna go run out and buy it right now, seriously. :)
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Penndems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:46 PM
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21. Didn't see "Eternal Sunshine"; we'll have to check it out
However, we did see the "Ace Ventura" series and "Me, Myself and Irene". Hubby and I laughed so hard we ached.

Jim Carrey is one of my favorite comedians, along with Robin Williams. I've loved him ever since his "In Living Color" days when he'd do his "Fire Marshall Bill" skit.

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