Yeah, not his fault that he had so little screen time.
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Anyone else feel like Jim Carrey lost his way the last 10 years?
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TrumanBurbank
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Yup.
Plus Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper pre-Hangover and Hyde from That 70's show.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was a great movie, and he knocked his role out of the park. A shame they can't make any more, what with the kids being a lot older now.
But yes, Carrey has certainly fallen from his high points of Ace Ventura and Liar Liar. And sadly, it will be quite the struggle to get that back.
But yes, Carrey has certainly fallen from his high points of Ace Ventura and Liar Liar. And sadly, it will be quite the struggle to get that back.
At least that happened after he finished filming
He didn't get a lot of screen time but I would probably say the film is worth watching for his character/squad
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Sounds terrible.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Bruce almighty was 2003? When was that number 23 movie, because I feel either of those movies was the start of his downfall.
Romars202129
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Yup.
Basically, it felt like classic Carrey, which I'm guessing is why some like it, but it felt more like Diet Carrey to me. Feels like a worse version of a movie I've seen before.
Someone asking about Me Myself and Irene? I'd really recommend that one.
Kidding? It's well known that Pulp Fiction revitalized Travolta's career. This was the guy that was in stuff like Grease and Saturday Night Fever and fell off huge in the 80's. Pulp Fiction put him back in the spotlight pulling A-list roles for quite a while.
ThatCrazyGuy
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I liked him in Kick-Ass 2. I didn't really like that movie over all though, haha.
That's actually not a terrible track record. Nothing classic perhaps, but mostly solid movies that are enjoyable to some extent. It's not like he's been doing Ace Ventura 7 and Liar Liar 3 or other completely shameless cashgrabs.
Hopefully Dumb and Dumber To is a return to greatness for him.
Romars202129
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From a younger generation, I'm afraid. But Pulp is so good, it really outshines his past. So it feels less 'good again', and more 'good for the first time'.
Extra Sauce
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I don't know if I'd agree with that. Carrey just needs to get better at choosing scripts, and is still hilarious as demonstrated by his talkshow appearances. Comparatively I've seen Mike Myers on Fallon and it was a snooze fest.
triplestation
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only thing that i really enjoyed of his is the mask
the mask character was pretty much jim carrey, too
idk
i feel like jim carrey had an audience when we were all young and we loved his silliness but now we grew up and that silliness just doesn't work anymore
the mask character was pretty much jim carrey, too
idk
i feel like jim carrey had an audience when we were all young and we loved his silliness but now we grew up and that silliness just doesn't work anymore
RealDeadOne
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If I had to speculate, I'd say he probably made the movie he wants to be remembered for with Man On the Moon and like DeNiro just wants to ride out the rest of his career in easy and fun flicks
I thought Lemony's Snicket was pretty good but the rest were pretty forgettable. Anyway, he's made some great movies before (Dumb and Dumber, Eternal Sunshine, Truman Show, The Mask) so I'm sure he can get it again. Its really all about if he wants to try and top Eteranal Sunshine or Truman Show. He could be happy with what he's done and just wants to make silly movies which I think is ok I think.
Laieon
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I don't know, Sandler can be a damn good actor when he chooses to be. I like Jim Carrey (I've enjoyed Yes Man, Fun with Dick and Jane, Kick-Ass 2, Bruce Almighty, I Love You Phillip Morris) and I'd definitely like to see more of him, but I still see him as Jim Carrey in his more serious roles. Sandler seemed like a completely different actor in Reign Over Me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSYQ3Qz2rXM
Arkos
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I like Jim Carrey waay more in both serious and comedic roles, but Sandler is also good in Punch Drunk Love imo. Haven't seen Reign Over Me unfortunately
Laieon
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Yeah, Punch Drunk Love isn't bad. The first 1/2 of Funny People is pretty good too.
Click is another example of how great of an actor he can be when he actually puts in some effort.
I think Sandler is better at dramatic roles and Carrey is better at comedic ones (although he was obviously really, really good in Eternal Sunshine), but Carrey also seems more consistent.
You should check out Reign Over Me if you ever have the chance! It's really good, one of the few movies I can think of that actually treated a video game with respect.
DeaconKnowledge
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Eddie Murphy followed the money then became a father and ditched the raunch. His makes perfect sense.
SuperAndroid17
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I'm still waiting for Ace Ventura 3.... 
TrumanBurbank
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I'm still waiting for Ace Ventura 3....
True.
Ace Ventura 2 made a ton of money. They need to make a third.
megamerican
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I think he's actually sustained his career a lot better than most comedians do. He had an incredibly solid 15 years between Ace Ventura and Yes Man. Sure, he's had stuff like Number 23 and The Majestic, but most of his stuff has been at least passable.
Eppy Thatcher
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I think it was Jim carrey that I was reading about just the other day - that other than Number23 he hasn't really made any financial flops and even the Penguin movie that he made actually did pretty decent at the box office. There is a pretty great interview somewhere where he talks about when he was filming 23 and the movie being dark and serious and bleak - that it was making his home life/personal life dark and bleak and unhappy and so he made a conscience decision to go back to lighter happier movies because they were what made his life enjoyable and he could take his work home without it being a drag for people around him in his "real" life...
respek knuckles for that choice. Fucking great actor. Really hope D&DTo doesn't suck hard.
respek knuckles for that choice. Fucking great actor. Really hope D&DTo doesn't suck hard.
Dallas Buyer's Club absolutely validates his acting ability.
Amazing performance there.Jim Carey never got close to that.
Hasenfeffer
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Basically he had his run in the 90s and made bank. Fantastic comedies in Ace Ventrua and Dumber and Dumber. Dude blew up. Commend him for trying dramatic roles (Truman Show, Man on the Moon) and like others have said, Eternal Sunshine seemed like a step in the right direction for the guy at that point.
But since then, seemed like he stopped giving fuck and took safe unspectacular roles to forgettable movies and broad comedies that really didn't go anywhere.
Also, what planet am I living on where Cable Guy is considered a good movie? That was a hunk of junk. Not funny (Porno password is the most excruciating unfunny scene I've seen in a comedy), no plot, weird and tried to straddle serious thriller and comedy with Carrey's over-the-top stalker performance. Not even young hot Leslie Mann could save it.
But since then, seemed like he stopped giving fuck and took safe unspectacular roles to forgettable movies and broad comedies that really didn't go anywhere.
Also, what planet am I living on where Cable Guy is considered a good movie? That was a hunk of junk. Not funny (Porno password is the most excruciating unfunny scene I've seen in a comedy), no plot, weird and tried to straddle serious thriller and comedy with Carrey's over-the-top stalker performance. Not even young hot Leslie Mann could save it.
Romars202129
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I gotta imagine I just have an ineptitude at understanding his greatness. Let's just leave it at that.
Though I admit, I kinda want to watch that new tv drama he's in with woody harrelson... mostly for woody.
True Detective I think it's called... that any good?
Buckethead
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He is a great dramatic actor, I was hoping he'd go towards those roles as he aged.
TrumanBurbank
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Watch True Detective. Good show.
Zombie James
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Best thing he's done as an actor.
He does random skits and cameos, too, in good stuff. 30 Rock, Anchorman 2, Funny or Die stuff, etc. The scripts he's gone with haven't been great, but he's still obviously very talented and funny.
I still hold out hope that he'll eventually return to form and start getting better roles. He so rarely does ensemble stuff, though, to his own detriment. Comedies are not really written for one funny man these days.
mr stroke
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Nah, I think if a new Ace Ventura or Austin Powers came out today they would do huge numbers.
And at the very least he hasn't taken the Will Farrell route of playing the exact same character in each film (comedy roles anyway).
At the very least, Ace 3 could try to mine new ground. Austin Powers has to dig itself out of self parody.
Femmeworth
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He dated Jenny McCarthy, so clearly his judgement hasn't been the best.
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The one role that burned in my head
Schadenfreude
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Jim Carrey just needs to go ahead and do that Leap Dave Williams movie. "Son of a GLUUVE."
GraveHorizon
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Fun with Dick and Jane was a great movie.
"We should have sex... on Saturday."
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Extra Sauce
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Plus I've heard Scott Aukerman tell a story on Jimmy Pardo's podcast about Jim Carrey coming up to him during a party to say how much he loves the Comedy Bang Bang TV show. So if we're lucky, Jim Carrey CBB episode in the future!
WanderingWind
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This is like, the opposite of what this implies.
But, the reason Carrey isn't funny any more is that he flat out said he wanted to do serious roles. He just lost his taste for humor. Successes like Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine only galvanized his desire to be dull.
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