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CyberCubed 09-09-2013 05:14 PM

Best Jim Carrey movie?
 
I would say The Mask is easily #1, although I enjoyed Pet Detective and Cable guy as well.

AT-Man 09-09-2013 05:20 PM

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best, and the funniest was Liar Liar. Truman Show is the second best.

shuriken 09-09-2013 05:24 PM

^^ This.
"Me myself and Irene" comes a close second in terms of being funny.

AT-Man 09-09-2013 05:52 PM

^ And this.

chrisdude 09-09-2013 06:37 PM

Dumb and Dumber, for sure.

Powder 09-09-2013 06:40 PM

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. After that I'd put Truman Show & Man On The Moon. I'm not really a fan of his comedy, but when he takes on more cerebral roles, I'm completely sold.

Shark_Blade 09-09-2013 06:47 PM

I've only seen him in The Mask, Ace Venturas, Batman Forever, A Christmas Carol, The Grinch and Mr Poppers Penguin. All of em good.

I'd pick 3 best: The Mask, Ace Venturas and A Christmas Carol.

Master Splinter 09-09-2013 07:51 PM

I actually love Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris.

Quote:

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.


-ms

Jester 09-09-2013 09:07 PM

I need to rewatch Eternal Sunshine...everyone seems to love it and I don't remember being overly impressed.

Truman Show and Liar Liar for me.

Type 97 Chi-ha 09-09-2013 09:18 PM

I liked Dumb And Dumber, but it worked more because of everyone else involved. I couldn't stand Liar Liar because Carrey way overdid it on his facial mugging.

Carrey did OK on The Truman Show, but the movie's overall concept didn't do it for me. Once Truman found out that his life was a scripted television show, everything got anticlimactic from that point.

NinjaPug 09-09-2013 09:42 PM

Dumb & Dumber is easily # 1 for me.

Leo656 09-09-2013 10:44 PM

Just to be upfront, I've always found Carrey *supremely* overrated. Not that I don't enjoy his work, or some of it, but at one point he was the highest-paid star in the business and most of it came from making his ass talk to Tone Loc.

That said, the first Ace Ventura movie is probably my favorite movie of his; a lot of his later comedies were just variations of similar themes and gags, much like Robin Williams's career. I didn't like the sequel, but the first one still makes me laugh more than any of his other work. I enjoy it a lot.

I also really enjoyed "Man on the Moon", because it was one of the first times we as an audience really got to see him take on a more dramatic role, and I was very impressed. He proved to me he wasn't just a one-trick pony who made funny faces, and he really put a lot into it. It under-performed, but I think it gets better on repeat viewings.

This is odd to me: I watched "The Mask" several times, and for some reason it left no impression. I wanted to like it, and I can't say I disliked it. But it didn't hold my interest; I even rewound it (ahhhh, VHS tapes) and watched it again right after I watched it the first time, and I retained no memory of it. And I've seen it several times since; can't tell you anything about it. I can quote lines from "Some Kind of Wonderful", the John Hughes movie nobody saw because Molly Ringwald wasn't in it (but Elias Koteas WAS, so win), but I can't tell you about "The Mask". I can't explain it.

AT-Man 09-10-2013 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Splinter (Post 1154378)
I actually love Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris

Me too, it's easily one of his funniest movies.

JoshDA7X 09-10-2013 02:59 AM

Ace Ventura and Me, Myself and Irene from his 'older' stuff. I did enjoy Mr Poppers Penguins which was more recent, and then his brief role in Kick Ass 2 was something I've not seen him do before but I enjoyed!

SavageSloth 09-10-2013 04:14 AM

Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, Me myself and Irene.

joefsas 09-10-2013 04:42 AM

The Mask, Ace ventura 1&2 and dumb & dumber!

Whatswiththeheadbands? 09-10-2013 05:17 AM

The truman show

MikeandRaph87 09-10-2013 07:34 AM

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Say what you will but despite its flaws I enjoyed tihs popcorn film with my favorite Bat characters Dick Grayson and Edward Nygma.

Gwydion 09-10-2013 08:03 AM

I actually quite enjoy Batman Forever as well, but The Truman Show is my favorite of his.

gobo 09-10-2013 07:07 PM

I like that one where he makes all them faces... and The Majestic.

Seriously, I think Bruce Almighty was my favorite of his comedies that I'm familliar with.


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