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Oh hush, Slim.

I love the Truman Show. I should really try to get this on DVD.

I'm convinced Carrey just doesn't have they type of range for the sort of hardcore drama he seems to crave.

I appear to be battling with you today.

Anyway, I would like to agree with you but I think its mainly because he hasn't really had any great drama roles. The Number 23 was a crap script. Man on the Moon I couldn't stand. The Majestic blah mixed with meh. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind good. I think though, if given the chance, he can be like Robin Williams. The Fisher King, Insomnia, One Hour Photo, Dead Poets Society, etc. If he would just quit being a fucking dumbass and taking stupid roles that only up the fact that he can only do stupid dumbass roles. That, and not date Jenny McCarthy.

I love the Truman Show. I should really try to get this on DVD.

Not I. But after reading this, I'm glad I got Gattaca and I need to get The Fisher King.

People have jobs. They work, they earn money, they cash paychecks.
Most of us do exactly that most every day.
So does Jim Carrey.
Still, I can't help but think/wish that he would do more with his talent than make dreadful dramas and crappy comedies.
I enjoyed The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine so I KNOW he can do more.
Oh, well.
"Wish in one hand, crap in the other and see which one fills up faster" as my drunken ol' grand-dad used to say.

if given the chance, he can be like Robin Williams. The Fisher King, Insomnia, One Hour Photo, Dead Poets Society, etc. If he would just quit being a fucking dumbass and taking stupid roles that only up the fact that he can only do stupid dumbass roles. That, and not date Jenny McCarthy.

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That's precisely the problem, keep in mind that for every Williams' Fisher King there was a Patch Adams, a Cadillac Man for every Insomnia and a Jack *shudder* for every One Hour Photo. To the point of almost killing his last traces of goodwill. Carrey seems to be taking the same route. I don't see why he needs to force himself into dramas he has no business being in.
I tell you which way *might* work for him: the Bill Murray route. The man stuck to comedies for most of his early and mid career, dramas were almost accidental. Then he sort of matured into his present "persona." Notice that Murray doesn't transform he's playing his type. That would work very well for Jim 'cause, like Murray, he just can't transform like a classic character actor.
Or he could just stay true to his comedy and try to refine it and not run away from it.

Oh, one more thing, Jim can do dark, it's a real pity his turn as The Riddler ended up being wasted on that sub-standard Batman movie. Could you imagine him doing it darker and a less campy for Nolan? That could get him that Oscar he wants, sadly it will never happen because they wouldn't let him repeat. He also rocked on ...Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I'm a fan of this one, though I watched it recently and wasn't as impressed with it as I was in the past. Also, The Cable Guy is awesome; I've never understood why people don't like it. It was the go-to movie whenever my best friends and I would have a sleepover in high school. Interesting tidbit: it was one of Judd Apatow's first writing jobs and where he met his wife. So suck on that, haters.

Jim can do dark, it's a real pity his turn as The Riddler ended up being wasted on that sub-standard Batman movie. Could you imagine him doing it darker and a less campy for Nolan? That could get him that Oscar he wants...

Dark and serious, like his spin on the Grinch, you mean?

I shudder even mentioning that movie. It's the first I can remember where I wanted to punch out every single character -- except maybe Cindy Lou Who, who I wanted to punch out twice then dump down a well.

Though not the last. I felt the same way about Mike Myers' "The Cat in the Hat", though I think with that I was more inclined towards castration than battery.

I love The Truman Show. I still own my VHS copy and probably always will.

Jim Carrey, pssh. Ed Harris OWNED that movie. And Laura Linney, too.

Well, count me in as one of those who liked this movie. I thought it was sweet, fun to watch (especially once Truman realizes something is wrong and starts "testing" his world), and a little sad. I thought Carrey did an excellent job. Those ridiculous product placement ads his "wife" had to do since the show never had commercials were very cute.

I once thought a sequel would be interesting, to show us how Truman was coping in the real world, but then I realized that watching him spiral down into drug abuse and depression (now that he knows everyone in his life was a fraud and only there because they were paid for it) would be kind of a bummer.

The Truman Show is funny until you realize the concept is goddam SCARY. This is a story of a guy who has been kept in a manufactured community since birth, everyone he has ever met is an actor playing a part, everything he believes is true is a lie, and unbeknownst to him it is all being watched by millions of people 24 hours a day. And this is a comedy?! I remember seeing this in the theater and people laughing as Truman becomes more and more desperate to escape. I thought it was a scary as shit thriller to be honest and a brilliant fable. Carrey should have been nominated for best actor and The Truman Show should have been nominated for Best Picture.

People say he just plays Jim Carrey playing ___________ (insert character here). Aside from "The Shining" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", what the fuck do you think Jack Nicholson's been doing all these years?

i had to watch this in a english class and it was borrrrrrrriiingeee lol :)