Jim Carrey- love him or hate him?

tech77

I know he's no longer strictly a standup but what do ye think of Jim Carrey.
Personally i think he's a very funny guy especially when it comes to physical stuff/impressions and just general messing.

As for his films i think some of the Ace Ventura stuff in particular is side-splittingly funny.

So what do ye think- love him or hate him.

Maccattack

i dont care what anyone says. Jim Carey is a genius.

Nerin

im 50/50 on him, some good some bad.

Xavi6

He used to bug the sh*t out of me when I was younger but now I think he's just a genius.

Wisesmurf

some of his early stand-up is genius. Movies are hit and miss.

His stand-up impression of a st bernard had me pissin myself

Peyton Manning

Absolute genius, I love the man.

Man on the Moon is one of my favourite films, its outstanding.

tech77

Wisesmurf wrote: »

some of his early stand-up is genius. Movies are hit and miss. His stand-up impression of a st bernard had me pissin myself

Ever see his David Carruso CSI Miami impression.
Funny stuff.

grames_bond

tech77 wrote: »

Ever see his David Carruso CSI Miami impression.
Funny stuff.

+1

"i did, i did, *whips off glasses* i DID see a puddy tat" brilliant

my favourite carrey impression tho has to be mick jagger, its just amazing!

Sir Gallagher

Ah Jim's a legend, here's a gas clip of him and another legend Conan O'Brien!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weXs40Lwjwk&feature=related

dr.bollocko

The guy is a master over-actor. Its just the serious acting bit that he sucks at.
Number 23 anyone?

Galvasean

dr.bollocko wrote: »

The guy is a master over-actor. Its just the serious acting bit that he sucks at.
Number 23 anyone?

Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine disagree....

Zapp Brannigan

dr.bollocko wrote: »

The guy is a master over-actor. Its just the serious acting bit that he sucks at.
Number 23 anyone?

Never has someone on the internet been so misinformed. Go see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, he's amazing in it.

I love Jim Carrey, just a genuinely funny guy.

Galvasean

Forgot to mention Man On The Moon, what a great performance.
People are too quick to jump on Number23 and say 'Carrey can't do serious', forgetting that one poor film doesn't make a bad actor. If that were the case where would poor aul Nic Cage be?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MfIxYnG8UwM

Jimbo

I think he's brilliant.
Erratic maybe, but a genius.

folan

i loved him in some of the earlier sketches he did to, might have been on snl but im not sure, but there was a great one of him as a lifeguard at the jacuzzi.

Jigsaw

Jim Carrey is a man whose ability to irritate has no equal.

So in answer to the original question, I hate him.

LuckyCharms

Movies go from extremely good to nails against the blackboard stuff but when he is ina vehicle like ace ventura he is an absolute legend.

tech77

Incidentally just saw a picture of him in the back of the Indo today with his latest squeeze, Jenny McCarthy.

In the picture as well was his daughter who looks like she's in her late teens at least.
I had no idea he had a daughter that age- the man looks so young himself? :eek:

BTW the guy seems to have gone through his fair share of hot women- IIRC he was married to Lauren Holly, was with Renee Zellwegger for a while and now Jenny McCarthy.

javaboy

tech77 wrote: »

BTW the guy seems to have gone through his fair share of hot women- IIRC he was married to Lauren Holly, was with Renee Zellwegger for a while and now Jenny McCarthy.

Objection!

tech77

javaboy wrote: »

Objection!

Oi..
Renee's hot.
Well i think she's cute anyway.
Seriously though the last time she was on Jonathon Ross (a few weeks ago IIRC) she was stunning.
Back OT.

dr.bollocko

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Never has someone on the internet been so misinformed. Go see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, he's amazing in it.

I love Jim Carrey, just a genuinely funny guy.

Are you kidding me? The guy over-acts completely confusingly in the Truman Show, which starts as some Carrey vehicle and putters along with his weirdness and then turns into something else alltogether and Ed Harris gets a stupid hat and then I turned it off.
Eternal Sunshine is a great movie, but thats a particularly muted performance and he still adds his comedy gawkiness to parts which just completely didnt work.
Isnt that a Kauffman film? I mean come on. They could have cast a monkey in that role and that film would still have been cool.

Bob the Builder

A right funny man Jim!

Galvasean

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Are you kidding me? The guy over-acts completely confusingly in the Truman Show, which starts as some Carrey vehicle and putters along with his weirdness and then turns into something else alltogether and Ed Harris gets a stupid hat and then I turned it off.
Eternal Sunshine is a great movie, but thats a particularly muted performance and he still adds his comedy gawkiness to parts which just completely didnt work.
Isnt that a Kauffman film? I mean come on. They could have cast a monkey in that role and that film would still have been cool.

...are you kidding me?


Wouldn't be at all suprised if one day Jim Carrey turned out to be Andy Kauffman for real.

dr.bollocko

*koff* Charlie Kauffman (Eternal Sunshine)
Not Andy Kaufman (MOTM)
Easy to get that one confused!

Tim Robbins

dr.bollocko wrote: »

*koff* Charlie Kauffman (Eternal Sunshine)
Not Andy Kaufman (MOTM)
Easy to get that one confused!

Cable Guy is the funniest film I have ever seen. A complete work of genius. A dark comedy, layered upon a satire, layerd upon a wacky off the wall one.

Jim Carrey is nothing short of genius - although some of his films don't always his talents.

guinnessdrinker

He does have some good films alright. I'd like to see him do a standup show now though, wonder what it would be like.

Vic Vinegar

Gees, I didn't think this pole would be so one-sided in it's results! He's obviously a popular guy!

Galvasean

dr.bollocko wrote: »

*koff* Charlie Kauffman (Eternal Sunshine)
Not Andy Kaufman (MOTM)
Easy to get that one confused!

Its not a coincidence...

WECpoker

Jim Carey has so many funny things about him to like

From his early and funny Stand Up Routine

to his Break Through Comedy TV Series "In Living Color"

Ace Ventura
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
The Cable Guy
Man on the Moon (one of my all time favorites)
Bruce Almighty
Liar Liar
The Truman Show (I have watched this many times)
Me Myself and Irene
Eternal Sunshine

I think as time passes he will be remembered as one of the great entertainers of our time

Jesus Wept

I think he is a genius, but any stand up I've seen has been muck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2YkdLwDz4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVoqcCT1r3o

Oman

The-Rigger wrote: »

I think he is a genius, but any stand up I've seen has been muck.

i aggree with you there

Galvasean

I disagree. some of his stand up is gold. The 'being Canadian' routine is pure class as is his 'observational comedy' stuff.

MinMac

Jigsaw wrote: »

Jim Carrey is a man whose ability to irritate has no equal.

So in answer to the original question, I hate him.

I 100% agree. I cant stand him.

Xavi6

Just watching him on Letterman from the other night and he's f*cking brilliant. Letterman is w*nk in general but Carrey has made me leave on the show for more than five minutes. He's been brilliant.

CliffHuxtabel

Galvasean wrote: »

I disagree. some of his stand up is gold. The 'being Canadian' routine is pure class as is his 'observational comedy' stuff.

I agree with the above

CliffHuxtabel

He should have an oscar for 'The Grinch'. He was terrific.

In 'Eternal Sunshine...' I thought he played the role perfectly. I think it was a stroke of genius to cast him in that role. His mild-mannered, repressed character is the antethisis of his roles in Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber etc.

Also the standup is pretty good

Galvasean

Its amazing how the Oscars continue to snub him. he didn't even get a nomination for eternal Sunshine. I believe Kate Winslet won the Oscar for her performance in the same film.

edit: nope, she just got nominated.

hurler007

A genius!!! one of the most funny actors around in my view!!!did any1 see him on the oprah winfrey show??? legend:D

tech77

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Cable Guy is the funniest film I have ever seen. A complete work of genius. A dark comedy, layered upon a satire, layerd upon a wacky off the wall one.

Jim Carrey is nothing short of genius - although some of his films don't always his talents.

Yeah Cable Guy is brilliant alright.
Equal parts tragedy and comedy.

lorweld

tech77 wrote: »

Yeah Cable Guy is brilliant alright.
Equal parts tragedy and comedy.

I have to say I'm a big big fan of Jim Carey. He's soooooooooo funny! But like you I think his funniest film is Cable Guy!

Maybe we have a weird sence of humour but each time I watch it, I heartily lol!

Galvasean

The Cable Guy is such an underrated film. Panned by the critics when it came out, yet when you watch it in retrospect its actually really good. A bit out there, but that's when Carrey is at his best IMO.

cHaTbOx

grames_bond wrote: »

+1

"i did, i did, *whips off glasses* i DID see a puddy tat" brilliant

my favourite carrey impression tho has to be mick jagger, its just amazing!

Thought that was freddie star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uUykyC5Bk

orestes

Impressionism is just self-confessed plagiarism imo.

grames_bond

orestes wrote: »

Impressionism is just self-confessed plagiarism imo.

i kinda kno what you mean but jim carreys "impressions" werent in the literal sence (like the freddie star vid above) he just twisted his face and molded it to look like someone else....freaky but funny as fcuk!!

mister-y

captains log 23.9 rounded off to the neeerest decimal point , weeeve travelled back in time to save an ancient speices from total anoyalashin so far we have found no signs of aquatic life , but if i have to rip this unerverse another black hole , cause ive got to mister ... ha ha some thing along those lines