WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JIM CAREY?
As it turns out, working a normal 9-5 leaves you little time to blog. This means I will either have to pre-blog, and set up a scheduled posting, or just update at 7 every night from now on. Either way is fine with me seeing as to that I have less readers than I have girth. Surprisingly, at the end of the first day, I have yet to hate myself or what I did in the office all day. This can also be the beginning of the end for my big dreams.
Sitting on the sky train on the way to work, I’ve come to the conclusion that Jim Carey really likes green. It was only today that I realized the man donned the color for three of his biggest (or at least bigger) roles. He had a big and bald green head in The Mask from 1994. Then in 1995, he donned the question marked green tights for Batman Forever. And in 2000, neon green pubes covered his face for How the Grinch stole Christmas. And of course, green had been the only thing he aimed for in recent years, putting out crap such as Fun with Dick and Jane, Yes Man, Lemony Snicket, and to an extent, even Bruce Almighty.
All of this of course, very disheartening. I had believed that Jim Carey was going to be a serious comedic actor after The Truman Show. And even after the Oscar snub, he continued to put out great films though it was a bit of a roller coaster. Nevertheless, he was in Man on the Moon, The Majestic, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. At the time, especially after watching Man on the Moon, I thought this was it, this is what Jim Carey is going to do from now on. A real actor in good movies, where he is actually still funny. And then of course, he went back to making movies where he just makes an ass of himself, and roll credits immediately after.
This is probably the saddest truth I have ever read. Jim Carrey was no doubt a childhood hero/idol of mine. The dude was a friggin’ comic genius, but yes the occasional genius roles he puts out are smeared by the other multiple weak links of a comedic movie. And don’t forget to mention that one movie where he tries to be all wacky and not in a funny way either. Of course, I am talking about 23. That movie just didn’t work.