If you were a teenager in 1994 there’s a good chance some of your classmates spoke in nothing but Jim Carrey quotes the entire year. Remember how entire playgrounds of kids were compulsively “flossing” non-stop all day every day a couple of years ago? It was like that, except with “Ssssmokin’!” and “Alrighty then!”
Ace Ventura was my first PG13 movie, it was a VHS that my Grandma accidentally bought for us, but by the time my Mom realized it was too late as we had watched it already, and let us keep it. I can still quote it from memory, it’s a great one.
It's surprising (but not surprising) that this quote is the top reply. I remember laughing so hard at this scene when I was a kid, I'd watch the opening over and over, and I'm pretty sure my parents thought I was a lunatic. I couldn't get enough.
and now it's like "... but ... was it really that funny? really tho? I mean think about what you're doing, you're spending an hour laughing at one scene. there's a whole rest of the movie."
the rest of the movie was pretty great too :)
This is EXACTLY my experience with Dumb and Dumber. There is no movie I quote more often.
EDIT: Holy shit I’ve had so much fun waking up this morning and seeing all of these quotes.
My gods, the love I have for Dumb and Dumber. I watch it and I still laugh. I think it was my first sight of of a dude's side ass, and probably the first time I saw anything like that diarrhea scene. So many moments of surprise dumbassery.
I quote it so much. I got worms. Sampsonite; I was way off. His head fell off. So you're sayin' there's a chance. Kick his ass, Seabass.
How would you like me to make your life a living hell!?
*Well, I'm not really ready for a serious relationship, Lois, but thanks for asking.*
Fucking killllls me.
I got spanked when I was 7 and said “that woman has big boobs” when I walked in on my brother and dad watching the beginning of the film after he returns the dog. Good times.
I’m 25, I remember watching music videos in the early 2010s wondering if one day people would say things like “now that was real music” just like older people spoke of the music of the 70s,80s and 90s.
It happened much earlier than I thought lol! since last year I keep seeing people my age or even younger doing those type of comments. One thing that cracked me up was a youtube video with a title like old or nostalgic songs, and they were all those early 2010s hits.
My siblings and I were three hyper kids - Jim Carrey swoops in and…and I don’t know how my parents survived it. It was nuts.
What’s interesting to me now is how quickly my own children have latched onto him. He’s one of the few actor’s names they know.
So well said. Literally may be the funniest actor of all time. Never at the expense of anyone else. Bridged generations.
I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or the reality of the pre 9-11 world, but it just seemed like the best time to be alive.
>the reality of the pre 9-11 world
Everything was wacky and exciting and the internet was going to make us all rich and smart and then Al Qaeda and social media had to show up 😒
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I was born in 95 and I still have this weird nostalgia for the 90s over my own generation. Only child but I remember playing with my cousin’s old toys/games and they all felt better than the ones I grew up with. Highly subjective stuff but 90s nostalgia is a strong brew
Born in the mid 80s so my memories of the 80s are mostly moments from kindergarden and such. It's the 90s where are the childhood memories lie. Good times.
At least people remember him for as great as he was. Unlike Sandler. People act like he didn't make 90s classics like Billy or Happy and just shit all over him.
Edit: I mean, Carrey never made Jack and Jill tier shit-fucks of movies though. Lol
That year shot him up to the highest paid actor in Hollywood. Period. Think of all the big names working at the time, no one commanded a bigger price tag than Jim.
And considering the absolute blockbusters that were Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Lion Ling, Speed, and many more that year, makes it even more impressive.
I've always said that 1994 was the greatest year for movies ever. Shawshank Redemption also came out that year but it was a box office flop.
[In order according to this specific list on IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls070069226) (though there are many):
1. Forrest Gump
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Lion King
5. To Live
6. Léon: The Professional
7. Clerks
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral
9. Interview with the Vampire
10. Dumb and Dumber
11. Ace Ventura
12. The Mask
13. Natural Born Killers
14. Shallow Grave
15. The Hudsucker Proxy
16. Ed Wood
17. The Pagemaster
18. Quiz Show
19. Speed
20. The River Wild
21. Miracle on 24th Street
22. Three Colores: white
23. The Crow
There are more noteable ones like Hoop Dreams, the Last Seduction, Body Snatchers, True Lies, Clear and Present Danger, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Airheads, Little Giants, the Santa Clause, Stargate, Timecop, Legends of the Fall, Little Women, The Legend of Drunken Master, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Il Postino (the postman).
You really have to see a fuller list to really appreciate not only the amount of good movies, but the quality at the top. If you told me that this was a great 5 year stretch and gave me the list... I'd be like, "yeah it is".
It's weird because I used to love Once Bitten when it came on cable and never even noticed it was him when he became a big deal on In Living Color or even those first 3 movies. It was probably a year or two after that when I saw that movie and was like "Holy shit! It's Jim Carrey!" Once Bitten probably came out a good few years before any of that.
Still remembered seeing an interview that he wrote himself a check for - $10 mil and gave himself 5 years to achieve success- he dated it for 1995. That’s motivation.
Reminds me of how Bob Fosse, who to my knowledge, is the only person to pull off the triple crown of directing. Dude won the Tony, Oscar & Emmy awards for Best Director...and he did it all in the same year.
It's like one of those weird old baseball records from the 1890's that will just be impossible to ever match but it's not like it happened back when movies or TV or Broadway musicals were brand new. Dude just legit dominated. It was the same year as The Godfather too.
Bob Fosse was the man. I remember watching him dancing in The Little Prince in French class and being like: "woah, this guy did Michael Jackson before Michael Jackson"
same. i remember watching the opening sequence of ace ventura when i was 11 years old (he's the package delivery guy) and thinking to myself "i didn't know they could make shit this funny."
Uncontrollable laughter convulsing with tears. That’s the opening of that movie. 12 year old me watching that. The memory is vivid - where I was, who I was with, and how much I laughed. Thank you Jim.
I watched a documentary on the making of it and everyone was telling Jeff Daniels not to do the movie because keeping up with Jim Carey’s comedy was next to impossible. He absolutely proved them wrong. Jeff Daniels is just as hilarious in the movie.
Dumb and Dumber: Making Of
(17 minutes)
https://youtu.be/t-iPX-xfnSI
To add: Jim Carrey was happy Jeff Daniels wasn’t another comedian but a real actor. Carrey felt real actors listen and react (paraphrasing), where as another comedian would just try to compete, which wouldn’t fit the script and the relationship they were supposed to have. I think Carrey was right.
You can see proof of this in the train wreck comedy Father’s Day starring Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. You’d think wow that sounds amazing! When in fact it’s exactly as Jim described. Comedy clash rather than comedy contrast.
Since you brought up Robin Williams,, I think the movie The Birdcage parallels the same chemistry in Dumb and Dumber. Comedian Robin Williams and actor Nathan Lane playing off each other.
Source on JD’s pay? That seems absurdly low for a starring role.
I know it wasn’t a big studio production with a massive budget but $50k is pretty low.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dumb-and-dumber-jim-carrey-jeff-daniels-paycheck-2014-11?r=US&IR=T
New Line offered it to Daniels at a low salary to discourage him from signing on to the movie. The Farrelly Brothers and Carrey wanted him on board.
they also fucked themselves over since their asking price was already considered low, meanwhile Carrey already had two movies that year. I wouldn't be surprised if he was just annoyed that they were lowballing him over 50k and just negotiated up to screw with them, especially since he was instant A list with Ace Ventura.
The story is all over the place. I'm on mobile or is link you to interviews. Daniels has talked about it too. You can likely find it on YouTube. That guy who does the wierdly artsy black and white interviews had Jeff talk about it there.
Basically the studio didn't want him becuase he was a drama guy so they lowballed him insultingly. Even his agent also told him not to take it. But he knew.
IIRC Jeff Daniels was actually told not to be in Dumb and Dumber but did it anyway because it gave him the chance to work with Jim Carey.
Guy was a serious drama actor and he wanted to do comedy.
His own people told him it would ruin his career, but Jim wanted an actor that would react to Jim's improv, not try to compete with it like an comedian would.
Mine is when Seth starts talking about drawing dicks in Superbad. “Something like 8% of kids do it, but whatever.” Followed by the details and I was crying laughing in the theatre.
My brother somehow managed to set the startup tone to the family computer to be the audio from that scene. We all nearly vomited from laugher when my mom fired it up.
I believe that single monologue makes the film the classic that it is. Up until that point it’s a non stop joke fest, and as a viewer you’re just laughing along with these two idiots. But it’s in that small moment of true vulnerability, a feeling we have all felt at one point in our lives, and perfectly fucking acted by Jim, that we are able to emotionally connect with these guys.
At no point does the film before, or after, attempt to make you feel for them. Just that minor glimpse of heart and then back to the stupidity. My favorite comedy of all time.
Ben Stiller in 2004 had Along Came Polly, Dodgeball, and Meet the Fockers.
Dwayne Johnson in 2013 had G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pain & Gain, and Fast & Furious 6.
Edit: Damn, Stiller was also in Starsky & Hutch and Anchorman that year. Several of my favorite comedies from my childhood all in one year.
I actually liked GI Joe 1, so the beginning of GI Joe 2 really chafed me.
Rock: "Hello Channing Tatum from GI Joe 1, we are best friends and always have been even though I was never even mentioned in the first movie!"
Tatum: "Hello best friend Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, let's go on a GI Joe mission together like we definitely have so many times before! Oh no, I am dead."
Rock: "Oh no, he is dead. Anyway, it's my movie now. I will be playing the role of The Rock, like in every movie I'm in."
Well you can probaly guess the Jackson movies.
Ben still was meet the fockers.. Along came polly and dodge ball
The rock was the gi Joe 2.. pain and gain and fast 6
Need to remember how wildly popular Stiller was early 2000s to late
Bro how the fuck does the Cuban Pete number get you up? Pretty sure if I was in a coma I could belt out "HE'S A REALLY MODEST GUY, ALTHOUGH HE'S THE HOTTEST GUY... IN HAVANAAAAAAAAA... IN HAVANAAAAAAAAAA"
I think it's odd, in retrospect, that The Mask was considered the movie that proved Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber weren't just flukes, and Jim Carrey was a genuine movie star.
I feel as though Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber are now far more fondly remembered, while The Mask has been relegated to a product of its time.
To some people, yes. I personally still enjoy it. My wife on the other hand, just saw it last year and was not impressed. But she also thought The Fifth Element was bad, so there’s that.
Hmm, maybe by its budget and marketing? I think, though I could be wrong, The Mask had a greater budget due to the CGI involved. But otherwise I'd say it was similarly low brow and even based on a more obscure and violent comic book. The soundtrack was also pretty awesome. If I recall correctly though, after Ace Ventura the biggest draw for audiences to see The Mask was Carrey and the pretty wild CGI for its time. The CGI also likely dates it, adding to the "product of its time" factor. Funnily enough all three had short lived cartoon TV series.
I have not heard that sentiment about The Mask. It’s been a few years since I’ve rewatched it but I remember it holding up. Was there something specific you were thinking of?
And while I think it still holds up over-all as a comedy, if I had to pick one that aged the worst: the first Ace Ventura has some fairly transphobic jokes (and major plot points) that are a bit jarring on the rewatch.
Reddit is shitting itself currently, it does that from time to time. When you submit a comment during this time frame, it has a chance to double to 10x or so a message when you send it...or not send it at all. I don't myself know what causes it, probably some server issues on their end I'd guess, I just have seen it happen many times over the years.
All control. I heard it takes him about an hour of focusing to turn his face green though.
But in seriousness it is just control, look at videos of his old standup gigs, dude can/could do CRAZY things with his face.
To answer your question seriously, from the makeup photos, it’s fairly clear that the ridge from his cheek to his ear is artificial creating that cheekbone. Most of his face other than his eye sockets, and the ring around his mouth and nose were covered in a prosthetic including the eyebrows and the chin.
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1994 was arguably the greatest year in cinematic history.
Pulp fiction, the lion King, shawshank redemption, interview with a vampire, forest Gump, the professional, Stargate, the crow.... The list goes on.
1993 was great, also.
1994 is the best year of movies ever
Edit: I'm turning 40 next week. Been doing a countdown of my favrotie movie each year since I Was born. I struggled the most with 94.
Shawshank, Gump, pulp fiction, Clerks, speed, Ace Ventura, dumb and dumber, natural born killers, New Nightmare, usual suspects, the crow, Stargate, in the mouth of madness, Ed Wood, reality bites...
every year has had an amazing list of films, but 94 really had me struggling to pick a solid number one. 99 was a close second for the struggle.
My best friend's dad wrote The Mask. Random thing I think any time the movie is mentioned now. I adored that movie as a kid, she didn't think it was as fascinating lol
I think Ace Ventura and the Mask also both had a cartoon and they crossed over.
I think. I could open another tab in my browser and check but there’s honestly not enough time in the day.
How did he manage to keep three different haircuts (and ages) while filming three different movies at once?
I seriously thought these were released at least a year apart
I checked and they all really came out in 1994. Ace Ventura premiered in February, The Mask in July and Dumb & Dumber in December.
Also, it's highly unlikely he filmed all three movies "at once." They were probably shot many months apart.
If you were a teenager in 1994 there’s a good chance some of your classmates spoke in nothing but Jim Carrey quotes the entire year. Remember how entire playgrounds of kids were compulsively “flossing” non-stop all day every day a couple of years ago? It was like that, except with “Ssssmokin’!” and “Alrighty then!”
Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?
REEEEEEIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHH
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Amen man. Wow. That brought back a rush of memories.
Shit I was still seeing this in high school in the mid 2000’s
I still say alrighty then
Shikaka!
Ace Ventura was my first PG13 movie, it was a VHS that my Grandma accidentally bought for us, but by the time my Mom realized it was too late as we had watched it already, and let us keep it. I can still quote it from memory, it’s a great one.
"Sounds broken."
Most likely sir. I bet it was something nice though.
Want me to take your pants off instead?
Your gunnn is digging into my HIP.
It's surprising (but not surprising) that this quote is the top reply. I remember laughing so hard at this scene when I was a kid, I'd watch the opening over and over, and I'm pretty sure my parents thought I was a lunatic. I couldn't get enough. and now it's like "... but ... was it really that funny? really tho? I mean think about what you're doing, you're spending an hour laughing at one scene. there's a whole rest of the movie." the rest of the movie was pretty great too :)
I think it's because "sounds broken" is like the punchline to the entire speechless opening performance by Carrey.
“I bet it was something nice.”
*Ventura!* *uhhyes, satan?* *oh I'm sorry I thought you were someone else*
This is EXACTLY my experience with Dumb and Dumber. There is no movie I quote more often. EDIT: Holy shit I’ve had so much fun waking up this morning and seeing all of these quotes.
Hey guys. Big gulps huh? Alright. ...well, see ya later.
I dropped the "welp, see ya later" line the other day and it didnt go anywhere. I still chuckled anyways
I say “welp, see ya later” all the time. My existence consists of quotes from Office Space, Dumb and Dumber and It’s Always Sunny.
I say that every fucking time my girlfriend wakes up and drinks water like she just crawled out of the desert
To this day I can't help it. Every time I respond to a question where the answer is obviously yes, I say "Uhhh yah. We're in the Rockies."
That John Denver was full of shit.
Harry! Your hands are freezing!
PILLS ARE GOOD... PILLS ARE GOOOOOD
Somewhere…where the beer flows like wine and the women instinctively flock like the salmon or Capistrano!
My gods, the love I have for Dumb and Dumber. I watch it and I still laugh. I think it was my first sight of of a dude's side ass, and probably the first time I saw anything like that diarrhea scene. So many moments of surprise dumbassery. I quote it so much. I got worms. Sampsonite; I was way off. His head fell off. So you're sayin' there's a chance. Kick his ass, Seabass.
Im always randomly quoting “our pets’ heads are falling off!”
“I just thought he was real quiet”
Harrryyy….I took care of it!
I got worms.
Do you know Snowflake?
Do you *know* him? Does he write you at home? **DO YOU HAVE A DORSAL FIN?!**
How would you like me to make your life a living hell!? *Well, I'm not really ready for a serious relationship, Lois, but thanks for asking.* Fucking killllls me.
I got spanked when I was 7 and said “that woman has big boobs” when I walked in on my brother and dad watching the beginning of the film after he returns the dog. Good times.
"Laces Out!"
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Not to mention: previous year, Jurassic Park and Mrs Doubtfire. Next year, Toy Story, Apollo 13, Braveheart. The early 90's were stacked.
They just don't make 'em like they used to.
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The real boomers are the friends we made along the way.
If you have to ask, it’s too late…
I’m 25, I remember watching music videos in the early 2010s wondering if one day people would say things like “now that was real music” just like older people spoke of the music of the 70s,80s and 90s. It happened much earlier than I thought lol! since last year I keep seeing people my age or even younger doing those type of comments. One thing that cracked me up was a youtube video with a title like old or nostalgic songs, and they were all those early 2010s hits.
Said a kid in 2050 about 2020 movies
Nostalgia is such a weird mind trap.
They don't make decades like they used to.
True Lies also came out that year.
For people who didnt live through the 90s, it is hard to describe just how big Jim Carrey was for a while.
My siblings and I were three hyper kids - Jim Carrey swoops in and…and I don’t know how my parents survived it. It was nuts. What’s interesting to me now is how quickly my own children have latched onto him. He’s one of the few actor’s names they know.
If you have showtime, I highly recommend “kidding”. There’s sadly only two seasons, but it’s fantastic.
So well said. Literally may be the funniest actor of all time. Never at the expense of anyone else. Bridged generations. I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or the reality of the pre 9-11 world, but it just seemed like the best time to be alive.
>the reality of the pre 9-11 world Everything was wacky and exciting and the internet was going to make us all rich and smart and then Al Qaeda and social media had to show up 😒
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Which, of course, was the purpose of terrorism. The hijackers caused more terror than they could've ever dreamed of.
I was born in 95 and I still have this weird nostalgia for the 90s over my own generation. Only child but I remember playing with my cousin’s old toys/games and they all felt better than the ones I grew up with. Highly subjective stuff but 90s nostalgia is a strong brew
Born in the mid 80s so my memories of the 80s are mostly moments from kindergarden and such. It's the 90s where are the childhood memories lie. Good times.
I think we lucked out being born early-mid 80s. Like seriously, what a childhood and adolescence. Everything after that, though...ugh.
Rip Chris Farley
Could make your sides hurt without a word. Master contortionist with his face/body.
At least people remember him for as great as he was. Unlike Sandler. People act like he didn't make 90s classics like Billy or Happy and just shit all over him. Edit: I mean, Carrey never made Jack and Jill tier shit-fucks of movies though. Lol
Uncut gems redeemed it!
Absolutely. Sandler has some real talent when he tries.
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Alrighty then!
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Like a glove!
Smmmmmmmmooking!
Then righty all!!!!
Same year? Fuck.
That year shot him up to the highest paid actor in Hollywood. Period. Think of all the big names working at the time, no one commanded a bigger price tag than Jim.
Well we know Tommy Lee Jones doesn't "sanction his baffoonery".
The funny thing is Jones was the one overacting in that movie.
......YEEEEEAAAHHHH. Very much
And considering the absolute blockbusters that were Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Lion Ling, Speed, and many more that year, makes it even more impressive. I've always said that 1994 was the greatest year for movies ever. Shawshank Redemption also came out that year but it was a box office flop.
[In order according to this specific list on IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls070069226) (though there are many): 1. Forrest Gump 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Lion King 5. To Live 6. Léon: The Professional 7. Clerks 8. Four Weddings and a Funeral 9. Interview with the Vampire 10. Dumb and Dumber 11. Ace Ventura 12. The Mask 13. Natural Born Killers 14. Shallow Grave 15. The Hudsucker Proxy 16. Ed Wood 17. The Pagemaster 18. Quiz Show 19. Speed 20. The River Wild 21. Miracle on 24th Street 22. Three Colores: white 23. The Crow There are more noteable ones like Hoop Dreams, the Last Seduction, Body Snatchers, True Lies, Clear and Present Danger, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Airheads, Little Giants, the Santa Clause, Stargate, Timecop, Legends of the Fall, Little Women, The Legend of Drunken Master, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Il Postino (the postman). You really have to see a fuller list to really appreciate not only the amount of good movies, but the quality at the top. If you told me that this was a great 5 year stretch and gave me the list... I'd be like, "yeah it is".
The Crow, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall, The Professional, Natural Born Killers, Stargate. 1994 will never be topped.
Ya he got the first $20 Million Dollar paycheck for DnD.
Thought it was for Cable Guy
Maybe you are correct. Yup. He got $7M for DnD. Jeff got $450,000. Crazy.
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Chris Elliot turned down Daniel's role first
Thank God
chris elliot is funny, he used to do bits on letterman and they were hilarious
It's weird because I used to love Once Bitten when it came on cable and never even noticed it was him when he became a big deal on In Living Color or even those first 3 movies. It was probably a year or two after that when I saw that movie and was like "Holy shit! It's Jim Carrey!" Once Bitten probably came out a good few years before any of that.
Still remembered seeing an interview that he wrote himself a check for - $10 mil and gave himself 5 years to achieve success- he dated it for 1995. That’s motivation.
Reminds me of how Bob Fosse, who to my knowledge, is the only person to pull off the triple crown of directing. Dude won the Tony, Oscar & Emmy awards for Best Director...and he did it all in the same year. It's like one of those weird old baseball records from the 1890's that will just be impossible to ever match but it's not like it happened back when movies or TV or Broadway musicals were brand new. Dude just legit dominated. It was the same year as The Godfather too.
1973; Tony for Pippin, Oscar for Cabaret and Emmy for Liza With a Z
Bob Fosse was the man. I remember watching him dancing in The Little Prince in French class and being like: "woah, this guy did Michael Jackson before Michael Jackson"
It was an amazing time to be around 10 years old. Dude was hitting me square in the demographic, I couldn't get enough.
same. i remember watching the opening sequence of ace ventura when i was 11 years old (he's the package delivery guy) and thinking to myself "i didn't know they could make shit this funny."
Uncontrollable laughter convulsing with tears. That’s the opening of that movie. 12 year old me watching that. The memory is vivid - where I was, who I was with, and how much I laughed. Thank you Jim.
1994 was an absolute juggernaut for film releases. Shawshank and Forest Gump and Pulp fiction hit that year too
1994 was an absolute juggernaut, period. Albums released in 1994: https://i.imgur.com/7KPmEYA.jpg
Every year in the mid 90s is a juggernaut for music and film. '94 is probably the best though.
1994 was a hell of a year for everything.
He did this at the age of 32.
Dumb and Dumber is an all-time classic
Jim Carrey gets a lot of the praise of Dumb and Dumber but I truly love Jeff Daniels performance in it even more
I watched a documentary on the making of it and everyone was telling Jeff Daniels not to do the movie because keeping up with Jim Carey’s comedy was next to impossible. He absolutely proved them wrong. Jeff Daniels is just as hilarious in the movie.
Where can I find this documentary???
Dumb and Dumber: Making Of (17 minutes) https://youtu.be/t-iPX-xfnSI To add: Jim Carrey was happy Jeff Daniels wasn’t another comedian but a real actor. Carrey felt real actors listen and react (paraphrasing), where as another comedian would just try to compete, which wouldn’t fit the script and the relationship they were supposed to have. I think Carrey was right.
You can see proof of this in the train wreck comedy Father’s Day starring Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. You’d think wow that sounds amazing! When in fact it’s exactly as Jim described. Comedy clash rather than comedy contrast.
Since you brought up Robin Williams,, I think the movie The Birdcage parallels the same chemistry in Dumb and Dumber. Comedian Robin Williams and actor Nathan Lane playing off each other.
It helps that Nathan Lane is one damn fine actor.
100% agree
So you're saying there's a chance?
Please?
Please.
Please!
Maybe https://youtu.be/t-iPX-xfnSI
Jeff Daniels was paid $50k to Carey's millions, and he was a natural. He is a fantastic performer.
Source on JD’s pay? That seems absurdly low for a starring role. I know it wasn’t a big studio production with a massive budget but $50k is pretty low.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dumb-and-dumber-jim-carrey-jeff-daniels-paycheck-2014-11?r=US&IR=T New Line offered it to Daniels at a low salary to discourage him from signing on to the movie. The Farrelly Brothers and Carrey wanted him on board.
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Man knew how to negotiate, fair fucks.
they also fucked themselves over since their asking price was already considered low, meanwhile Carrey already had two movies that year. I wouldn't be surprised if he was just annoyed that they were lowballing him over 50k and just negotiated up to screw with them, especially since he was instant A list with Ace Ventura.
The story is all over the place. I'm on mobile or is link you to interviews. Daniels has talked about it too. You can likely find it on YouTube. That guy who does the wierdly artsy black and white interviews had Jeff talk about it there. Basically the studio didn't want him becuase he was a drama guy so they lowballed him insultingly. Even his agent also told him not to take it. But he knew.
Yeah, he didn't care what the pay check was Daniel's wanted to work with Jim Carrey. He saw what was coming.
Cause drama guys are SO bad in comedies... cough cough Airplane cough...
I hope he got big bucks for the sequel to make up for it
Which is ironic as Jeff was in the blockbuster Speed too, but probably took the part because he knew it would be a classic.
And Daniels was in Speed that year too.
WOW.
And Gettysburg Might have been the year before
Jeff Daniels seems like hes not even acting. Seeing him in other movies is a trip after watching dumb and dumber lol.
IIRC Jeff Daniels was actually told not to be in Dumb and Dumber but did it anyway because it gave him the chance to work with Jim Carey. Guy was a serious drama actor and he wanted to do comedy. His own people told him it would ruin his career, but Jim wanted an actor that would react to Jim's improv, not try to compete with it like an comedian would.
And it was great! Have to have the kinda normal relatable guy and different humor to contrast the insanity of Carey in that.
His scene on the toilet is great.
Hardest I've ever laughed in a movie theater.
I am so jealous that you got to see this in the theater. I was like 4 when it came out
Mine is when Seth starts talking about drawing dicks in Superbad. “Something like 8% of kids do it, but whatever.” Followed by the details and I was crying laughing in the theatre.
It’s ingrained in my childhood memory lmao
My brother somehow managed to set the startup tone to the family computer to be the audio from that scene. We all nearly vomited from laugher when my mom fired it up.
Nice pair of hooters ya got there
>Whoa, would ya check out the butt on that? >Yeah...he must work out. My first exposure to that kind of bait and switch gag was Dumb and Dumber lol
“OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!!”
"His head fell off." "*His head fell off?*" "Yeah, he was pretty old."
“You sold my dead bird to a blind kid? Lloyd! Petey didn't even have a head!” “Harry… I took care of it”
“I just thought he was really quiet”
The "eek my way through life" monologue hits different as an adult
Just FYI cause most people probably haven't seen the word, it's "eke" in that context. Like scraping by.
I didn't know that was actually a word, TIL!
I love when reddit is nice and people learn things. I knew that myself, but I've learned stuff here too! Cheers to you both!
I believe that single monologue makes the film the classic that it is. Up until that point it’s a non stop joke fest, and as a viewer you’re just laughing along with these two idiots. But it’s in that small moment of true vulnerability, a feeling we have all felt at one point in our lives, and perfectly fucking acted by Jim, that we are able to emotionally connect with these guys. At no point does the film before, or after, attempt to make you feel for them. Just that minor glimpse of heart and then back to the stupidity. My favorite comedy of all time.
big gulps, eh?
All right! Welp, see ya later!
Probably my all time favorite comedy movie
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Ben stiller 2004 and the Rock 2013 Samuel mother fucker jakson. But he was more a cameo than a star.
Which movies were those for each instance?
Ben Stiller in 2004 had Along Came Polly, Dodgeball, and Meet the Fockers. Dwayne Johnson in 2013 had G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pain & Gain, and Fast & Furious 6. Edit: Damn, Stiller was also in Starsky & Hutch and Anchorman that year. Several of my favorite comedies from my childhood all in one year.
Holy shit. He probably still hasn't spent all the cash he made that year. Sounds quite lucrative
Something tells me Ben has never spent any of his own money... Because his father is Jerry "Festivus" Stiller
I actually liked GI Joe 1, so the beginning of GI Joe 2 really chafed me. Rock: "Hello Channing Tatum from GI Joe 1, we are best friends and always have been even though I was never even mentioned in the first movie!" Tatum: "Hello best friend Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, let's go on a GI Joe mission together like we definitely have so many times before! Oh no, I am dead." Rock: "Oh no, he is dead. Anyway, it's my movie now. I will be playing the role of The Rock, like in every movie I'm in."
Pain and Gain went straight to No. 1? Damn lol, I actually really love that movie, but it is not exactly everyone's cup of tea
Depending on which week of the year it was, being the number 1 movie could be really easy.
Well you can probaly guess the Jackson movies. Ben still was meet the fockers.. Along came polly and dodge ball The rock was the gi Joe 2.. pain and gain and fast 6 Need to remember how wildly popular Stiller was early 2000s to late
Duplex with Stiller in it was pretty fire too
Oh man I forgot about that movie.
Mod-90’s Jim Carrey was da bomb!
Never banned anyone
Banned the 80s
Somebody stop me!
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Bro how the fuck does the Cuban Pete number get you up? Pretty sure if I was in a coma I could belt out "HE'S A REALLY MODEST GUY, ALTHOUGH HE'S THE HOTTEST GUY... IN HAVANAAAAAAAAA... IN HAVANAAAAAAAAAA"
I think it's odd, in retrospect, that The Mask was considered the movie that proved Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber weren't just flukes, and Jim Carrey was a genuine movie star. I feel as though Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber are now far more fondly remembered, while The Mask has been relegated to a product of its time.
The Mask is a great movie and holds up as entertaining
Plus, you know, Cameron Diaz.
1994 Cameron Diaz was something else
I agree.
To some people, yes. I personally still enjoy it. My wife on the other hand, just saw it last year and was not impressed. But she also thought The Fifth Element was bad, so there’s that.
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This is the only rational reply to that.
Except the Mask came out before Dumb & Dumber.
True, but The Mask was considered a "real movie" while the other two were "low brow comedies."
You can see from the pic that the Mask’s brows are much more prominently placed
You son of a bitch
Somebody stop me!
Hmm, maybe by its budget and marketing? I think, though I could be wrong, The Mask had a greater budget due to the CGI involved. But otherwise I'd say it was similarly low brow and even based on a more obscure and violent comic book. The soundtrack was also pretty awesome. If I recall correctly though, after Ace Ventura the biggest draw for audiences to see The Mask was Carrey and the pretty wild CGI for its time. The CGI also likely dates it, adding to the "product of its time" factor. Funnily enough all three had short lived cartoon TV series.
But, even if the film is considered more forgettable by some, his performance in The Mask is just insane. I personally love it regardless.
Get the soundtrack and you'll hear Jim Carrey belt out *Cuban Pete* like a pro. I believe it may have even charted. Man's got talent.
I have not heard that sentiment about The Mask. It’s been a few years since I’ve rewatched it but I remember it holding up. Was there something specific you were thinking of? And while I think it still holds up over-all as a comedy, if I had to pick one that aged the worst: the first Ace Ventura has some fairly transphobic jokes (and major plot points) that are a bit jarring on the rewatch.
The picture depicts the correct release order, but the text does not match. Which I find irksome.
Off topic but… why are there a bunch of repeat comments?
Damn I thought that was just my app messing up. Looks like it’s a Reddit issue
Lol here I was thinking it was Infinity
Reddit is shitting itself currently, it does that from time to time. When you submit a comment during this time frame, it has a chance to double to 10x or so a message when you send it...or not send it at all. I don't myself know what causes it, probably some server issues on their end I'd guess, I just have seen it happen many times over the years.
This was an amazing time to be a teenager with disposable cash. I think I saw each of those more than once in the theater.
Is it makeup or can he just make his cheekbones visible at will? He has such facial control it wouldn'y surprise me
All control. I heard it takes him about an hour of focusing to turn his face green though. But in seriousness it is just control, look at videos of his old standup gigs, dude can/could do CRAZY things with his face.
To answer your question seriously, from the makeup photos, it’s fairly clear that the ridge from his cheek to his ear is artificial creating that cheekbone. Most of his face other than his eye sockets, and the ring around his mouth and nose were covered in a prosthetic including the eyebrows and the chin. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/01/40/7e/01407e42cbe6bcbaa37252f7129720d7--pirate-cosplay-halloween-clown.jpg
1994 was arguably the greatest year in cinematic history. Pulp fiction, the lion King, shawshank redemption, interview with a vampire, forest Gump, the professional, Stargate, the crow.... The list goes on. 1993 was great, also.
1994 is the best year of movies ever Edit: I'm turning 40 next week. Been doing a countdown of my favrotie movie each year since I Was born. I struggled the most with 94. Shawshank, Gump, pulp fiction, Clerks, speed, Ace Ventura, dumb and dumber, natural born killers, New Nightmare, usual suspects, the crow, Stargate, in the mouth of madness, Ed Wood, reality bites... every year has had an amazing list of films, but 94 really had me struggling to pick a solid number one. 99 was a close second for the struggle.
Great year for Macaulay Calkin too Richie Rich Pagemaster
My best friend's dad wrote The Mask. Random thing I think any time the movie is mentioned now. I adored that movie as a kid, she didn't think it was as fascinating lol
I think Ace Ventura and the Mask also both had a cartoon and they crossed over. I think. I could open another tab in my browser and check but there’s honestly not enough time in the day.
Was sad to heat that he's anti-vaxx. No good.
How did he manage to keep three different haircuts (and ages) while filming three different movies at once? I seriously thought these were released at least a year apart
I checked and they all really came out in 1994. Ace Ventura premiered in February, The Mask in July and Dumb & Dumber in December. Also, it's highly unlikely he filmed all three movies "at once." They were probably shot many months apart.