Originally posted by Arwon

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Originally posted by Ran-chan

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Originally posted by [GGS Cruel Justice

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Bad movies...

Gary Truman Show
-I found that movie to be boring and depressing. I don't give a fuck if it earned some awards, I thought it was awful.

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Thatīs the one with Jim Carrey, right? Iīd say that it was his worst movie ever. There were a few funny moments in it but overall it was depressing to watch it.

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You two are kidding, right?

The movies where Jim Carrey actually ACTS (Truman Show, Man on the Moon, Eternal Sunshine) are far far FAR better than when he's just being the same rubber-faced fartsmith he is in all the other movies. You can only watch him pull stupid faces and act wacky so many times before it gets old.

Since the fuck when does "depressing" mean "bad"? Was Schindler's List bad? [Insert what Ziff said about movies not having to be amusing here, but add some richly deserved swearing and condescension.]

And by "depressing" you mean "it actually makes you think and hurts my widdle head" right? The movie was clever and it was prescient to boot... it probably wasn't specifically targetted at reality television but at the media in general, but given the way reality television has experienced cancer-like growth since it came out, it's aged quite well as a commentary on that.

Actually, come to think of it, how the hell was it "depressing" at all? Wow. Just... no. He escapes, the moment when he leaves is a bloody beautiful and even inspiring scene, the movie full of faith in the human ability to reason and find truth. All that crap. He escapes his cage and goes out to face the big scary world the rest of us have to deal with, and probably ened up finding his girl. It'd have been a depressing commentary on human self-deception if he decided to stay and live a coddled lie, but as it was, it's downright positive really. It is not a depressing film.

If you went in there expecting something like the Mask or Dumb and Dumber, well that's your own bloody fault, not his.

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