Conference bookie::movies

Yeah, you're the first person I've heard of who actually liked the movie.  ;^)

But that's OK, I'll reserve my judgement for when I see it ... I usually don't 
agree with critics anyway.  I still can't believe they liked "Annie Hall."
;^)

- DC

I thought the movie was great. i laught just watching his facial expressions.
I want to see it again to catch the stuff I missed while i was laughing.

tony

	The TV trailers have been enough to ensure I never watch, rent,
	recommend, etc this movie, and are enough for me to turn the TV
	over or off rather than watch these puerile ravings of a talentless...


	Sorry, I feel a lot better now...

	No, I haven't seen it ...8^)}

    
    
    I saw the trailer last weekend and, to tell the truth, I've never
    really appreciated this guy's work too much (In Living Color, etc), but
    the ad made me giggle like a twit for minutes afterwards.
    
    I think i'll check this out when it arrives.
    
    Scott
    

    I doubt if I'll pay money for this, but the part in the ads were he 
    catches (I presume) a bullet in his teeth is kinda funny, for no
    particular reason.
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    kim

    
    A friend of mine went to see this movie, and also said it was probably
    the funiest movie she ever saw.  She also thought it was going to be
    stupid, but she said it is extremely funny.
    
    I think I'll check it out . . . .
    
    Debby
    

        I know how you feel Debby.  I usually listen to the critics before
    I go see a movie and initial reviews on this one were very poor.
    However, this time it was a gut reaction for me.  I've seen many
    comedies, but no movie has ever made me laugh steady for two hours.
    Another noter explained it a little better when she said she wanted
    to go again to see the parts she missed while she was laughing.
    
       I'd like to see this guy co-star with Robin Williams.  Those two
    would be one of the greatest pairs of all time.  
    
       A sure sleeper hit!!!
    
    B.S.

    I dunno... While I find Jim Carrey funny in small doses, the mugging he
    was doing in the previews to this flick turned me off, off, off. [The
    bullet scene was cute, though.] I don't expect I'll ever go out of my
    way to watch this, but one can never tell what one may find oneself
    staring at on a long slow weekend night when there's nothing else to
    do. ;-) 
    
    -b

    This movie is successful. It is still running in its first-run theatres
    and they have excluded it from date-night and passes. 
    
    I saw it. I thought some of it was inappropriate for my 12 year old
    daughter, but I was impressed with Jim Carrey. I think he has a bigger
    career ahead of him than ever...

    Sorry .. the previews look a bit TOO stupid for me.  Beside, just for
    the name, I probably won't go see it!
    
    Holly (check out the username .. I've been called "ace" since the first
    previews came out!)
    

    When I saw the previews of this I thought it would have to wait at
    least until the vidio came out, but then got stuck going out with a
    group that wanted to see it.   I was pleasantly surprised.  
    
    don't let anyone kid you - it is a stupid movie - but it is more on the
    line of a mel brooks stupid than just trash stupid. One of the things I
    liked about the movie was the take-offs or references to other
    movies/tv shows - Jaws, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, the Crying Game
    - were the ones I remember.  Jim Carrey does a nice job.
    
    Maybe it depends on the mood you are in, but I thought it was ok. I
    don't think it's appropriate for young kids, since some of the humor is
    based on body part and/or sex humor - but then your milage may vary.
    
    janetb.

    
    Well, I went to see this on Thursday expecting all the funny bits to be
    the ones that were in the trailers, but I was pleasantly surprised to
    find that this film kept me chuckling all the way through and laughing
    out loud in more than a couple of places.  It's good - go see it.
    
    Once you get used to Jim Carrey's gormless expression you'll enjoy it.
    
    
    
    Ian

    Maybe it was my "Friday Night" frame of mind......but I didn't stop
    laughing for hours after it over!!!!
    
    "I'd love to get into to his head.........." 

    
    I finally rented this movie. I rented it and "Philadelphia".  We
    watched Phily right away and thought it was pretty good.
    
    My 68 year old mother brought my 11 year old nefew to see "Ace..." when
    it was in the theater. She kept saying "It was soooo weird" and she 
    didn't really like it.
    
    My wife didn't even want to watch "Ace..." but I eventually got her
    to sit down and watch it with me.  It was probably one of the funniest
    movies of all time!!!  After it was over, my wife said "lets watch it
    again" and we did. I think it was even funnier to us knowing my mother
    sat through it with my nefew.
    
    "o.k. then what's all the pet food for?"  "....Fiber!?"
    
    Steve
    

    
    	I rented "Ace" mostly because it was the only thing left at the
    	video store, but partially because of the reviews here.

    	Ouch, was it BAD!!! Now I like stupid movies as much as the next
    	person, but this was just too bad to sit through. To say it is
    	aimed at 10-year-old boys is being much too generous. I've seen 
    	Saturday morning children's cartoons with more depth and humour
    	and thought than this had. It was just BAD, I can't describe it
    	any other way, not funny or silly or even slapstick, it was just
    	bad, the way an ill-thought-out SNL skit is so bad it makes you
    	cringe for the actors, except this bad skit went on forever.

    	Needless to say I don't agree with the "one of the funniest movies
    	of all time" review. I felt cheated for just the rental fee. My SO
    	could only watch it for 10 minutes before walking away. Myself, I
    	am always too optimistic and forgiving, hoping to encounter a scene 
    	or at least a laugh right around the corner, any moment now.
    	Despite that, I only lasted 30 minutes before shutting it off.
    	I didn't even bother to fast-forward through it. It was pure
    	trash... steer clear of this one folks.

        -Erik
                                                   

	parts of it were hysterical - the opening sequence alone was
	worth the rental.  i'd definitely recommend it as a good,
	silly comedy.

>	parts of it were hysterical - the opening sequence alone was
    
    The opening sequence alone almost turned me off from watching the rest
    of the movie. The audience has no know way of knowing..., oh, alright:
    
    				minor SPOILER


    ... that Ventura is NOT a UPS delivery man but just playing one, and he
    has good reason to break the glass in the "package".
    
    It strikes a nerve in me when seemingly responsible adults are portrayed
    as deliberate vandals. We ought not to be teaching that to youngsters.
    
    But once it was evident this was just a gimmick, it was OK. 
    
      John

>>> seemingly responsible adult
    
    the Ace character was not ever meant to portray a "seemingly
    responsible adult"
    
    steve
    

    
>>    the Ace character was not ever meant to portray a "seemingly
>>    responsible adult"

	you got _that_ right, stevo-me-lad!  8^)  

>>> seemingly responsible adult
>    
>    the Ace character was not ever meant to portray a "seemingly
>    responsible adult"
    
    Ah, but you don't KNOW that during the opening scene. He's dressed
    just like a UPS delivery man doing his job. At that point he does
    look seemingly responsible. And in fact that's what the director
    wants us to believe, at least for a whlie.
    
      John

    
    >>> Ah, but you don't KNOW that during the opening scene.
    
    	The first look at his face... you know that.
    
    >>> At that point he does look seemingly responsible. And in fact that's 
    >>> what the director wants us to believe, at least for a whlie.
    
    	We are all entitled to our own opinions. Does anyone else out there
    go for the "seemingly responsible adult" theorey?
    
    Steve
    

Jim Carrey a "seemingly responsible adult"?  I don't think so.

				-- Bob

    > Jim Carrey a "seemingly responsible adult"?  I don't think so.
    
    And you somehow knew that the first scene of his first movie?
    
      John

>    And you somehow knew that the first scene of his first movie?
    
Yes.  Somehow I'd managed to see the previews.

				-- Bob

    
>>    And you somehow knew that the first scene of his first movie?

	Perhaps something about the title would lead one to believe
	this was not a serious movie, eh what?

    I knew pretty much right off in watching this movie that the UPS man
    was not a real UPS man... I mean, it was really difficult, the title of
    the Movie was Ace Ventura Pet Detective and not Ace Ventura UPS Guy,
    and that it was supposed to be a really funny movie, and I had been
    told by friends about Carney's character on Living Color (I don't watch
    a lot of TV...), hmmmmm.... did I really think they were trying to
    represent him at the beginning as a REAL package deliverer? No, but it
    took one or two brain cells to figure it out...
    
    Michael
     

>    told by friends about Carney's character on Living Color (I don't watch
>    a lot of TV...), hmmmmm.... did I really think they were trying to
>    represent him at the beginning as a REAL package deliverer? No, but it
    
    So if you (a) saw the previews or (b) were told by friends, then you
    were forewarned enough to know this was a set-up. That's fair, you know
    enough to judge before the movie even starts. When *I* saw the movie 
    I figured the UPS guy was making a delivery TO "Ace Ventura". Starts
    things out on an entirely different foot.
    
    I don't see how one can draw conclusions from the title of the movie.
    "Police Academy" sounds like a cop drama, "The African Queen" sounds
    like the biography of a tribal leader, "Children of a Lesser God" must be
    entirely mythical, "The Shining" was probably a tropical/desert story,
    the list of examples goes on and on.
    
      John

-.1>  "Police Academy" sounds like a cop drama, "The African Queen" sounds
-.1>  like the biography of a tribal leader, "Children of a Lesser God" must be
-.1>  entirely mythical, "The Shining" was probably a tropical/desert story,
-.1>  the list of examples goes on and on.
 
    Lets see where we can take this :-)
    	"Gone with the wind" is a documentary on Hurricanes and Tornados
    	"True Grit" is a Bob Villa special on refinishing furniture
    	"This is spinal tap" is a medical documentary
    	"The Happy Hooker" is a story of a content fisherman...
    
    and so on and so on and so on... tell two friends!!!  
    
    this can be real fun!!  but let's move it to another topic
    
    Steve
    

    Maybe I've seen to many movies... from the humerous way they were
    presenting him in the beginning, I presumed (correctly) that it was
    a setup... (however, I grant you that I could as likely been
    incorrect... had it been a wrong deduction. But as fate would have
    it, I was on the right track.)  :*)
    
    Michael
    
    
    
    

...but this is far from Jim Carrey's first movie (though it is his first
starring role).  Probably the most notable previous role was as one of the
aliens in Earth Girls Are Easy, but he was also in Once Bitten, Peggy Sue
Got Married, The Dead Pool, Pink Cadillac, and some more forgettable stuff.

    Forgetable being the operative term... heheh
    
    Michael
    

    
    	"Peggy Sue Got Married" was NOT forgettable ... it was a great
    	movie.
    
    	"The Dead Pool" was pretty good, too.
    
    	Never saw the others.
    
    							GTI
    

I meant that the movies I *didn't* list were forgettable.  Here's some of them:
The Sex and Violence Family Hour, Finders Keepers (1984), Doing Time on 
Maple Drive.

    
    	Well, you got me there ... I've never heard of those.
    
    	But the way you worded it:
    
    >The Dead Pool, Pink Cadillac, and some more forgettable stuff.
    
    
    	implied that the others, in addition to what was mentioned,
    	were also forgettable.  " ... and some forgettable stuff"
    	would have been more correct.
    
    	8^)
    

    Oops, meant that I forgot he was in them... I liked those movies
    mentioned...  :)
    
    Michael
    

    
    	"Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" starts 11/10.
    

    
    I finally rented this from the grocery store video place for a buck
    plus tax and I'm glad that's all I spent.  For me, the best moments
    were strung together in the commercials for the movie.
    
    I thought Carrey was great in "Batman Forever" in fact he totally made
    the movie for me.  Perhaps it was not good to see the earlier released
    "Ace" after "Batman" where his "genius" is clearly more developed IMO.
    Since I am currently caught up in the Jim Carrey hype, "Ace" was a bit
    of a dissapointment for me.
    
    Velda
     
    
    

    
    
    I thought the first Ace Ventura movie was just Hilarious.
    However, part 2 was as the last noter said, all the funny bits
    were in the trailers and you have seen them all in the last movie.
    
    Chris
    :)