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Did it start with the sexting comment, then you were forced to make a judgment? lmao
If I remove that snark, will people like me, oh Lord?
The website I work with is down, so I was sitting around doing nothing, taking care of my sonās friendās dog and ended up watching The Big Lebowski. You know itās good. I donāt have to explain.
I agree about rewatching Philadelphia, it is very depressing and a tough rewatch. But it has some all-time great courtroom scenes.
The entire like last 20 + minutes of JFK is a closing-argument of a courtroom scene (Costner again!). Boondock Saints and Legally Blonde are a couple of personal favorites with good courtroom scenes as well.
And Justice For All is an all-time great and you need to make plans to watch it soon! It has an incredible courtroom scene at the end, and is all about the law, but most of it does not take place inside of courtrooms.
No way Iām rewatching JFKāI didnāt like it at all.
Thanks for confirming And Justice For All, though. Iām not sure why it never hit my radar, but I clearly need to give it a whirl.
Also, I started rewatching Draft Day this evening as I folded laundry. Still great. And I somehow didnāt realize that was Chadwick Boseman.
And Justice for All is a big pile of nothing that happens to have contributed one of Al Pacinoās iconic quotes to his catalog.
Enjoy!
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Yeah I decided to do the Rewatchables JFK w/o actually watching the movie. Very entertaining so far.
I saw JFK in the theater on shrooms. Very intense experience.
Wow. Like someone watched Being There and said but what if it was a horror movie.
So it appears theyāre doing Liar Liar, but not doing Devilās Advocate, Jagged Edge, or Presumed Innocent.
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Sighā¦
Gross
I enjoy Liar Liar. Even if Jim Carreyās character definitely lies while trying to keep his assistant from walking out when he yells, āI didnāt understand the question!ā The roast in the boardroom is quite entertaining. Iām in for a Rewatchables of it, though as always that hinges on who the panel is.
Of course, as Jim Carrey movies go, it should be said that society as a whole owes an apology for not recognizing how great The Cable Guy was. Iām left to assume that audiences everywhere staggered out of the theater muttering angrily about the total absence of poop jokes.
I definitely did not enjoy The Cable Guy when I saw it in theaters. But Iām also not a huge Carrey guyāI didnāt really like Ace Ventura and never had any desire to see the Mask. Looking at the Rotten Tomatoes site, the rankings seem about right. Wasnāt he the highest-paid actor in Hollywood at one point? That seems nuts to me.
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Thatās awesome.
For me, Liar Liar was the movie that solidified Jim Carreyās potential as a dramatic actor. I felt like he did so much non-goofy stuff in it that it was easy to trust his performance in whatever he did next.
Made by Tom Shadyac, who also directed Jim Carreyās breakout hit Ace Ventura.
But Tom Shadyac had a terrible bicycle accident circa 2007 that left him with post concussion syndrome and the realization that he had to make a drastic change in his life. He tells the story in his documentary I Am.
He sold all of his material possessions and dedicated his life instead to philanthropy and education. He taught for years at the University of Boulder Colorado. He still teaches at University of Memphis.
After a long long long drought, he returned to filmmaking aligned with his new ethics by coordinating with the Innocence Project to make Brian Banks (2018), a movie based on the true story of a high school football linebacker who was falsely accused of rape, convicted, sent to prison and upon his release, attempted to fulfill his dream of making the National Football League.
Ace Ventura to Liar Liar to Brian Banks actually makes a lot of sense as a character arc when you put them in that order 
Same. I loved Carrey on In Living Color, and his standup special was great. But Ace Ventura never made me laugh. Cable Guy was good.
LOL at Simon Birch.
Bar none, the biggest disappointment Iāve ever experienced in a movie theater. Probably my favorite novel, converted into absolute trash. I am legitimately angry right now just thinking about it.
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You wanna get nuts? Letās get nuts.
He actually married (briefly) the redhead he was pointlessly pursuing in Dumb & Dumber!
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I havenāt come close to seeing that whole list, but I would certainly rank his catalog differently.
As his comedies goā¦
Great: Dumb and Dumber, The Cable Guy
Really Good: Liar Liar
Good: The Mask
Whatever: Grinch, Bruce Almighty
Pretty Bad: Ace Ventura 1
Abject Garbage: Ace Ventura 2, Me Myself & Irene, Fun with Dick and Jane
I donāt really like most of his non-comedy work, except for Eternal Sunshine which was really good. I donāt get the Truman Show hype, and I gave it a second watch just to see if I was wrong the first time. The Man on the Moon was just okay for me, even though I recognize that he performed well in it. Batman Forever was a miss.
I am not mystified at how big his star got for a time. I get it. I think heās a really talented dude.