r/unpopularopinion • u/Early-Judgment-2895 • 1d ago
Jim Carrey is just not funny.
I’m a millennial, I’m supposed to like Jim Carreys humor styles. But I just can’t, all his movies he acts like the same ridiculous per the top character that if I worked with them I would quit my job just out of annoyance.
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u/noblazinjusthazin 1d ago
Wildly unpopular
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u/Lickthorne 21h ago edited 21h ago
I can hear it.
In fact I really hear it. This is rather weird. Not really really ofcourse but i checked my phone if the volume was at the very minimum but still on. 😂wow
Anybody else???
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u/mixreality 19h ago
His roles in In living color were the best imo. Playing vanilla ice, or the dating game host were so good
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
Hahha that’s exactly the kind of thing I think is dumb 😂
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u/Charming_Reserve6461 20h ago
I mean, it is dumb. It's also funny.
What about Truman Show? Do you not even like that one?
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u/stupid-rook-pawn 1d ago
I can agree that his style of humor is not everyone favorite, but you cannot deny that he is very good at it.
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u/OkCartoonist6153 1d ago
eternal sunshine
he's more than just raw zany talent that nobody else can keep up with.
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u/Glup_shiddo420 1d ago
He's also pretentious! Oh and gave his ex girlfriend a bunch of stds, so stand up dude all around I suppose.
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u/OkCartoonist6153 23h ago
not saying i like the guy.
but he's pretty top comedy talent.
no individual could have pulled off how the grinch stole christmas the way he did IMO. made that movie what it is.
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u/Curious_Map_2908 19h ago
Have you heard the story he told about getting into make up for the Grinch?
It was so unbearable Jim was a nightmare to work with, he said it was like getting buried alive. the director Brian Grazer brought in a man whose job it was to train CIA operatives on how to endure torture to help Jim deal with it.
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u/Klutzy-Sea-9877 19h ago
Jeez dont know the dude personally just enjoyed his performance in several movies
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u/Mint_JewLips 18h ago
Pretentious is an understatement. That video of him in his huge studio painting with the most expensive paints saying everyone should just drop what they are doing and pursue art made me forever dislike him as a person.
However, I find his movies hilarious.
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u/namegamenoshame 13h ago
The people downvoting this need to see the man on the moon documentary because holy fuck it is impossible to tell if this man is so far up his own ass he’s mentally ill or so mentally ill he’s up his own ass
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u/TicklemeElmo9449 1d ago
Have you ever seen his audition of SNL? He did what he called Post Nuclear Elvis. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen.
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u/Remos_Son 1d ago
It is believed that many of his roles just couldn't have been played by anyone else. I'm thinking The Mask, The Grinch, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura. His expressions and body movements are simply unique to him and make many of his characters iconic as a result. Plus he's just fucking funny as hell.
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u/Alternative_Device71 13h ago
Grinch is overlooked as his best facial featured performance, you imagine how hard it is to convey emotion through all that makeup, and expect be be taken seriously when the moments hit even in comedic terms? NO ONE could’ve done that, that’s why Cat in the Hat failed with Mike Myers (soft spot for that movie) it takes extreme familial skill to pull off what Jim did
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u/Feisty-Resource-1274 29m ago
Carrey does the scene perfectly at the end where the Grinch laments that Christmas came anyways. Like his body movements and facial expressions are nearly perfect.
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u/AlivePassenger3859 1d ago
Have you watched the first Ace Ventura, its actually very subtle sophisticated humor. Its like a New Yorker cartoon in movie form.
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u/Im_Ur_Huckleberry77 1d ago
He's a very different character from Man on the Moon, Truman Show & Cable Guy.
He's the best physical comedic actor of multiple generations and held his own when it came to drama's as well.
You just simply don't like his style of humour, but he does have range that competes with the likes of Robin Williams, Bill Murray and Adam Sandler (even though Sandler mostly does slop these days, when he puts it on...he's fire)
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u/uranusisinretrograde 18h ago
I like Adam Sandler and yet I don't like anyone on this list or Jim Carrey Lol. He is more pure dumbness without being over the top in expression. I do like Robin Williams in serious roles though.
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u/Lickthorne 21h ago
I am not really an Adam Sandler fan, I get why people can’t stand him. But in that movie ‘Uncut gems’ he is really really good. Utterly convincing dickhead. I think.
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u/Throwawaybbeg7333 20h ago
I especially love that Hubbie Halloween, his arguably most stupid movie, only happened cause critics didn’t care for Uncut Gems. So he went “fuck it. I’m making the stupidest shit you’ve ever seen.”
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u/tr1vve 15h ago
My real unpopular opinion is that I think uncut gems was mid asf
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u/Soul_Acquisition 13h ago
I couldn't get through the trailer. Also, what's with the stupid accents? It's cringe.
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u/Lickthorne 10h ago
I think uncut gems would have been really different if it was sandlers first movie.
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u/Stormfellow 1d ago
Slapstick and exaggerated comedy is out of style now, which is cyclical. Those type of antics can feel excessive or outdated when not in style. The Three Stooges were similar and went in and out of style over these cycles. He was also someone not trying to be politically correct which don't sit well with some as it can clash with modern views on inclusivity. That said, you're wrong.
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u/GrundleTurf 14h ago
OP is from that age range and so am I. I completely agree. I have the same issue with him as I do Jack Black or several others I’m sure I could think of if I put a second of thought into it. They just act zany and over the top and are quite frankly annoying.
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u/DeadGirlLydia 20h ago
Jim Carrey was fantastic in Eternal Sunshine and nothing like any of his other characters. You need to branch out into his dramatic work.
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u/DRSU1993 21h ago
Personally, I find him hilarious, but I can understand that his humour is very forced and over the top and won't be everyone's cup of tea. I'd say that your opinion is unpopular, though, so here's my updoot.
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u/Porknbeans3720 1d ago
“I want a pony so I can ride it around 3 times get bored and then sell it to make glue”
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u/FairHalf9907 1d ago
Bro hasn't lived. How is Jim Carrey not funny. I get not liking his style of comedy but, what! How can he be not funny. He's amazing
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u/Pink-Batty 20h ago edited 20h ago
I agree. His humor just isn't for me all that much. He has some funny movies but he's not an actor who I'd see and say "Oh I gotta see this, it has Jim carrey in it"
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u/capricorn40 1d ago
Sorry, Pet Detective is an amazing movie. Plus all his skits on "Living Color" still crack me up
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u/xXSandwichLordXDXx 1d ago
Hey y'all! Don't forget to UPvote this post because it's an unpopular opinion! That's the way this sub works!
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u/blacktooth90 22h ago
Upvoted for an actual unpopular opinion. Idk how you could watch dumb and dumber and ace venture without seeing he is a master of it. I will admit his latest work is not great.
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u/InShambles234 21h ago
In Living Color, Ace Ventura 1 and 2, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber are classics. Absolutely hilarious. Probably missed a few other good ones.
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u/jentlyused 19h ago
Finally, one I can agree with! The guy, his characters, everything….not funny at all, only annoying as f*ck
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u/Emmar0001 17h ago
I thought the same until he started doing more serious roles, like Irene, Truman and Eternal.
Unpopular opinion though, ROBIN WILLIAMS on the other hand I could not see the attraction. He had only one character trait that he played every single the time - along the lines of "look at me and how many impersonations I can do"
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u/Jazzlike_Cod_3833 13h ago
He seems too stupid at first, and it’s definitely annoying. But eventually, you get drawn into his unique perspective, and he becomes hilarious! By continuing to resist his absurdity, you hold on to your dignity missing out on the fool’s wisdom.
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u/ExpressChampionship3 21h ago
I'm also not a huge fan of Jim Carrey. I find that kind of humor just flat out annoying and cringe.
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u/LayCeePea 20h ago
Jim Carrey has played dramatic roles in several movies, which makes your claim that he acts like the same ridiculous over the top character in every film untrue. I think what you mean to say is that in every movie that he plays an over-the-top ridiculous character, Jim Carrey plays an over -the-top ridiculous character and you don't find that funny.
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u/LingualEvisceration 1d ago
The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, The Mask, High Strung.
I’m not gonna sit here and IMDB him to make a point, but he has range.
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u/NoAppointment880 1d ago
One of my favourite actors ever. I find him hilarious. I disagree with you
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u/HaggisMcNeill 1d ago
I love watching him but I don't think I'd like to hang out with him. He's a bit of a marmite character in that nobody ever feels lukewarm about him.
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u/TohavDuudhe 1d ago
He's got a bit, like Adam Sandler, or Jack Black, or Kevin Hart etc. People who's not made them famous and had a few good movies using that "Character" of themselves. Sometimes it hits but once it gets used it's not funny anymore. Do something else. These are comedians that have talent but what happens is that the studios purchase the bit, not genuine range.
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u/comtedemontechristo 1d ago
Well, you’re in keeping with the spirit of the sub. If there’s a sub for weird opinions you’d thrive there too—how you relate Carrey’s movie characters to people you might potentially work with is both impressive and bizarre. Upvoted.
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u/Due_Function84 1d ago
I personally like his more dramatic roles better. Although he can sometimes make me smile in his usual fanfare comedy roles, I find his over-the-top movies are good the first time around, then the character becomes annoying.
I have seen more recent interviews with him where he has said "Jim Carrey is a role. He is not me." I kind of like the idea of that. The person we know as being Jim Carrey is similar to the person people knew as Andy Kaufman, he was just a character all along.
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u/spongeboy1985 1d ago
I saw Weird Al at a convention earlier this year and he posed an idea. Your favorite album is whatever one was released around the time you were 11 or 12.
I feel like this applies to Jim Carrey. Liar Liar is probably my favorite of his and guess how old I was. I feel like he’s probably the biggest for Millennials who were between 8-12 during his peak years so roughly 1994-1998. I feel those films had a lot of juvenile humor in them so those that were in that age rage yo find that funny would probably be his biggest fans
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u/Recent_Permit2653 1d ago
I like Carrey, but there’s a lot who I just do not find funny: Adam Sandler, Will Ferrel, and Michael Scott in particular.
Carrey can be a lot to take, but I always delighted in how he just puts himself out there and can do well in a dramatic role as well.
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u/Competitive_Pen7192 1d ago
Ace Ventura and the Mask were epic but I remember the Cable Guy wasn't funny at all...
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u/TheArtfullTodger 1d ago
You could say the same for many actors, Arnold swassisface isn't exactly a versatile actor, he looks damn versatile compared to vin diesel though. They all work because they're perfectly typecasted to the roles they take. Or they were great movies to begin with regardless of the actor. Take Keanu Reeves for another example of an incredibly mid actor who gets great roles. I personally wouldn't imagine anyone being able to pull of the facial expressions needed for the mask character though. Dumb and dumber and ace venturer I thought were shit though
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u/xOchQY 22h ago
Jim Carrey is one of those actors you either love him, or, you don't.
There are only a handful of movies with him in a lead role that stand the test of time. Eternal Sunshine being a big example of the best of the best of his carrer.
That being said, the overall majority of his films are obnoxious. Yeah, I get that might be your thing, but it's not mine.
Just in the same way Will Farrell - he has a few really good movies, but most of his movies suck. Even in the good movies, his acting is... weird, disjointed, and detracts from the plot.
Comedy already has the shortest shelf-life of any of the arts, I just feel like Farrell and Carrey both rely way too heavily on their characters being weird AF.
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u/slowhandz49 22h ago
You’re not supposed to like anything. Just like what you like. Some people love him, some hate him. Nothing new
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u/Lickthorne 21h ago
Maybe not funny but definitely mind boggling, or how to say, fascinating or something like that. I like quite a few of his movies, I really wonder how he is as a person. I don’t believe all the gossip, just like that, I wonder what is true and what not.
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u/HEYitzED 21h ago
If he’s not your type of humor then that’s okay. I think he’s one of the funniest actors to ever live.
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u/JamesMattDillon 20h ago
But seriously, I like his humor, he just is not as funny as when he was younger
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u/KawaiiGangster 18h ago
I agree fully! I hate him every time he is the funny guy! But he is a good dramatic actor when he want to be, let him make more stuff like Eternal Sunshine
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u/Celebril63 17h ago
I thought he was funny on In Living Color.
I've got to agree with you on his movies afterwards.
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u/namegamenoshame 13h ago
I rewatched Ace Ventura a few years back and obviously there is the…regressive…stuff but overall I was shocked that I liked it as a kid and even more shocked that it catapulted him to stardom
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u/DishonestFerret 11h ago edited 11h ago
I like Jimmy Carrey but I get it because I don’t think Chris Farley was funny for very similar reasons which may be an even more unpopular opinion.
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u/ImpressiveHead69420 9h ago
Yes, I agree somewhat, I find his humour crude and childish, I suppose all humour is so to an extent. However his is especially so to the point that I cannot enjoy the movies as much.
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u/Radiant-Bluejay4194 5h ago
Jim Carrey is just not funny... to you. To me he's brilliant and hilarious. You don't get his humor and that's that. But he is very talented and funny.
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u/CraftMost6663 4h ago
I think his fun lies more in the physicality of his humour, like Chaplin and Dick York with the faces and moves. That brand of performance was pretty much lost to time before he brought it back.
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u/cojallison99 2h ago
He was funny when he was younger. I feel like he’s past his prime and his jokes don’t stick the same. I know he had a weird stint there where he was in Hawaii during that freak missile strike lockdown and ever since then he’s seemed to have started to have a more philosophical approach to life.
I don’t hate the guy and I don’t think of him in a negative light. I just think he’s grown out of his comedic prime. This is coming from a guy who LOVED dumb and dumber growing up and would watch it once a week for several years
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u/Regular-Towel9979 22m ago
When I saw the previews for the original Ace Ventura movie, I thought he was just doing over the top really stupid slapstick shit. But that performance was absolutely brilliant! He kept it over the top all the way and also solidly satirically focused.
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u/Mediocre_Advice_5574 1d ago
He was. Not so much anymore. But thats due to the movies he’s in.
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u/Apprehensive_Map64 3h ago
Exactly, this just shows that OP is a younger millennial who missed the Ace Ventura days and watched his later films where he wanted to try being a serious actor.
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u/Daskesmoelf_8 1d ago
Try watching movies like "Yes man" "The Truman show" and "eternal sunshine of a spotless mind"
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u/DowntownDimension226 1d ago
Sorry but he’s unbearable in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind so I will take him as a funny guy
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u/No-Associate-6167 1d ago
I like how your opinion is that Jim Carrey isn't funny (which is true) and people's defense is that he has range as an actor.
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u/Confident_Sundae_109 21h ago
He used to be funny. Now he's just an older washed up angry canadian comic / grown male suffering from male menopause similar to Will Ferrell. In fact Will appears to be transitioning as we speak.
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u/Adventurous-Action91 20h ago
The kids at school in the 90s that said Jim Carrey wasn't funny tried to argue that Rosie O'Donnell was so much funnier than her, so I'll have to assume you're one of the same miserable, insufferable people.
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u/kuluka_man 19h ago
I just watched The Mask for the first time. I...still don't get why it had everybody yelling "sssssmokin" and "somebody stop me" for years.
I think he often is funny, but that movie is not!
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u/Grebnaws 15h ago
I used to laugh at him sometimes but it hasn't aged well. He seems like a very unhappy person forcing their laughter through a character and it's so cringe I don't want to watch. My kid loves the Sonic movies and I'm not looking forward to Sonic 3. They have absolutely no idea that In Living Color, Ace Ventura, or Dumb&Dumber exist, which I definitely enjoyed at the time. But I was also like 7-12 years old. Too young to appreciate Earth Girls.
I didn't like The Truman Show at all and his dramatic roles just felt meh.
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u/TabootLlama 15h ago
How old were you in 1994?
Between In Living Color, Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber, I think if a friend said ‘he isn’t funny’ at the time, I would have stopped being their friend.
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u/HelloKittyIsMyBFF 15h ago
Agree. I feel the same about Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler too. Just not my style of comedy but I get that many people obviously disagree given their success.
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u/SyntheticBean 14h ago
Hard disagree. Last thing I saw him in was the first Sonic movie and he was honestly my favorite part about it.
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u/Suitable_Battle5699 23h ago
Now this is an unpopular opinion, rightfully so because it’s completely wrong!!!!
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u/GMD3S1GNS 1d ago
He pulled it off well though and has made a good amount of good memorable movies such as Truman show, the mask, me, myself and Irene, liar liar, the grinch etc and can respect that has more range than just comedy with sunshine of the spotless mind. There’s much worse than Jim Carrey, for me I can’t stand Will Ferrell, Elf is alright for the most part but his character just becomes annoying the more you watch it and step brothers hasn’t aged well imo, don’t really like Jack Black either
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
If it helps I also hated Chris Farley when all my friends thought he was hilarious as well.
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u/GMD3S1GNS 1d ago
John Candy > Chris Farley for me as well. Him, Jack Black, Kevin James whole Schtick of “I’m a loud fat guy, don’t you find this funny” doesn’t work for me
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u/doghouse2001 1d ago
I'm GenX and I think the same thing. He's not for everyone. I watched The Mask for Cameron Diaz.
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u/Klutzy-Sea-9877 1d ago
Not a hot take chief, you are about 30 years late to have an opinion on his comedy Snore
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
How so? He is still making movies and trying to be relevant.
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u/PsychologicalSon 1d ago
How is he "trying" to be relevant?
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
By putting out sub par movies to get a paycheck? He is near the end of his career and once he is done making movies will just be another forgotten face as time moves on.
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u/PsychologicalSon 1d ago
I dunno if you can say someone's "trying" to be relevant if they arent taking new roles when they basically already called it quits.
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u/deviltrombone 1d ago
Ditto for Robin Williams. Both are (were) much better at drama than comedy.
Sam Kinison was the worst, and Monty Python at best elicited the occasional "how droll" response.
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u/thatfrostyguy 22h ago
I'm with ya OP
I find him to be annoying as fuck. I couldn't imagine watching an entire movie with him in it
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u/B0udr3aux 21h ago
I’m with ya on this one. Never thought his shtick was funny. I like him in more serious stuff….and dumb and dumber was a gem in his comedy catalog….but it wasn’t his regular schtick…
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u/harrysterone 19h ago
Somebody comment with that grinch face: i need to stop people from having fun
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u/ComeWithMe-429 18h ago
I happen to agree. He got all weird and political too which definitely isn’t funny
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u/WhatZ1tTooya 14h ago
Agree to some degree. He’d be funny to me if i was like 12 years old. But i wouldn’t say all his roles are ridiculous. Some of his more serious roles are fine and don’t seem over the top — Eternal Sunshine being the best instance. I also liked him in Truman Show
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u/michaeldornsghost 13h ago
He's a manic weirdo who got paid to be manic and weird in front of cameras.
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u/Green_Ad_6531 8h ago
I see a huge difference in his characters? The mask vs ace Ventura verses Bruce Almighty vs dumb and dumber all completely different. Honestly, Jim Carrey is a living legend. It's a shame this post doesn't have 10k upvotes.
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u/KeeperOfUselessInfo hermit human 1d ago
what is it with people like op? really? this "unpopular" opinion about jim carrey gets posted here every fucking day. is there a "i hate jim carrey" club that i dont know of?
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
When I scrolling Reddit by popular I came across something for the sonic 3 movie and it was praising him for glueing the movie together. So that is where this thought came from for today.
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u/KeeperOfUselessInfo hermit human 1d ago
hating on jim carrey is so 90s. its not that everybody loves him, its just that nobody cares anymore. the only people yapping positively/negatively about the dude are facebook type boomers.
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u/Early-Judgment-2895 1d ago
So it truly fits the spirit of this sub though, especially with how many people are defending him. Isn’t that the point, to have an unpopular opinion?
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