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I was really moved by this movie. Based on his previous movies, I didn’t think of Jim Carrey as a good actor. But this movie changed that. Everyone watching th

by hi41 3y ago

I was really moved by this movie. Based on his previous movies, I didn’t think of Jim Carrey as a good actor. But this movie changed that. Everyone watching this movie will relate to the movie’s plot as it speaks to the existential questions that arise in every human. We can imagine the reality tv boss as God. Our own experience of thrownness feels like God is playing with us just as the reality tv boss is playing with Truman. In the ending sequence, I wept when the tiny boat reaches the end of horizon and hits the blue sky wall. The utter devastation Truman experiences when he realizes he has been played all his life. I was deeply impacted by this movie.

canadianfella 3y ago
thrownness?
- asimovfan 3y ago
  Heidegger's term i think, based on the english translation of "being and time" (Sein und Zeit), our state of having found ourselves like this.
- hi41 3y ago
  It’s as if you wake one day and suddenly find yourself in the midst of things without anyone asking you whether you actually wanted it. You don’t choose your epoch, parents or the nation or the religion you are into. You find yourself “thrown”. I meant it like that.
jansan 3y ago
Before watching the Truman Show I actively avoided Jim Carrey movies because I really disliked his over the top acting. Just like in your case, this movie completely changed my view of Jim Carrey, even the performances in previous movies that I had disliked so much. I may even call this my favorite movie of all time. Btw, Jim Carrey has never won an Academy Award, and neither has The Truman Show, which is quite a shame.
- xyzzy123 3y ago
  Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind comes to mind, as well.
  - dspillett 3y ago
    Man on the Moon too. Also not a fan of his variety of slap-stick & such, he's good at it but it just isn't something that works for me from other performers either, but give him a slightly more dramatic role where he isn't just being Jim Carrey Jim-Carrey-ing like Jim Carrey, and you can see he has a talent. (not that I object to his other stuff existing – different strokes for different folks!)
- jiggawatts 3y ago
  For me the equivalent was seeing Adam Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love. I was channel surfing and this came up randomly. It was absolutely captivating, and was easily the best portrayal of mental illness I had ever seen in cinema. Adam Sandler! That goofy idiot that plays in low-budget comedies that won't even make you laugh once! Someone on Reddit explained that Sandler is a true genius because he doesn't work too hard, does "fun" low-stress movies, and takes his friends along to "assist" in beautiful tropical locations. All probably as a tax write off. Brilliant. Score of 7.5 on IMDB is not too shabby! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/
  - superhuzza 3y ago
    Adam Sandler also delivers a stunning performance in Uncut Gems - any preconceptions of him disappear as he plays the role of a greedy, jaded gambling addict so well. He clearly knows how to act, just chooses the low-stress comedy route most of the time.
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  - vidarh 3y ago
    I love Sandler's movies exactly because you know exactly what you get. He's found a formula that works well enough, and has largely stuck to it. He's one of a handful of actors I can go "I'm in the mood for a X movie" about and not care much which movie it is. They're a genre in themselves. Sure, I know I will groan at how dumb various things are, but that's part of the expectation. Carey is similar but less so. His span is wider. That hits both ways, Carey at his best have more brilliant performances than Sandler, but it also means that you can be in the mood for Carey, but not Mask and Ace Ventura stupidly over-expressive Carey, for example, so it's harder to just semi-randomly pick one of his movies based on a mood.
glimshe 3y ago
The ending of Truman Show is often considered one of the greatest moments in the history of cinema. It's a really great sequence that also stayed with me since then. I was never too much into Carrey acting on comedic roles, but I really like his dramatic ones.
- NovaDudely 3y ago
  Definitely up there as one of the greatest endings, the melancholy it represents is just so on point. Another similar film like that would be 'Being John Malkovich', - a film that was utter perfect all the way til the end. The thing I absolutely love about the end is that what happens after is completely left open. Did he find peace or was it disappointment at the horrors of what was outside the dome? We will never know, it is just something you have to wonder and accept. It is not for us to know, it is but the feeling a dream you can never grasp like the clouds behind a distant mountain.
  - zelos 3y ago
    I rewatched it the other day and it is a great ending. My first thought was that they could have cut to black when Truman walks through the door, but actually having the last line as "what else is on?" is perfect IMHO.
    - NovaDudely 3y ago
      Considering the pace at which the attention moves on, it was an honest but savage mirror onto the viewers. And by comparison, the 90's was slow by today's standards. It is funny looking back at media from that era and seeing how there was this idea that things were already too hectic. Like in the early 90's Bart Simpson referring to the non-stop fast times they lived in. Vaguely related but another great one was the small doco "Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" filmed in 1985, they are talking about how they cannot keep up with the pace of BBS boards. If only they knew what was coming. Also of note is this is one of the earliest recorded sightings of Richard Stallman, his message was very on point even then.
kristiandupont 3y ago
This resembles my feelings towards Tom Cruise. I always thought of him as an action star and nothing more (well, a Scientology-kook as well, but that detracted further). But his performance in Magnolia was so convincing to me that I started seeing his acting skills in a different light.
- saiya-jin 3y ago
  He is a good actor, no doubt there. He can be darn funny too, check ie his stint in Tropic Thunder. That doesn't change the fact he has some very deep internal issues/fears that Scientology has managed to hook on very tight and kept their grip so effectively. It fucked up his marriages and is a stain on his brand/legacy that literally everybody knows about but respectfully act like they don't see it. Almost a bit like Truman show :)
- alexilliamson 3y ago
  That Magnolia performance is a standout among fantastic performances. What a great movie.
  - zambal 3y ago
    Just like the Truman Show movie, I have always felt it's a bit underappreciated. So many great performances in that beautifully shot movie and such an emotional roller coaster. Although in many aspects a totally different type of movie, I think Uncut Gems was the first one since I watched Magnolia that touched me in similar ways. And just like with these other movies, it really changed my view of Adam Sandler.
    - highwaylights 3y ago
      Just in case you haven’t seen it: The director of Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) actually cast Sandler in a dramatic role a couple of years later (Punch-Drunk Love) that was also received very well. Might be worth checking out if you liked Magnolia (I loved that movie).
andrewstuart 3y ago
>>> In the ending sequence, I wept when the tiny boat reaches the end of horizon and hits the blue sky wall. The utter devastation Truman experiences when he realizes he has been played all his life. I guess no need to see that movie now. Thanks for that.
- switch007 3y ago
  You’ve avoided the spoiler for 25 years? That’s impressive!
- grudg3 3y ago
  I think it's acceptable to discuss endings on a 25 year old movie.
  - earthling8118 3y ago
    Why does the age of the movie have any bearing on this? We aren't born with all knowledge of previous movies. There will only be more and more of them released as the years go on. For most of us it isn't possible to watch and know all of them. I don't think it's too much to ask for a heads up when a spoiler is coming. If this was a community based on the movie I'd say all is fair, but since it isn't I don't think it is fair to dismiss the concern just because the movie is old.
    - jldugger 3y ago
      > Why does the age of the movie have any bearing on this? Opinions vary: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05/as-regards-spoilification https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05/as-regards-spo...
- 5thaccount 3y ago
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- alpaca128 3y ago
  A single spoiler can't really ruin the experience of that movie imho. Also the age of the movie aside, if you expect comments about a movie's story don't contain any information about that story that's on you.
lordfrito 3y ago
Carrey was absolutely amazing as Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Sure it was just a kids movie, but there was something really sinister in his performance. Really amplified the sense of true powerlessness that the kids had in their lives, what a terrifying world to live in as a child. I think Carrey is seriously underrated as an actor.

by hi41 3y ago

canadianfella 3y ago

thrownness?

asimovfan 3y ago
Heidegger's term i think, based on the english translation of "being and time" (Sein und Zeit), our state of having found ourselves like this.
hi41 3y ago
It’s as if you wake one day and suddenly find yourself in the midst of things without anyone asking you whether you actually wanted it. You don’t choose your epoch, parents or the nation or the religion you are into. You find yourself “thrown”. I meant it like that.

jansan 3y ago

Before watching the Truman Show I actively avoided Jim Carrey movies because I really disliked his over the top acting. Just like in your case, this movie completely changed my view of Jim Carrey, even the performances in previous movies that I had disliked so much. I may even call this my favorite movie of all time. Btw, Jim Carrey has never won an Academy Award, and neither has The Truman Show, which is quite a shame.

xyzzy123 3y ago
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind comes to mind, as well.
- dspillett 3y ago
  Man on the Moon too. Also not a fan of his variety of slap-stick & such, he's good at it but it just isn't something that works for me from other performers either, but give him a slightly more dramatic role where he isn't just being Jim Carrey Jim-Carrey-ing like Jim Carrey, and you can see he has a talent. (not that I object to his other stuff existing – different strokes for different folks!)
jiggawatts 3y ago
For me the equivalent was seeing Adam Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love. I was channel surfing and this came up randomly. It was absolutely captivating, and was easily the best portrayal of mental illness I had ever seen in cinema. Adam Sandler! That goofy idiot that plays in low-budget comedies that won't even make you laugh once! Someone on Reddit explained that Sandler is a true genius because he doesn't work too hard, does "fun" low-stress movies, and takes his friends along to "assist" in beautiful tropical locations. All probably as a tax write off. Brilliant. Score of 7.5 on IMDB is not too shabby! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/
- superhuzza 3y ago
  Adam Sandler also delivers a stunning performance in Uncut Gems - any preconceptions of him disappear as he plays the role of a greedy, jaded gambling addict so well. He clearly knows how to act, just chooses the low-stress comedy route most of the time.
- deleted 3y ago
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- vidarh 3y ago
  I love Sandler's movies exactly because you know exactly what you get. He's found a formula that works well enough, and has largely stuck to it. He's one of a handful of actors I can go "I'm in the mood for a X movie" about and not care much which movie it is. They're a genre in themselves. Sure, I know I will groan at how dumb various things are, but that's part of the expectation. Carey is similar but less so. His span is wider. That hits both ways, Carey at his best have more brilliant performances than Sandler, but it also means that you can be in the mood for Carey, but not Mask and Ace Ventura stupidly over-expressive Carey, for example, so it's harder to just semi-randomly pick one of his movies based on a mood.

glimshe 3y ago

The ending of Truman Show is often considered one of the greatest moments in the history of cinema. It's a really great sequence that also stayed with me since then. I was never too much into Carrey acting on comedic roles, but I really like his dramatic ones.

NovaDudely 3y ago
Definitely up there as one of the greatest endings, the melancholy it represents is just so on point. Another similar film like that would be 'Being John Malkovich', - a film that was utter perfect all the way til the end. The thing I absolutely love about the end is that what happens after is completely left open. Did he find peace or was it disappointment at the horrors of what was outside the dome? We will never know, it is just something you have to wonder and accept. It is not for us to know, it is but the feeling a dream you can never grasp like the clouds behind a distant mountain.
- zelos 3y ago
  I rewatched it the other day and it is a great ending. My first thought was that they could have cut to black when Truman walks through the door, but actually having the last line as "what else is on?" is perfect IMHO.
  - NovaDudely 3y ago
    Considering the pace at which the attention moves on, it was an honest but savage mirror onto the viewers. And by comparison, the 90's was slow by today's standards. It is funny looking back at media from that era and seeing how there was this idea that things were already too hectic. Like in the early 90's Bart Simpson referring to the non-stop fast times they lived in. Vaguely related but another great one was the small doco "Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" filmed in 1985, they are talking about how they cannot keep up with the pace of BBS boards. If only they knew what was coming. Also of note is this is one of the earliest recorded sightings of Richard Stallman, his message was very on point even then.

kristiandupont 3y ago

This resembles my feelings towards Tom Cruise. I always thought of him as an action star and nothing more (well, a Scientology-kook as well, but that detracted further). But his performance in Magnolia was so convincing to me that I started seeing his acting skills in a different light.

saiya-jin 3y ago
He is a good actor, no doubt there. He can be darn funny too, check ie his stint in Tropic Thunder. That doesn't change the fact he has some very deep internal issues/fears that Scientology has managed to hook on very tight and kept their grip so effectively. It fucked up his marriages and is a stain on his brand/legacy that literally everybody knows about but respectfully act like they don't see it. Almost a bit like Truman show :)
alexilliamson 3y ago
That Magnolia performance is a standout among fantastic performances. What a great movie.
- zambal 3y ago
  Just like the Truman Show movie, I have always felt it's a bit underappreciated. So many great performances in that beautifully shot movie and such an emotional roller coaster. Although in many aspects a totally different type of movie, I think Uncut Gems was the first one since I watched Magnolia that touched me in similar ways. And just like with these other movies, it really changed my view of Adam Sandler.
  - highwaylights 3y ago
    Just in case you haven’t seen it: The director of Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) actually cast Sandler in a dramatic role a couple of years later (Punch-Drunk Love) that was also received very well. Might be worth checking out if you liked Magnolia (I loved that movie).

andrewstuart 3y ago

>>> In the ending sequence, I wept when the tiny boat reaches the end of horizon and hits the blue sky wall. The utter devastation Truman experiences when he realizes he has been played all his life. I guess no need to see that movie now. Thanks for that.

switch007 3y ago
You’ve avoided the spoiler for 25 years? That’s impressive!
grudg3 3y ago
I think it's acceptable to discuss endings on a 25 year old movie.
- earthling8118 3y ago
  Why does the age of the movie have any bearing on this? We aren't born with all knowledge of previous movies. There will only be more and more of them released as the years go on. For most of us it isn't possible to watch and know all of them. I don't think it's too much to ask for a heads up when a spoiler is coming. If this was a community based on the movie I'd say all is fair, but since it isn't I don't think it is fair to dismiss the concern just because the movie is old.
  - jldugger 3y ago
    > Why does the age of the movie have any bearing on this? Opinions vary: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05/as-regards-spoilification https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05/as-regards-spo...
5thaccount 3y ago
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alpaca128 3y ago
A single spoiler can't really ruin the experience of that movie imho. Also the age of the movie aside, if you expect comments about a movie's story don't contain any information about that story that's on you.

lordfrito 3y ago

Carrey was absolutely amazing as Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Sure it was just a kids movie, but there was something really sinister in his performance. Really amplified the sense of true powerlessness that the kids had in their lives, what a terrifying world to live in as a child. I think Carrey is seriously underrated as an actor.