Reply #71: I used to think so. [View All]

Then I saw The Truman Show. That changed my perception. I still haven't bothered to watch his earlier alleged 'comedies,' largely because they look as stupid to me as they did when they first came out, but I did come to concede that he's a talented individual. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was good, if almost bordering on the verge of being too self-consciously quirky for its own good, and I've liked most of what followed, including Bruce Almighty, The Majestic (love that film!...one of Darabont's less-appreciated works, but very appealing to me for a number of reasons), Man On The Moon and others. Kinda liked The Cable Guy when I got around to seeing it and that one about a number (23?), though neither was a particularly great piece of work...he, at least, was still pretty good.

The Truman Show, though, with a good story, a great director (Peter Weir), and excellent supporting actors (the always-excellent Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Laura Linney, etc, etc), let Jim Carrey show me was capable of more than making stupid faces and flatulence jokes. I thought it was an excellent film and I thought Jimbo was an inspired chocie for the role, perfectly suited to his talents.

And, really, I was one who had seen very little of his work but who found him terminally annoying with even a couple of minutes' exposure, the kind of annoying that makes you wish you could land a fist in the middle of that rubberized face...