07-05-2004, 07:24 AM | #1 |
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Woah. The Majestic is possibly the most underrated movie ever.
I remember seeing and liking it when it first came out but then I saw it today and
Seriously can't figure out why people hate this movie. It's great. |
07-05-2004, 07:25 AM | #2 |
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People hate it because they're not used to Jim Carrey doing drama.
I remember trying to watch it when it came out on video, but couldn't really pay attention, so I barely remember anything. |
07-05-2004, 07:28 AM | #3 |
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It came out after The Truman Show though and people liked THAT. Granted The Truman Show was a bit more comedic than The Majestic. I dunno.
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07-05-2004, 07:49 AM | #4 |
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Its on Sky Movies all the time, its just I always catch it halfway through.
Whats it exactly about? |
07-05-2004, 07:59 AM | #5 |
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It's set in the early '50s. Jim Carrey plays a hollywood screenwriter who unknowingly went to a communist meeting when he was in college to impress a girl. Because of this, he gets blacklisted and then he gets in a car accident, the car falls off a bridge and his body gets washed up in a small town where all the people mistake him for a war hero that was thought to be dead.
It's 2 1/2 hours long but entertaining the whole way. |
07-05-2004, 10:35 AM | #6 |
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it was okay, i dunno. i thought carrey did a good job for a serious role. |
07-05-2004, 04:58 PM | #7 |
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It was OK, at times it was a little too sentimental and got kinda corny, it was also a little to predictable... and should have been a half hour shorter. But Carrey was good and the movie had a nice "feel" to it.
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07-05-2004, 05:29 PM | #8 | |
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Truman was funnier, it had more trademark Carrey, for better or worse. It wasn't a straight drama. The Majestic had to fight a war on two fronts. 1: Carrey fans are likely to hate it because they're largely used to lowbrow comedy. 2: Drama fans are going to hate it because they're carrying a stereotype of Carrey in terms of low-brown humour. |
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07-05-2004, 06:26 PM | #9 |
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It was pretty good, overlong though.
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07-05-2004, 07:30 PM | #10 |
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I was pretty muched glued to the screen when I saw it. I loved it. One of my friends hated it because everytime they talked about the soldier he thought of Armon Tanzarian and Principal Skinner
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07-06-2004, 03:35 PM | #11 | |
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