Re: [NEWS] Jim Carrey in talks to play live-action George Jetson

On 2025-10-17 15:39:04 +0000, Paul S Person said:

> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:51:23 -0400, moviePig <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 10/16/2025 11:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> 
> <snippo, dreaded live-action versions of old TV series>
> 
>>> But Jim Carrey I have seen, in several films. While I can't say this
>>> is always a good thing to do, several of his films were enjoyable. l
>>> may even have one in my DVD collection, who can say?
>> 
>> I can count on one hand the times a comedy has literally reduced me 
>> to>tears of laughter.  Carrey (ACE VENTURA) has one of them.
> 
> Actually, in a related post, I checked and found at least 4 DVDs of
> films he is in. Plus three others which I have seen, all but one of
> which I found worth watching.

I own 5 that didn't go in the "reject pile" -- The Truman Show, The Man 
on the Moon, The Majestic, The Number 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris. 
The only one I consider a straight up comedy is the last one.

I always thought The Majestic would be better if it wasn't so damn long 
-- 152 min.

> OTOH, he has 67 previous films on IMDb's list.

Jesus, he is prolific. Or way overexposed depending on your POV.

> I did see the Pet Detective series (well, at least the first and maybe
> the African one) and I really did enjoy them.