Posted:
Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:45 pm
by Not_Impulsive
I don't like critics. Sorry you guys! *referring to the critics*
Every movie that I like the critics disapprove.
There are a lot of movies that the audience loves and the movies become box office hits, but the critics write their unpleasant reviews on every good movie calling them "plain, pop - meaning "sh**", for an average viewer" insulting not only the movie but also the public.
Critics are critics - read "those who work to put a movie into the dirt".
Posted:
Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:46 am
by trishroberts
I've got to admit after hearing all these negative reviews I feel a little concerned about the number 23. I will make up my own mind on Friday but it doesn't boad well when I havent seen one positive review from a known critic. We are all very excepting of positive reviews how come we all go deaf when they are bad ?
He's still my hero ....you gotta love him for pushing the bounderies ... you go Jim.
Posted:
Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:36 pm
by fluffy
but i've read good ones too
some folk just don't want people to evolve.......they want Jim to stick at Ace.....well i have the utmost respect for Jim for taking risks and making changes. The critics can be narrow minded but it's their loss.....they will miss soo much.....
fluffy
My chance at being a critic:
Posted:
Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:38 pm
by Canadian Jayne
What if he had been the young Superman?
No matter what he would have done the one thing he started with will
always remain in the minds of people until something really jars them
and makes them say "Wow! that was amazing"
What if Jim had never played Ace?
Many of us still remember him talking from his butt, at that moment I
decided I wouldn't watch too much of Jim's stuff. I clasified him as
the Comedic Idiot and would not watch, I gave my kids the option to do
so since most men liked his gross behavior since many men have alot
of gross behavior and want to justify it and just say "Well, Jim Carrey did it why can't I" the wives just shake their heads and boycott anything from
him, hoping he would not influence their sons and husbands any more
than they already had.
I still haven't changed my mind on some of this, I think promoters and Jim's sporadic behavior brings out the "Comedic Idiot" verification everytime he does so. Eg. Leno and thefake poop recently, again I shook my head, laughed this time, (see my comment on this)and thought "Man, he reminds me of my brother"
so gross!. I think Jim always reverts back to his safety net of comedy,
it's comfortable and humour dispells discomfort, or perhaps boredom.
Not that the audience gets bored but Jim gets bored with the humdrum
usual stuff, perhaps comedy challenges him, perhaps it stimulates his
creative powers.
Maybe his true love is to make people laugh, feel better or feel good,
not a thing wrong with that, there is so much humour in real life that
just living can be really funny eg. slipping when you don't mean to,
farting, burping, for some, trying to sing, listening to someone try to
sing, snoring the list goes on and on.
Posted:
Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:15 pm
by On Mt. Crumpit
To be honest, the critics seem to be letting Jim off lightly. He's clearly not the reason why the critic's dislike it. Many seem to to dislike the script or the basic premise. I'm sure Jim will recover.
Posted:
Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:17 pm
by fluffy
the critics seem to hate Joel rather than Jim.......poor bloke, make one dodgy film and they harp back to it........
fluffy
Posted:
Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:53 pm
by On Mt. Crumpit
First, one negative...
"Schumacher’s direction throws every imaginable bit of visual extravagance onto the screen in a vain effort to combine energy with obfuscation, and Phillips’ script has all sorts of implausible twists and swerves to it... As for the cast, they flail about wildly, no one more than Carrey, who starts out a dour everyman but is soon thrashing around in a full-blown session of scenery-chewing. It only proves that his manic tendencies are much better suited to farce than melodrama."
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Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
Another negative...
"The conceit has a buzz-factor – though the film eschews the most obviously spooky 9+11+2+0+0+1=23 – and an intriguing first half-hour draws us into the so-called ‘23 Enigma’. But turning this into a workable plot is beyond writer Fernley Phillip... Schumacher keeps it pacy, the murky camerawork’s very cool, Carrey suitably wide-eyed, but its limitations are finally only too obvious."
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Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Another rotten review (nice illustration, though!)...
"The biggest star, of course, is Jim Carrey, who obviously relished the chance to fall apart on camera. The problem is that he’s never together on camera... Joel Schumacher works his familiar anti-magic. Incapable, like his leading man, of establishing a baseline of realism, he delivers one overdesigned, overcostumed, overlit image after another."
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David Edelstein, New York Magazine
And finally a
positive review!
"Joel Schumacher's film proves enthralling enough to forgive a final twist so dumb you half expect Ace Ventura to appear... Carrey makes a convincing transformation from ordinary Joe to disturbed obsessive in a role that makes good use of his manic energy."
-
Neil Smith, BBC
Posted:
Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:58 pm
by grinchy steve
So, the first critic in Belgium gives it a 2.5 out of 5. Saying it's a haunting movie with a strong visual puzzle structure. But the problem seems to be that Schumacher made a movie that's beautiful on the outside, but once inside it's quite empty. The script starts promising and then collaps becoming very predictable and 'dumb'. Luckely, the critic says, Jim Carrey has a lot of guts and proves once again that he can handle his stuff and is one hell of a talent.
Posted:
Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:40 am
by grinchy steve
First "positive" Reviews;
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"The who-wrote-it revelation folds under scrutiny but it’s fun getting there. Genuinely intriguing in places and romps along at a satisfying pace for a conspiracy thriller." ,- Empire Magazine
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"Things don't really add up in The Number 23, but you can count on some queasy chills and trashy thrills all the same. Oscillating between befuddled and psychotic, Carrey makes a convincing transformation from ordinary Joe to disturbed obsessive in a role that makes good use of his manic energy." ,- BBC
So far the Rottentomatoes are 18%. I'm guessing it will end at 23% Rotten.
edit; whoops, didn't saw the previous collection-post.
Posted:
Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:42 pm
by jimliker
Bad reviews
Unlucky Jim: Carrey Fails to Thrill
The actor’s latest bid for gravitas is dumb, dumber, dumbest.
http://www.observer.com/20070226/200702 ... exreed.asp
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainm ... 48&k=77455
Posted:
Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:08 pm
by 123Dan123
Why believe the Critics? They give just about all Jim Carrey Movies bad reviews.
For example on
www.metacritic.com (takes the average of all Critic Reviews)
These Movies got bad scores:
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - 37/100
Man on the Moon - 58/100
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls - 45/100
The Mask - 56/100
Dumb and Dumber - 39/100
Bruce Almighty - 46/100
The Majestic - 27/100
And The Number 23 will probably join with these Movies with a low score as well.
Don't listen to the Critics!!
Posted:
Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:57 pm
by grinchy steve
EVERYBODY
KNOWS
THEY
DON'T
HAVE
TO
LISTEN
AND
MAKE
UP
THEIR
OWN
MIND
Phu-lease. How many times will the defenders repeat those same things?
Love you all, though.
Btw, some movies were 'Fresh', like 'Man on the Moon', but in time reviews dissapear. In this case the wrong ones.
Posted:
Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:19 pm
by sprousefan23
grinchy steve wrote:EVERYBODY
KNOWS
THEY
DON'T
HAVE
TO
LISTEN
AND
MAKE
UP
THEIR
OWN
MIND
Phu-lease. How many times will the defenders repeat those same things?
I agree!!!!! Don't think other people's opinions are what you have to depend on to think a movie that you havn't seen yet is great, you have opinions too! Remember Cable Guy?