Well, that settles it then - Jeff Daniels was the dumber one! 😂
Not sure if people who only watched Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber are aware of how long and storied his career is. He pulls off a great moron in that film, but he’s very strong as an actor. Terms of Endearment (1983) and The Newsroom (2012-2014) are his strongest work I think.
He was great in Arachnophobia
Gettysburg
Speed!!! Shoot the hostage!!
I re-watched this recently. Still holds up! Saw a YouTube video once that claimed the first draft of that movie had Jeff Daniel’s character be both Keanu’s partner and the bomber. That would have been a wild ride
“Something Wild” is right up there, too.
I loved him in Gods and Generals.
He was paid in exposure, pride, and accomplishment.
Does anybody else find the manic performances of Jim Carrey exhausting after five minutes on the theater screen and sound system?
The same thing happened to me since the eighties with Robin Williams.
And Adam Sandler. Their manic personas fit television better for me, Carrey played much better in the short bursts of In Living Color sketches, Sandler on SNL, and while I never really got into “Mork & Mindy”, Williams always killed it in talk show appearances.
Yet their more serious cinematic performances have made for compelling cinema that I do love.Most audiences, however, seem to disagree with me. For example, I was one of the few who saw “Punch Drunk Love” in the theater back then, and was mesmerized by it.
Oh yeah. Imo him Carrey is scarily good because he really knows how to let himself go and embrace a role.
That being said, I think that 90s/2000s era of slapstick, whacky humor of the “hey we slayed our strict parents” era has definitely faded with time. I’d never do it for fear of ruining the nostalgia but I’m sure I would probably hate most of those movies now
“Punch Drunk Love” in the theater back then, and was mesmerized by it.
Btw if you liked the female lead of Punch Drunk Love and like movies that explore depressive topics, you should see Breaking the Waves
And then they complain they don’t have money to pay their writers and crew members. SMH
Makes sense. “Hey, you see that new Jeff Daniels movie?” - things nobody has ever said.
It’s an easy calculation: how many tickets will that star sell more than if they weren’t in the movie? Based on that you’ll get an amount of dollars you can pay out to that actor.
