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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 15, 2017 12:53:16 GMT
"You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no danger music."While the marriage proposal to his girlfriend ended on a rather sour note, Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) can always rely on his new "best friend" Ernie "Chip" Douglas (Jim Carrey). A seemingly good hearted and funny guy, who will never let his buddy down, no matter what, and he'll be gladly to throw in some free cable along the way.Considered by many as the "black sheep" of Jim Carrey's 90s films, The Cable Guy were orginally planned out to be, just another silly and light hearted comedy adventure starring Chris Farley, but when Jim came onboard it changed direction towards something a bit more different, than what was probably first intended. It did not help that Carrey at that time had become the mid 90s biggest comedy star, and so most of his fans were maybe expecting another kind of Ace Ventura or The Mask type of comedy. They got a comedy all right, but one that showcased Carrey as far more "complex" and tragic figure and not the "ordinary" but likeable loser that he had played so many times before. And then along the way, the poor promotion did the film little or no justice, as some critics had labeled the film as a: "Laughing-out-riot" or "Hysterically funny", and on top of that, the trailer were terrible done. Making it look like just another over-the-top, slapstick-goofy looking Jim Carrey summer blockbuster, that would guarantee a good time for the whole family. Instead it ended up more or less dividing or confusing both the audience and critics, who either loved it or thought it was the worst movie of the year. And as a result of the poor box office numbers, Jim Carrey went straight back to making silly and light hearted family comedies with his next release, Liar, Liar (1997), while The Cable Guy went under the radar for several years. But it seems like people are beginning to accept it for what it is or isn't, and that the film is far more than just another "box office flop".
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 13:13:17 GMT
True. The promotion was cashing in on the 1995 Carrey trilogy. At least it broke the streak of the same character. Important to get it done early.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 15:56:54 GMT
Certainly one of Carrey's more interesting vehicles from that time period. I would agree that it's rather under-rated.
Didn't Carrey receive a rather hefty paycheck for this one?
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 16:05:14 GMT
It was a huge story. As my 12 year old brain understood it at the time, He got a guaranteed 20 million plus a percentage of the Box office I believe. Unheard of numbers at the time and still pretty big in today's world. @heysweden
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 15, 2017 16:05:18 GMT
Certainly one of Carrey's more interesting vehicles from that time period. I would agree that it's rather under-rated.
Didn't Carrey receive a rather hefty paycheck for this one? Oh yeah, he got "talked" into doing the film for a small $20 million deal, (which must have been a record back then). Koolguy456789 you beat me to it. It was a huge story. As my 12 year old brain understood it at the time, He got a guaranteed 20 million plus a percentage of the Box office I believe. Unheard of numbers at the time and still pretty big in today's world. @heysweden Not bad to go from a "meager" $350 000 deal (Ace Ventura) and then less than 2 years later on, ending up with cashing in 20 000 000 million dollars.
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 16:19:34 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 15, 2017 16:45:33 GMT
For his sake, I do hope Jim has learnt his lessons well, and no longer live by his quote on Larry King where he said that "he does not worry about his money", cause it seems like there are those that really want to take a big bite of his money cake and then some.
And could find himself going from:
To end up like this:
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 17:41:45 GMT
He got rid of that knucklhead Jenny McCarthy, so he'll be alright. Also he's not depressed anymore I think.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 18:34:25 GMT
My sister and I watched this when I was about 11 and she was 13. We laughed our asses off.
I have always loved it, it's hilarious. I was the weirdo that told my cousins and family members it was so funny and they all hated it. Now, it's becoming cool to like it.
But you're right, people gave it unfair hate due to Jim Carey not doing his normal shtick.
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 18:41:11 GMT
I guess if you replace the "television" social commentary with social media or smartphones, you can make a remake. Call it "The Verizon Guy" or something and have Jonah Hill and The Rock star in it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 19:41:07 GMT
I guess if you replace the "television" social commentary with social media or smartphones, you can make a remake. Call it "The Verizon Guy" or something and have Jonah Hill and The Rock star in it. No that's absurd, why that's terrible. Why that's just preposterous. You would have Channing Tatum, Zac Effron and James Franco's Little brother, directed by Seth Rogan... Silly.
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Post by Koolguy456789 on Mar 15, 2017 20:25:02 GMT
Oh yeah? @mellomoviereview
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 23:25:48 GMT
Oh yeah? @mellomoviereview That's one of the greatest things ever. Lmao!
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