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Another one of those movies that had no right to be as good as it was. On the surface, it looks like some budget direct-to-DVD (or should I say, direct-to-VHS) movie, but like Stanley Ipkiss himself, this movie has a lot of hidden charm beneath that surface. When I saw it before I became an adult, I, of course, completely missed the psychological subtext and symbolism that is absolutely littered throughout this entire movie. Nowadays though, I can't help but not notice it. lol
Originally a Dark Horse comic that was... Well... A lot darker than the movie based on it here, I'm actually kinda glad that they toned it down a lot, but that's just personal preference. Reading about the comic a bit, it seemed like a whole lot of violence for the sake of shock and horror and little else. I tell you hwat though. This is, like, the 900th movie I've seen now that's based on some kind of Dark Horse comic. I really don't know why, but their comics seem to make great movie adaptation material. Makes me wonder just what the hell else they have in their catalog that could be adapted to another amazing movie.
Being an early Jim Carrey film, I think you know what to expect here. Zany, wacky comedy of the zaniest and wackiest. And a lot of it strangely actually works. Though... Some parts do not. Perhaps they went a little too all-in on the ad-lib train. The very end scene is also a little eyebrow-raising. Really? An item of almost limitless power and you're just going to toss it in the river for any rando to pick up next? Just, "Whoop! There it goes! :)" Definitely not a smokin' move, Stan, even if you don't personally need the Mask, but I'll let it pass since we're definitely not supposed to be taking this movie very seriously in the first place.
And besides. We all know the real tragic move here isn't what Stan did with the Mask at the end, but how the big-wigs later made Son of the Mask. I think we're definitely going to need some Alka-Seltzer to choke down that spicy meatuh-ball. Maybe I might review it if this thread reaches 100 views. Maybe Loki, god of chaos, will smile on this thread and make the 100 views happen just to see me suffer.
Originally a Dark Horse comic that was... Well... A lot darker than the movie based on it here, I'm actually kinda glad that they toned it down a lot, but that's just personal preference. Reading about the comic a bit, it seemed like a whole lot of violence for the sake of shock and horror and little else. I tell you hwat though. This is, like, the 900th movie I've seen now that's based on some kind of Dark Horse comic. I really don't know why, but their comics seem to make great movie adaptation material. Makes me wonder just what the hell else they have in their catalog that could be adapted to another amazing movie.
Being an early Jim Carrey film, I think you know what to expect here. Zany, wacky comedy of the zaniest and wackiest. And a lot of it strangely actually works. Though... Some parts do not. Perhaps they went a little too all-in on the ad-lib train. The very end scene is also a little eyebrow-raising. Really? An item of almost limitless power and you're just going to toss it in the river for any rando to pick up next? Just, "Whoop! There it goes! :)" Definitely not a smokin' move, Stan, even if you don't personally need the Mask, but I'll let it pass since we're definitely not supposed to be taking this movie very seriously in the first place.
And besides. We all know the real tragic move here isn't what Stan did with the Mask at the end, but how the big-wigs later made Son of the Mask. I think we're definitely going to need some Alka-Seltzer to choke down that spicy meatuh-ball. Maybe I might review it if this thread reaches 100 views. Maybe Loki, god of chaos, will smile on this thread and make the 100 views happen just to see me suffer.
