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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-24-2008, 08:35 AM:

I was forced to watch this after a new DLP install last Friday... oh well... Actually its a different Jim Carey from the old Jim Carey I stopped watching many years back... This is more of a straight/light comedic role. The film is certainy predictable but does have a few really funny moments. I wouldn't reccomend it as a "night out type of film" but perhaps more as a $7.00 DVD on the shelf at the food store or a rental from the "Big Red Box".

2 and a half stars out of 4

Mark

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 12-25-2008, 11:45 AM:

Jim Carey should not be allowed to be in front or the back of a camera. there was only one of his films that i found mildy amusing. he is a tired old clown comic. 10 on the turd-o-meter.

louis

Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 12-26-2008, 02:38 AM:

Oh I see, because you only found one of his films to be mildy amusing that makes him a shit actor/comedian? I see, thats good to know. Good to know that your opinion of this movie with out seeing any of it is a 10 on the turd-meter. [Roll Eyes]

Yes Man has him coming back to what he does best, there are a few good laughs in here, then there are a few that don't belong. This has done well for us and is still doing well. It's one I would go and check out again with my GF if she wanted to. Instead were going to go watch The Godfather and Godfather II

3/5 [thumbsup]

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 12-26-2008, 12:03 PM:

I agree with Kurt. 3/5
It's got plenty of laughs though drags along a bit in the middle. But overall very enjoyable.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-27-2008, 09:53 PM:

The ending was pretty funny too!

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 01-01-2009, 12:56 PM:

Saw this film last night.
Bow-Tie Annapolis Mall
Screen #5

Show quality was pretty mediocre. The image was not centered on the screen. The light was more of a "dark" as I would be amazed if they hat more than 5 fL. Image focus was soft, through out and the projector (Ernemann) suffers from a turret jiggle that ensures a soft image. Sound was not too bad though there is something up that I can't quite put my finger on...like a speaker was out of phase on the front or maybe just one section of a speaker...everytime the music played it got an extra-wide sound to it. Otherwise the sound was clean...this screen used to be THX certified though no THX placard was showing as in theatre #1. There were also some scratches that came and went in a couple of sections.

Now on to the movie:

I think Mark nailed it. Not a typical Jim Carry film but certainly competently done.

Nothing rip-roaringly amusing in the film though there were some funny moments. It is a light-comedy and a decent length.

**/*****

Posted by Justin Gorka (Member # 3727) on 01-15-2009, 02:29 PM:

Zzzzzzzzz

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 01-17-2009, 01:24 PM:

Kurt, As I said, Jim Carey should not be let in front of the camera.
We had it for one week and the studio took it back. They told us they were sending it to Japan. Hardly any sales for the movie. People are tired of him. Remember, we are in this business to make money, its just as simple as that. Our theater is in a small town, so we cannot draw on a large audience.

Marley & Me was a good film for us, we had patrons thank us for a decent movie. To quote them, "if we had more films like this, we would come out more often".

If we don't have a good film that the public likes, we don't pay the bills. Its all about the bottom line.

Louis

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-08-2009, 10:46 PM:

quote: Louis Belloisy
We had it for one week and the studio took it back. They told us they were sending it to Japan.

That's hard to believe. I've never heard of a studio "taking back" a print after one week, especially a major release. We've had the occasional sub-par gross on an opening week but we've never had an offer or a demand from a studio to "take back" a print. We're in a town of just under 2000.

As for Jim Carrey not being allowed in front of a camera? The man's had several over-$200 million hits, and this movie is scraping the $100 million mark as we speak...I think he's earned his place in the comedy spotlight. He's also a good dramatic actor, he just hasn't hit the popular mark in that department yet (unless you count "The Truman Show" which was great).

As for this movie: We really enjoyed it. A lot of laugh-out-loud moments here. As some have noted, the story was kind of predictable - but most movies of this type are, I guess...the fun is in the side-trips that come before the predicted ending.

If I was going to gripe about this movie I would criticize the onesheet. It was the dumbest looking thing ever. It probably hurt more than helped. Luckily the trailers were decent.

3.75 out of 5 stars from me.

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 02-08-2009, 10:51 PM:

Why would they send a print to Japan and not just order one from Deluxe/Tech Thailand?

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-09-2009, 09:27 AM:

My guess is one of three possibilities:

1. Louis is joking

2. Louis thought they only played it one week but they really played it two weeks (the usual minimum in small towns) and his studio contact was joking about what they'd do with his print

3. Louis' theatre had some kind of problem with the studio and they pulled the print after one week

What exactly happened, Louis?

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-09-2009, 09:51 AM:

quote: Mike Blakesley
We're in a town of just under 2000.

Don't let Mike mis-lead yous guys. His town may only have 2000 people but the county population is another story! He's also the only theater for 100 miles to the west and 70 miles to the east. And the only decent theater period for thousands of square miles... you have to go south to Caspar, WY to find the next really good theater! His town also has the coolest old hardware store left on earth and the Speedway Cafe [thumbsup]

!

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 02-09-2009, 01:26 PM:

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
And the only decent theater period for thousands of square miles...

(not to bend this off-topic) From the pics off Mike's website and not seeing his location in person, I can fully agree. I know of others who has the basic same population base and the same type - only theatre in a large square mile radius - that don't know anything on keeping their theatre up to speed to appeal to their patrons, to their city and their respective counties.

..just a go-figure thing on this one. Once again, my kudos to Mike and his efforts.

(back on topic) I can agree with others on Jim Carrey and this film. Not bad, but definitely a buck DVD rental from "RedBox" - glad I didn't have to shell out 9 bucks to see this one.

-Monte

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-09-2009, 04:19 PM:

Well thanks Mark, but it's really 70 miles (west) and 45 miles (east) to the nearest theatres and I don't think the county population of 9300 spread over about 5000 square miles really makes it a metropolis!

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-09-2009, 05:58 PM:

I think this movie may have actually worked better as a drama. I thought Jim Carrey did fine, but probably any other actor could have done the role, it was nothing special.

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 02-16-2009, 12:10 PM:

Gentlemen,
Lets face it, times are tough, money is thin, the movies have to be good to get patrons out from their homes. It’s difficult to pry a ten-dollar bill from someone’s hand, unless he or she is interested in a movie, and from sales it’s obvious that not everyone likes Carrey. It bombed in our town, it went from a large screen to one of our smaller screens in only a one day. Whether our booker was joking or not, we had to take it down prematurely and give it back, after one week, no sales. We filled its spot with another film, and I don’t remember which one.

Our theater only has a few screens and we only can take on one or two at the most, new films a week and they must be good to get our patrons in the theater.

I read here where most of the members like the comedy type movie, that’s great, if you have another film pulling the stupid one along for the ride.

A prime example of a good movie, was Gran Torino, we did very well on that film. Another one that comes to mind is, “A Big Fat Greek Wedding”, we made money on that one. We had it for months and the public loved it. And then comes along the stupid type of film, such as Beerfest, I can’t begin to tell you the problems we had with the overall clad patrons who came down from the hills to see this one. There was not a full set of teeth on anyone in the house.

We now have a good comedy, Pink Panther, we are doing very well with this one, maybe I am a little older than most of you, but this is what I think is funny.

This is a struggling economy and the end product has to be good for the walk-in to pay $9.50 to see it.

I would tend to agree with some people that some movies only do well in different geographical areas. The Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Eddy Murphy type films, will definitely bomb here.

I have been in this business for a very very long time and in the past few years, the movie industry has gone downhill.

I had a conversation with the post production manage of Paramount a year or so ago and he told me that the day of the good movie was gone.

Remember, it’s the bottom line.

Thanks,

Louis

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 02-16-2009, 12:48 PM:

If you only want to cater to a certain clientele then only program movies that will cater to them and dispense with complaining about the patrons you do get and especially writing up insulting remarks about them.

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 02-16-2009, 01:17 PM:

Come on Chris, do we have a double standard here. i am not the only person who has complained about the movies or the patrons for that part.

louis

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-16-2009, 01:25 PM:

We are currently playing "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" and it's doing twice the business of "Yes Man," which is crazy...."Yes Man" is a far better movie in every conceivable way. I don't understand it.

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 02-16-2009, 02:22 PM:

quote: Louis Belloisy
Come on Chris, do we have a double standard here. i am not the only person who has complained about the movies or the patrons for that part.

1) I never said that you should stop complaining about the moves. So please don't put words in my mouth.

2) I specifically stated you should stop being INSULTING with your complaints about patrons. Remarks like "There was not a full set of teeth on anyone in the house" are absolutely unnecessary.

3) If you want to complain about patrons... do it in a section that isn't for movie reviews and especially not in a review for an unrelated movie (hint: Yes Man isn't Beerfest).

4) Maybe it's just me, but I think complaints about patrons should at most deal with their actions. If some guy had all his teeth and did a rampage, you surely would focus on his rampage and not his full set of pearly whites.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-16-2009, 03:36 PM:

quote: Louis Belloisy
We now have a good comedy, Pink Panther, we are doing very well with this one, maybe I am a little older than most of you, but this is what I think is funny.

You must be the only theater on earth doing well with it then. Personally, I'd rather be the victim of Chris' dentally unchallenged rampager than go anywhere near another Pink Panther movie.

I quite enjoyed 'Yes Man'. I actually got to sit down and watch it due to an unfortunate journey with the print from one auditorium to another that ended in disaster for one of my guys. One reviewer here said that Jim Carrey is now his own genre. While that may have some substance to it, there's nothing wrong with that. Even though I could see the 'teeth-in-the-glass' scene coming a mile away...it didn't make it any less amusing. (shudder).

It has some genuinely funny moments and the girlfriend was a great advantage to the story. Jim Carrey's always worth watching as far as I'm concerned. He occasionally does the meaty role that makes no money and subsidises them with comedy roles.

Works for me.

[thumbsup]

out of

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 02-17-2009, 07:41 PM:

Chris, I am not going to waste my time and argue with you, obviously I hit a nerve.

Louis

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 02-17-2009, 11:02 PM:

I was just annoyed by your rant being mostly unrelated and in some ways rude to certain people (even if it was "behind their backs").