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Fancy the idea of a Jim Carrey love scene?
Yeah, it's either you're squicked (sooo likely) or you might a fancy a bit of it.
Terrie, Rachelle, Hazel and I watched The Number 23 last night. Rachelle squished her nose and sheepishly didn't like the movie, party-hearty Hazel snoozed (she didn't like the movie probably, nothing sheepish about sleeping through it!) and Terrie was sufficiently entertained.
As for me?
I thoroughly enjoyed Jim Carrey's shoulders, and they are more than lovely. Why hasn't he shown them off more? He's always wearing suits or winter clothes or something non-shouldery.
I am pro-Jim Carrey's shoulders. Totally.
More on this in a bit.
Really. No three-month wait. I'll try THREE HOURS.
Meanwhile, enjoy this pic of the Kooyong 2007 tennis tournament participants. I like this bunch of dudes. OK-I mostly like the dude fifth from left.
oOo
OK. I'm back. Like I promised!
The Number 23 is a Joel Schumacher movie. That alone should give you a tipoff. This will not be a milquetoast flick. (And normally that's a good thing.) But then Schumacher often doesn't know when to step on the brakes. His new movie has got a very intriguing premise (oooh, the number "23" disturbingly keeps showing up in the most significant times and places) with a potential conspiracy theory AND a murder mystery to boot. Jim Carrey in drama mode turns (most) people off, but I'll always give him a pass because of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. (And it's a pass that'll still never make me see The Grinch Who Stole Christmas or Ace Ventura movies.)
The movie could go either way. You may have patience and enjoy it, or think it's pretentious (see varying Terrie, Hazel, Rach reactions). The beginning is so tightly made it'll draw you in, no doubt. The ending gets a bit messy. I liked it enough for Jim Carrey's shoulders and the affecting performances-Jim is heartbreaking, Virginia Madsen keeps you off-balance, Danny Huston is so good at being instantly slimy, in an enjoyable way, and the dog who played Ned The Dog is adorable.
Then there's the love scenes. Jim gets to be sexy (shoulders!) but Jim is polarizing enough to make you avoid this movie because of it. So… (shrug).
By the way, it is SO hard to find a decent pic of Jim Carrey in a nifty tee showing off the gorgeous shoulders. 15 pages of Google images didn't yield anything useful. This is your fault, Jim! It's either he's goofy, or he's bald… many other wrong things. So a standing O for the Details stylist who saw the light of Jim's shoulders. You have done a service to humankind! OK, maybe just to details_later.
Odds & Ends (or what you end up doing if you ignore your blog for too long)
• Music & Lyrics is a definite Run, Don't Walk. (That's the Karen system of movie rating.) Hugh Grant is effortlessly charming, and it's a quality that hasn't reached it's expiration date yet. And hear me, Kara, Sandy and Paula! Who's the one who pushed you to watch "Euro-pudding" movies like Champagne Charlie and Impromptu, starring the old Hughs-ter? (Oo na, they said.) The 80s jokes are hilarious.
• Roger Federer (figure out which one he is in the Kooyong pic) won the Australian Open last month. This year should be so exciting! I began Sort Of… But Not Really when Roger won the US Open. Some kind of extra wonderful: Roger is a GREAT dresser. Thank you Mirka!
• Robbie Williams needs to get centered. Like many brilliant guys, he seems to be on the edge one too many times. Get well, soon Rob. (BTW, it was his birthday February 12th.) I'd like to put a recent GENIUS (of course) quote by him as feather to this entry's cap.
"In the future, EVERYBODY will be anonymous for 15 minutes."
Amazing. Think about it.