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Old 05-24-03, 11:08 AM
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Bruce Almighty.....saw the trailers which is same as seeing the movie in theaters!!

I think I'm gonna pass on seeing Bruce Almighty. I think this is a funny concept, especially with Jim Carrey. However, I think I've seen so much of the movie in different trailers, I no longer believe I need to see the movie in theaters because I've seen many / most of the truly funny seens. Granted there is a whole strory that revolves around these scenes, I just no longer feel the need to pay for a movie that I've already seen in the previews. Too many previews!!!!!
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I think the movie is a horrible concept. I could understand if he was a genie, but God? Wasted potential.
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I think the idea of having absolute power is extremely intriguing, and putting Jim Carrey in it was pure genius...but they don't milk it for all it's worth... I still think this is an idea that could be taken to the extreme and would make an extremely hilarious movie... Bruce is a funny movie, but not extremely hilarious...

oh, and some of the funniest bits aren't in the previews...but most of the good stuff has been seen....

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Very well then. I saw the movie and came out pleased. It didn't have alot of funny stuff in it. Not laugh out loud like some of his older movies. I actually enjoyed some of the sappy scenes very much so.

One thing though. This movie has the longest, and funniest, "Jim Carey Style" twitching, blurburing, noise making scenes in Jim Carey History. The Man who plays Steve Carrel on Comedy Central did an excellent job. It Caried on longer than Jim's Scene in Lair Lair. And if you dig that stuff that scene is worth the addmision, honestly. ::In my opinion::
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IMHO the movie is 180 from what the preview seems like.
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Originally posted by Teremei

The Man who plays Steve Carrel on Comedy Central did an excellent job.
Ummm, you mean the man who is Steve Carrel?... or more precisely... Steve Carrel
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Pulling in $86.4 million isn't to shabby! Good Job Jim!
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I saw it today and thought it was great. There's a lot more to it than what's in the previews, both in story and in funny scenes (it wasn't a cheap, one laugh movie with all the jokes already shown).

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Re: Bruce Almighty.....saw the trailers which is same as seeing the movie in theaters!!

Originally posted by photoflow
I think I'm gonna pass on seeing Bruce Almighty. I think this is a funny concept, especially with Jim Carrey. However, I think I've seen so much of the movie in different trailers, I no longer believe I need to see the movie in theaters because I've seen many / most of the truly funny seens. Granted there is a whole strory that revolves around these scenes, I just no longer feel the need to pay for a movie that I've already seen in the previews. Too many previews!!!!!

There is a lot that is not shown in the previews.... Funny movie, easily worth seeing.

But your thead title gives the impression that you actually saw the movie, and didn't need to because you saw the previews.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see that not all of the laughable scenes were given away in the previews. Overall - good Carrey flick. Very enjoyable.
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I saw it on Saturday and liked it a lot.
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I tell you it's rare when a part of a movie makes me laugh so much that I cry. But that scene with Steven Carell as the newscaster doing live news and Jim Carrey starts manipulating him, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It was so embarrassing the amount of tears streaming down my face.

Overall it was a pretty good movie, but that 2 minute scene was the highlight by far. I remember seeing Steven Carell on 'Watching Ellie' and thought he was pretty funny. But who knew that he could give Jim Carrey a run for his money with regards to funny noises and facial expressions.

This should show Jim Carrey that he should stick to making these kinds of movies. They always give him his biggest openings. His more serious or less comedic roles are good, but they don't bring in his fans.

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imo there's more to this movie than just the humor
there's some stuff to make you think, without being extremely obvious or forceful about it
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Originally posted by mrpayroll
I tell you it's rare when a part of a movie makes me laugh so much that I cry. But that scene with Steven Carell as the newscaster doing live news and Jim Carrey starts manipulating him, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It was so embarrassing the amount of tears streaming down my face.
I felt the same way about the
Spoiler:
Jimmy Hoffa and comet scenes


Those were priceless.

Overall, I thought was one par with Liar Liar, which I liked a lot.

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