Jim Carrey denounces Kick *spoon* 2

[JTD]

Looking forward to this one. Hope this doesn't hurt the films box office.

 

 

 

Link

 

 

Can't get link to work

 

Sorry

 

[Maccai3]

http://news.sky.com/story/1107517/jim-carrey-kick--2-too-violent-to-promote

[Dr. Balls]

Would have been much cooler if he did the interview as Fire Marshal Bill.

[comix4fun]

When will be be donating his entire salary for the film (which didn't deviate from the screen play he read and agreed to 18 months ago) to demonstrate his sincerity to not be associated with the subject matter?

[CKB]

Despite my strong disagreement with Carrey and agreement with Miller, I find it refreshing that he is putting his beliefs in front of his career. I have to assume he donated almost all of the money he made from the film to charity.

 

Why Columbine (or insert other mass-shooting here) didn't get him in the place he is now, though, is another matter entirely. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and look back on the lack of violent fims in his career. I have to think that Batman would top the list on the Violence scale.

 

I don't think it will hurt the movie, it may actually help it.

 

 

[comix4fun]

Despite my strong disagreement with Carrey and agreement with Miller, I find it refreshing that he is putting his beliefs in front of his career. I have to assume he donated almost all of the money he made from the film to charity.

 

Why Columbine (or insert other mass-shooting here) didn't get him in the place he is now, though, is another matter entirely. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and look back on the lack of violent fims in his career. I have to think that Batman would top the list on the Violence scale.

 

I don't think it will hurt the movie, it may actually help it.

 

 

 

If he puts his money where his mouth is, I may believe that to be true.

 

However, I've heard this type of rap from various directors, documentary film makers and actors over the years without any actual monetary skin being in the game for them.

 

Their cries of empathy are muffled being that they are uttered behind high fences, fine landscaping, and thick mansion walls.

[CKB]

Despite my strong disagreement with Carrey and agreement with Miller, I find it refreshing that he is putting his beliefs in front of his career. I have to assume he donated almost all of the money he made from the film to charity.

 

Why Columbine (or insert other mass-shooting here) didn't get him in the place he is now, though, is another matter entirely. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and look back on the lack of violent fims in his career. I have to think that Batman would top the list on the Violence scale.

 

I don't think it will hurt the movie, it may actually help it.

 

 

 

If he puts his money where his mouth is, I may believe that to be true.

 

However, I've heard this type of rap from various directors, documentary film makers and actors over the years without any actual monetary skin being in the game for them.

 

Their cries of empathy are muffled being that they are uttered behind high walls, fine landscaping, and thick mansion walls.

 

Your points about the money made from the film are very apt. Not sure how they write big-money acting contracts these days - wouldn't promotion of the film be part of the contract? I really have no clue but that seems logical. Then again the penalty for breech may be non-existent or insignificant.

 

 

[mikenyc]

Jim Carrey is a doosh. He hasn't made a funny movie since Ace Ventura, wherein his comedic genius was expressed through his anal pantomime.

 

He was marching next to the playboy model, every other week, for Autism, now not so much. He loved Kick As until Newton? What a spineless phony.

[Dr. Balls]

 

LInk might contain harsh language and images of insufficiently_thoughtful_person celebrities telling you violence is bad while shooting people in their movies.

[COI]

I'm just glad that the spoon filter protects us from the movie title.

[comix4fun]

Despite my strong disagreement with Carrey and agreement with Miller, I find it refreshing that he is putting his beliefs in front of his career. I have to assume he donated almost all of the money he made from the film to charity.

 

Why Columbine (or insert other mass-shooting here) didn't get him in the place he is now, though, is another matter entirely. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and look back on the lack of violent fims in his career. I have to think that Batman would top the list on the Violence scale.

 

I don't think it will hurt the movie, it may actually help it.

 

 

 

If he puts his money where his mouth is, I may believe that to be true.

 

However, I've heard this type of rap from various directors, documentary film makers and actors over the years without any actual monetary skin being in the game for them.

 

Their cries of empathy are muffled being that they are uttered behind high walls, fine landscaping, and thick mansion walls.

 

Your points about the money made from the film are very apt. Not sure how they write big-money acting contracts these days - wouldn't promotion of the film be part of the contract? I really have no clue but that seems logical. Then again the penalty for breech may be non-existent or insignificant.

 

 

 

Hard to say, most of the time they are supposed to do all the press junkets and premieres and all that jazz. He probably cashed his check over a year ago for this film though.

[Dr. Balls]

I'm just glad that the spoon filter protects us from the movie title.

 

We would hate to have bad words infiltrating our hyper-sexual, supercharged ego-centric, ultra-violent, meglomanical, dystopian-driven, materialistic-obsessed hobby, now wouldn't we?

 

I love comics and every tight-clothed, violently driven character in 'em.

[TSwift25]

I couldn't care less about the substance of his statement, but I think it's commendable that he at least takes a stand to defend his beliefs.

[Prince Namor]

Would have been much cooler if he did the interview as Fire Marshal Bill.

 

[Prince Namor]

Despite my strong disagreement with Carrey and agreement with Miller, I find it refreshing that he is putting his beliefs in front of his career. I have to assume he donated almost all of the money he made from the film to charity.

 

Why Columbine (or insert other mass-shooting here) didn't get him in the place he is now, though, is another matter entirely. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and look back on the lack of violent fims in his career. I have to think that Batman would top the list on the Violence scale.

 

I don't think it will hurt the movie, it may actually help it.

 

 

 

If he puts his money where his mouth is, I may believe that to be true.

 

However, I've heard this type of rap from various directors, documentary film makers and actors over the years without any actual monetary skin being in the game for them.

 

Their cries of empathy are muffled being that they are uttered behind high walls, fine landscaping, and thick mansion walls.

 

Yup.

[Prince Namor]

I couldn't care less about the substance of his statement, but I think it's commendable that he at least takes a stand to defend his beliefs.

 

How is it taking a stand if he doesn't put his money where his mouth is?

Knowing Hollywood, odds are he changed agents or something and the first thing they said is, "Boy, you've been on a losing streak. Let's find a reason to denounce this last movie you weren't even the star of, get a PR campaign to raise your profile and try and get you some BIG money projects."

 

[CAHokie]

There is no relation that I can see between this movie and any prior school incidents so I will stand up for my beliefs by making sure I watch no movies in the future with him as an actor.

[Gsims718]

Quote from Roger Ebert

 

"Let me tell you a story. The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program. The reporter had been assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. "Wouldn't you say," she asked, "that killings like this are influenced by violent movies?" No, I said, I wouldn't say that. "But what about 'Basketball Diaries'?" she asked. "Doesn't that have a scene of a boy walking into a school with a machine gun?" The obscure 1995 Leonardo Di Caprio movie did indeed have a brief fantasy scene of that nature, I said, but the movie failed at the box office (it grossed only $2.5 million), and it's unlikely the Columbine killers saw it.

 

The reporter looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. "Events like this," I said, "if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is assigned a logo and a theme song; these two kids were packaged as the Trench Coat Mafia. The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous. The TV will talk about nothing else but me. Experts will try to figure out what I was thinking. The kids and teachers at school will see they shouldn't have messed with me. I'll go out in a blaze of glory."

 

In short, I said, events like Columbine are influenced far less by violent movies than by CNN, the NBC Nightly News and all the other news media, who glorify the killers in the guise of "explaining" them. I commended the policy at the Sun-Times, where our editor said the paper would no longer feature school killings on Page 1. The reporter thanked me and turned off the camera. Of course the interview was never used. They found plenty of talking heads to condemn violent movies, and everybody was happy."

[Comic Book Guy]

So I am guessing Jim will not be joining the rest of the cast at SDCC this year?

[Park]

I couldn't care less about the substance of his statement, but I think it's commendable that he at least takes a stand to defend his beliefs.

 

How is it taking a stand if he doesn't put his money where his mouth is?

Knowing Hollywood, odds are he changed agents or something and the first thing they said is, "Boy, you've been on a losing streak. Let's find a reason to denounce this last movie you weren't even the star of, get a PR campaign to raise your profile and try and get you some BIG money projects."

 

This. He has the ability (money, fame, time) to actually make a difference as opposed to blowing hot air and retreating to his mansion as that is what it looks like now.

 

If he were to donate money (like the amount he made from this movie) or create some awareness regarding his beliefs as opposed to creating a soundbite that makes him look good for those people only willing to pay attention for five minutes, then I would agree that his statement is commendable.