"Rocketman" >>>>> "Dumb and Dumber"

Rating: 2/10 (13 October 2014)

First off, I'm a HUGE fan of comedies - just see my IMDb list called "Funniest & Most Hilarious Movies ever"; films like "Rocketman" (starring Harland Williams) & "Groundhog Day" (starring Bill Murray) which are genuinely funny, family-friendly, and have got appropriate humor in them. And kind of a guilty pleasure but I do like "Gigli" for a few reasons, too (Never understood all the bashing & hate).
But THIS??? Judging by the poster, it seemed like a flick that was gonna be horrendously dumb, awful, and stupid. I WASN'T WRONG!
Did those who've written glowing reviews of Dumb & Dumber see the same movie I did?? Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have done some great movies, but this is not one of them! Look, I wanted to like this flick, I really did. But it's an astounding PUTRID dumb film, and a complete waste of celluloid, IMO.
Though to be fair, the scene where Harry slams the bathroom door in the face of the guy who's gonna... *ahem*... RAPE Lloyd, in order to put out the fire on his foot, was kinda funny. Even with some of the worst movies you could giggle a bit.
Understand. "Nostalgic" doesn't mean "better" - it just means you're more attached to it.
It boggles my mind that Carrey is one of the highest paid actors out there. This movie, and the one he appeared in before it ("Ace Ventura"), are unbelievably awful & overrated. These films utilize slapstick/absurdest humor, as opposed to Carrey's running gag of distorted faces and talking out of his butt. Plus, him having a chipped tooth is NOT FUNNY! Oftentimes I felt like saying, "What the &%$#@? are you doing???" The characters of Lloyd and Harry are an INSULT to your intelligence! Even if you liked their brand of humor, wouldn't it get old after 30 minutes or so??? My advice: I recommend you go watch Jim Carrey's "The Grinch" or Jeff Daniel's "101 Dalmatians" - they play much more convincing & less annoying characters than in this.
But this overrated film was so cringe-worthy that the only reason I sat through it was to see how ridiculous it would get. The story as a whole was difficult to follow, due to the two acting like a distracting fools most of the film. This movie is about a briefcase that never gets mentioned again, bad language, abuse for women, violent homosexuality, gross-out humor, annoying humor, bad pop-culture references, jealousy, unfunny/nonsensical humor, inappropriate humor, and generally other things that I particularly don't want to watch. It's basically a film that tries WAY TOO HARD! And the ending was just awful, left a bad taste in my mouth, being the last nail in the coffin of this bad movie. Long story short, "The Mask" was the only "good" Jim Carrey film that came out in 1994.
I'm all-round so glad I didn't grow up with this flick; because if I had, I would've likely lost HALF OF MY BRAIN if I did! I would just like it to have my memory erased for acknowledging it exists!
Overall, this one is a real dud in my opinion, I give it 3/10
PS: Happy 20th anniversary... NOT!