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[EX Q]: it seemed like the perfect concept .
what better for the farrelly brothers , famous for writing and directing comedies with offensive subject matter , than to make a movie about a guy with a split personality ?
it 's exactly the sort of thing the brothers relish : poking fun at something serious ( in this case mental illness ) , throwing all care to the wind to get a laugh .
jim carrey 's signed on too ?
even better .
the national alliance for the mentally ill even helped out by levying complaints against the brothers ' new film before its opening , claiming it was misrepresenting the condition of split personality , labeling it incorrectly as " schizophrenia , " and so forth .
such a protest seemed like just the sort of thing that would , of course , only add more fuel to the farrelly brothers ' fire , proving that some people just could n't take a joke , and that the farrellys would be helping the more enlightened viewers to yet another dose of their brilliantly subversive comedy .
yes , it all seemed perfect , but one thing went wrong : their movie is n't funny .
it 's not for lack of trying .
the farrellys utilize in " me , myself & irene " their most high - concept premise ever : carrey plays charlie baileygaites , a man who after being dumped by his wife for a midget limo driver , decides to bury all his aggressive feelings deep down inside and never release them .
this , of course , means all his neighbors exploit his entirely too - forgiving nature , making his job as a rhode island state trooper increasingly difficult .
soon enough , charlie 's repressed aggression manifests itself into a second , independent personality named hank , a deep - voiced , boorish ogre unafraid of taking the assertive actions his predecessor had been unable to muster .
this guy is n't above crashing a car through the wall of the barber shop in which he 's been insulted , or holding a little girl 's head underwater because she refused to stop jump - roping in the street .
then things start getting lost in the most complicated plot the farrellys have ever attempted , and the film runs off its tracks .
some have suggested that this is n't a problem , because the farrelly brothers ' brand of humor does n't require plot to work .
they 're wrong , of course : plot was greatly instrumental in building up the kind of rollicking comic energy that infused the farrellys ' last effort , 1996 's " there 's something about mary .
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( 1999 's " outside providence " was technically an earlier project . )
the brothers ' earlier film was n't funny merely because it contained outrageous gags ( despite what some newsmagazine articles would have you believe ) , but rather because its most outrageous gags were entirely unexpected .
in " mary , " the farrellys managed several times to pull off a neat sleight - of - hand trick : they 'd have you thinking the story was going one way , then reveal its real direction in delightfully surprising fashion .
" me , myself & irene , " by contrast , seems to have been made by folks who looked at " mary " and saw only the surface grossness , missing all of the subtle machinations that really made it work . having been produced by the same guys who made " mary , " " irene " seems like an even bigger disappointment .
the brothers pile on the offensive humor , taking shots at race , midgets , albinos , mental illness , and all manner of bathroom jokes .
but they have n't come up with a way to make any of it fresh most of " me , myself & irene " comes off as rote , by - the - numbers , adolescent comedy .
the plot , with carrey forced to drive alleged fugitive irene p . waters ( renee zellweger ) , who 's in more trouble than anyone knows , back to new york , has an ending that 's entirely predictable from the get - go .
( think charlie and irene will fall in love ?
yeah , me too . )
the farrellys then introduce scores of different characters , and none of them ever manage to do anything you have n't already expected them to do , no matter how outrageous their actions might be .
compared to the curveballs the farrellys are used to throwing , this stuff is almost entirely soft - tossed , presenting an obvious problem : when gross - out humor loses its shock value ,
it 's no longer funny , merely gross .
the jokes that do work are milked over and over until their effectiveness runs dry .
take , for example , the subplot involving charlie 's three black sons ( anthony anderson , mongo brownlee , jerod mixon ) .
the incongruity of it all is funny for a while , with three burly black men discussing higher math in ghetto language and white - bread carrey mouthing said language with an entirely too - pleasant smile on his face .
but by the end of the film , they 're still doing the same schitck it has n't been elevated to another , funnier level , and it has n't been dropped either .
that 's too bad , because it ceases to be amusing about halfway through .
" me , myself & irene " reeks of wasted opportunities .
there ought to be more focus on how other people react to charlie 's new personality , and on how charlie deals with the consequences of hank 's actions .
this does n't really happen nearly every supporting character learns about charlie 's condition early on , so they do n't have any opportunity to be surprised by it .
the film throws what looks like a patented farrelly curve in a scene towards the midway point ( involving an albino companion charlie and irene pick up called , appropriately , " whitey " ) , but the script does n't go anywhere with it , instead leaving the thread twisting in the wind before awkwardly tying it up during the climax .
jim carrey is a gifted comedian , both physically and vocally , but
he 's left with nothing much to do here
except contort himself in a manner similar to steve martin in " all of me .
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it 's a great showcase of flexibility and split - second role - shifting , but none of it is terribly funny .
carrey does n't pull any stunts we do n't expect him to pull , and the farrellys ' script does n't give him anything else to pull : the situations in which he must perform the role - shifting are n't set up in any meaningful way .
perhaps carrey can take solace in the fact that his supporting actors fare no better .
zellweger 's irene is not a strong female lead mary in " mary " may have been part adolescent fantasy , but she was also intelligent and strong - willed .
irene is nothing in particular , as the film never makes clear whether she 's ditzy , clever , or neither . as such ,
she gives us nothing to latch onto as the only " sane " person in the film .
chris cooper is stuck playing exactly one note as a corrupt fbi agent , and his character is entirely too straight - laced for a movie like this .
he , like the others , does absolutely nothing unexpected .
after viewing the shapeless mess that " me , myself & irene " eventually dissolved into , i was stuck wondering whether or not the farrellys had outsmarted themselves .
maybe their kind of comedy can only work for so long until audiences get wise to it and stop being shocked .
but i do n't believe it -- good filmmakers find ways of surprising their audiences even after people have grown attuned to their style .
if the farrellys are indeed good , smart filmmakers ( and i still think they are ) , they 'll rebound just fine .
even after that happens , though , i 'll still consider " me , myself & irene " to be a high - caliber misfire .
[EX A]: N

[EX Q]: at first glance , three kings looks to be just another war movie , the 90s version of all those favourite war movies with names i can not remember .
the 90s version , it definitely is , just another war movie ? not in your dreams !
imagine pulp fiction approach to saving private ryan , tha 's three kings for you .
believe it or not , it bears the cool of the former and the stark humane meaning of the latter .
the story brings us to the twilight of the gulf war , with the allied troops victorious .
majpr archie gates ( clooney ) leads an enterprising bunch of grunts to a rather unorthodox post - war looting spree ; the millions in gold bars secretly stowed away by saddam in a desolate village in the desert .
as the rest of the troops are celebrating their victory and getting ready to be shipped home , this ' wild bunch ' goes awol on an armed hum - vee ( the vehicle of choice of the us army ) .
they soon find out that they have much resistance , as they get tangled with the local rebellion against saddam 's forces .
frequently switching their modes between looters and robin hood 's merry men , they become consciously attacked by their own morals .
as the film begins to roll , it seemed to have a rather ' light ' mood to it . ' special ' effects such as when gates describes to his men how a bullet can kill simply paves the way for a light - hearted funny action movie .
three kings is much smarter than that .
as the conflict becomes more and more complex , the audience will be trapped in a limbo , trying to stay focussed on that light - mood / serious - mood that the film seem to portray .
i personally found this analogous to the same feelings of the main characters involved in the film ; trapped between their initial plan paved by greed and their own sense of humanity .
this simply made the entire experience of watching three kings
truly brilliant .
action sequences are not shot as your old - fashioned war films nor anything like steven spielberg 's in - your - face war violence .
they are carefully built to generate tension with just the right tight close - ups and pauses , right before the action starts .
not john woo for sure but more of sergio leone 's spaghetti western style ( tons of them starring clint eastwood ) . great performances by clooney and wahlberg but
the brilliance have to lie in the conception of this film ;
the screenwriter and the director .
three kings ranks among the best films of the year ,
well , for me at least . highly recommended .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: let me first say that the conditions that i was forced to watch the matrix under were less than ideal .
so i have tried to be as fair as possible considering that my viewing experience was significantly less than ideal .
i watched the matrix in a theater that is in serious need of upgrades at the best of times .
under no circumstances , should it have ever been allowed to show a big budget special effects laden film like the matrix .
this theater , owned by the parent company of one of hollywood 's biggest studios , has n't even graduated into stereo sound yet .
the mono sound that the audience was subjected to sounded as if it was coming out of a speaker that was many years past mandatory retirement age .
in other words , the sound sucked .
as someone used to digital sound in a movie theater , bad sound does n't do anything to add to a film .
i 'm not even going to go into the horrible splicing job that the projectionist did putting this film together .
there , i 've had my rant , now on with the regularly scheduled review .
which sadly wo n't include commentary on the film 's sound which i 'm assuming was spectacular , but i 'm just guessing .
my guess on the sound seems like a fairly solid one considering the visual quality of the matrix .
it is nothing short of stunning visually .
sadly , the rest of the film , while pretty good , does n't quite measure up to the obvious effort that was expended on making this film look so darn good .
the matrix has at it 's core a good concept , although it strays into the confusing side more often than i would have liked .
keanu reeves plays a computer hacker who is drawn into the frightening realization that reality is just a hoax .
it turns out that that many years ago the world was devastated by some sort of disaster .
now machines run the planet and humans spend their lives in a sort of incubator , plugged into a computer network .
the computers are generating a virtual reality world which is a representation of the earth before it was destroyed .
the population of the planet never realizes that their entire life is a hoax and that they really spend their entire lives as comatose .
that is except a small band who have discovered this horrible secret and have escaped their virtual prisons .
they now spend their lives combating the computers in an effort to expose this lie .
reeve 's character , neo , is recruited by this band of rebels led by morpheus ( laurence fishburne ) .
newcomer carrie - anne moss and one of hollywood 's most underrated actors , joe pantoliano , join fishburne in the band of freedom - fighters .
the action sequences are nothing short of spectacular .
this can be attributed as much to the amazing special effects
as to many of the actor 's extensive pre - production training in martial arts .
this lends itself to some of the best martial arts sequences that you are ever likely to see in a film .
when you add this to some of the wild effects in the computer generated world , it all adds up to an eyeful .
as i already said , the visuals far outpace the rest of the film .
acting in the matrix is not bad , but it certainly is n't real good either .
keanu reeves gives his usual fairly emotionless performances .
although to his credit , it is one of his better performances .
laurence fishburne on the other hand often seemed to forget that he was in a sci - fi action film .
more than a few times he delivered his lines as if he thought he was performing in some sort of shakespearean drama .
joe pantoliano was a little under used in this film but he made the most with what he had .
carrie - anne moss turned out a surprisingly good performance for this her first feature film role .
it 's nice to see that she was cast as much for her talent as for her breathtaking looks .
you have to give all of the main actors a healthy dose of credit for the work that they obviously put into the physical training for their roles in this film .
it was clear that no small effort went into getting the moves down perfectly for the fighting sequences .
i also put much of the blame for the somewhat strained performances in the matrix on the dialogue , which was terrible at times .
in more than a few places it got way too existential for my liking and at other times it was just plain weird .
it almost seems as though the writers were having a difficult time trying to figure out how to explain the concept for the movie .
so they decided to make the dialogue as obtuse as possible so that no one could figure out what the heck they were talking about .
thereby covering up any leaps of faith that they may have had to make in the departments of logic and believability .
my other major complaint with the matrix was with the very unsatisfying ending .
the setup for it was hokey and frankly used in many a bad film before .
the ending itself was just plain strange .
the main reasons to recommend the matrix are the visual effects and computer animation which make this a real treat to watch .
while the rest of the film ( acting , dialogue and to a degree plot ) detract from the high production values , they do n't detract enough to prevent me from recommending the matrix as a fun way to spend an evening .
[EX A]:
P