Man on the Moon

When I talk to people about the movie "Man on the Moon," I get one of two responses: "it was awesome, Jim carey played Andy Kaufman perfectly" or "Geez...I thought it was supposed to be a hilarious comedy."

The people who responded with the second response didn't even know who Andy Kaufman was before they saw the movie. Man on the Moon wasn't even a comedy...it was more dramatic than funny, since it was a life story that didn't have a happy ending. I felt that Jim Carey was brillant in his role as Andy. Anybody else feel this way? It feels like the only way for someone to appreciate this movie was if they knew all about Andy Kaufman before they saw it. I felt the movie was under-rated.

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I didn't like the flick too much. It was good, and realistic...just not terribly interesting to me.

And yes, Carrey was perfect in his portayal...he deserved an Oscar for it...ditto for The Truman Show!

Yes....Truman Show was EXCELLENT. I guess I should have said Jim Carey is an under-rated actor, huh? He's very gifted.

Absolutely! His last two movies have definetly shown that he's more versatile than he's usually given credit for...hats off to him!

I've never seen Man on the Moon, although I do have the poster in my room, amoung a ton others, but The Truman Show was only ok. He was a good actor in it and everything. I just thought it was a boring movie. It went by SOO fast.

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Don't GOOD movies go by fast? I enjoyed the movie...and the end was good. It couldn't have really gone any farther...and at least there was some closure to it all.

I guess you could say good movies go by fast but if thats the case why did Pochahonts(thats most likely spelled wrong)
go by so incredibly fast? It's probably just because I spent the whole time waiting for that paint with all the colors of the wind song.

LOL...man do I hate that movie! There were so many errors it made me want to puke.

Me too.

Man On the Moon was great. Carey is actually a very talented actor. He's proven he can be diverse and serious.

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What's with this recent thing of g_p bringing up 10+ year old threads? And just to say "me too".

But yeah, me three.

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As much as I love Jim Carrey as a serious actor I sometimes find it hard to take him too seriously, what with all the hilerious and zanny comedies he does. However, Man on the Moon, the sad and poetic tale of Andy Kaufman was beautifully done by Jim and most of the other cast. Truman Show was a brilliant succsess also. And One that hasn't yet been brought up which I thought was astounding was The Number 23, really brought himself to the darkside with that one.

Carrey is fine, the movie is pretty good and he disappears into the role. It is well worth seeing for the Tony Clifton parts.

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The late Andy Kaufman was a tortured soul who wanted fame on his own terms and didn't care if others were in on the joke or not. This seems to be the permeating theme of MAN ON THE MOON, director Milos Foreman's rambling 1999 biopic about the comedian, who would achieve his greatest fame as mechanic Latka Gravas on the ABC series TAXI during the 1970's. This film explores Kaufman's humble beginnings in dingy comedy clubs to his unnerving appearance on the premiere episode of Saturday NIGHT LIVE, his tenure on TAXI and his invasion of the WWF, which ballooned into a full blown feud with WWF wrestler Jerry Lawler. The film shows Andy's consistent discontent with his success and how no matter what he achieved, it wasn't enough. This purely evidenced in Kaufman's obnoxious alter ego, Tony Clifton, who Kaufman tirelessly worked at creating a separate career for, despite the fact that no one was interested. The film aggravates as we watch Kaufman constantly put up roadblocks to his own success, but also fascinates due to the mesmerizing performance by Jim Carrey in the title role. Carrey channels Kaufman flawlessly, in a performance that's positively spooky in its accuracy and should have earned Carrey an Oscar nomination. Kaufman, I mean Carrey, gets solid support from Danny DeVito, who plays George Shapiro, Kaufman's agent and Paul Giamatti, who plays Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's co-writer and co-parter in conspiracy and the only one in on all of Kaufman's jokes. Courtney Love's performance as the leading lady is a matter of taste, but it really doesn't matter because this is Jim Carrey's show all the way and he makes the film worth watching. The film also features appearances by Jerry Lawler, Peter Bonerz as TAXI producer Ed Weinberger and TAXI cast members Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Marilu Henner, Christopher Lloyd, and Carol Kane. A long but involving look at one of show business' most tragic figures and Im not completely sure that it's over.