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The thing with Dorian is that he has zero imagination so the mask doesn't do too much in regards to his appearance. Stanley loves cartoons and has tons of imagination, so the mask is able to draw from that to create a whole new look.
Dead on. He uses his alter-ego within the mask to bring to life every idea he’s absorbed from all those Tex Avery and Warner Bros cartoons that he watches in his spare time. With Dorian on the other hand, it’s all just ‘will to power’and wish fulfillment, so there’s no variety or eclecticness to his persona. His alter-ego within the Mask is simply him without any practical bounds or constraints.
@@Spaceghost5446 also the fact the he had no interest in it. So by this logic, he had all the power he wanted, and wasn't held back by inhibitions, therefore, it had no power on him.
Well the mask does make him bigger and slightly taller and sort of gives me that star trek vibe in terms of the look and his much deeper voice...obviously his hair stays on and he's not bald like Jim Carrey is when he wears it. We also discover later that when he attempts to kiss Tina with the mask on he has a snake like tongue which she then has a scared reaction to and is at the same time disgusted by it and that leads him to remove the mask out of his strong desire to kiss her eventhough deep down he was her boyfriend who treated her horribly...but it was the only option Tina had before in a snap kicking the mask out of his hand instead of in the balls which I highly thought she was going to do the first time I saw this...that probably would've been better before Jim Carrey also then beating shit out of him and of course getting the girl at the end.
The winner of the contest was Nathan Runk, and he was contacted by Nintendo Power after Jim Carrey dropped out of the movie, not wanting to play the character again as it wasn't, "challenging enough". When he was contacted, he was given two choices of either $5000 or waiting for the movie to be made in the future. He chose the $5000 and he was also given a multitude of THQ games, a The Mask II crew jacket (that he lost), and he also got a phone call from Leslie Swan, a Nintendo localization manager and editor who voiced Princess Peach in Super Mario 64. The last issue of Nintendo Power had an apology to the winner of the contest: "To whoever won that contest: sorry". Thank god he chose the money, given what we actually got for a "sequel", and I use that term loosely.
The sequel should only have happened if they got most the original cast and if they made a concise effort to capture the tone of the first movie. The tone was intentional so because it was toned way way down from the ultra violent comic it was inspired from and it works. The sequel tried to emulate the mask cartoon that was a product of the time
I don’t know. I always thought the sequel always had some promise you know. It was a big thing and it deserved the recognition it got for a while… too bad it got scrapped and we got that stillborn abomination.
Becomes extremely funny considering that actually had a Death Battle between the two characters, and it was just as violent as the comics as it was hilarious as the movies
It's crazy to think that all three of Jim Carrey's defining films came out in 1994: The Mask, Ace Ventura, and Dumb & Dumber. 1994 was an absolutely insane year for cinematic gold.
Pretty much. And it's funny to think that 1+9+9+4=23, which happens to be one of his worst ones. I guess the lesson is: if you've got a great year full of accomplishments, just add up the numbers that make it up, and whatever the resulting number is, avoid it like the frigging plague! What was my point again...?
I loved Ace Ventura, and still watch it routinely. But you're right. Those three films are easily Jim Carrey's three greatest. He's made a lot of other good films, but none of them have ever managed to feel on the same level as his first three.
I don't think I'd ever want to imagine a version of this without Jim Carry as the main lead. Also, I always felt the chemistry between Stanley and his coworker felt less like a failed friendship cast and more like actual coworkers who have no-one else to bond with but work together every day, and just kind of awkwardly try to be friendly.
Yeah, that's the impression I got. Stanley is such an awkward goof in a serious business, most of his coworkers kind of avoid him. And Charlie is such a sleaze at points, few want to deal with him so they likely became friends since Stanley is so awkward that he hangs out with this jerk as the only one being nice to him.
Exactly, and that's more realistic, two coworkers who wouldn't click at all outside of the job, but they try to awkwardly click because they got to spend all day together.
The whole segment of Cuban Pete is probably my favourite scene in any movie ever. It’s such a big moment that is so random, so out of nowhere, yet completely fitting for the narrative of the movie. Everyone in that scene does great, and with how it’s a serious moment of police about ready to open fire, that amount of officers quickly shifting to singing and dancing, all well choreographed, it’s just a hilarious and entertaining scene.
@@christopherfleetwood5252 The blue hue tone feels like Creepshow, Peggy Brandt is a red-headed Vicki Vale, and Edge City looks like Gotham City on steroids.
Throw It In!: The Mask pulling out a condom in the balloon-making scene was an addition by Jim Carrey and also made the director laugh He also improvised the heart-shaped cigarette puff (and arrow shot from his nose) during the Frenchman scene, making it a rare instance of an ad-libbed special effect!
There’s a joke about Jared Leto in there somewhere. Something with the condom, and the fact Carrey managed to not come off like an obnoxious creep while using it. I’m not clever enough to make it succinct and funny, but hopefully I can plant the seeds for someone else.
For those who don’t know the actor playing Stanley’s supposed best friend in the movie is comedian Richard Jenni, who in my opinion was one of the if not the funniest stand up comedian of all died, who sadly took his own life in 2007
I do love this movie, and honestly - what happens to Dorian makes perfect sense when he puts the mask on (if I recall, Stein's character may well explain it in his scene with Ipkiss). Ipkiss puts the mask on and becomes the crazy, confident character we see because below the nice guy who keeps things in check - that's who he is. Dorian meanwhile doesn't hide who or what he is - so while it makes him look a bit different and gives him abilities - it doesn't change who he is because he doesn't hide who he is. Whilst yes it gives those powers, it doesn't change the person's personality - just brings forth parts they repress, essentially 'removing the mask' they wear everyday. Which is part of why his character actually works perfectly in the film as the opposite to Ipkiss.
I agree, in fact I personally loved the idea as it implies that everyone's Mask persona is different with unexpected effects, unlike the comics or the TV show where everyone who wore it just looked and acted the same which was boring in my opinion.
Because your comment reminded me of the Nicholas Cage film Face Off I know want to see a crazy-face-off between him and Jim Carey. Imagine them competing in weirdness.
Cameron Diaz has never looked as good in any other movie she's done, as she was in this movie. It will forever be her best movie, no matter what she does.
During the scene towards the end when Tina basically tricks Dorian into kissing her and she sneakily manages to remove her ducktaped foot...I actually thought she was going to kick him in the balls which would've been better instead of kicking the mask out of his hand.
When I was a kid, I thought The Mask and Ipkiss were played by two different actors, but when I found out they were both the same person, it made me love Jim Carrey even more
Pretty much everyone was great in this. Peter Greene always makes an effective villain, and Peter Riegert and the other guy whose name I can't remember are a scream to watch as the stereotypical "mismatched cops." Even the actor playing the mayor of Edge City has a great line: "Leave the dog alone!" I watched this countless times after I got it on video as a young teenager, even though I was troubled by many of the film's darker moments. I'm well aware that the original comics version of Ipkiss would do FAR WORSE than just "comically" rape those two mechanics, but that doesn't make the scene any less disturbing, or more sympathetic toward Ipkiss. The gangster characters also scared me: not just Dorian Tyrell with his evil green gorilla face when he puts on the Mask, but all his henchmen as well (well, okay, there were a couple who managed to be more funny than scary). Surprisingly, the minor character of Nico was the worst. He was so nasty to Dorian that I was ALMOST happy to see Dorian literally spit bullets at him. Still a graphic scene for a kids' film, though.
Similar to how I thought the Sherman and the Klump family in the Nutty Professor were played by different actors and only Buddy Love was played by Eddie Murphy. You’d be surprised how multitalented people can be especially in acting. Even the Critic does it in his anniversary films. 🙂
I always thought the mask just emphasized your personality when you put it on, and that was why Stanley got all zany and toonish, while Dorian just kinda became a somewhat hulked out version of himself.
I took it as a bit of brilliance that MILO, the frickin Dog had more imagination than Dorian, and that's why he gets more mileage out of it. Loki's amoral sure, but he doesn't trifle with boring people.
Yeah, at least that was how Stanley understood it, that it sort of brings out your personality writ large while taking the laws of physic as more of a suggestion.
The mask is pure ID, the selfish inner child. Someone as repressed and uptight as Stanley becomes a zany wildcard of manic energy. Dorian is already pretty in touch with his impulsive side (planning to kill your mob boss is hardly a reasonable plan) that’s why he just becomes a bigger version of himself.
The masks not only makes you who you really are, but it allows you to be who you are without restraint, Even if Dorian is always himself he still has desires that he knows he could never easily have or wants to do something he knows he shouldn’t do. Especially, since he is after all a callous mobster. Such as burn down a police station or crucify the mayor. He looks and seems like a demon sure, but I could easily see them turning things dark here when given the ability to basically do anything
The Mask is the movie that shows off Jim Carrey’s acting range. I’m not just saying his insane mood changes, I mean his ability to be a calm businessman and an eccentric nutcase.
It was fine it was canceled to soon i think it Could be a lot worse just letting you know the dumb and dumber cartoon without the same year and that one was crap it could’ve been a lot better but it could’ve been a lot worse
20:59 actually, I really love the way he delivers the line "JUUUST WAAAAAIT". Maybe because I have small children. I place it somewhere between Armand Asante saying "LAAAAAWWWWWW" and Gary Oldman saying "EEEEEEVERYYYYYYYONNNNNNE"
Fun fact: Stanley says, "I know CPR!", when he first discovers the Mask when he thinks it's a man floating in the river. In Dumb and Dumber (1994), Lloyd (Jim Carrey) says the same thing to a guy choking.
It sounds insulting, but Jim Carrey actually used to be a very "one dimensional" actor. All he could do was wacky and zany comedy. It's only when he did "The Truman Show," that he really started to pull away from that routine. And that might have extended his career beyond just a decade, but... I miss the old Jim Carrey. I really do. He may have been only one dimensional, but boy was that dimension completely hilarious!
@@jacob4920 he did more serious movies because he wanted to be taken seriously. Plenty of them were good, but they didn't all really satisfy tons of his fans
you cant be serious of course both these characters who encounter people in need of cpr say that to think there's a connection is like saying since two people in different movies ordered the same coffee in there scenes there must be a connection
I feel in the end though they made the right choice with Jim Carrey in the role. He was goofy but at the same time he made the perfect everyman as Stanley. I can't help but think that Nicholas cage would have potentially made the movie a little too weird.
I think Nicholas Cage's over the top personality might have made a better bad guy character for the film than Peter Greene's performance. That would have been a ride.
I’ll say this much, if they remade The Mask, one thing I’d do to make Dorian more frightening when he puts on the Mask is make HIM act more like Big Head, to offset the more cartoony version from Stanley. It’d be both a call back to the original comic, and a great way to showcase the real danger the Mask can have.
The remake would probably be closer to the comic, so I don't know if Dorian would appear on this one, but they would include Walter instead. (Too bad Michael Clarke Duncan died, he would be a great Walter)
The remake should be faithfull adaptation of the comic, as close as posible to the original source. A gory, horror movie about a cartoon psychotic serial killer.
The scene with the female cop getting possessed is one that always stuck with me, and its great to see someone else finally going into the details of that brief scene as much as I have.
My favorite scene is the one with the Bike Horn breaking the guy's car windows. I think he wants to communicate.(pulls out horn that says: Squeeze me gently)AAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAAAH!!!!
French guy here : This movie is on of the few where the French version is as funny as the english one. The dub for Jim carey was freaking awesome. Funny thing, when he play the french guy, he speak with an italian accent on the French version.
Yeah, stuff like that happens a lot when media goes overseas. It can actually lead to confusion when changes like that AREN’T made. For some reason, they don’t translate the Bumblebee Man stuff from “The Simpsons” into some other language for either of the Spanish dubs. They don’t just leave Hank Azaria’s recordings intact, either, they actually go out of their way to dub it in Spanish with their own guys. So, the humor is kind of lost on those audiences. They might recognize the character as a parody of El Chapulin Colorado, but the language and cultural barriers that are the source of much of the humor are lost. All they see is a guy dressed as a bumblebee for no apparent reason. If I were in charge of those dubs, I’d just make a lateral move towards Brazilian Portuguese. Brazil has some weird characters similar to El Chapulin, like that creepy Fofão thing, and it’s part of Latin America like Mexico. It’d be a perfect fit.
I think the mask works different for each person. For Jim since his character is so obsessed with cartoons the mask takes those powers. But what the Villain wants is just power so he gets super buff. Perhaps if they had made it more of a thing about it giving life to repressed desires or having multiple people use the mask then it would work better.
12:32 That really looked like a Critic outtake. It was awesome to see him genuinely laugh for a moment. That part always crack me up too. Always loved this movie for the nostalgia value, back when movies were much more fun and took risks with the technology to help assist a story. Man, I miss those days.
Ah, the start of so many crushes on Cameron Diaz. Obviously helps that it's a really good, easily rewatchable movie that is still great to come back to over 25 years later. Damn, that makes me feel old. Fantastic work from Jim Carrey here, one of his best movies by far.
She was literally ready to sign a contract to be a pornstar when she got her big break in The Mask. I'm not sure the mask is better than Cameron Diaz porn, but if she hadn't become a movie star we wouldn't have gotten Charlie's Angels which would be sad.
I was like 9 years old when i see the movie, and when they show Cameron Dias for first time, from the shoes to her face, that was the first time I feel libido in my life.
I could also see it, and I may be projecting here, that they used to be best friends who had drifted apart as they got older but didn't want to admit that they had drifted apart. In which case Charley would be the one trying to keep the friendship going and Stanley is the one that doesn't have the heart to tell him they should see other people.
22:51 I love that they acknowledge that even the best dog would totally go for cheese over anything else. If I so much as touch the cheese in the refrigerator, my dog comes running.
This movie is my all-time favorite movie. I remember it coming out on VHS around the time I got braces in elementary school; my parents rented the movie for me to watch while I recovered at home and it's been a part of me ever since. Some time later, I managed to get the sound track cassette that I saw at random on our local K-Mart shelf. The music gave me an appreciation for big band and swing, plus motivated me to try playing trumpet in middle school band class. This movie is a Superhero Musical, and I will Die On This Hill(TM). In my 1st semester of college, I had to write a paper analyzing any movie I chose. I wrote about The Mask and all the ways the film played with the theme of masks; didn't even realize how much was there until I intentionally *studied* it to make an case. Got an "A". Real proud of it. And though I don't always sing karaoke, when I do they call
I can't believe out of the thousands of times I've watched this since it came out, I've never noticed Dorian say "Lose him" twice. I was always focused on Ipkiss the first time.
Ah, The Mask. Or better known as “How to not follow the source material and still end up a winner”. Take some lessons Hollywood. An old 90s movie got away with doing the shit you’ve been pulling for years and it’s still loved.
LA Confidential pulled the same trick - a plodding novel turned into one of the all-time great film noirs. And not coincidentally, it was also from the ‘90s.
Feel like there are a few of those type of films. The Shining, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Howl's Moving Castle. You can question their credentials as adaptations all the live long day, but they are still quality films, no matter how you slice it.
Jim Carrey is one of those people that just is a LIVING CARTOON. He was perfect for this. To think, as a kid when I first saw this, I didn't realise that he played both roles. Stanley was purposefully weird and socially awkward, but not in an over the top way. The Mask was such an over the top performance in THE BEST WAY and Jim Carrey ate it up
Deleted scene: Peggy's death after betraying Stanley, where Dorian (who has the Mask on) hurls Peggy into a printing press, before a series of red-stained newspapers are printed with a fake story reporting her death. Because of that, Peggy *disappears from the plot after getting her money* and *didn't get what she deserved.* It was removed because of fears it would be too dark for the film, and an unrealized plan to have her appear in a sequel that never came to fruition.
When I was a kid, after obsessing over this movie, my catchphrases were “smokin” and “somebody stop me”. Seriously, it was only thing I seemed to say in home movies.
It’s been 27 years since the Mask came out. Saw it recently. It was the perfect blend of SFX and physical comedy. Still holds up quite well. That lets you know how far ahead of the pack it was in the summer of 1994.
24:50. The funny thing is that Jamie Kennedy had doubts about doing Son of the mask, he was more willing to play Loki instead of the Mask. But then he met Jim Carrey in an awards show, Kennedy told hilm about the project and Carrey said that is fine that another another actor gives his shot to the character and Kennedy accepted.
I think Peter Greene did a good job, but Dorian, as a character, did seem like he was written for a different movie. But even he was able to eek out some comedy as Dorian. Some.
12:40 - All these years later and dozens if not a couple _hundred_ times I've watched _this scene alone,_ and still I never noticed Dorian straightening his hair (mostly 'cause I was so focused on the henchman's mix of lingering sorrow from the "death" scene and fresh confusion.)
For some reason my favorite line has gotta be when that guy keeps honking at Ipkiss when he has the mask on and he turns to the audience and goes "I think he wants to communicate." Idk why but I just think it's such a hilarious delivery
Carrey was fantastic as Stanley. I was just as interested in seeing Stanley as I was the Mask. Charlie was such a vacuum. I hadn't noticed how little chemistry he had with Carrey, but I honestly knew (even as a kid) that he wasn't on parr with the rest of the cast. And Cameron Dias, I got a crush on her when I saw the movie.
17:45 I never noticed that McDonald's food container before and I've seen this film a hundred times. It's the subtlest product placement in Hollywood history.
Me being Hungarian living in Hungary saw this with the hungarian dub when I was a kid. Had a friend at middle school a few years later who blew my mind when he told me that that one (cheese / keys) is a pun, because they rhyme in the original script. (Obviously cheese and keys don't sound similar at all in hungarian.) ... That might have been the start for my obsession to watch everything with their original language, with subtitles if necessary.
Honestly the CG still integrates pretty good in this movie. Yea the textures and some lighting are a little off looking, but it really helps that the effects are designed to be cartoony anyway, so you never question the rubbery plastic feel to a lot of the models. Also they did a really good job with the more subtle integrations like also rendering the effects for reflections/mirrors, and a lot of contextually correct shadows in the real footage plates. It's really impressive how much thought went into some of the earliest 3D CG back then. They must have felt it had to prove its worth. They made the right calls in this movie in my opinion.
It's almost like limitations breed creativity... today's CG is so advanced that one really doesn't have to work all that hard anymore to make it look good, and thus, very little effort is taken anymore to try to make it look great and the effects become stale and dated almost instantly. Meanwhile, back when The Mask was made, CG was still in its infancy...sure, the effects were better than they had been during the 80s but it still had MASSIVE limitations and simply could not pull off the almost real look that CG can now so it took a LOT of effort and perhaps even a few cheats here and there to pull it off. The end result is a movie where the CG winds up ADDING to the whole story and ultimately winds up holding up even to this day when our modern CG is so much more advanced. Just some interesting food for thought...🤔☺️
+Mr. Bump I totally agreed with you Mr. Bump. That's because unlike the CGI animation in the sequel ''Son of the Mask'' that is 100% downright horrifying (Made by Tippett studio), The CGI animation here in the first film is extremely decent and pleasant to look at (Made by Disney's Industrial Light & Magic).
For me it's the animation that does most of the heavy lifting. They put so much thought into every motion....the smearing, the squash and stretch...perfect! A lot of later productions fall apart because they didn't put as much effort into the animation. And so a lot of later CG felt worse, even if the rendering got more advanced.
Loved “The Mask”, especially the music. Checked it out during the end credits in the theater and found out about Royal Crown Revue, they’re freaking phenomenal!
The comic book version of The Mask was dark and ominous. It was been considered a R-rated horror movie than PG-13(if it was implemented into the movie.). The original was golden age classic. The sequel was horrendously bad. The TV show was decent.
@nemo pouncey hope the reboot has a mix of cartoon, film and comic book masks maybe as an antohology show where, depending on who wears the mask, they become a different type of cartoon
Jim Carrey improvised a LOT, and so much of it got kept in. Probably the only actor to earn his ridiculously high paycheck because he was also effectively doing writing.
What I love about the CGI, is that because it's so cartooney and stretchy, it's held up extraordinarily well. It doesn't have to look "real" because it doesn't need to be real. So they can get away with it's restrictions. It looks fake, but it's a cartoon, it isn't supposed to look real.
Thats what i always say. Even like movies like the Matrix reloaded, if its inside the Matric and it doesnt look real that is perfectly fine since it looks like a computer generated image(CGI) inside a computer, it makes sense it looks that way
Loved this movie as a kid, still one of my favorites as an adult. And, I gotta disagree with you on the "catcall whistle" scene not having aged well. I still think it's a great callback to the old Tex Avery cartoons, as well as an obvious but not creepy way to show that Stanley instantly liked what he saw
This'll sound like a really really really boring conspiracy theory but I think Doug feels it's necessary to fill each review with a certain word quota and he just used that line as filler to hit that word count. I imagine when he hits a wall for things to talk about he nitpicks for padding and doesn't dwell on it because the script needs to be written for the review under a certain time frame. He's done this a long time and it's likely become formulaic for him to just say criticy sounding things willy nilly because it's his job. I don't buy that he thinks it looks bad but he's gotta say stuff about the movie and being a critic he's obligated to throw out contrarian notions here and there.
Sadly cat calls are looked down upon today. It's not "Socially acceptable" (cause I have tried to talk about is a joke, and people always give me a talking about how wrong I am ... which is a shame)
“Douglas, I am the Maker!” “You mean God?” No, we mean the MCN that had its own video hosting site for a bit even after buying Blip and led it to its death when said company sold itself to Disney
I would like to see a rated R Mask reimagining that more closely follows the comics, Jim Carrey could return as i think he has the range to do a darker version of the same character. I really dont know any other actors that could capture it as well as jim carrey tho
With the rest to sequel to classic movies I could work like have the sequel it be Deadpool R with Stanley be form to wear the mask again when he’s love ones are endanger
Absolutely love this movie even after all these years! I and my family have all watched countless times, we quote all the lines, we laugh our asses off at the Oscar scene and we've known the lyrics to Cuban Pete by heart. Words alone cannot express how much I love this film as not only a Jim Carrey favorite but as just a great science fiction/comedy overall! I even own a replica of the Loki Mask made from the same mold used in the film 😊 I was conflicted with the sequel that it took years for me to come to terms that it wasn't a good movie as my bias for the mask was massive. I have to admit though, the first few minutes of the film seeing The Mask wash down the river as Otis picks it up with that beautiful music piece playing in the background nearly brought tears to my 6-year-old self's eyes. It was just cool to see what happened after Milo swam away with it from Charlie, and it gave me a sense of false hope that this would actually be good. But... as the movie progressed, yeah that hope quickly drifted away 😅 I also read the comics years later and was surprised to find out how gory and violent they were. I still dug it though; it was just nice to find more Mask content. The idea of The Mask itself is rather fascinating, as this powerful reality-warping item that feeds of your inner inhibitions turning you into a twisted version of yourself. There's potential for some nuanced storytelling there if someone were to do so.
Id never thought Nostalgia Critic would review The Mask. Ive been looking forward to this review ever since 2013 when Nostalgia Critic reviewed "Son Of The Mask"
Re: The cops becoming a Laurel and Hardy-type duo; I always took this to mean that the chaotic cartoon energy of The Mask is slowly taking over every one in the city, not just the one who wears the mask, and that this affect comes to a fever pitch during the Cuban Pete scene.
@albert fish They kind of are, like in the scene where The Mask accepts the Oscar and Dorian and his henchmen are standing there confused and uncomfortable cause an audience is in front of them.
The thumbnail for this video is probably the best one in all of Nostalgia Critic's videos. Doug perfectly recreated the smile. Him being edited into it blended so perfectly as if he actually wore the suit and hat.
In Nostalgia Critic canon, the Devil used Mask 2 to make his young daughter, Evilina, evil again after her mother (Kim Kardashian) exposed her to age-appropriate programs.
I think this role and his role as The Riddler in Batman Forever are excellent examples of how comedic acting for the 90s was Jim Carrey's niche. If I think back to movies I watched as a kid that had any sort of comedy the main comedic voices were Jim Carrey and Robin Williams (RIP). They both were able to branch out into more serious roles but their comedy roles were unforgettable. Also the animal actor that played Milo was an amazing good boy! He is a Jack-Russel terrier and they are known for there puppy like energy. Can you just imagine how many scenes they had to redo and he always did them with pep?
I remember the Nintendo Power magazine contest where the grand prize was a walk on role in The Mask 2. I actually entered the contest. I'm sure the actual winner enjoyed his eventual prize money instead of being in THAT movie.
I remember I watched this with my dad and loved it Mainly because Jim carry Was a superhero and I thought the mask was like a mix of "Joker and Peter parker" because of the nerdy personality so I thought it fit also I'd love to see Jim carry play the joker eventually
@@tylerkister4628 Yeah I think if he was younger in his career he would be great. Now if they ever did Batman Dark Knight Returns (comic version) live action. He would make a good older looking joker.
I was a part of a big dance production piece that told the story of The Mask, with the music from the movie, so I definitely agree that the soundtrack is perfect
I just love the style of almost all of Diaz's outfits in this movie, so totally my taste, especially that coat and blouse she wore in the park. And yeah, this is by far my favourite Carrey movie, my second favourite is what I think is one of his least known, and fairly few seem to like it. It was also one of his very first, the teen vampire comedy Once Bitten.
Funniest part of the movie is during the death scene when he specifically turns and coughs in the guys face on purpose. Jim Carrey's physical timing is glorious.
I absolutely loved this as a kid and looking back at it, I still love it, Jim Carrey is one of my all time favorite comedians/actors and he was just so phenomenal in this role, both as Stanley Ipkiss and The Mask. Cameron Diaz was also equally enjoyable to watch and she had such great chemistry with Jim Carrey. The soundtrack was one of the highlights of the film. Along with the effects used that still surprisingly hold up.
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The mask was a GREAT Jim Carry movie!
Good, not one of my favorites, but good.
Love it or hate it, there's no denying it's fun as hell.
Definite LOVE. Also am I the only one, who thought when I was little that "Son of the Mask" was "The Mask"?
The thing with Dorian is that he has zero imagination so the mask doesn't do too much in regards to his appearance. Stanley loves cartoons and has tons of imagination, so the mask is able to draw from that to create a whole new look.
that makes sense
Dead on. He uses his alter-ego within the mask to bring to life every idea he’s absorbed from all those Tex Avery and Warner Bros cartoons that he watches in his spare time. With Dorian on the other hand, it’s all just ‘will to power’and wish fulfillment, so there’s no variety or eclecticness to his persona. His alter-ego within the Mask is simply him without any practical bounds or constraints.
@@stoogefest16 kinda also makes sense for the comics and why walter can't wear the mask since he's kinda simple minded
@@Spaceghost5446 also the fact the he had no interest in it. So by this logic, he had all the power he wanted, and wasn't held back by inhibitions, therefore, it had no power on him.
Well the mask does make him bigger and slightly taller and sort of gives me that star trek vibe in terms of the look and his much deeper voice...obviously his hair stays on and he's not bald like Jim Carrey is when he wears it. We also discover later that when he attempts to kiss Tina with the mask on he has a snake like tongue which she then has a scared reaction to and is at the same time disgusted by it and that leads him to remove the mask out of his strong desire to kiss her eventhough deep down he was her boyfriend who treated her horribly...but it was the only option Tina had before in a snap kicking the mask out of his hand instead of in the balls which I highly thought she was going to do the first time I saw this...that probably would've been better before Jim Carrey also then beating shit out of him and of course getting the girl at the end.
shoutout to the guy who won the contest to appear in "The MASK 2" that never happened
wherever you are buddy, you are loved
Yeah instead we got *that* movie
-wtf were they on-
You mean the guy who dodged a bullet.
The winner of the contest was Nathan Runk, and he was contacted by Nintendo Power after Jim Carrey dropped out of the movie, not wanting to play the character again as it wasn't, "challenging enough".
When he was contacted, he was given two choices of either $5000 or waiting for the movie to be made in the future. He chose the $5000 and he was also given a multitude of THQ games, a The Mask II crew jacket (that he lost), and he also got a phone call from Leslie Swan, a Nintendo localization manager and editor who voiced Princess Peach in Super Mario 64.
The last issue of Nintendo Power had an apology to the winner of the contest: "To whoever won that contest: sorry".
Thank god he chose the money, given what we actually got for a "sequel", and I use that term loosely.
He should've gone full "I want my elephant" we might have gotten a good sequel
@@Shojogurlp he even posted it on Reddit and also the AVGN Nintendo Power episode.
I appreciate you pointing out how on point Possessed Cop Lady’s acting was.
And we learned about Surf Ninjas as a little bonus. Never noticed that before
I looked her up. Her name is Krista Buonauro, and it seems she's a professional dancer.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy Apparently was in North the same year!
Yes I appreciated that also. She did a great job in just a few seconds of screen time.
She was always one of my favorites in an entertaining movie
What I love is that Jim Carrey actually taught himself how to speak with those huge dentures in. They were just gonna dub his lines
Honestly glad they did that, it would have taken away from how well the cartoon effects mixed with the physical movie and acting.
That would have been horrible. He wouldn't have been consistent that way.
The sequel should've NEVER happened. This movie is so good. The CG effects still look good after almost 30 years.
I agree. It's the worst movie of all time imo
Honestly, I'm *sooooo* happy I finally gave the original film a chance, because [imitates Lloyd Christmas] I like it a lot!
The sequel should only have happened if they got most the original cast and if they made a concise effort to capture the tone of the first movie. The tone was intentional so because it was toned way way down from the ultra violent comic it was inspired from and it works. The sequel tried to emulate the mask cartoon that was a product of the time
don't remind me.
I don’t know. I always thought the sequel always had some promise you know. It was a big thing and it deserved the recognition it got for a while… too bad it got scrapped and we got that stillborn abomination.
The Deadpool movie of the 90s. I love this film. My parents thought it was a horror film at first, so I didn't watch it until I was a teenager.
Did they read the comic lol.
That's what I thought when I heard of "The Room".
Hah, that brought up a memory that my parents thought the same when I first saw it 13 years ago
They must have searched for it and found the comics
Becomes extremely funny considering that actually had a Death Battle between the two characters, and it was just as violent as the comics as it was hilarious as the movies
My parents too))) but they watched it first and let me see it
It's crazy to think that all three of Jim Carrey's defining films came out in 1994: The Mask, Ace Ventura, and Dumb & Dumber. 1994 was an absolutely insane year for cinematic gold.
Pretty much. And it's funny to think that 1+9+9+4=23, which happens to be one of his worst ones.
I guess the lesson is: if you've got a great year full of accomplishments, just add up the numbers that make it up, and whatever the resulting number is, avoid it like the frigging plague!
What was my point again...?
@@douglasandrade9243 I can't even begin to describe how much I love this comment.
I loved Ace Ventura, and still watch it routinely. But you're right. Those three films are easily Jim Carrey's three greatest. He's made a lot of other good films, but none of them have ever managed to feel on the same level as his first three.
I didn't think The Number 23 was that bad. Carrey added a sweetness to the movie that was refreshing to watch.
His was hungry for it during those years and he loved it. You can see it in his interviews and he even joked about how insanely rich he got.
I don't think I'd ever want to imagine a version of this without Jim Carry as the main lead.
Also, I always felt the chemistry between Stanley and his coworker felt less like a failed
friendship cast and more like actual coworkers who have no-one else to bond with but
work together every day, and just kind of awkwardly try to be friendly.
Yeah, that's the impression I got. Stanley is such an awkward goof in a serious business, most of his coworkers kind of avoid him. And Charlie is such a sleaze at points, few want to deal with him so they likely became friends since Stanley is so awkward that he hangs out with this jerk as the only one being nice to him.
@@Kahtisemo it works with Stanley being a massive pushover I feel, he simply won’t tell the guy to leave him alone.
25:57
Exactly, and that's more realistic, two coworkers who wouldn't click at all outside of the job, but they try to awkwardly click because they got to spend all day together.
"P-A-R-T-WHY? Because I gotta!"
- The line i quoted most as a child.
After I fell off my bike face-first into the street the line I quoted all the time was “Look Ma, I’m roadkill! Ha ha!”
“HOLD ONTO YOUR LUG-NUTS, ITS TIIIIIIIIIME FOR AN OVERHAUL”
jim carry was PERFECT for this, seriously, the man who is basically a human cartoon playing a guy who turns into a cartoony character IRL, perfection
No doubt he was the king of nineties slapstick, if not the king of the nineties in general
But the idea of Nicholas Cage being the Mask makes you wonder.
Agreed but if they did go with the darker tone of the comic , Nic cage might have just worked.
SMMMMMOKIN!!
somebody stop me!
I love that line!
Jim Carrey is hilarious!
Hey what the hell is this surf ninjas poster?
The whole segment of Cuban Pete is probably my favourite scene in any movie ever. It’s such a big moment that is so random, so out of nowhere, yet completely fitting for the narrative of the movie.
Everyone in that scene does great, and with how it’s a serious moment of police about ready to open fire, that amount of officers quickly shifting to singing and dancing, all well choreographed, it’s just a hilarious and entertaining scene.
What do you mean choreographed? They were mind-controlled and had no clue they were in perfect sync!
I wish I was Cuban.
@@SuperPeterok I wish I was Pete.
@@christopherfleetwood5252 The blue hue tone feels like Creepshow, Peggy Brandt is a red-headed Vicki Vale, and Edge City looks like Gotham City on steroids.
Did you hear that the swat team got offered to do Broadway after that?
I think his best friend character in the office fits perfectly cause he is exactly that person who are only friends with at work
Throw It In!:
The Mask pulling out a condom in the balloon-making scene was an addition by Jim Carrey and also made the director laugh
He also improvised the heart-shaped cigarette puff (and arrow shot from his nose) during the Frenchman scene, making it a rare instance of an ad-libbed special effect!
Thank you SO MUCH for not saying "fun fact". Have a like, and my undying admiration.
There’s a joke about Jared Leto in there somewhere. Something with the condom, and the fact Carrey managed to not come off like an obnoxious creep while using it.
I’m not clever enough to make it succinct and funny, but hopefully I can plant the seeds for someone else.
@@ursaminor9780 jared letdown*
How did he improvise the heart puff?
How did he improvise it if he wasnt the editor
Favorite line from the over-the-top death bit:
"Tell Scarlet I *DO* give a damn!"
😂😆🤣
For those who don’t know the actor playing Stanley’s supposed best friend in the movie is comedian Richard Jenni, who in my opinion was one of the if not the funniest stand up comedian of all died, who sadly took his own life in 2007
RIP Platypus Man
wow
He was a great actor, because I didn’t think he was funny at all. RIP.
I do love this movie, and honestly - what happens to Dorian makes perfect sense when he puts the mask on (if I recall, Stein's character may well explain it in his scene with Ipkiss). Ipkiss puts the mask on and becomes the crazy, confident character we see because below the nice guy who keeps things in check - that's who he is. Dorian meanwhile doesn't hide who or what he is - so while it makes him look a bit different and gives him abilities - it doesn't change who he is because he doesn't hide who he is. Whilst yes it gives those powers, it doesn't change the person's personality - just brings forth parts they repress, essentially 'removing the mask' they wear everyday. Which is part of why his character actually works perfectly in the film as the opposite to Ipkiss.
I took it too that Dorian has NO imagination whatsoever, which is why he's so lame with the Mask. Even Milo gets more mileage out of it
Yep, this is indeed explained in the movie. In the scene where he took the mask to that historian buff that brought up Loki.
I agree, in fact I personally loved the idea as it implies that everyone's Mask persona is different with unexpected effects, unlike the comics or the TV show where everyone who wore it just looked and acted the same which was boring in my opinion.
Yeah, this was explained in the film, even the comic which Stanley was the Reverse of what he was in the film
I love how Milo always wanted to be seen as big and ferocious instead of cute and cuddly yet still be playful when he put on the mask lmao
Nicholas Cage as Stanley: "I'm gonna take his mask... off"
Nah cage as Dorian would be better then it would work, the quote I mean
Some mook: "Wait, you... You want to take his mask... off?"
So that means the bad guy should have been played by John Travolta?
Because your comment reminded me of the Nicholas Cage film Face Off I know want to see a crazy-face-off between him and Jim Carey. Imagine them competing in weirdness.
Very good very good.
Cameron Diaz has never looked as good in any other movie she's done, as she was in this movie.
It will forever be her best movie, no matter what she does.
During the scene towards the end when Tina basically tricks Dorian into kissing her and she sneakily manages to remove her ducktaped foot...I actually thought she was going to kick him in the balls which would've been better instead of kicking the mask out of his hand.
@@bryanrizzo9377 I don't really think so.
100% Agreed. My jaw falls on the floor everytime I see her, but not so much in any other movie/pictures.
She looked good in Charlie's Angels, but yep, she really shined in this one!
I wondered if I was the only one who thought that. She was dangerous.
When I was a kid, I thought The Mask and Ipkiss were played by two different actors, but when I found out they were both the same person, it made me love Jim Carrey even more
Ok
Pretty much everyone was great in this. Peter Greene always makes an effective villain, and Peter Riegert and the other guy whose name I can't remember are a scream to watch as the stereotypical "mismatched cops." Even the actor playing the mayor of Edge City has a great line: "Leave the dog alone!" I watched this countless times after I got it on video as a young teenager, even though I was troubled by many of the film's darker moments. I'm well aware that the original comics version of Ipkiss would do FAR WORSE than just "comically" rape those two mechanics, but that doesn't make the scene any less disturbing, or more sympathetic toward Ipkiss. The gangster characters also scared me: not just Dorian Tyrell with his evil green gorilla face when he puts on the Mask, but all his henchmen as well (well, okay, there were a couple who managed to be more funny than scary). Surprisingly, the minor character of Nico was the worst. He was so nasty to Dorian that I was ALMOST happy to see Dorian literally spit bullets at him. Still a graphic scene for a kids' film, though.
Similar to how I thought the Sherman and the Klump family in the Nutty Professor were played by different actors and only Buddy Love was played by Eddie Murphy. You’d be surprised how multitalented people can be especially in acting. Even the Critic does it in his anniversary films. 🙂
SAAAAAAME
@@SeasideDetective2 Even the dog was great in this!
I always thought the mask just emphasized your personality when you put it on, and that was why Stanley got all zany and toonish, while Dorian just kinda became a somewhat hulked out version of himself.
I took it as a bit of brilliance that MILO, the frickin Dog had more imagination than Dorian, and that's why he gets more mileage out of it. Loki's amoral sure, but he doesn't trifle with boring people.
Yeah, at least that was how Stanley understood it, that it sort of brings out your personality writ large while taking the laws of physic as more of a suggestion.
That’s what I always thought
The mask is pure ID, the selfish inner child. Someone as repressed and uptight as Stanley becomes a zany wildcard of manic energy. Dorian is already pretty in touch with his impulsive side (planning to kill your mob boss is hardly a reasonable plan) that’s why he just becomes a bigger version of himself.
The masks not only makes you who you really are, but it allows you to be who you are without restraint, Even if Dorian is always himself he still has desires that he knows he could never easily have or wants to do something he knows he shouldn’t do. Especially, since he is after all a callous mobster. Such as burn down a police station or crucify the mayor. He looks and seems like a demon sure, but I could easily see them turning things dark here when given the ability to basically do anything
The Mask is the movie that shows off Jim Carrey’s acting range. I’m not just saying his insane mood changes, I mean his ability to be a calm businessman and an eccentric nutcase.
The animated series is fun. Not enough people talk about it!
I hated it even as a kid back then. Ruined my mornings when that shit was up instead of Spider-Man or Batman.
It was fine it was canceled to soon i think it Could be a lot worse just letting you know the dumb and dumber cartoon without the same year and that one was crap it could’ve been a lot better but it could’ve been a lot worse
There's also ace venture cartoon and both characters crossover with each other
I liked the theme song but that's honestly the only thing I remember from the show.
In that one the reporter was still likely to be the romance option for Stanley. That much I remember about it.
I’m convinced Jim Carey was actually doing that with his eyes, that’s why he’s so committed lol
Ok
If he coulda he woulda, no doubt.
Nah not just that he did all the bounces and physical stuff
Even the tornado cause thats what happens when jim carry goes into full mode
Best comment here
20:59 actually, I really love the way he delivers the line "JUUUST WAAAAAIT". Maybe because I have small children.
I place it somewhere between Armand Asante saying "LAAAAAWWWWWW" and Gary Oldman saying "EEEEEEVERYYYYYYYONNNNNNE"
Fun fact: Stanley says, "I know CPR!", when he first discovers the Mask when he thinks it's a man floating in the river. In Dumb and Dumber (1994), Lloyd (Jim Carrey) says the same thing to a guy choking.
Interesting.
Both new line films
It sounds insulting, but Jim Carrey actually used to be a very "one dimensional" actor. All he could do was wacky and zany comedy. It's only when he did "The Truman Show," that he really started to pull away from that routine. And that might have extended his career beyond just a decade, but... I miss the old Jim Carrey. I really do. He may have been only one dimensional, but boy was that dimension completely hilarious!
@@jacob4920 he did more serious movies because he wanted to be taken seriously. Plenty of them were good, but they didn't all really satisfy tons of his fans
you cant be serious of course both these characters who encounter people in need of cpr say that to think there's a connection is like saying since two people in different movies ordered the same coffee in there scenes there must be a connection
That revelation at the end with Nicholas Cage was comedy gold.
I feel in the end though they made the right choice with Jim Carrey in the role. He was goofy but at the same time he made the perfect everyman as Stanley. I can't help but think that Nicholas cage would have potentially made the movie a little too weird.
I think Nicholas Cage's over the top personality might have made a better bad guy character for the film than Peter Greene's performance. That would have been a ride.
"Hey, if we brought it up, how come we're not traumati--" *realizes what they've done*
@@jasonx7501 Oh my God, the movie would've been perfect with this eras Cage
@@ACETYGRA well he could play the comic version of Stanley ipkiss and it would be interesting
I’ll say this much, if they remade The Mask, one thing I’d do to make Dorian more frightening when he puts on the Mask is make HIM act more like Big Head, to offset the more cartoony version from Stanley. It’d be both a call back to the original comic, and a great way to showcase the real danger the Mask can have.
The remake would probably be closer to the comic, so I don't know if Dorian would appear on this one, but they would include Walter instead. (Too bad Michael Clarke Duncan died, he would be a great Walter)
I second that notion. Heck, it should've been done in the movie already.
That'd be cool, as is with Dorian _🎶He's scarier without it on!🎶_
The remake should be faithfull adaptation of the comic, as close as posible to the original source. A gory, horror movie about a cartoon psychotic serial killer.
The scene with the female cop getting possessed is one that always stuck with me, and its great to see someone else finally going into the details of that brief scene as much as I have.
Sounds like you have some weird possesion/hypno kink.
My favorite scene is the one with the Bike Horn breaking the guy's car windows.
I think he wants to communicate.(pulls out horn that says: Squeeze me gently)AAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAAAH!!!!
French guy here : This movie is on of the few where the French version is as funny as the english one. The dub for Jim carey was freaking awesome. Funny thing, when he play the french guy, he speak with an italian accent on the French version.
Dubbing should be illegal.
Thanks for the rec. I might watch it with French audio on Netflix.
@@papapapa16 cringe
Now I want to see that scene dubbed in different languages to see what accent they use for the mask character.
Yeah, stuff like that happens a lot when media goes overseas. It can actually lead to confusion when changes like that AREN’T made.
For some reason, they don’t translate the Bumblebee Man stuff from “The Simpsons” into some other language for either of the Spanish dubs. They don’t just leave Hank Azaria’s recordings intact, either, they actually go out of their way to dub it in Spanish with their own guys. So, the humor is kind of lost on those audiences. They might recognize the character as a parody of El Chapulin Colorado, but the language and cultural barriers that are the source of much of the humor are lost. All they see is a guy dressed as a bumblebee for no apparent reason.
If I were in charge of those dubs, I’d just make a lateral move towards Brazilian Portuguese. Brazil has some weird characters similar to El Chapulin, like that creepy Fofão thing, and it’s part of Latin America like Mexico. It’d be a perfect fit.
I think the mask works different for each person. For Jim since his character is so obsessed with cartoons the mask takes those powers. But what the Villain wants is just power so he gets super buff. Perhaps if they had made it more of a thing about it giving life to repressed desires or having multiple people use the mask then it would work better.
Funny that you mention that, since, in many ways, that's pretty much what the Mask is like in the original comic.
12:32 That really looked like a Critic outtake. It was awesome to see him genuinely laugh for a moment. That part always crack me up too. Always loved this movie for the nostalgia value, back when movies were much more fun and took risks with the technology to help assist a story. Man, I miss those days.
Ah, the start of so many crushes on Cameron Diaz. Obviously helps that it's a really good, easily rewatchable movie that is still great to come back to over 25 years later. Damn, that makes me feel old. Fantastic work from Jim Carrey here, one of his best movies by far.
👍👍👍👍🙌
Talk about snazz...er... SMOKIN'!!!
She was literally ready to sign a contract to be a pornstar when she got her big break in The Mask. I'm not sure the mask is better than Cameron Diaz porn, but if she hadn't become a movie star we wouldn't have gotten Charlie's Angels which would be sad.
I was like 9 years old when i see the movie, and when they show Cameron Dias for first time, from the shoes to her face, that was the first time I feel libido in my life.
@@pauldacon828 is this legit?
Me thinking about the movie: "I doubt it holds up well."
But then I remember Milo with the mask on and Muttley-like laugh is a comedy gold.
Dog is best animal actor of movies.
I took it as Stanley doesn’t really have many other friends so he’s his best friend because he doesn’t have any other options...
I can relate.
I’d believe that
Makes sense
I could also see it, and I may be projecting here, that they used to be best friends who had drifted apart as they got older but didn't want to admit that they had drifted apart.
In which case Charley would be the one trying to keep the friendship going and Stanley is the one that doesn't have the heart to tell him they should see other people.
The animated series made their relationship even more toxic. Charley’s a flat out manipulative ass in that show
22:51 I love that they acknowledge that even the best dog would totally go for cheese over anything else. If I so much as touch the cheese in the refrigerator, my dog comes running.
I think the joke was more that the dog was mishearing Stanley and was picking up things that sound like "keys" but I still like your dog story.
My cat does that
@@welcometothemetaverse2523 Well, it was probably a prop.
This movie is my all-time favorite movie. I remember it coming out on VHS around the time I got braces in elementary school; my parents rented the movie for me to watch while I recovered at home and it's been a part of me ever since.
Some time later, I managed to get the sound track cassette that I saw at random on our local K-Mart shelf. The music gave me an appreciation for big band and swing, plus motivated me to try playing trumpet in middle school band class. This movie is a Superhero Musical, and I will Die On This Hill(TM).
In my 1st semester of college, I had to write a paper analyzing any movie I chose. I wrote about The Mask and all the ways the film played with the theme of masks; didn't even realize how much was there until I intentionally *studied* it to make an case. Got an "A". Real proud of it.
And though I don't always sing karaoke, when I do they call
I can't believe out of the thousands of times I've watched this since it came out, I've never noticed Dorian say "Lose him" twice. I was always focused on Ipkiss the first time.
My favorite gag is when he does the parade show for the thugs, him basically threatening them to see the balloon animals always gets a laugh outta me
the used condom
When Mask popped his balloon animal, I cried for him.
RIP Clock ⏰
@Joseph Hitler right same lol 😂
MOVE IT!
18:08: Timon's probably angry that he & Pumbaa can't kill the mouse from MouseHunt.
Jim Carrey at his Carriest
Loved this Movie to death
Ah, The Mask. Or better known as “How to not follow the source material and still end up a winner”.
Take some lessons Hollywood. An old 90s movie got away with doing the shit you’ve been pulling for years and it’s still loved.
Hahahaha for real if they followed the source material they'd have never made this film.
LA Confidential pulled the same trick - a plodding novel turned into one of the all-time great film noirs. And not coincidentally, it was also from the ‘90s.
Feel like there are a few of those type of films. The Shining, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Howl's Moving Castle. You can question their credentials as adaptations all the live long day, but they are still quality films, no matter how you slice it.
Nah, this movie sucks. I'd rather have a comic accurate adaption any day than rewatch this crap ever again.
I love How to Train Your Dragon for this same reason. Quite different from the book, and I _loved_ the changes they made.
Jim Carrey is one of those people that just is a LIVING CARTOON. He was perfect for this. To think, as a kid when I first saw this, I didn't realise that he played both roles. Stanley was purposefully weird and socially awkward, but not in an over the top way. The Mask was such an over the top performance in THE BEST WAY and Jim Carrey ate it up
Deleted scene: Peggy's death after betraying Stanley, where Dorian (who has the Mask on) hurls Peggy into a printing press, before a series of red-stained newspapers are printed with a fake story reporting her death. Because of that, Peggy *disappears from the plot after getting her money* and *didn't get what she deserved.* It was removed because of fears it would be too dark for the film, and an unrealized plan to have her appear in a sequel that never came to fruition.
that scene was dark
Well that's a shame but it creates a small plot hole.
As gruesome as it is... I love it.
tbh a finshed version of that scene would have totally worked and would have been hilarious
I'm guessing they thought it would tempt a rating change if they kept that
When I was a kid, after obsessing over this movie, my catchphrases were “smokin” and “somebody stop me”. Seriously, it was only thing I seemed to say in home movies.
I still use those. I even made it a habit out if saying "P-A-R-T. Why? Cause I gotta!" Before I go out with friends.
16:45 now I wonder if he's ever played a serial character. He'd totally kill it if he did.
The pun was unintentional, but I'm keeping it.
In the Cable Guy, he played a psycho stalker....not a killer but pretty scary.
@@welcometothemetaverse2523 I totally forgot about that movie! I can't believe I forgot!
"I learned the facts of life from the FACTS OF LIFE!!"
It’s been 27 years since the Mask came out. Saw it recently. It was the perfect blend of SFX and physical comedy. Still holds up quite well. That lets you know how far ahead of the pack it was in the summer of 1994.
1994’s summer was really good. The Lion King, True Lies, The Flintstones, camp Nowhere, the shadow, Forrest Gump, it’s pat: the movie.
@@chrissmith6097 - forgot about Forrest Gump. How the hell I do that? Love the Mask, but Gump is basically required viewing.
24:50. The funny thing is that Jamie Kennedy had doubts about doing Son of the mask, he was more willing to play Loki instead of the Mask. But then he met Jim Carrey in an awards show, Kennedy told hilm about the project and Carrey said that is fine that another another actor gives his shot to the character and Kennedy accepted.
I bet he regrets it now
"SMOKIN'!"
"THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL!!'"
Oh man, I've been waiting for this for a long time
I think Peter Greene played Dorian just fine. It was refreshing to see competent villains in a comedy for once.
I was really scared of him as a kid when he put that mask on!! xD
I think Peter Greene did a good job, but Dorian, as a character, did seem like he was written for a different movie. But even he was able to eek out some comedy as Dorian. Some.
I'd like to mention R.I.P. Richard Jeni- who played Carrey's best friend. He was a very underappreciated comedic talent.
Richard Jeni was definitely underrated. My favorite special he did was A Big Steaming Pile of Me.
12:40 - All these years later and dozens if not a couple _hundred_ times I've watched _this scene alone,_ and still I never noticed Dorian straightening his hair (mostly 'cause I was so focused on the henchman's mix of lingering sorrow from the "death" scene and fresh confusion.)
For some reason my favorite line has gotta be when that guy keeps honking at Ipkiss when he has the mask on and he turns to the audience and goes "I think he wants to communicate." Idk why but I just think it's such a hilarious delivery
That and "Squeeze me gently" on the horn bulb.
always cracks me up 🤣🤣
Carrey was fantastic as Stanley. I was just as interested in seeing Stanley as I was the Mask.
Charlie was such a vacuum. I hadn't noticed how little chemistry he had with Carrey, but I honestly knew (even as a kid) that he wasn't on parr with the rest of the cast.
And Cameron Dias, I got a crush on her when I saw the movie.
17:45 I never noticed that McDonald's food container before and I've seen this film a hundred times. It's the subtlest product placement in Hollywood history.
"Not the cheese, the keys" is a line my brother and I quote a lot (especially when looking for keys). 😄
I love driving my brother crazy by getting “Cuban Pete” stuck in his head 😂
Me being Hungarian living in Hungary saw this with the hungarian dub when I was a kid. Had a friend at middle school a few years later who blew my mind when he told me that that one (cheese / keys) is a pun, because they rhyme in the original script. (Obviously cheese and keys don't sound similar at all in hungarian.) ... That might have been the start for my obsession to watch everything with their original language, with subtitles if necessary.
Honestly the CG still integrates pretty good in this movie. Yea the textures and some lighting are a little off looking, but it really helps that the effects are designed to be cartoony anyway, so you never question the rubbery plastic feel to a lot of the models. Also they did a really good job with the more subtle integrations like also rendering the effects for reflections/mirrors, and a lot of contextually correct shadows in the real footage plates. It's really impressive how much thought went into some of the earliest 3D CG back then. They must have felt it had to prove its worth. They made the right calls in this movie in my opinion.
It's almost like limitations breed creativity... today's CG is so advanced that one really doesn't have to work all that hard anymore to make it look good, and thus, very little effort is taken anymore to try to make it look great and the effects become stale and dated almost instantly.
Meanwhile, back when The Mask was made, CG was still in its infancy...sure, the effects were better than they had been during the 80s but it still had MASSIVE limitations and simply could not pull off the almost real look that CG can now so it took a LOT of effort and perhaps even a few cheats here and there to pull it off.
The end result is a movie where the CG winds up ADDING to the whole story and ultimately winds up holding up even to this day when our modern CG is so much more advanced.
Just some interesting food for thought...🤔☺️
Carrey was also a great choice because he was extremely flexible. Crazily enough, Carrey did a lot of the work himself, thus saving money on CGI.
+Mr. Bump I totally agreed with you Mr. Bump. That's because unlike the CGI animation in the sequel ''Son of the Mask'' that is 100% downright horrifying (Made by Tippett studio), The CGI animation here in the first film is extremely decent and pleasant to look at (Made by Disney's Industrial Light & Magic).
For me it's the animation that does most of the heavy lifting. They put so much thought into every motion....the smearing, the squash and stretch...perfect!
A lot of later productions fall apart because they didn't put as much effort into the animation. And so a lot of later CG felt worse, even if the rendering got more advanced.
At 24:10 I always assumed he was going for a Val Kilmer Tombstone look and was thinking “I’ll be your huckleberry” lol
Loved “The Mask”, especially the music. Checked it out during the end credits in the theater and found out about Royal Crown Revue, they’re freaking phenomenal!
I love The Mask! I could quote his "Death" scene beat by beat.
Same!
As do I. XD
Nice 👍🏻😂
I would love to see that improved
23:52 why does a dog with the mask in this movie look better than in son of the mask
The comic book version of The Mask was dark and ominous. It was been considered a R-rated horror movie than PG-13(if it was implemented into the movie.). The original was golden age classic. The sequel was horrendously bad. The TV show was decent.
He just said that.
@nemo pouncey No, I was talking to Classic.
@nemo pouncey hope the reboot has a mix of cartoon, film and comic book masks
maybe as an antohology show where, depending on who wears the mask, they become a different type of cartoon
@@ianr.navahuber2195 Oh god no, the movies and cartoon suck so bad. Just a comic accurate R-rated film, please.
"Sssssmokin'!" was improvised? Jim Carrey is a GENIUS. 😍😍😍💚💚💚
Jim Carrey improvised a LOT, and so much of it got kept in. Probably the only actor to earn his ridiculously high paycheck because he was also effectively doing writing.
Improvised lines are always genius and iconic like “we’re gonna need a bigger boat”, “I am Ironman” and “here’s Johnny”
12:22 It CRACKS me up how, even while coughing, he pulls off a dramatic face expression
What I love about the CGI, is that because it's so cartooney and stretchy, it's held up extraordinarily well.
It doesn't have to look "real" because it doesn't need to be real. So they can get away with it's restrictions.
It looks fake, but it's a cartoon, it isn't supposed to look real.
Thats what i always say. Even like movies like the Matrix reloaded, if its inside the Matric and it doesnt look real that is perfectly fine since it looks like a computer generated image(CGI) inside a computer, it makes sense it looks that way
Way better than son of the mask was he even Stanley's son anyway
@@theblackestofshadows7903 Who? In son of mask other guy finds mask, and impregnates a woman while wearing it, hence kid is son of the mask, or Loki.
Loved this movie as a kid, still one of my favorites as an adult.
And, I gotta disagree with you on the "catcall whistle" scene not having aged well. I still think it's a great callback to the old Tex Avery cartoons, as well as an obvious but not creepy way to show that Stanley instantly liked what he saw
Ooh, I thought he meant the cgi in that scene
@@Rozdlc Pretty sure he did.
This'll sound like a really really really boring conspiracy theory but I think Doug feels it's necessary to fill each review with a certain word quota and he just used that line as filler to hit that word count. I imagine when he hits a wall for things to talk about he nitpicks for padding and doesn't dwell on it because the script needs to be written for the review under a certain time frame. He's done this a long time and it's likely become formulaic for him to just say criticy sounding things willy nilly because it's his job. I don't buy that he thinks it looks bad but he's gotta say stuff about the movie and being a critic he's obligated to throw out contrarian notions here and there.
Exactly what I think, for me hasn't aged at all, especially since it's a homage.
Sadly cat calls are looked down upon today. It's not "Socially acceptable" (cause I have tried to talk about is a joke, and people always give me a talking about how wrong I am ... which is a shame)
That Double Trouble sound bite at 24:40 though 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥 nice one ☝🏼
I thought it was Saved by the Bell
To quote The Mask and all of it's greatness that is "Hold on, Sugar! Daddy's got a sweet tooth tonight!"
God that quote is brilliant
“Douglas, I am the Maker!”
“You mean God?”
No, we mean the MCN that had its own video hosting site for a bit even after buying Blip and led it to its death when said company sold itself to Disney
Ok
@A Catalan Liam History, actually.
@A Catalan Liam No, it’s not random, it pertains to Doug’s platform history. He wasn’t always on TH-cam
17:04 If your a fan of this movie you knew a Loki joke was just on the horizon
I would like to see a rated R Mask reimagining that more closely follows the comics, Jim Carrey could return as i think he has the range to do a darker version of the same character. I really dont know any other actors that could capture it as well as jim carrey tho
that would be awesome tbh.
With the rest to sequel to classic movies I could work like have the sequel it be Deadpool R with Stanley be form to wear the mask again when he’s love ones are endanger
Bill Skarsgard could be a good comic accurate Mask.
Nicholas cage maybe
@@Deadhead-kq4hr lmfao
I wish that police in the musical part was more known, she seems very talented! And Milo totally deserves an Oscar!
Here here!
I still think Cameron looks more adult in this than any of her later roles.
Put this on for my 4 year old the other day, and it blew him away - a living cartoon that still stands up. He was hooked from the hallway scene.
My oldest nephew could quote this movie almost verbatim
I remember the comic adaptation of the movie kept in Peggy's death scene. Was kind of a shock seeing that as a kid.
Was It Way More Gritty Than The Movies
Absolutely love this movie even after all these years! I and my family have all watched countless times, we quote all the lines, we laugh our asses off at the Oscar scene and we've known the lyrics to Cuban Pete by heart. Words alone cannot express how much I love this film as not only a Jim Carrey favorite but as just a great science fiction/comedy overall! I even own a replica of the Loki Mask made from the same mold used in the film 😊
I was conflicted with the sequel that it took years for me to come to terms that it wasn't a good movie as my bias for the mask was massive. I have to admit though, the first few minutes of the film seeing The Mask wash down the river as Otis picks it up with that beautiful music piece playing in the background nearly brought tears to my 6-year-old self's eyes. It was just cool to see what happened after Milo swam away with it from Charlie, and it gave me a sense of false hope that this would actually be good. But... as the movie progressed, yeah that hope quickly drifted away 😅
I also read the comics years later and was surprised to find out how gory and violent they were. I still dug it though; it was just nice to find more Mask content. The idea of The Mask itself is rather fascinating, as this powerful reality-warping item that feeds of your inner inhibitions turning you into a twisted version of yourself. There's potential for some nuanced storytelling there if someone were to do so.
"look ma, I'm road kill!" that line always cracks me up. XD
"I think he wants to communicate"
All these years I never knew what happened to Peggy, mostly because I didn't have this on DVD. Thanks for letting me know.
18:16 - "Landfill Park" isn't _too_ far out there. Virginia Beach has a reclaimed landfill called "Mount Trashmore".
Id never thought Nostalgia Critic would review The Mask. Ive been looking forward to this review ever since 2013 when Nostalgia Critic reviewed "Son Of The Mask"
I was looking forward to it when he did his video on Jim Carrey and Method Acting. 😂💚
Ikr
Now I wonder if he'll review the animated series of The Mask
@@Dzuno18 he should, because it would be interesting to see his take on it.
Re: The cops becoming a Laurel and Hardy-type duo; I always took this to mean that the chaotic cartoon energy of The Mask is slowly taking over every one in the city, not just the one who wears the mask, and that this affect comes to a fever pitch during the Cuban Pete scene.
Ooh that's an interesting interpretation.
...ok, this to me is canon now. Also I haven't seen this movie in years but I have seen it dozens of times in the past.
@albert fish They kind of are, like in the scene where The Mask accepts the Oscar and Dorian and his henchmen are standing there confused and uncomfortable cause an audience is in front of them.
Maybe it did. Can't rule that out.
Oh I like that idea.
The thumbnail for this video is probably the best one in all of Nostalgia Critic's videos. Doug perfectly recreated the smile. Him being edited into it blended so perfectly as if he actually wore the suit and hat.
My favorite Jim Carrey movie ever and I can repeat just about every line from this movie
👍👍👍👍👍
My favorite line will always be: "Look ma, I'm roadkill. Hahaha!"
It's been years since I watched a Nostalgia Critic video.
But this thumbnail caught me off guard !
Well done, Critic. Well done.
"You were good kid, real good. But as long as I'm around, you'll always be secondbest, see.."🚬
This is when Jim Carrey was at the top of his game. The Mask 2 my goodness. That movie is what the CIA uses in place of waterboarding.
Anybody else think Dick Cheney should be subject to watching that movie?
In Nostalgia Critic canon, the Devil used Mask 2 to make his young daughter, Evilina, evil again after her mother (Kim Kardashian) exposed her to age-appropriate programs.
I think this role and his role as The Riddler in Batman Forever are excellent examples of how comedic acting for the 90s was Jim Carrey's niche. If I think back to movies I watched as a kid that had any sort of comedy the main comedic voices were Jim Carrey and Robin Williams (RIP). They both were able to branch out into more serious roles but their comedy roles were unforgettable.
Also the animal actor that played Milo was an amazing good boy! He is a Jack-Russel terrier and they are known for there puppy like energy. Can you just imagine how many scenes they had to redo and he always did them with pep?
I remember the Nintendo Power magazine contest where the grand prize was a walk on role in The Mask 2. I actually entered the contest. I'm sure the actual winner enjoyed his eventual prize money instead of being in THAT movie.
I think that actually was honored and the person got brought over, but, well…
I remember I watched this with my dad and loved it Mainly because Jim carry Was a superhero and I thought the mask was like a mix of "Joker and Peter parker" because of the nerdy personality so I thought it fit also I'd love to see Jim carry play the joker eventually
He would be a unique one but I don't think a good one
@@tylerkister4628 Yeah I think if he was younger in his career he would be great. Now if they ever did Batman Dark Knight Returns (comic version) live action. He would make a good older looking joker.
@@downrightdreaming_5630 but so would mark Hamill
I agree 100%
I have always said that Jim Carrey should play the Joker. His face is just perfect for it.
This might be the best quality video I've seen on TH-cam, visually impeccable.
Great video, loved The Mask as a kid.
It’s weird how this piece of art hasn’t been covered before on the channel
They only recently did Roger Rabbit!
I was a part of a big dance production piece that told the story of The Mask, with the music from the movie, so I definitely agree that the soundtrack is perfect
I love the inclusion of the joke at 9:15 ; Doug’s still enough of a Jim Carrey fanboy to be salty about Jones’ comment after all this time 😆
I just love the style of almost all of Diaz's outfits in this movie, so totally my taste, especially that coat and blouse she wore in the park. And yeah, this is by far my favourite Carrey movie, my second favourite is what I think is one of his least known, and fairly few seem to like it. It was also one of his very first, the teen vampire comedy Once Bitten.
The Majestic is my favorite Jim Carrey movie, but it doesn't get a lot of love.
"You were good kid, real good. But as long as I'm around, you'll always be second best, see?"
great line.
@@koneheadcokehead4981 Definitely
Funniest part of the movie is during the death scene when he specifically turns and coughs in the guys face on purpose. Jim Carrey's physical timing is glorious.
I absolutely loved this as a kid and looking back at it, I still love it, Jim Carrey is one of my all time favorite comedians/actors and he was just so phenomenal in this role, both as Stanley Ipkiss and The Mask. Cameron Diaz was also equally enjoyable to watch and she had such great chemistry with Jim Carrey. The soundtrack was one of the highlights of the film. Along with the effects used that still surprisingly hold up.
Even as a kid I hated this movie and the cartoon.
@@JoakimOtamaa why? Because it didn’t follow the comic?
@@MrDusty515 Because I find Jim Carrey extremely irritating and the cartoon was just ass. Replaced Batman or Spider-Man on certaing mornings.
I imagine when doug goes to say the mask's line, "SMOKIN!"
Ge just starts screaming
The lady cop that sings! That acting was always amazing to me. Like that actress should’ve had an Oscar on that scene alone