I SWEAR *The Mask* was MADE for Jim Carrey!! 😂
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Original Movie: The Mask
In the original comic, The Mask was much more violent and nihilistic, it was Jim Carrey and the director Chuck Russell who brought in the homages to classic Looney Tunes... so you are right, it was literally made for Jim Carrey
Indeed. The original comic was Deadpool cranked up to 11
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More Tex Avery, than looney tunes
@@nicholasbyrne6485tex avery worked for Warners and was cartoon director for lots of looney tunes and merrie melodies..
yes thank you for mentioning it. did you see the death battle of the mask vs deadpool? his power scaling is absolutely nuts.
Fun fact: Jim Carrey wanted the character of Stanley Ipkiss to be just as interesting as the Mask, so the audience wouldn't get bored, so he based the character's entire personality on his father, a lovable goof who loved cartoons and was always struggling to make ends meet.
You remember Loki from the MCU. That is who they are talking about.
@@tarzapopohead nooo.. I don’t think soo, I think it was the producers or the directors mistake on the Loki thing (but in gow regnorok they brought in as a reference but idk, because in lore or “the comics” I was aztecs who created it or a by product of a mad god (I honestly don’t really know I’m sorry if it sounds like “I’m right you’re wrong”)
@@tarzapopohead Loki "from the MCU"... You mean: Loki from Norse mythology?
@@kirktown2046"Norse mythology? You mean Greek is not the only one?"
Two of the best decisions Jim Carry ever made:
1. Taking this role
2. Not doing the sequel
Facts!
What sequel?
@@joon0 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask
@@joon0 ye. . what sequal
Well the sequel was originally planned for 1996. And brought back most of the main cast. I’m pretty sure Jim Carrey had a bunch of movies it was already working on and declined the role. So there’s no room in the schedule for the sequel with all the effects to make it. It would be put on ice until 2000 something. Hell, there was an advertisement for The Mask 2 With Jim Carry on a 95’ issue of Nintendo power. Hell, Movie Posters where made before before the contracts were signed for pre-production. Hollywood does this to this to build up excitement for studio investors.
The director Chuck Russell had the script written with Jim Carrey specifically in mind (adapted from the Dark Horse comics). When Jim read the script he said "it's like this movie was written for me!"
To which the director said "It was, so if you say no, we're in big trouble"
The comics are hilarious and wildly violent. Essentially Deadpool before Deadpool
Notice how the first two times Stanley puts on the mask, it takes him over. But when he puts it on in the park, he clearly has more control over it, because he can take it right off. He doesn't wake up the next day, thinking it could be a dream.
If we voluntarily take on our darker side, we can get control over it. Remember Ben Stein's advice? "Go as both yourself AND the Mask." That's what we all have to do.
I sure do miss when stories like this, with actual moral lessons, were more the norm, and they had some actual thought and love put into them.
Great react Vkunia! "That music was for his ponytail!" LMAO
With the obvious exception for the bugging eyes and more cartoonier bits, it really was mainly green paint on Jim's face. All expressions were his own.
No vfx were needed in this movie, Jim carry just appeared one day and did that
I have a friend who was one of the gang members in this movie. (He got the giraffe animal balloon.) One day he asked Jim Carrey if he could take pictures of the makeup process and Jim said okay. There are multiple pieces and not one rubber prosthetic. There are cheek pieces, jaw pieces, chin and brow pieces as well as the skull cap to cover his hair. After it's all applied amd latex is used to smooth everything out, it's all painted green. False teeth finish it all off.
The guy who got the giraffe was my favorite in the gang and I remember him to this day (first saw the movie 2 decades ago). Because he went from a badass to a kid who wouldn't let the other kid touch his cool giraffe. Always makes me guffaw😂
@@BJBee The leader of the gang was also a friend of mine. Believe it or not, his name was BJ and for a second, I thought you were him trolling me! (If you really want to piss him off, tell him how much he looks like Meatloaf.)
Did you notice that this was Cameron Diaz’s first movie appearance
WHAT!? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
@@VKunia P.S. Before Jim Carrey they wanted cast Nicolas Cage as The Mask
@@VKuniaP.P.S Whatever you do never watch Son of The Mask, it’s one of the worst movies ever made in cinema history
@@ricardocardona9193It’s a war crime
@@VKunia well, now you know. Before she was cast as Tina Carlyle, they wanted Anna Nicole Smith for the role of tina.
The thing thats fun about this movie (among other things): When it comes to the two ladies, Cameron's lounge singer is coded as a "bad girl", and the redheaded reporter is coded as a "good girl", but it subverts it by making the 'good girl' be the one who sells him out, and the bad girl the loyal and sweet one.
"That's a spicy meatball" was a line from a 1970s Alka-Seltzer commercial.
14:23 The line "Smokin'!" was ad-libbed by Carrey. The original catchphrase was supposed to be... "Snazzy".
THey made the right choice. Snazzy is kinda corny.
Turned out to be an iconic line
@@joeblankenship377 The entire thing is corny! Part of why it's good.
"Smokin" has the Komedy K. That makes all the difference.
"Snazzy" is the darkest timeline
Fun fact: For the park scene where they're emptying his pockets, Jim Carrey is actually wearing shorts with the pockets cut out. Actors laying down beneath Jim Carrey are passing props up through the pocket holes to the actors to give the illusion that The Mask's pockets can hold an infinite number of objects like a cartoon.
Hm, interesting. That actually makes sense too, thanks dude!
The Goosebumps book you're thinking of is The Haunted Mask. Great one.
Loki, have standards? He's the god of mischief and chaos!
But at the same time... because he's about the chaos should mean he values pizzazz and chaos of the highest order. As the ultimate trickster, he by definition should have standards and not settle for less than the best.
It's like a certain blue-skinned genius with an enlarged cerebrum once said was the difference between a villain and a supervillain: presentation.
Edit: And as for the Mask specifically having standards, it 100% does. Stanley and even Dorian as put-upon second-fiddle men in their respective lives are perfect fits for Loki's character. Plus, no way it didn't have a little hand, after Tina's kick, in keeping itself away from the bum goons and landed with Milo - because a dog Mask? That's hilarious, the funniest option.
I love the scene when The Mask sings Cuban Pete. It's so funny and very Broadway-esque. I really really love the bit toward the end where he appears over the bar and pulls a Clint Eastwood with that line from Dirty Harry. "Now you have to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya....punk?"
"Can you imagine him dealing with all the Avengers?"
Honestly, he'd solo them. I don't think the power of the Mask _has_ limits at all besides the night time thing. Just the user's imagination.
then 'The Mask' vs Green Arrow would be a hellava kick :P
Literally. He could solo most of the mcu no joke. Loony powers are boundless
@@Guardian582 you mean Green Lantern, surely? Green Arrow would get rekt.
@NoGijutsushi err yes, him the one with the ring...been watching grant gustin as the flash lately soo one particular 'green' has been on my mind a bit :P
Toon force is actually insane, you can't hurt a toon the normal way so he would just shrug off all of their attacks
I used "SMOKIN!" for a whole year or so after watching this when it came out...my mum hated it...😂😂
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I saw this film 30 years ago and I still have not recovered at how HAWT Cameron was in this, still floors me.
We might be the same age since I saw it about that time. Born in '82. Saw it first day. How bout you.
@@chimerius24Nah, quite a bit older, born in '62.
29:18 Omg. After like 30 years and watching this movie 2340 times I finally understand the double entendre
Cameron Diaz in this was definitely my sexual awakening 😂
Ha ha same!
It removes the part of you that holds you back and then gives you the ability to do whatever you want. In the comics the mask had a very high body count.
“Landfill Park” LOL There’s a park in Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA that is the site of an old landfill, called Mount Trashmore. Back in the 90’s, there was a morning radio show that started a minor panic when they were reporting that there was an evacuation order for the surrounding area, saying that the methane levels from the old landfill were getting too high. There was no evacuation order, no high methane levels, but it was April 1st. FCC hammered them!
Vicky's mentioned that she's from Long Island. She might know Norman J. Levy Preserve in Merrick, which is a lovely park built on a landfill.
Quality joke right there!
Loki isn’t in the mask, he just created it. Even in the bad sequel he comes in trying to find the mask.
The guy who played Stanley's best friend was Richard Jeni, one of the best stand-up comedians during the comedy explosion of the 90s. His special "Platypus Man" was legendary.
Oh, by the way. If you didn't notice, the car workshop building where Stanley entered in the early scene is actually the famous firehouse which was known for setting up as the headquarter in Ghostbusters.
If someone asked me about the movies I watched as I was a kid, The Mask would be the first one to come to my mind, I've watched it so many times but I haven't seen it in years, so thank you for this video and making me feel nostalgic!
you're welcome irene!!! :)
The Mask is a hilarious childhood gem that has a special place in my heart to this day. I can personally identify very well with the character of Stanley, I always had great sympathy for him.
You clearly didn't see the deleted scenes for example you probably think Peggy got away scott free but nope she actually died
There's also the comics which are dark as hell not cartoonish
*Watching movie called The Mask, sees a Mask*
-I think this is about a mask...
Lol
Blonde energy!
3:07 "I feel like she has an ulterior motive."
Ah. Very good, V. I was a hormonally-charged adolescent when I first saw this scene and that did not occur to me. I was... distracted.
30 years later and I'm only just now piecing together how the bait and switch with Peggy and Tina fits the film's larger themes of masks and who people are behind their public personas.
Peggy seems to be such a nice, genuine person. But deep down she's ultimately selfish and self-serving. Meanwhile, Tina SEEMS to be the classic manipulative film noir "femme fatale," only to reveal that she's really a very sweet, compassionate woman beneath the surface.
The mask amplifies the wearer’s most inner personality.
I wouldn't dare put that mask on, because i can pretty much guess what would emerge. Someone who wants nothing more than to punish horrible people in the worst way possible. A mindset like that mixed with the chaotic nature of the mask? Totally not a match made in hell.
31:26 Jim Carrey is an amazing actor. When they were casting for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Dr Seuss’s widow wanted to meet Carrey to see if he was right for the role. Carrey was on the set of “Man on the Moon” and he had to play Andy (who was the character he was playing in the movie), pretending to be Jim Carrey pretending to be the Grinch. So instead of losing the character he was doing for that movie he basically was Andy showing them what Jim Carrey would look like playing the Grinch.
I love when Terrell looks at the audience and trys to fix his hair during the dance shootout
7:50 - "...CARTOON powers"
Excellent description!
The Mask and Robin Williams Genie made me wish i had cartoon superpowers as a kid.
Right lol
There was a resurgence of the 'Zoot Suits' in the 1990's (originally from the 1940s) and the dance/music style (Swing/Ska) that came with it, partially because of the success of The Mask.
Ohhh yeah... Remember the Cherry Poppin' Daddies?
You are right, and the movie Swingers that came 2 years later helped make that scene more popular
“What’s this obsession with Coco Bongo?”
Cameron Diaz walks in the room.
22:57 The Goosebumps I believe you are talking about "The Haunted Mask" Which i think was book number 11 or 13. I Remember all that even the Carly-Beth character name because of the episode they actually made for it. Fox Kids (and maybe Fox Box as well) played it every Halloween for a good bit
“Do not put the garbage on your face” 😂
This was the first feature role of Cameron Diaz . Milo's mask character reminds me of Mutley
I might be wrong on the timing and numbers but I think the mask and ace Ventura came out around the same year but before they came out Jim was offered the role for liar liar. He said he'd do it but for 200000 dollars.
The studio said he was crazy and they wouldn't pay him that they'd pay him something much lower, like I said, not sure on the numbers.
He refused and they said "fine, we'll get someone else." Then shortly after like a week later, the mask and ace came out and made bank.
They called him back and said they'd give him the 200k. He said no and his new offer is 750k and the studio agreed
That was for "Dumb And Dumber" which also came out in 1994. He got around $7 million while Jeff Daniels only got $50,000.
@@Raged_Consumer ah, ok. yeah, i wasnt entirely sure what movie it was or the amount.
also, jeff got such a low amount because originally the studio didnt want him to do it because he was more of a serious actor at the time and they thought giving him such a low amount would make him step away.
I grew up watching this movie and the cartoon series and it was brilliant! Even as a kid I used to constantly quote the mask and ace ventura XD I remember at family gatherings going "smokin!" or pretending to talk out my ass like ace ventura does haha. Jim Carrey was a huge part of my childhood, hell even with Cable guy and the truman show, and so many others that he was in during the 90's.
I saw this film in the theater. It was a very good experience. Great reaction! 👍🏿
16:25, “you’re so screwed dude”. VKunia, sometimes you say the weirdest things unintentionally and I love you for it!!!
In the comics Stanley was a mass murderer in the making. The mask let him live out his darkest fantasies, taking revenge on anyone who wronged him. The police chief was actually the main protagonist.
The mask doesn’t change your personality. It unleashes the id of the personality of who wears it. I loved the scene where Milo puts on the mask.
lol, Amazing movie and reaction. This Loki's mask has many powers and one is enabling him/the wearer to change reality at will!
The movie pays homage to the comic and the cartoon.
He was the biggest star when this came out. 1994 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber.
He became a legend!
2:20: What an intro shot for Cameron Diaz in her first film! 😍
And Introducing: Cameron Diaz
😍😍😍
19:23 - It's called 'American Night'. Invented in the 60's
Ace Ventura was released 29th April '94, The Mask was released 19th August '94.
8:26 a key thing to remember is the mask can influence or straight up control other people as well. Those goons weren't impressed, they were under the mask's spell.
19:19 It's a classic movie trick that goes all the way back to the days of Technicolor.
Technicolor's biggest problem was that it needs a lot of light to render anything-- the characteristic look of a Technicolor film comes from the intense studio lighting flattening out the contrast. Another problem is you can't shoot things in actual nighttime conditions, so a night scene gets shot with a lot of light and is then underexposed and recolored to look like a scene under a dark sky.
1. a scene was filmed where Vikings put the mask in the box from the beginning,
and got rid of it, but the scene was never used, it's only on the workprint.
2. first saw this in '94 or early '95, even bought the VHS tape when it came out,
still have it :)
I dont know why comedians(good ones) are so good at serious roles, both eternal sunshine and 23 are insane jim carrey movies.
In my experience, many extremely talented comedians get that way because they understand how important laughter is to people with darkness in their lives - because they have darkness in their lives. So, it's not hard to play a serious role because that part of their life is so familiar to them.
(At 28:45) He's a Jack Russell Terrier. Clearly the fact he's a "Terrier" He _could_ be aggressive, if not crazy.
I seen this at 5 years old when it came out on VHS. Such a classic film
This movie is an absolute CLASSIC! 🤣
The muffler scene in this movie is so much more tame than the comic. like holy hell i can never unsee it.
The Goosebumps episode was called The Haunted Mask :)
10:54 that line HURTS the older I get. They’re looking for a guy just LIKE you, just not you. But honestly I’ve learned that without confidence to back up your kindness, you’ll always be just some nice guy. Niceness isn’t enough.
At around 8:00 you ask if the mask is supposed to be his Id, it's not.
According to Jung the description goes kinda like this:
- SuperEgo is all you wishes desires and impulses
- Id is your moral conscience and logical refraining
- Ego is who you are, what is left of your super ego after filtering it through your id.
The Mask here has basically the same psychological effect of alcohol, which lowers function of the frontal lobe and reduces judgement.
That's one of the reasons highly repressed people turn into someone else when they drink.
Of course the mask has the added loney toons powers to it xD
Fact: in both The MASK the animated series and Ace Ventura pet detective the animated series, both the mask and Ace Ventura did teamup twice.
The Mask grants the user toon-force powers.
1994 was Jim Carreys golden year that made him a superstar. "The Mask", "Ace Ventura" and "Dumb & Dumber" were all made this year.
Ace Ventura was first, the Mask was second
The Mask ("December 29, 1994") - Ace Ventura ("February 4, 1994")
Actually, The Mask was released on July 28th, 1994.
@@tristenmoore1275my brother was born 10 days before lol
"Is this Jim Carrey's id?" You hit it exactly. The original comic book (published by Dark Horse) is much darker than the film. Stanley goes completely to the dark side, and Stanley's girlfriend and Kelloway have to stop him.
The balloon animals scene is supposed to be a follow-up for a scene where that gang had mugged Stanley, but the set-up got cut.
"Landfill ParK" may be a reference to Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach, VA, which is an old garbage heap coved over with dirt and sod and used as a public park. Yes, it's an actual thing.
Loki appears the horrible sequel. Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz do not. It's a pity, because one of the things I was really hoping for in the sequel was Cameron Diaz putting on the mask and us getting a look at "unfettered id Tina."
The mask goosebump was how the person couldn’t take it off.
We had an Australian Goosebumps. It was called round the twist
When I was a kid, they used to show Tex Avery's cartoons on TV from time to time, so watching Jim Carrey become a whistling wolf in the table of a restaurant looked hilarious to me. It brought back memories.
This movie alone created a whole narrative about how "looney tunes" powers could be immeasurable powerful. While you stay in the character, you are unstoppable. A guy like "The Mask" could beat Tanos in a heartbeat. But the motivation for doing so, maybe is what holds him.
I saw this when it came out on video. We rented it and then I got my parents to buy it later that year. It realy sparked my interest in Norse mythology as well as psychology.
Where I live, we actually have a "Landfill Park" but it's not called that. t's called Mt. Trashmore. It's basically a manmade mountain made with trash and sod repeatedly piled on top of each other. It has a skate park, a bike path, people ride their sleds there, and they hold fireworks displays there every 4th of July. It's pretty cool.
They both awesome on the dance floor 14:19
7:36 so believe it or not the directors and writers of the movie didn’t want the Big Teeth because they were impossible to fit inside the Actor’s mouth… however Jim Carry wanted the teeth so what he did was when he was “The Mask” he smiled the entire time making sure they would stay on 😁
My favorite Carrey movie. This is based off a pretty graphic comic book, but you don't see that here. This is just the mask unleashing a man with every cinematic facial gesture and impression known to man. In other words, just Jim Carrey unleashed.
Jim Carrey’s facial expressions are naturally so cartoonish and rubbery they didn’t have to use too much CGI when he transformed into the Mask.
14:03 Ages ago, I asked a young lady if she wanted to study swing dancing with me. She didn't know what I meant, so I showed her this movie and emphasized this scene.
She thought the movie was a _hoot,_ but at the end of the dance sequence, she said she didn't think she had the energy for it. 🤷♂
24:20 "That music is for his ponytail" 🤣🤣🤣
I remember this movie as a kid because my parents took me to the cinema to see it - but we got stuck in traffic! I think we missed the first half hour or so.. we debated going home, but whet in to see it anyway but we really enjoyed it all the same!
So... it wasn't until we bought it on VHS that I finally got to see the beginning and it made more sense!
I was 12.. I cannot believe this is THIRTY years old... !!
Or me.. being 42 now!
Even if they'd had the fingerprint match, it wouldn't have mattered.
Not too many people who see this movie stop to think about the fact that someone who worked at the bank would obviously have his fingerprints on the money from that bank.
23:43. Yes they did. They were just discussing that a few minutes earlier.
Cameron Diaz's entrance cemented her as a star for the next decade. Interestingly her best acting is in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday where she stands toe to toe with Al Pacino.
This may be the best dog actor since Jeb from The Thing.
The funniest line from Doyle, "SWAT got offered to open Vegas" after the dance number. That and "I thought you'd have a sense of humour... after all... YOU MARRIED HER !"
They had to apply multiple prosthetic pieces to Jim Carrey’s face to make sure his facial expression’s weren’t restricted it was a 4 hour process.
Also the producers wanted to scrap the Cuban Pete scene because they thought it made no sense to put a musical number in a comedy movie 🤷
This movie became the reason for making Jack Russells the most desired and expensive dog of that era. Thry are real fun to have around.
Wasn't that the dog from Frasier?
Yeah you're actually not entirely wrong. The original draft of the movie was a horror comedy with the Mask as a supernatural serial killer. The idea was for it to replace the Nightmare on Elm Street series. When the idea to cast Carrey came up, they completely reworked the film to fit with his style of comedy, molding it around him.
27:37 maybe Milo is Loky? or just a really smart dog.
The Mask was my introduction to Jim Carrey.
I love movies with great dog actors. This one, As Good As It Gets, Cujo and The Thing spring to mind.
You know that they use multiple dogs for movies don’t you?
Great movie. Helped cement Jim Carrey as a '90s comedy star, and Cameron Diaz stole every man's heart in the audience.
Originally, Peggy was gonna be killed by being put into the press and she appears on the headline with a horrified picture of her, saying "Reportered Murdered" but that bit cut from the movie. Because of this she appears in the animated series, though because she betrayed Stanley in the movie, they're just friends.
On a side note, unlike the movie, Stanley Ipkiss can put on The Mask anytime of the day, not just at night and Inspector Kellaway is taller and bulkier than in the movie, even taller than Doyle.
Omg one of my favorite jim Carrey movies. I remember being taken to see this when I was 5 with my older sister
5:32 well Jim Carrey co star and friend Jeff Daniels in Dumb and dumber talked about gettting the role of that movie and said he did ace Ventura early in 1994 and then right then just got done shooting mask so my best guess is first ace Ventura then the mask and then Dumb and Dumber
Supposedly the mask has the essence of loki, the norse god of mischief
07:20 fun fact, The Mask is a cartoon.
Mask, Deadpool, Loki, Genie and Joker in the same room.
sanity "NOPE!"s out the window.
Now... What happens if Joker WEARS the mask? Nothing?
Been reacting with you for 2 years V, keep doing what your doing
Landfills make for great parks (though they don't often have pink clouds coming out of them). My city, Virginia Beach, has one called Mount Trashmore, and it's great.
There's also Son of the Mask! You really wanna watch
The movie, yes. The source material, however, is quite dark and violent.
20:50 he was shot before, but didnt do enything to hin, because he has the powers of a god.
Fun fact: the original ending had Charlie get the mask, but the audience didn’t like that and wanted the dog to get it. So they reshot that last bit w/ Milo swimming away with it.
Ace Ventura was Jim Carrey's first big movie, then the Mask, then Dumb and Dumber.
This is one of the few Jim Carrey movies that I like, because being silly is the point rather than a stupid gimmick.
No, you just have bad taste and don’t know entertainment. He’s the best comedian of all time