[.ca] The Mask

From Amazon.com:
For a film heavily dependent on special effects, the best effect going in this 1994 comedy is the ever-expressive star, Jim Carrey, playing a shy bank teller who stumbles across an ancient mask that turns him into a green hepcat with extraordinary powers. Cameron Diaz plays the love interest, but the real purpose of the movie is to bring cartoonish energy and effects into a live-action production. Toward that end, director Charles Russell does the job, but the gimmick wears out quickly for those easily bored by this sort of pseudo-animation. Lots of kids adore the film, though, and why not? The hero gets to be a whirlwind of mischief and still get the girl. The DVD release includes optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, deleted scenes, trailers, optional French soundtrack and optional French and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Additional Features:
This edition of The Mask is the version that played on network television. About six minutes have been edited and some language has been alterted.

Unnecessary bits ruin an otherwise charming film:
There's a reason why this movie isn't shown on TV. While Jim Carrey is very funny, and hits all the right notes in this Jekyll-and-Hyde story of a shy, sweet banker who turns into a super-powered, mischievously cartoonish caricature when he dons an ancient Norse mask, there are parts of this that are ghastly, overly graphic, and totally unhumorous. For example, early on in the film, "masked" Stanley *robs a bank.* My son was completely confused as to why the good guy is doing the same thing the bad guys must be stopped for. Is it OK for Stanley to rob the bank because he's angry at the way the management treated him? Or because he's funnier and more colorful than the bad guys? What on earth was the movie trying to say here? To make things worse, during one of his sprees as The Mask, Stanley returns to the dishonest car mechanic that dealt badly with him in an earlier sequence in the film, and SODOMIZES HIM ANALLY WITH AN OBJECT. The man is seen being wheeled out of his car shop after having been sexually assaulted by The Mask in this way. It's grotesque and offputting, and it certainly wasn't funny. I found myself sympathizing with "regular" Stanley and glad at the outcome, but "masked" Stanley was no superhero, and I'd caution any parent who thinks this is a kid-friendly movie to think twice.

Jim Carrey's best film to date!:
I still get lots of laughs watching "The Mask" after a full decade since it's release to theatres and even to this very day, "The Mask" stands as Carrey's greatest movie to date even amidst the funny films he's done since then. The character John Ipkiss is a worker in NYC whose job goes down the toilet until he discovers an ancient artifact that resembles a mask of some sort and when he puts it on, it causes him to transform into a wildly erratic genius who goes totally beserk and Ipkiss decides to use the mask to fight crime in NYC but his mask is saught by a greedy criminal mastermind bent on taking over New York and kidnaps Ipkiss's love interest and threatens to kill her if time runs out and now Ipkiss with the power of hte mask must stop the madman before it's too late. The ride throughout this movie is just hilarious and the comedic wit of Jim Carrey carries this film the whole way through. Go and get this movie as soon as possible. It's a classic for all ages to come.

I got my copy in a box of CORN FLAKES!:
You know you've hit rock bottom when your movies come free inside a box of CORN FLAKES! Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha!!!!!!! The movie, it was great for the kids, although there was some pretty suggestive stuff in there. For anyone over the age of 10 this is NOT a good movie, I think Jim Carrey is good- but I'm not a big fan of his movies. Dumb & Dumber will always be my favorite Jim Carrey film, and his Andy Kaufman was good. The Mask....it's just your typical Carrey flick. You might as well get Ace Ventura or Liar, Liar. It's ALL the same..... Sorry, Jim

FUN HAS NEVER BEEN SO GREEN:
Did you know that this excellent comedy was planed to be a horror?! Based on popular comic, THE MASK would be a storu about green killer who tells sarcastic remarks, while he's tearing a part his victims with an axe. But, when director Chuck Russell got Jim Carrey for this role he decided to do a comedy. And lucky for him and us he did a great job. I remember when I saw THE MASK for the first time. Fantastic story, interesting characters, and of course, Jim Carrey in role which made him famous. Story is about unsuccessful, shy banker who comes in possesion of an ancient wooden mask which turnes him into a wild, green, party creature who now has everything: powers, money and love. It influented on me so much that I find the same dog like Milo (that is one damn smart dog!). Carry gave the best of himself: he danced, sang and made jokes all the time. Cameron Diaz left me breathless, and two caps..., well, see it for yourself. This film guaranties fun whole 90 minutes it lasts and trust me, you will love it.

"From Zero To Hero":
INTRO:The Mask was a great movie when it was released in 1994 and still is a great movie in 2007(or whatever year you are reading this for what matters).Actor Jim Carrey(Ace Ventura,Bruce Almighty)is fantastic as Stanley Ipkiss and his Mask character,providing plenty of laughs while Cameron Diaz(Charlies`s Angels,There`s Something About Mary),unknown at the time made her first movie appearence with "The Mask".This movie nobody tought would make it turned out to be a classic! STORYLINE:Stanley Ipkiss is a nobody who works in a bank but when he discovers an ancient mask(that belonged to the god of mischief,Loki) and put it on,he transforms into a weird party animal green character that attracts attention everywhere and with it he saves the woman he loves(Cameron Diaz)emprisonned by a bad guy,classic stuff,really. What really makes the character a hit is Jim Carrey`s way of playing the character of the mask,making him over the top and funny.The Mask had a lot of special effects for the time(1994)and it was originally going to be a horror movie!Jim Carrey got the role so they changed it to make it funny. This DVD edition of "The Mask" is the most recent 2005 edition,released around the time of "Son Of Mask",2 of the movie`s scenes were cut,that doesn`t prevent it from being great and enjoyable but it think it was useless. CONCLUSION:The Mask is definatly a movie that has stood the test of time,and one of Jim Carrey`s best movies,a great comedy for all,highly recommended.