Heather does Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Ah, I love the smell of guilty pleasures in the evening

It was Sunday afternoon and my hubby and I were settling down for a nice, starch-filled meal. The whole afternoon lay before us. What to watch, so we turned to the TV. For those of you who have satellite *shakes a fist and curses*, you live blissfully unaware of a blight faced by all cable/air viewers: Sunday night television reeks like the inside of a McDonald's playland.

Faced with that, we decided we hadn't seen Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in a long time.

In my opinion, this movie is only going to appeal to a small portion of the population. I know that's what this whole site's about, but trust me. Apart from Justin and Philotic, I feel I'm nearly the only one who will admit I like this movie. I can't help it. There's a part of me that has always loved Carrey's delivery. His timing alone has the power to turn a really terrible premise and otherwise stupid film into a whole mess of unexpected laughs.

If you really need a breakdown of the plot, it goes as such: Ace Ventura (Carrey) is a pet detective. What's that? Just a guy who really, really loves animals (if it's cold enough) and makes it his living to use his detective skills to retrieve lost/stolen pets for a nice reward. In what is assuredly his biggest case so far Snowflake, the bottle-nosed mascot for the Miami dolphins, has been stolen. Who? What? Where? When? Why? Ace will answer all of those questions for you and make you sorry you asked. Lehoo-suh-herr.

Ventura is the embodiment of the Id. If your Id was injected with 1600 mg of pure caffeine. The plot, backgrounds, characters...meaningless! It's all just there as an excuse for Carrey to be an idiot, and be far more entertaining at it than should be permissible.

This movie was the source for such crazily popular quotes as: "Lehoo-suh-herr", "Aaaaalrrrighty Then", and "Reeeaheheheeeeaaallly". Okay so maybe they were only crazily popular with me, causing near-homicidal tendencies in my immediate family circle. Still....

It's got a little pop culture references and a LOT of childish. You'll be alright with this if you can leave your brain in another room. Brain Guy probably has a spare pan you can borrow for a while.

I can't help but make mention of the end credits. They're worth sitting through if you want to listen to yet another embarrassing movie character-based rap, done by Tone Loc. Apparently Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer didn't make 90's rap look idiotic enough.

[Hucklebubba]

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and say that the remark about the McDonald's playland is the greatest illustration I've ever come across. There's really nothing quite like the combined aroma of fry grease and soiled diapers, fermenting under greenhouse conditions.

And I'll also sheepishly toss my hat into the ring as one of the other five people who actually liked the Ace Ventura movies. I have been known to belt out a Gregorian "alrighty then" on occasion.

[StarOpal]

I liked it when it came out. I was ten. And since it took place in Florida and I was living in Florida... We saw it in theater, and then my brother bought a copy and we were so irritatingly unrelenting in the quoting.

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Jul 14, 2008 13:08:01 GMT -5 Hucklebubba said:

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and say that the remark about the McDonald's playland is the greatest illustration I've ever come across. There's really nothing quite like the combined aroma of fry grease and soiled diapers, fermenting under greenhouse conditions.

And I'll also sheepishly toss my hat into the ring as one of the other five people who actually liked the Ace Ventura movies. I have been known to belt out a Gregorian "alrighty then" on occasion.

I knew that the horror of McDonald's Playland had to be something that everyone, in some point in their lives, could identify with. Thanks for the shameless stroking of my ego. Carry on!

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Jul 14, 2008 14:25:30 GMT -5 StarOpal said:

I liked it when it came out. I was ten. And since it took place in Florida and I was living in Florida... We saw it in theater, and then my brother bought a copy and we were so irritatingly unrelenting in the quoting.

I catch myself saying "Aaallrighty then!" on almost a daily basis. It's a sickness for which no amount of therapy can cure. But that's part of my charm! No? Okay then.