Hey folks... Harry here with our friendly little glimpse at ol Deacon's look at MAN ON THE MOON. It's just a brief piece here... but I believe that it pretty much says again that Carrey is amazing.... he bitches a bit about Courtney Love... but then it seems everyone does that... I don't know, I liked her quite a bit in THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT... Well... here's our guy.... P.S. Right now, Moriarty is gnashing his teeth angry that he hasn't managed to get into one of these yet...
Harry: I was fortunate enough to be at the right place and right time to get into a test screening for MAN ON THE MOON. The usual work in progress, color was off blah blah blah….. But I can say, this is easily one of the year's best that actually lived up to the hype. No "Eyes Wide Shut" Here.
On looks alone, Carrey was a doppelganger for Kaufman. During long shots, YOU COULD NOT TELL that he wasn't Andy.
Now having been just a tadpole when Kaufman was at his peak (I've seen Taxi on reruns, and have only a vague recollection of his SNL and FRIDAY'S appearances) I can't say if this is an accurate depiction of the life of Andy…maybe you geezers can help me out. But the film totally lives up to showing why he was ahead of his time.
Carrey, DeVito, Giamatti are all excellent, but why does Milos keep working with Courtney Love….the woman has ZERO talent and it shows in every frame she has to read her dialog like a she's being fed it word for word….
The movie lags briefly during the wrestling angle, but overall I think using the word Oscar isn't out of the question. I can't wait to see it when it's finally released.
And remember Harry: "They call Alabama the Crimson Tide. Call me Deacon Blues."
