Kyle

Mask (1985) is a movie that rocked me to my core, and also rocked the lifeboats as we evacuated my flooding house in horror. One day upon leaving the mask factory Jim Carrey (played by Jon Snow) is struck with a horrifying reality: upon removing his mask, there’s another mask beneath! For a grueling 38 minutes and 19 seconds of run time, Jim sits in a room and removes his mask over and over again, but to no avail! One second he’s taking off his mask. Then he’s taking off another. It’s seemingly endless. Kant writes about the experience: “One not knoweth true despair till thou hath witnessed Mask (1985) ” - Immanuel Kant But viewers who stick along through the mask removal scene and respect the author’s vision see a second half equally as perplexing as the first. We’re shown a dystopian future where most of the material used in architecture, clothing, silverware, badmitten — it’s all made of Jim’s masks. It’s like that one movie where they put humans in the food, but masks are in the food. I was so shocked i farted and couldn’t stop myself from finishing what i started. I buried my living room in a landslide of brown sewage, and me and my family were forced to evacuate on lifeboats at the young age of 32. My pet frog nearly drowned. It was the most traumatic experience of my life. For a movie, Mask (1985) has fantastic character development. Jon Snow does a great job as Jimmy Carter, and really makes you feel like Spiderman. While not as action packed as other Marvel movies like Iron Man (2007) or Flushed Away (2006), this movie is more akin to thought provoking masterpieces like Citizen Kane or George Orwell’s 1984. Wait a second… 1984. Mask… 1985. I’m sure it’s nothing. While it’s not as well produced as other anime like Sword Art Online or Attack on Titan, Mask (1985) does a good job of selling the time period through well-structured mask background shots. The music was faithfully created by hitting two wooden masks together, each mask representing the good/evil dichotomy within Jim as he struggles against his inner demons. I’d give Mask 9 out of 10 masks. I am still, understandably, a bit upset about the state of my house and the fear my frog felt slipping into the mudfield after watching this movie. But a movie that’s so poignant and so thrilling that it makes a man dookie his entire house away, it’s gotta be worth watching. It truly is a testament to Jon Bon Jovi’s acting and ultimately, the power of friendship.