The Art of ACE VENTURA: A Psychological Thriller in Disguise

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[@alanhorton7300]

My theory now is that Ace Ventura was raised by birds. That's his hidden backstory. It's why he moves like a bird, and why he wears bright colors and styles his hair in an exaggerated pompadour, it's to mimic the bright plumage he doesn't have. His bird family were killed by poachers, which gave him his motivation to become an animal detective and also his distrust of humans.

[@ruthielalastor2209]

That is awesome, man. I completely believe that now.

[@nicemarmot.5353]

I can't not believe this.

[@scp--297]

Alan Horton ...Shit! That's actually sounds like a awesome theory!

[@Nate-sq7mw]

Shit man that acualy makes sence and plausable

[@Juan_rivera]

Alan Horton well that's explained at around 7:24ish

[@WordBearer86]

One part I still love is at the very start when the building manager calls out "Ventura!" and Ventura's reply is "Yes, Satan?". XD

[@singinsanity]

Ulric Kessler my husband and I use this interaction pretty much daily... like finding each other in a Walmart when I typically wander away; either he or I will yell “VENTURA!” And if the other is close enough to hear, we try to find the each other & say “Yes, Satan?!” When we’ve done so. Idiotic, yes. Hilarious, also yes.

[@WhenYoureAStranger]

Best part of the movie. So good!

[@lesliehardeman6212]

SAME. It's how I address my sister. I said it to my mom once and then promptly got a very sore ass. After that, my ass told my brain, TO NOT SAY IT TO HER AGAIN.

[@vollied4865]

One of the greatest lines in film history

[@brainrich1358]

"If I'm not back in five minutes, just wait longer."

[@DbladeMedic]

I love that line

[@anactualmotherbear]

Now after looking at not just his body language, but all his mannerisms, it is clear to me that Ace Ventura is a bird that somehow got turned into a human. He notices details like a crow or raven, does mimicry like a parrot, is drawn to shiny objects, obsessed with his image and preens and struts, and he acts like this even when no one is looking.

[@jojack1234567890]

THE WAY HE EATS PEANUTS.

[@mantistoboggan5171]

only dee is a bird. a big, flightless bird.

[@SPFLDAngler]

Now the question is, who commented it first?.. both of you were 2 years ago but who wrote the bird thing first and who just copied the other?.. can't go by likes and replies, those don't mean anything when it comes to posting date.. but, usually, the one with more likes n shit is the copycat. That would make you the original if so, but... I don't know if I believe you didn't copy the other guy..

[@KattMurr]

Ace's hair is modeled after a duck's ass, so I see the bird connection. That is his way of eating sunflower seeds ....lmfao!!!!

[@chaoticsilver8442]

@@SPFLDAngler did the detective work (as in- sorted by newest first, scrolled down to the comments in the range this comment is marked in (three years ago) and found the two different comments, and their relation to one another) this one came second. Though that does not necessarily mean they copied the other. Two people may very well come up with the same idea- especially given the prompting, directly stated in the video, of how Ace Ventura was based off of birds, to prompt them.

[@cartmanofsp]

HI I'M LOOKING FOR RAY FINKLE AND A CLEAN PAIR OF SHORTS

[@Xehanort10]

"Finkle is Einhorn. Einhorn is Finkle."

[@jadenmckillip1868]

Einhorn is a MAN!

[@juderobson3564]

"ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLrighty then..."

[@tfw8729]

Jude Robson Llllike a glove!

[@izzyackrill2531]

I always thought Jim Carry would be a good Joker (as in batman)

[@izzyackrill2531]

Really? In which movie? I'm not a big DC fan

[@izzyackrill2531]

Ohhh, Batman forever, it looks kinda dumb, I might check it out

[@flashpone7910]

Yeah, his portrayal is way closer to the Joker than Riddler.

[@UmbrellaGent]

The movie is pretty bad overall. Don't get any high expectations.

[@JohnRed]

The movie is crap, but I really liked the goofy characters. Jim Carrey was a pretty good Riddler. Tommy Lee Jones was also a pretty good two face.

[@aiberlane3390]

Wow, Courtney Cox really was in her prime in the mid 90's.

[@Windwalker88]

The scene where he inspects the football players room always scared the crap out of me

[@whalwing25]

Windwalker88 that whole scene where he meets Finkle’s parents is the best in the movie.

[@elimidd6626]

I probably first watched the movie when I was between maybe 8-12ish and I appear to have forgotten it or blocked the scene or something because on my most recent watch I was like "oh my God, this is dark... I dont remember this"

[@BlackavarWD]

@@elimidd6626 It's true our minds have a way of protecting themselves to a certain degree. Do you know how many people have seen Pet Semetary (original) and forgot all about Zelda?

[@eponaalbion]

You forget the reason Ace acts the way he does is he's always the smartest guy in the room as he demonstrates numerous times, so alot of his callous actions are not because of any psychopathy but that he is a little farther ahead of everyone else, they slow him down all the time if he had to stop and explain, he really needs a Watson character.

[@PongoXBongo]

I totally ran out of breath reading your comment Ace style. ;)

[@allisonmartin3982]

He needs an agent stone

[@ageofdulltron2052]

I know how he feels. I size up people and situations fast as hell. Typically can predict anything that’s a possibility. When I’m rarely caught off guard my head spins momentarily. Although this tendency can be used against me as I prefer to see the best in people.

[@shotguncrucifix]

Sherlock in the 90s basically

[@sandracedillo8088]

This movie made my childhood. Rewatching still funny as hell but you do end up picking up on a lot of new things you didn't before

[@marco1173]

The sequel has moments of brilliance, but the original is a whole brilliant moment. I loved Pet Detective!

[@user-mb9nm7bq5e]

This dude is a freak. How has he not finished the fererro rocher yet?

[@skyscreamstudios]

I really like this film. It's interesting as a comedy and a mystery. So over-the-top it's ridiculous but, as the video said, grounded in a reality based world which somehow made it work. In the commentary the director is very candid about how he thought this movie was going to ruin his career, due to the choices they made about how to portray Ace. lol. I choose to ignore the sequel. ;)

[@MrDj232]

I liked the sequel... OK, I liked the fake rhino birthing Ace scene. The look on those people's faces was hilarious.

[@BlackavarWD]

@@MrDj232 I like the sequel *minus* the rhino scene. I love how Ace hated bats, failed the parking "like a glove" move, reacted to tranquilizer darts and the White Devil scenes.

[@PoeticProse7]

You do know that Ace Ventura came out well before the Simpson-Goldman murders, right? I had never thought about this being a thriller, but I do remember finding it dark. This is a great look at it.

[@mickbanner]

Thanks for the video. He is a man isolated from the majority and turns to animals for understanding and innocence not possessed by man.

[@TheSsbcandidates]

I miss 1994.

[@hollowman7168]

Are you going to do trueman show?

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

my favourite horror movie

[@GermsOilCotten]

Yeah my mom was so pissed when she watched the movie a few days after she let us watch it when I was young. Needless to say that just made me love it more.

[@daudramaydrums9522]

this movie made my childhood.

[@TheSsbcandidates]

Same here.

[@ReverendBenzo]

Cannibal Corpse was the best part of the movie.

[@darrenXparker]

Reverend Benzo Is that the red or the white?

[@brainrich1358]

Apparently, Jim Carey is a fan of Cannibal Corpse

[@bornjusticerule5764]

Carrey got a Razzy from this. i'm 35 now and this is still GREAT.

[@perpetualloading]

this inspired me to watch Ace Ventura again. I love that movie.

[@guyonyoutube1803]

And to think that people who we would qualify as "normal" can be so obsessed with a sport that they destroy a man's life and sanity. Of course, the room of Ray Finkle is scary but what "normal people" did to house of his parents is shocking. All that for a game. In a world like this, is Ace that crazy?

[@nathanforester5993]

I read that Carrey based Ace's mannerisms on Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

[@Drachenkonig2]

About the sequel, "When Nature Calls". I see your point about it. However, the slide-show shadow-puppet scene is still one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed in my life.

[@mrsperfectlyfine450]

All the Dennis Reynolds snippets are beautiful

[@michaelkleen7991]

Ace Ventura was so good

[@MegamaXX500]

Sociopathic? He may not give a fuck about people but he still cares strongly for animals. Maybe he’s just very smart, weird, doesn’t fit in with or necessarily like people, and very funny, like a comedian

[@TheSsbcandidates]

And in real life, such people are seen as outcasts. For not being normies.

[@creativeguy1martinez693]

I got a friend who doesn’t give an F about people, but loves animals a lot!

[@creativeguy1martinez693]

@wolfaesthetic How is liking animals a sociopathic tendency?

[@viljamtheninja]

The "socio" in sociopathy means, y'know, society. A sociopath is someone who doesn't give a shit about society or social norms; the rules of conduct and morality espoused by human society. Whether or not he loves animals doesn't really have anything to do with that; sociopathy is specifically human.

[@Ilovepoopin]

@@viljamtheninja Thank you. I was getting annoyed from reading the comments that no one comments on the clear misuse of the word Sociopaths. He propbably mean Psychopathic, but still, even then he might actually be classified as a psychopath - he did just ram cops with no remove and in complete selfishness to his own goals. That, to me, is where he went from being sociopath to psychopathic.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

This is a fantastic retrospective on a movie, that I have seen over 100 times and grew up with, which gave me a completely new perspective to see the movie from. All I can say is... *Bravo*

[@xanderlowe1543]

10:36 In the second one, where he pushes his way out of the rhino-mech's ass, that terrified me. The faces he kept making were utterly frightening. Thank you for opening that old scar.

[@ravendraws4094]

I thought that part was kinda funny, cause of the family's reaction

[@Talesfromtheshelf]

Amazing video. It amazes me how much you’re able to derive from these seemingly innocuous movies that you wouldn’t expect to have much depth. Kudos sir

[@simplycifer]

Just realized it had been a while since you started the new format and I had nonchalantly gotten used to it without noticing improvements. They've been really well done and this entire months content has been great. Good job!

[@AustinCDavis]

Your comment about the audience not being meant to tolerate Ace reminded me of the first time I showed What About Bob? to my wife. She said she didn’t care for it because she found Bill Murray’s Bob to be annoying and related more with Richard Dreyfus’s Dr. Marvin, but that the point of the movie. The audience is initially meant to relate more to Dr. Marvin’s annoyance, but it becomes clear through the film that his reaction to Bob is as over the top as Bob’s goofiness, and they are mirroring each other’s insanity.

[@Kor1134]

Excellent analysis. I felt the contrast between the seriousness of the story and Carrey's cartoony character, but I never consciously realized it...until now.

[@planbrent]

I'd love an ace ventura 3. As long as it's not like dumb and dumber 2.

[@HistoryPerson2414]

I never thought it about it like this. I am really digging your analysis of these movies

[@MrChristianDT]

I would say that the way I made the movie make sense in my mind is that Ace Ventura seems to have really severe ADHD, was never properly treated or diagnosed &, after so many years of being generally hated & not knowing how to make people accept him, he simply stopped trying to control his behavior altogether. Then he formed a strong affinity for animals & became a pet detective because he was able to associate and get along with animals easier. If you think about it, the way the movie ends even seems to go along with the ADHD theme by completely jumping the shark & being something that such a person might just shout out as a joke to mess with people, yet, as nonsensical as it seems in reality, it turns out to be right.

[@jesusxavier2761]

why nobody talks about the movie "23" IMO 1 of Jim Carey's best flicks

[@pinkpandamiranda]

This movie was THE movie I watched when I was a kid. Including but not limited to The Princess Bride, So I married an Axe Murderer, Better off Dead, and Kiki's Delivery Service.

[@Aaronjbrowne]

It's neat that over dinner Anthony Hopkins and Jim Carrey realized they both used the same ideas for their character building. Pretty cool

[@s.g.7572]

Any chance of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

[@Autissm420]

Samuelito G easily his best film, one of my personal favorites too

[@Fayanora]

Ace Ventura is kinda like Andy Kaufman's character Tony Cliffton. Nobody likes him, people's reactions to him are what's entertaining.

[@TheSsbcandidates]

So meta...

[@NothingBetterToDo]

If this ain't the best KZbin channel show me what is

[@im19ice3]

the tone of the marketing of his movies put me off them too quickly, i'm so grateful that through your vision i could now watch movies i hadn't considered and appreciate them seriously with the eye of an informed viewer, you're a good influence man

[@Juan_rivera]

Ace Ventura 2 was still hilarious

[@ruthielalastor2209]

Yo, Jim Carrey humor is my childhood. Thoughtful analysis! Maybe i've always liked dark stuff without realizing it.

[@GraViTyAboVe]

Damnit Ryan you've taken the number one spot for my favorite youtuber. You're a damn genius.

[@michaelhayes1609]

This film is a masterpiece

[@nunya1360]

There’s one scene that debunks this entire video. The scene where he sympathizes with Melissa because he knew he was going overboard with her. He knew he was obsessing over the ring with the missing jewel and that he took it out on Melissa. He went over to apologize before being interrupted by the news of Roger’s death. That was very human of Ace. Plus he made it his goal to solve the dolphin and murder cases for Melissa. Plus, plus, he drove threw those cops, cus that entire department of cops were dicks to him. Why would he want to work with them? Deuces.

[@nathanielfishburn7653]

Have you ever considered doing a video essay on the first Men in Black film versus their sequels? I always found the first movie so interesting because so much of it is about the New York City of the 90’s-the villain is literally a massive cockroach. Any thoughts?

[@Darkdaej]

My mother always laughed her ass off during the movie's intro - mostly because to her it's an inside joke. When the movie aired, she used to work at UPS. Seeing Carrey destroying the box's contents as he was headed to deliver it was too much for her :P

[@Disney65Fan]

Jim Carrey he was literally the king of comedy back in 1994. From this to The Mask to Dumb & Dumber.

[@Cal6009]

I wouldn't say he's a sociopath, he has a deep empathy for animals and sociopaths don't really have an ability to have empathy to anything, he's more like a misanthrope perhaps partially born out of his distain for how humans treat animals. He's an expert on various animal rights organizations as well and friends with people who protect animals which I feel supports this theory.

[@joliver7304]

Woah i never knew Hector Salamanca was in ace ventura

[@SnowTails]

I've always felt ace ventura is who I want to be, a confident, crazy, funny person that saves and looks after animals haha :D This and mask will always be my favourite jim carrey movies :)

[@SuperObvious]

You really explained what you think about this movie in deep analysis. Awesome video my dude!!!

[@MAT-wn5fr]

"Transphopbic and homophobic qualities" is just absolutely nonsense. Ace has a completely natural reaction to what happens, and it's a comedy anyway.

[@StanAlter]

How bout I Love You Philip Morris. Jim Carrey was super gay in that one.

[@RudeAdmin]

I just saw this movie for the first time yesterday and you end up in my recommended. This movie would not fly by these days.

[@SapLow]

dude this is one my most favorite videos that you have made so far :)

[@spoopyd.8910]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE! EVEERRRRR

[@LoreleiCatherine]

As far back as I can remember I watched when nature calls so much tat I still know every movement and word to this day. Also, as a kid we had a sliding glass door....you can imagine that I often did a heckuva ace ventura impression pretty often....and uuuh anyone else remember the cartoon? I do....I still love it lol

[@R.P.McMurphy]

I remmeber rewatching Dumb & Dumber as an adult and finding it creepy and meanspirited instead of funny. This seems like the same but in a good way.

[@goodsuc81]

Mauricio_Ibieta how could u find dumb and dumber creepy and meanspirited?

[@icarus432hz9]

Wait a minute.......FINKLE IS EINHORN??!!!??? :O

[@TaskMaster5]

Yep, which was why Ace had his freak out moment and all the cops began to vomit t the reveal because they all had the hots for Einhorn (Aka Finkle) and/or had kissed/made out with her/him without knowing that she was actually a he.

[@morssinistram5169]

samplexample ok where did SJWs come from dude where did that even come from this conversation

[@Juan_rivera]

Lore Theorist when the dude who made this video call this fucking homophobic and transphobic as if straight people aren't allowed to react the way that they would finding out that they kissed a man.

[@veggie88]

Well no. It's supposed to be a joke in the movie. It's supposed to be funny that "oh no he kissed another guy!" I dunno where you get "aren't allowed", but it straight up is transphobic.

[@Juan_rivera]

Charnel you're a Fucking idiot

[@Fatih_M177]

The Ace Ventura Movies are one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies, they are just absolute classics

[@emmastone7734]

2:12 footage is from MONK but the credit says SEINFELD

[@williamcrowe2576]

Somehow "Psyche" also springs to mind.

[@PatrickHogan]

Perfect timing, I’ve been in a huge Jim Carey mood lately. Thanks, Ryan!

[@bryanlamprecht2096]

Intro music was fantastic, good job

[@schizoidboy]

After watching this I'm wondering if the character of Ace Ventura isn't more like an animal that has entered the human world. As an animal he is not inhibited by the restraints you find with a human being. If an animal is hungry it eats or if it is tired it sleeps; not much more needs to be said. Animals are not interested in interaction or what others feel, it simply follows whatever its needs currently are, rather than try to restrain those needs. As for the movie itself, I still think it is a comedy and the purpose of a comic character in a story that can be dark is that character allows you to laugh at that darkness and in some way the dark aspects actually might enhance the comedy.

[@guypowerstrength5837]

Had to check to see if this was posted on April 1st.

[@asifmetal666]

Ace Ventura & The Cable Guy is one of my favorite Jim carrey show of all time.

[@bangoskank493]

"The marketing looks oddly misguided." No, your rating system in England is misguided. "This film is undeniably dark." Uhh, what? I think almost everyone would deny that. It's a wacky Jim Carrey comedy. And just because a movie is set in Miami, doesn't mean it was inspired by Miami Vice. And also, Ace Ventura came out in February '94. O.J. murdered Nicole and Ron Goldman in June. So yeah, I guess you really DO wonder where they could've possibly gotten that idea.

[@VichyGlitterGun]

The projector scene in the sequal is still one of my favorite impressions joke

[@ChristianDiaz-dy9yh]

I didn't feel like this AT ALL. So it kinda amazes me that he had such a different way to interpret the movie

[@Imaproshaman7]

These videos are so great.

[@rhiannanonn]

have you seen Jim Carrey's new Netflix doc? i LOVED it, I think its a wonderful insight to the man. I saw earlier this year that he was doing art and i blew it off cause i thought he was another has-been celeb trying to do art (like George W) but after seeing the movie and listening to him talk... idk i think he's a real creative genius and I genuinely like his works now that I feel I've seen some of the man behind it all

[@greanskull7981]

*Dude, He's Moving Like A Bird!*

[@canIgetuhhh]

I attribute the sarcastic sense of humor I developed at a relatively young age to the galactic levels of sarcasm Carey achieves with some of his lines in this film. "I came to confess, I was the second gunman on the grassy knoll"

[@CowboyPrestige101]

I loved both the movies they are my top 2 all time and near and dear to my heart.

[@ohyou713]

Excellent video

[@187mrsmith]

The cable guy is a 100 times darker than this movie! At least this movie had some charm to it to where if your parent walked in back then they would think OK hes watching maybe a pg 13 movie at worst You watch the cable guy you know you're watching a dark grown up weird but pretty decent dark comedy

[@fateisnotthesameforall4811]

funniest clip is how he dances at the Cannibal Corpse concert. Totally forgot about that! Now I want to go a metal show and dance like that in the middle of the moshpit xD

[@Weezing336]

Thank you for pointing out why the sequel doesn't work.

[@rob3223]

off topic but i always wondered why the announcer keeps saying "the dolphins lose, the dolphins lose the dolphins lose" who won?

[@BlackavarWD]

It doesn't matter... not in the movie. It's not about football. They probably said it that way because they totally expected the Dolphins to win after the kick and were really shocked when they didn't.

[@evaniresmith7160]

It didn't occur to me when I saw this as a kid in the 90s that that "actually a man" plot point might perpetuate fear, distrust, and misunderstanding of trans people. I recently saw the documentary Disclosure, which is about transgender depictions in film and TV, and this movie was included in it. A trans man was like "I loved this movie and Jim Carrey's wackiness as a kid, but I rewatched it as an adult and was kind of horrified by the implications of the ending!" One joke isn't going to kill someone, but over and over, those lazy "actually a man" jokes add up and create a false image of trans people, especially for those who've never even met someone who's trans, especially when the few depictions of trans or trans-adjacent characters are by people who themselves have never met someone who's trans, and contribute to their marginalization and susceptibility to violence.

[@AA-cf4es]

you are right, the image is false. she is obv a beautiful real woman, actress i mean. if they depicted a real trans as they are, Ace would understand it immediatly.

[@humbleweirdo2860]

pretty cool analysis my dude

[@KishinZephrite]

0:46 force to reckoned with, especially with that horned hand sign.

[@arnold20139]

Man I used to watch the crap out of Ventura and Ventura 2, especially since I wasn’t allowed to as a kid. Everytime I was allowed to stay home alone, I’d pop both movies and watch them. I even use to act along with the movie as well, with props and everything. These movies were a lot of fun. I’m pretty sure in today’s world, these movies couldn’t be made today without major rewrites of the jokes. These are pure 90’s cheese and I love it! 😍🍸🥂

[@dylanrau384]

You know the moment you said it has “Homophobic” and “Transphobic” tendencies I disliked it.

[@compulsiverambler1352]

Surely the Mission Impossible scene proves that his playing at being an action hero throughout the film isn't designed to impress other people, but just to entertain himself, like a child playing pretend. His personal entertainment is also the only thing he actually does seem to value the attention of others for, as he obviously has a high need for stimulation and the dopamine kick that comes from making an impact on your surroundings, so creating shocked, confused or angry reactions is one of the ways he gets his kicks. The significance of the relationship with Melissa is that she's the only person whose opinion of him he finds any reason to care about, but having never treated other people's minds as anything more than toys (not mirrors, as you imply), he's unable to suddenly make himself into tolerable company.

[@VultureClone]

I don't care what points you make, I think 'When nature calls' is the funnier movie.

[@T--wg7qc]

VultureClone yeah i thought it was funnier also

[@RyanHollinger]

Valid. Did you miss the statement where I said I like it? :P I compare it unfavourably because I think the first film nails the tone better. Whichever you find funnier is down to your sense of humour.

[@VictorCardena3]

I tried watching when nature calls after having watched the original and I quit in less than 10 minutes. I could instantly tell the tone was totally different from the original and that turned me off, and I didn’t see anything funny really.

[@GuruJ_]

Nah.

[@TheSsbcandidates]

Nature calls was OK...

[@TEKKENKING23]

I definitely wouldn't mind seeing a video about who framed Rodger rabbit and cool world.

[@Alex-hm7nt]

Interesting take. It was hard to see it since they portrayed it as a comedy when I grew up.

[@c4v80]

Fun Fact; Ace Ventura was originally rated R by he MPAA, so they cut scenes out of the movie because of: gore and sex. for example when he throws the hook into the henchmen in the end of the movie it cuts and doens't show them anymore, well it's because they died in a deleted scene it would show their heads getting ripped off and Ace scared removing his finger prints to not get arrested, that is in the scipt and also a nightmare sequence where his eye would be eaten by birds which has a photo of the scene

[@smoothy7175]

my dog's name is Captain Winky because of this movie

[@kv6256]

Sean Young...so heavenly gorgeous. That ending fucked me up for life.

[@bijibadness]

HOW do you get that wonderful, wonderful distortion for your cuts? It looks like a dayglow VHS tape. Awesome.

[@187mrsmith]

This film put Jim Carrey on the map an brought him to superstardom level!

[@tardiscrew6766]

Great video