Eddie Murphy

abouttobebanned

Just watching RAW here (again) and it really is quality. Yet I'm looking at IMDB here and he doesn't seem to be learning...

Meet Dave, Pluto Nash, Norbit etc ok so they're done...but look what's on the way...

Untitled Eddie Murphy Romeo and Juliet project....the incredible shrinking man...

Such a wasted talent. So...Eddie Murphy...what have been your favourite films...

Dont be at yourself

Bowfinger is fantastic, and possibly his last ever decent film!

Galvasean

Gotta love the Beverly hills Cop movies.

I dunno, sometimes I think the real Eddie Murphy died years ago and was replaced by an unfunny robot/clone.

Nolanger

He hasn't aged in 20 years.

Pigman II

Trading Places is my favourite movie of his , but that's mainly because it's an ensemble piece and a good story idea rather than because of Murphys presence in particular.

I agree with Mark Kermode's assessment that Murphy is a creep and has been ever since his heyday..

Wreck

Pigman II wrote: »

Trading Places is my favourite movie of his , but that's mainly because it's an ensemble piece and a good story idea rather than because of Murphys presence in particular.

I agree with Mark Kermode's assessment that Murphy is a creep and has been ever since his heyday..

I fully agree with you about Trading Places, it's a great film. Why do you (and Kermode) think Murphy is a creep?

Pigman II

Wreck wrote: »

I fully agree with you about Trading Places, it's a great film. Why do you (and Kermode) think Murphy is a creep?

Well Kermode mentioned him in a recent review and called him "just creepy" (without any particular reasons as to why he felt this way iirc), so I can't answer that question.

I however cite incidents such as his admission of belief that one could get aids by kissing a gay person, his arrest for soliciting a transvestite prostitute and his current career where he makes lowest-common-denominator trash for impressionable children (picking up a fortune into the bargain).

Guy:Incognito

Pigman II wrote: »

I however cite incidents such as his admission of belief that one could get aids by kissing a gay person, .

Is that a recent quote or something from the 80's when the whole aids hysteria thign was going on?

Pigman II wrote: »

his current career where he makes lowest-common-denominator trash for impressionable children (picking up a fortune into the bargain).

As you say, the first part leads to the part in brackets, he's just following the easy money. He's not the first and wont be the last.

As for the transvestite bit, meh, each to their own.

pasta-solo

Life, very underrated!

Vic Vinegar

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Bowfinger is fantastic, and possibly his last ever decent film!

Yep! my thoughts exactly.....

Kinetic^

Trading Places is probably my favourite film of his as well, followed closely by BHC1&2 (3 was pants).

Call Me Jimmy

pasta-solo wrote: »

Life, very underrated!

Was watching his 'Inside the Actors Studio' interview and it got a mention. I really wanna see that again.

Dlite

He's got about 16 kids to feed, he just can't say no to a script!

Other people that should say "no" more often:

Samuel L Jackson.
Morgan Freeman.
Ben Stiller

They've been in some sh!te lately.

quarryman

He sold out BIG time after Raw and Delerious.

Saw the $$$ in films and became less and less funny.

Climate Expert

I agree with Mark Kermode's assessment that Murphy is a creep and has been ever since his heyday..

Kermode is a creep.

quarryman

touché

zAbbo

leave the good doctor alone! :pac:

Karl Hungus

To be fair, there's a lot of actors who rest back on the acclaims of their earlier career, and makes ****e films for the cash. Same with Robert DeNiro, who's been in some awful crud and put in some extremely lacking performance lately. Not that you can really compare Murphy and DeNiro, but there's just so many actors who's careers are just freefalling into the **** pile.

Yes, Eddie Murphy has been in some good films, and I'd second Bowfinger as probably his last decent film. But wasted talent? This is the man who actually wrote Norbit, it's just a ghastly concept that anyone would consider that he had any talent left.

quarryman

Have you seen Raw? Watch that and you'll see the talent that was wasted.

Ay Cee

Stekelly wrote: »

Is that a recent quote or something from the 80's when the whole aids hysteria thign was going on?

It's a stand up piece from Delirious, which was done in 1983! I don't think he was all too serious. But in saying that, it was 1982/3 when nothing was known about AIDS.

Karl Hungus

quarryman wrote: »

Have you seen Raw? Watch that and you'll see the talent that was wasted.

I was implying that he didn't have any talent left. Not that he didn't have any talent to begin with.

The OP mentioned a couple of upcoming projects then went on to say such a wasted talent, and that's what I'm addressing. I find it ridiculous that anyone believes he's wasting his talent on films like Norbit or such, the talent simply isn't there any more, proven by the fact that he wrote Norbit and that's the kind of film that he wants to make.

yabadabado

he only made a couple of good films but Raw and Delirious are fantastic .he really does pick the worst roles some of his recent films are embarrasing to watch.how can a studio let a film like norbit be made ,is it because eddie murphy is attached?

Ay Cee

Myself and my brother the day before this thread popped up had a "where did it all go wrong Eddie" conversation. Raw & Delirious I could probably quote verbatim. Was Life the last decent thing he did? With the exception of the voice of Donkey in Shrek.

Now if I hear there's a new Eddie Murphy film, it's exactly all I need to NOT want to see that film.

Bring back Eddie that says mother fncker & pussy a whole lot I say!

grimm2005

loved the bhc films. favourite classic eddie film would probably have to be coming to america (close call between that and trading places, thats if you don't include raw).

Shame the way his films have gone nowadays. I read a while back on entertainment.ie that he's retiring from acting (and thus not doing BHC4) and returning to stand up. Dunno how much truth there is in that though

pickarooney

Nolanger wrote: »

He hasn't aged in 20 years.

Or developed. The funny bus left without Eddie.

indough

it all went wrong when he decided to start playing every character in the movie

tman

Dlite wrote: »

He's got about 16 kids to feed, he just can't say no to a script!

Other people that should say "no" more often:

Samuel L Jackson.
Morgan Freeman.
Ben Stiller

They've been in some sh!te lately.

I love how you threw in a white guys name at the end to avoid looking like a racist;)

pwd

raw and delerious were both sh!t.
Really sh!t.

DeadSkin

I couldn't imagine anyone else doin' the voice for Donkey, Murphy's perfect for it.
Just thinkin about it now, Samuel L Jackson?