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Coming 2 America: this Friday March 5th on Amazon

  • 02-03-2021 6:19pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭


    I did a search and no previous thread popped up

    I'm looking forward to this and hoping Murphy's resurgence run continues

    I never watch the trailer of Comedies as it ruins all the punchlines, but here it is for those who do



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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭donfers


    If this gets above 50 on metacritic I will be astounded


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    donfers wrote: »
    If this gets above 50 on metacritic I will be astounded


    Since when do Film critics ever like popcorn Comedies? ;-)

    Two of it's three writers wrote the original Coming To America, so let's see


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the original introduced Samuel L Jackson to the world


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,875 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Honestly I'd rather see what 1988 Eddie Murphy thinks of the world in 2021 in a stand up sequel to RAW than this.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    Honestly I'd rather see what 1988 Eddie Murphy thinks of the world in 2021 in a stand up sequel to RAW than this.


    We might get both ;-)

    I think Netflix will still make him a stand up offer he can't refuse


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    just hope the Preacher makes a re-appearance, he was the funniest thing about the original



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭Banjaxed82


    Heard it's a complete ball of sh!te. Just not funny. We'll see.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the first one was hit & miss, although i loved the cameo's ..i do believe it was Eddie Murphy who played all the characters in the barbershop?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    I thought one of my cousins might have got an early leak of it, so I just asked them there

    Result:

    "Rocco\'s Coming In America, Scene 06"

    A very different Film I'd imagine


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,407 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I hope McDowell's is still going strong...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,404 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Its suppose to make money by millions of people watching it worldwide to confirm it's crap. Some films have that goal, especially sequels.
    Of course it might not be crap, but regardless that is the goal, and it will indeed be watched by millions and make millions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,082 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    fryup wrote: »
    the first one was hit & miss, although i loved the cameo's ..i do believe it was Eddie Murphy who played all the characters in the barbershop?

    A mix of Murphy and Arsenio Hall I think?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    Banjaxed82 wrote: »
    Heard it's a complete ball of sh!te. Just not funny. We'll see.


    Where?

    Google is only showing 3 reviews
    EW.com

    Coming 2 America is a fun trip back in time






    Coming 2 America, Amazon Prime, review:

    Eddie Murphy stretches the joke too thin


    Akron Beacon Journal

    Review: ‘Coming 2 America’ overcomes its shortcomings
    to deliver


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭KungPao


    I hope McDowell's is still going strong...

    Always reminded me of Supermacs.

    They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭donfers


    it has 52 on metacritic currently which is pretty good for a comedy and popcorn movie as someone said

    so not as bad as i feared, you may now all proceed to watch it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,722 ✭✭✭Irish Gunner


    Wonder if the below band are in this?:)

    Will look over the weekend

    https://youtu.be/otEm_aI2Vac



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,536 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    donfers wrote: »
    it has 52 on metacritic currently which is pretty good for a comedy and popcorn movie as someone said

    so not as bad as i feared, you may now all proceed to watch it

    Where does the idea come from that a "popcorn movie" can not be bad.

    Lady on Newstalk just tore this apart saying it's a basically the same as the original but less funny.

    Also some debate if the movie has racist elements due to it's protrayal of Africans, that was an issue with the first one too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    african americans being racist towards africans??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    it's so bad.....

    and it took 3 years to prepare this jokeless comedy...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,636 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    As expected, it's the worst thing ever.




    So far......


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭DecTipp


    Absolutely brutal , total let down ,not funny at all,total disrespect to the original film ,


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    Pretty weak, maybe it's rose tinted glasses but I thought the original was far better.

    Best bit was Morgan Freeman and the singing and dancing pieces wore thin quickly.

    Not completely terrible but not funny either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    The original was in my top ten of most favorite films ever.

    This was a complete load of sh1te. I totally thought it was going to be as well ....

    I actually fell asleep during the last third .... I woke to last 15 mins .... I will save myself the torture in going back to see it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,404 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Pretty weak, maybe it's rose tinted glasses but I thought the original was far better.

    Best bit was Morgan Freeman and the singing and dancing pieces wore thin quickly.

    Not completely terrible but not funny either.


    Was the first one funny? I don't recall it being funny, it was just a good movie, with lots of characters .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    Was the first one funny? I don't recall it being funny, it was just a good movie, with lots of characters .

    There was definitely bits that got a laugh out of me - there was the bathing scene that was rehashed in the sequel. The fish out of water situation was played much, much better in the original. I remember Eddie Murphy's character loudly proclaiming one night outside his apartment about how great New York was until a local shouted out the window to shut the fcuk up.

    Not a full on comedy but it definitely had funny bits. Must watch it again though.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,565 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    ShineOn7 wrote: »
    I did a search and no previous thread popped up

    I'm looking forward to this and hoping Murphy's resurgence run continues

    I never watch the trailer of Comedies as it ruins all the punchlines, but here it is for those who do


    Brief glimpse of Sexual Chocolate. I’m in.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,565 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Was the first one funny? I don't recall it being funny, it was just a good movie, with lots of characters .

    The first one was hilarious.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Brian? wrote: »
    The first one was hilarious.

    Yup and features the greats cameo(s) ever.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    that wasnt good.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭General Toilet


    It was barely watchable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,665 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I only saw the trailer, but just didnt generate anything for me, i think it will be forgotten pretty quickly, I hope it was cheap to make

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,928 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Think I'll save myself the torture/tarnishing of the original film based on the above and just say "what sequel?"

    I guess Amazon/Netflix is the new straight-to-DVD regardless of Covid.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Had 15 mins left to watch of no 2 and just turned it off and went to bed... pure dirt.. thought the first one was a classic but to me, it’s obvious the actors have made their millions since and didn’t even try act for this ... so what ya get is a weak storyline, lazy acting ... pointless waste of time

    The only actor that put any energy in was Wesley snipes


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    Even by the standards of life we've all had the last 12 months, I've had a shíte week and was really looking forward to this Film cheering me up tonight

    But based on what I'm reading here, there's no way this can be a "highlight" of the week for me :pac:

    So I think I'll skip this for now and go looking for another great Film. Recently my Saturday Film was a re-watch of the amazing Edge Of Tomorrow, so I'm looking for something as great

    Saturday night lockdown Films shouldn't be mediocre, or - by the looks of things with the reviews here - shíte ones


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,536 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Think I'll save myself the torture/tarnishing of the original film based on the above and just say "what sequel?"

    I guess Amazon/Netflix is the new straight-to-DVD regardless of Covid.

    That's not really fair as Netflix have had some fantastic and award winning films.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Have people saying how great the first one was watched it recently or going off years old memories?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭Shred


    I was wary of this, a sequel to a classic decades later. But I’d started to think if they’re doing it now they must have something good... they didn’t, it’s absolute tripe and almost completely unfunny. So many talented people involved and this is the best they could come up with?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    Have people saying how great the first one was watched it recently or going off years old memories?

    I last watched the first one within the last year - very good film and miles better than this sequel. Must watch it again during the week to compare better.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭Shred


    Yep, I only re-watched it a few months ago and it’s still hilarious. I’m surprised to see people question whether it was good at all tbh, ‘The Rewatchables’ only did an episode on it last month too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Brian? wrote: »
    The first one was hilarious.

    the first one was mediocre at best

    although comedy is subjective


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I thought it was very poor. I was really looking forward to it and ready for a laugh but only had about 2 laughs during the whole thing.

    I saw poor reviews but google users was 88% so thought it might be the usual bias some reviewers might have, "sequel haters" etc. I am puzzled how it got such a high rating on google, its now 84%.


    fryup wrote: »
    african americans being racist towards africans??
    does your definition of racist make this impossible or something?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭KungPao


    I do think the original is overrated to begin with. It was certainly no Trading Places or BHC. Was also the start of him doing the goofy multiple characters thing which was never that great. And only got worse later with the Nutty Professor.

    Darryl was the funniest one anyway, so without him it was an uphill struggle!

    And it’s well known that Eddie simply isn’t funny anymore.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭skulltown


    Good hangover film. Thats about it really


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,407 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Last night I watched it as far as when he met his son, then I fell asleep.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    KungPao wrote: »
    And it’s well known that Eddie simply isn’t funny anymore.
    I thought dolemite was OK. I had a few original dolemite dvds and was again really looking forward to it, i.e. going in expecting it to be great & trying my best to enjoy it (like I was for this sequel) but thought it was just OK, maybe 7/10. A friend highly recommended it to me thinking it was right up my street.

    I would give coming 2 america 4/10 tops.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    KungPao wrote: »
    And it’s well known that Eddie simply isn’t funny anymore.

    he sold his soul to hollywood, like Elvis


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,722 ✭✭✭Irish Gunner


    Watched it last night and how I wish I had a DeLorean to get that time back.

    During the film they mention about why sequels should not be made if original is good and they should have listened to their own advice.

    Only saving grace was music

    I won't quote Comic Book guy and his catchphrase but you get my drift


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,536 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    fryup wrote: »
    african americans being racist towards africans??

    Yes as they're culturally different.

    Why don't you think this is possible?

    To me it's a bit like old fashioned British comedians telling Irish jokes.

    The first film was also criticised for the same reasons.

    Basically drop the African from African Americans and you're left with Americans ridiculing Africans and that's the point.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,404 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Brian? wrote: »
    The first one was hilarious.


    Show me a hilarious scene?


    He was a great story and light watching,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,665 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    RT got a consensus, its crap, critics 52% audience 49%

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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