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Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :

Is anyone going to see this? It looks like it'll be disgusting, but I wonder if it'll be one of those movies where you're, as the woman in Clerks II says, "shocked and appalled and---can't look away."

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Nope. Haven't seen any of Murphy's fat-suit movies. Or Martin Lawrences', or the one Jack Black did with Gwyneth Paltrow. I avoid movies with the plotline "Here's a ludicrous person, let's make fun of him/her." So I also haven't seen most of Adam Sandler's oevre and only about half of Jim Carrey's (whom I greatly enjoy when he's not playing an idiot).

However, I liked Clerks II. Settings and situations can be disgusting and still be funny to me. But not when the goal is to set up people to be mocked.

Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :

I've grown tired of the male-comedian-dressed-as-a-woman bit. It's been done and done and done to death. Not funny anymore. (IMO, of course)

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

What Chris said, only less eloquently. [Smile]

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

What was the last good movie Edie Murphy did? Apart from voice work, I'm thinking Beverly Hills Cop. He used to be so funny. I wonder why he keeps picking such bad movies?

Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :

Really? though I haven't seen it I heard Showgirls was quite good, as was his performance in it.

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

quote:
Originally posted by vonk:
I've grown tired of the male-comedian-dressed-as-a-woman bit. It's been done and done and done to death. Not funny anymore. (IMO, of course)

I agree...unless the comedian happens to be British.

Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :

quote:
Originally posted by DaisyMae:
Really? though I haven't seen it I heard Showgirls was quite good, as was his performance in it.

I think you may be the first person I've ever heard say they even heard Showgirls was good.

Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :

I'm gonna take a wild guess that the movie is actually Dreamgirls that is being refered to. A very different picture than Showgirls.

Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :

Guys, take my word for this: Norbit is awful. I had to preview it last night for work. It is unthinkably horrible. One of the very worst films I've ever seen. Wall-to-wall crap.

Steer clear, big tuna.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

quote:
Originally posted by DaisyMae:
Really? though I haven't seen it I heard Showgirls was quite good, as was his performance in it.

DreamGirls.

"Showgirls" doesn't have Eddie Murphy in it, and you'll never hear anyone outside of the creative team say it was "quite good". [Smile]

Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :

I thought Bowfinger was hilarious.

Welcome to MindHead. Welcome to MindHead. Welcome to MindHead.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Bridges:
. . . the one Jack Black did with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Shallow Hal was actually surprisingly decent. I got talked into seeing it (one will do funny things when attempting to work out a reconciliation with one's estranged spouse), but I actually enjoyed most of it. Except for the self-help guru whose name I do not speak. [Razz]

Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TL:

Guys, take my word for this: Norbit is awful. I had to preview it last night for work. It is unthinkably horrible.

What's your job?

Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :

Bowfinger was hilarious. "I want the best damn crew we can afford!" Cut to the desert, herding Mexicans into a van amidst gunfire from border patrols.

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

$33 million. I weep for our country.