Author Topic: What's the deal with Eddie Murphy? (Read 5680 times)

tommy · « **on:** February 23, 2007, 11:28:29 pm »

I think he's a pretty funny and decent actor for the most part (in the late 80's and early 90's), but all these "funny" stupid pointless movies he just keeps cranking out is getting really annoying.

Why not just make some kind of REAL movie and stop wasting everyones time? He definitely could make a good movie as BHC and others were, why waste your actor personality on garbage Pauly Shore should be doing?

It seems sad to me... he really doesn't need to make lame gimmicky movies but chooses to do so anyway and I'm disappointed.

The guy once was an A list actor but dropped himself to a second rate waste of time by picking up crappy scripts.

shardian · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2007, 01:35:15 am »

Yeah he's only gonna win a supporting actor Oscar this year for Dreamgirls. I guess that don't count huh.

Odds are he made that Norbit movie a year or two ago. This time of year, the movie studios unload their "junk films" off on the theaters and try to pass them off as good movies with overmarketing and not allowing critic screenings. If they can fool the public and get one good week in before word of mouth spreads, they'll make their money.

boykster · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2007, 02:21:51 am »

Yeah, and the Shrek franchise, what a waste...nobody watched those

sodapopinski · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2007, 01:51:35 pm »

I agree with Tommy, he has mostly made pure crap. Dream Girls being an exception and Shrek being nothing more than a voice roll. He has a huge list of box office poison

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:38:11 pm »

Lifetime Gross Total (32): $3,090,839,366
Average: $96,588,730
Opening Gross Average (31): $20,923,660 (Wide Releases Only)

Yah...sure...poison.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=eddiemurphy.htm

His last 5 movies totals:

2/9/07      Norbit      $64,938,373
12/15/06    Dreamgirls      $100,398,533
5/19/04     Shrek 2 $441,226,247
11/26/03    The Haunted Mansion $75,847,266
5/9/03      Daddy Day Care      $104,297,061

Yup...i'd take some of that poison.

...and to compare to some of his classics:

12/10/82    48 HRS.      $78,868,508
6/10/83    Trading Places $90,404,800
12/5/84    Beverly Hills Cop $234,760,478
6/29/88    Coming to America $128,152,301

Do you folks know what you are saying when you say it or are you making ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- up as you go?

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:45:55 pm »

Adjust those for inflation/ticket price and try again.

Anyway, it's simple. The dumbass comedies cost only a few million to make. If they gross $25million, which isn't much for a movie, they make a large profit. That's why we get those movies and that's why you see A list actors in them. Quick, easy paycheck with high profit overall.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:49:49 pm »

Don't get me wrong...Haunted Mansion sucked ass... but I'd still take that poison any day. The say the guy doesn't make a studio profit or is somehow "poison" is absurd.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:53:14 pm »

Low and behold...Eddie Murphie is the 3rd highest grossing actor OF ALL TIME...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm

...below Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford...

This only punctuates just how ABSURD it is to call him "Box Office Posion".

1    Tom Hanks    $3,325.4    32    $103.9    Forrest Gump    $329.7
2    Harrison Ford    $3,093.4    29    $106.7    Star Wars    $461.0
3    Eddie Murphy    $3,090.8    32    $96.6    Shrek 2    $441.2
4    Tom Cruise    $2,697.3    27    $99.9    War of the Worlds    $234.3
5    Robin Williams    $2,644.8    38    $69.6    Night at the Museum    $239.5

Hahaha...holy hell. I didn't know he was THAT high on the list.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:55:38 pm »

He's box office gold... he's poison to ---my bottom---, though, when I try to sit through one of the crappy comedies he makes. Those movie theater seats are not comfy after a while.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:57:30 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 24, 2007, 05:55:38 pm

He's box office gold... he's poison to ---my bottom---, though, when I try to sit through one of the crappy comedies he makes. Those movie theater seats are not comfy after a while.

Tell me about it...i hate theater seats. I am 6'4" 280lbs and they don't make them seats for guys like me. My back is killing me by the end of the 1st hour. I DREAD long ass flicks like Private Ryan etc.

Zakk · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:50:00 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 24, 2007, 05:55:38 pm

He's box office gold... he's poison to ---my bottom---, though, when I try to sit through one of the crappy comedies he makes. Those movie theater seats are not comfy after a while.

Plus the fact that you hate everything, all the time.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:43:34 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 24, 2007, 05:45:55 pm

Quick, easy paycheck with high profit overall.

Yeah, sound like he's a clown ....

sodapopinski · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2007, 08:09:19 pm »

Quote

This only punctuates just how ABSURD it is to call him "Box Office Posion".

yeah the facts are there, he's not box office poison, but his movies can be painful to watch.

ChadTower · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2007, 10:46:48 pm »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 24, 2007, 07:43:34 pm

Yeah, sound like he's a clown ....

Clown, comedian, what's the difference?

boykster · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2007, 12:26:35 am »

I agree, many of his movies seriously suck....but he does have box office clout.

I just watched (because it was on TNT-HD) "I-Spy" with Eddie and Owen Wilson......that's 90 minutes I'll never get back.

But when Eddie is "on", Eddie is ON!!!

Ken Layton · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2007, 12:49:57 am »

You're forgetting that horrid piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he made called, "Pluto Nash". And don't forget that steaming pile of a television program he did called, "The PJ's".

I consider Eddie Murphy a has been. He made great stuff like Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places, but nowadays you couldn't pay me to see ANY of his new stuff.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2007, 02:25:26 am »

Quote from: Ken Layton on February 25, 2007, 12:49:57 am

You're forgetting that horrid piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he made called, "Pluto Nash". And don't forget that steaming pile of a television program he did called, "The PJ's".

I consider Eddie Murphy a has been. He made great stuff like Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places, but nowadays you couldn't pay me to see ANY of his new stuff.

Awe come on Ken, you know you loved Shrek....but that's not really "HIS" per say...

Ken Layton · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2007, 12:30:03 pm »

I despise Shrek (er should I say Drek). I hate all computer generated "movies".

ChadTower · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2007, 01:52:08 pm »

I liked The PJs.

If you hate all computer generated movies you must have a problem with pretty much anything made in the last ten years. Almost all movies have a good amount of CG effects now. Studios use them as a way to cut back on set construction and location shooting.

Zakk · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2007, 02:29:42 pm »

You two should go see a movie together! Chad can complain about the price of popcorn and the uncomfortable seats, and you can complain about the CGI and poor acting!

ChadTower · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2007, 02:51:47 pm »

His boobs aren't big enough for me to date him.

Zakk · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2007, 04:23:22 pm »

Damn, now you're criticizing his moobs. You really gotta get some therapy if we're going to find you a nice man to settle down with.

ChadTower · « **Reply #22 on:** February 26, 2007, 09:23:25 am »

All the good ones are either gay or taken.

shmokes · « **Reply #23 on:** February 26, 2007, 01:05:19 pm »

Frizzle is just being disingenuous. Anybody with half a brain, and I think but cannot be sure Frizzle qualifies, can tell from the OP and those that followed, that nobody is talking about how much money Eddie Murphy made, but rather the quality of the products he's been selling. Coming back with a balance sheet is retarded. Eddie Murphy's fat paycheck doesn't make his movies any easier to sit through. And it's not like he just shows up in one of these pieces of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- every once in a while. These throw-away family comedies make up about 95% of what he does.

ChadTower · « **Reply #24 on:** February 26, 2007, 01:06:46 pm »

Quote from: shmokes on February 26, 2007, 01:05:19 pm

Frizzle is just being disingenuous.

Quote

Coming back with a balance sheet is retarded.

I think someone yanked his pullstring.

shmokes · « **Reply #25 on:** February 26, 2007, 09:08:39 pm »

I'm all wired up from the healthcare thread today.

koolmoecraig · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2007, 08:56:42 pm »

The Nutty Professor was good.

How about mentioning the fact that Eddie walked out of the Oscars when he didn't win the award. He literally got up and walked out of the theater after Alan Arkin was announced.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/27/eddie_murphy_stormed_out_of_oscar_ceremo

Now that is a little b*tch.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:59:44 pm »

Actually, for actor driven films (in other words one person carries the whole film) it's generally assumed that the more money you make, the less successful you are critically. You see people will go to non-edgy films more than they will go to more niche films.

In other words crap sells because it's bland enough for the masses to accept.

It's just like music really. People like Ashley Simpson are at the top of the charts, but do you really think that makes them better than someone more obscure? Nah, her stuff is just so generic anybody can tolerate it.

With that being said, Mr. Murphy has what I like to call "old comedians syndrome". See part of being a good comedian (and of course part of making good comedic films) involves having a quick wit and having a pulse on the latest in pop-culture. After a comedian reaches the age of 40, he automatically becomes at least 50% less funny. It's not an Eddie Murphy exclusive.... Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Tim Allen (ok Tim Allen was never funny) ect.... it happens to them all.

horseboy · « **Reply #28 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:08:51 pm »

Quote from: koolmoecraig on February 28, 2007, 08:56:42 pm

The Nutty Professor was good.

How about mentioning the fact that Eddie walked out of the Oscars when he didn't win the award. He literally got up and walked out of the theater after Alan Arkin was announced.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/27/eddie_murphy_stormed_out_of_oscar_ceremo

Now that is a little b*tch.

Ya, I also heard he hangs out with that damned Jim Belushi.

horseboy · « **Reply #29 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:10:01 pm »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 28, 2007, 10:59:44 pm

After a comedian reaches the age of 40, he automatically becomes at least 50% less funny. It's not an Eddie Murphy exclusive.... Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Tim Allen (ok Tim Allen was never funny) ect.... it happens to them all.

Redd Foxx?

sodapopinski · « **Reply #30 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:44:21 pm »

Quote

n other words crap sells because it's bland enough for the masses to accept.

exactly.

you may want to edit out the part about Chevy Chase. He seems like the type that might sue, I mean, the guy's gotta have no money left.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:27:53 am »

Redd Foxx was a hilarious bastard right to the end. Same goes for George Burns. Robin Williams isn't as funny, but he has done a pretty damn spiffy job of reinventing himself as a serious actor.

Chevy Chase is a has-been. Bill Murray...has been. Dan Akeroid(sp?)...has been. Hell, i'd go so fare as to say that ALL of Saturday Night Live's actors turn to HAS-BEENS.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:28:44 am »

Quote from: horseboy on February 28, 2007, 11:10:01 pm

Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 28, 2007, 10:59:44 pm
After a comedian reaches the age of 40, he automatically becomes at least 50% less funny. It's not an Eddie Murphy exclusive.... Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Tim Allen (ok Tim Allen was never funny) ect.... it happens to them all.

Redd Foxx?

No Red Foxx is a character comedian, or a comedian based on a stereo-type. Guys like him and Rodney Dangerfield never changed their act at all so it doesn't matter if they get old.

horseboy · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:55:34 am »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 01, 2007, 12:27:53 am

Redd Foxx was a hilarious bastard right to the end. Same goes for George Burns. Robin Williams isn't as funny, but he has done a pretty damn spiffy job of reinventing himself as a serious actor.

Chevy Chase is a has-been. Bill Murray...has been. Dan Akeroid(sp?)...has been. Hell, i'd go so fare as to say that ALL of Saturday Night Live's actors turn to HAS-BEENS.

Bill Murray is no has-been. If you were here and I were wearing a white glove, I would remove it and strike you across the face.

ChadTower · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2007, 09:00:02 am »

Could you point us to a good movie he has done in the last ten years? All I can think of is crap like Garfield and Charlie's Angels.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:44:34 am »

Quote from: horseboy on March 01, 2007, 12:55:34 am

Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 01, 2007, 12:27:53 am
Redd Foxx was a hilarious bastard right to the end. Same goes for George Burns. Robin Williams isn't as funny, but he has done a pretty damn spiffy job of reinventing himself as a serious actor.

Chevy Chase is a has-been. Bill Murray...has been. Dan Akeroid(sp?)...has been. Hell, i'd go so fare as to say that ALL of Saturday Night Live's actors turn to HAS-BEENS.

Bill Murray is no has-been. If you were here and I were wearing a white glove, I would remove it and strike you across the face.

Please Horseboy...explain to me one funny thing Bill has done in the last 10 years? Did you see the episode of American Chopper he was on...trying to be funny...failing miserably?

Don't get me wrong...i LOVED Bill and would go see another Bill flick in a minute...but i'd expect it to suck ...and likely wouldn't come away disappointed.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #36 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:45:13 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 01, 2007, 09:00:02 am

Could you point us to a good movie he has done in the last ten years? All I can think of is crap like Garfield and Charlie's Angels.

Haha....I wrote the above post before reading this one...we think alike Chad...

shmokes · « **Reply #37 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:59:42 am »

Lost in Translation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Life Aquatic (pretty good, but had potential to be so much better)
Rushmore

shardian · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2007, 11:02:17 am »

Lost in Translation - haven't seen, but not a comedy
The Royal Tenenbaums - sucked. Murray was NOT funny in this one. If he was it was an accident.
Life Aquatic - sucked. same as above
Rushmore - haven't seen, but also not a true comedy.

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2007, 11:17:27 am »

Lost in Translation - hated it
The Royal Tenenbaums - okay movie, but Murray had a minor role
Life Aquatic - I really liked this movie, but I grew up watching jacque cousteau which I think was a requirement for liking this movie.
Rushmore - I also liked this movie.

Three of those movies are made by Wes Anderson which have a very different feel then most movies, so if you don't like his style then you won't like Bill Murrays recent movies.

Also, Kingpin was an extremely hilarious movie, but it is 11 years old now.


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Author Topic: What's the deal with Eddie Murphy? (Read 5680 times)

tommy