I don't understand why Eddie Murphy
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ccr1633 — 15 years ago(February 06, 2011 12:45 PM)
okwong-e wrote:
"Because Murphy cares first and foremostly about money and not quality."Bingo. Murphy's celebrity induced him into laziness and he completely lost his edge. He isn't the only one to fall prey to this. It certainly happened to Chevy Chase (who didn't have quite the edge Murphy did, but he had a certain talent). It seems to have happened to Mike Myers. At intermittent stretches Bill Murray and Steve Martin have also lost it, but they're both creative enough and devoted enough to quality that every once in a while they emerge with a good film amidst the stinkers. I guess it just comes down to how much self-respect and respect for their trade that each individual actor has. Murphy obviously preferred to coast. The raw brilliance he exuded in Trading Places, 48 Hours, and Beverly Hills Cop proves he could've been the top comedy-film actor in the USA for the duration of his career, if he had the drive.
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okwong-e — 15 years ago(February 12, 2011 06:34 AM)
Yes it gets to me that Murphy, who was the top movie star of his era period never mind just in the comedy genre, never segued into finding better movies and material. Tom Cruise, whatever one says about him now (or even then), used his superstardom to work with Kubrick, Spielberg, Mann, Stone, PT Anderson etc. Murphy, by comparison, nearly pulled out of DREAMGIRLS because of money and pulled out of the upcoming Richard Pryor biopicbecause of money.
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clj2 — 14 years ago(August 06, 2011 08:17 PM)
Ironically, MUCH of BHC 1 & 2 were literally improvised. On the 20th Anniversary DVD Boxset, the director states in the directors' commentary that they hadn't even completed the script for BHC1 when Eddie signed on, and he was signed on about 1 week before the script was completed. He went on to say that Eddie, Judge Reinhold and John Ashton were damn good at improvising together and the director just let the camera roll as they did their thing. I would LOVE to see a BHC 1 & 2 blooper reel!
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DameDigbyChickenCaesar — 12 years ago(April 24, 2013 08:22 AM)
After he'd started his family, he started making all these family-friendly films. He was great in Tower Heist. It was like the old Eddie that we know and love. I just wish there was more of him in it.
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A-zone — 12 years ago(April 29, 2013 01:14 AM)
I wish Eddie had done more "action-comedy" movies like BHC instead of the awful "family-friendly" movies and sequels that he churned out like "Imagine That", Meet Dave", Norbit", "Haunted Mansion", "Daddy Day Care" etc etc.
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everydayboredom1980 — 12 years ago(May 10, 2013 11:49 AM)
I think getting busted with a tranny hooker also influenced Eddie to do more family-friendly films.
It's okay, we can always watch the 80s films of him (and he showed this brilliance from time to time afterwards). He was amazing. So talented and so much screen presence.