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Post by Artie Kendall on Mar 17, 2020 15:39:04 GMT -5
Not only do we move from behind the camera to in front of but we also go from decline to meteoric rise. In the late 70's, our subject of today's thread was getting into clubs to do his act using a fake id. At one such occasion a heckler stood up and yelled "Hey! You ain't nobody!". But then the 80's happened. So wrestlingfigs...what's your favorite performance by Eddie Murphy in the 80's?
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Post by The Brain on Mar 18, 2020 10:24:28 GMT -5
I went with Trading Places. 48 Hrs. is a close 2nd
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Post by rowdy1971 on Mar 18, 2020 11:11:41 GMT -5
Trading Places without a doubt. Just a great movie. Holy balls I saw "Best Defense" in the theaters. WORSE DECSION EVER! lol
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Post by Mongo Bears on Mar 18, 2020 23:42:12 GMT -5
I love 80’s movies Eddie had many greats. I have to go with Beverly Hills cop as best but there are many quality choices here
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Post by What? on Mar 19, 2020 9:46:43 GMT -5
Good morning my neighbors!
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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 19, 2020 23:32:06 GMT -5
First Beverly Hills Cop for the movie, but Delirious is right there for me, too. Kind of apples and oranges trying to compare the films and standup for me. I can quote everything listed except for Best Defense, which I've never even seen. I love The Golden Child so much haha.
I honestly think, taking his entire body of work into consideration, Murphy is probably a head on my comedy Rushmore. He was as funny in the 80s as anyone ever imo between SNL, standup and his films. I think it's easy to forget how incredible he was prior to making that Shrek money. The PJs was so damn good. Nutty Professor, Bowfinger and Life. Guy is a living legend imo.
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Post by Decky on Mar 20, 2020 1:15:08 GMT -5
I went with Raw but alot of good stuff there.
MERRY NEW YEAR
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 20, 2020 16:22:54 GMT -5
Coming to America hands down. It's one of those movies that never gets old no matter how many times you watch it. Plus John Landis directed it.
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Post by Brick Man on Mar 20, 2020 16:28:32 GMT -5
It's really bad that I haven't seen any of those movies. Definitely should make it my mission, especially now, to watch some/all of these!
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Post by JokerFC on Mar 21, 2020 6:10:17 GMT -5
Loved him in
48 hrs Trading Places BHC 1&2 Coming to America
Didn't really take to Harlem Nights. Everything else was "meh". Man he went off the cliff in the 90s.
Always wondered what would have happened had he taken the part of Winston in Ghostbusters.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Mar 21, 2020 11:56:51 GMT -5
Voted RAW but loved Coming To America too.
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Post by Retrospect on Mar 21, 2020 14:33:36 GMT -5
It’s a tough choice between Trading Places and Coming to America. Both are just great classic movies but I think I have to go with Coming to America.
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Post by The Brain on Mar 22, 2020 14:00:52 GMT -5
As a Philly native, The intro to Trading Places always puts a smile on my face.That shot of the old Spectrum man takes me back...
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Post by peejay8t8 on Mar 29, 2020 5:22:06 GMT -5
Coming to America is god-tier stuff. Eddie Murphy in the 80's might be the funniest man to have walked the earth
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Mar 29, 2020 12:25:10 GMT -5
Almost all of those are classics. Maybe The Golden Child is the “weakest” movie in the set & Best Defense is the worst.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Apr 9, 2020 20:04:23 GMT -5
My favorite is 48 Hrs. It's not his best performance but I think it's a film where Eddie doesn't have to carry the film and the balance of him and Nolte is great. I feel that Raw is probably peak Eddie Murphy. It's hard to find someone that could do and conquer the areas of comedy like Eddie Murphy did. The two names that come to mind are Woody Allen and Steve Martin. All three were great at stand up, successful in film, Martin and Murphy could do sketch, Martin and Allen wrote books, Murphy was probably the weakest of the three in terms of comedy writing but was the best at ad libbing and just pure energy.
I often times compare Eddie Murphy to Laurence Olivier in that no matter how bad a script was, they both were going to be good in it. Murphy was always going to be funny and Olivier was going to be dramatic acting 101. Pluto Nash and Bowfinger are two of my favorite Murphy films and they were way past the 80's.
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