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Eddie Murphy in Starship Dave
While its very in to bash on Eddie Murphy’s lack of class at the Oscars – something I have dubbbed “Eddie-quette” (etiquette) and plan to use to describe Diva behaviour in celebrities – I actually like this idea for Eddie’s next movie.
Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms and Elizabeth Banks are joining Eddie Murphy’s crew in the fish-out-of-water comedy “Starship Dave.”“Starship” centers on a spaceship that takes the form of a human (Murphy). It’s operated by 100 human-looking, quarter-inch-tall aliens seeking a way to save their planet. Complications ensue when their captain (also played by Murphy) falls in love with an Earth woman (Banks) who dates losers.
This screams of a combination of Men in Black, Inner Space, Osmosis Jones, combined with that sitcom that showed a bunch of people in the thought process of the main character’s head.
And I like it.
I am a bit disturbed with the fact that “Norbit” director, Brian Robbins is directing this. Norbit was not acclaimed as a good career move for Murphy. I am so tired of the multiple character routine. I know he is playing “Dave” as well as the avatar captain of the “crew” inside him, but that makes sense. Its the seven exaggerated characters in one movie that just bored me. It was funny once. Maybe twice.
But I have to hand it to Murphy. Sure he lacked some class at the Oscars, and we had our fun poking at him for it. But really, this guy is LIVING IT. Honestly, with the goofy fun personality Murphy likes to play, if I was in his shoes I would probably want to do light comedy goofy stuff for the rest of my career too.
Screw the Oscars. This is your JOB to have fun, make jokes and get paid MILLIONS to do it. I didn’t say that everyone had to like his movies, but if Murphy didn’t have fun doing them I am sure he would seek out other dramatic roles and make another run at the Oscar. People would kill for his lifestyle. He gets paid to goof around.
And really, his movies sell. Norbit was a creepy bad movie, but it made money. It may have changed people’s opinion of him and theoretically cost him an Oscar, but we all know in Hollywood, if it sells they will make it. Even if it sucks. At least this idea for his next movie actually sounds like it might be fun and we can see Murphy doing the comedic roles he is best at.
I always defend Eddie against the slings and arrows of the Eddie-haters, but I don’t like Gabrielle Union (she can’t act, she looks funny and her nose just looks weird the way the end of it turns up like a pig). The idea of the alien finding love on earth (Mork & Mindy) is so worn out I’m yawning just reading this synopsis.
Repeating this comment:
“Screw the Oscars. This is your JOB to have fun, make jokes and get paid MILLIONS to do it. I didn’t say that everyone had to like his movies, but if Murphy didn’t have fun doing them I am sure he would seek out other dramatic roles and make another run at the Oscar. People would kill for his lifestyle. He gets paid to goof around.”
Because its so so true.
Eddie doing another muiltple character thing, I don’t know, as you said it’s only two characters this time, but why doesn’t he get into some other type of comedy? All we are basically seeing, of Murphy, is what we saw in Beverley Hills Cop(s), 48 Hours (both), Trading Places and pretty much everything else, Eddie is Eddie, whether it’s Doctor Dolittle or The Haunted Mansion, he is always the same. Now he’s heading down the same path. You say his movies make money, sure, but while he keeps in this type of role, he’s never gonna get taking seriously and when that “real” serious role comes along, that he really wants to do, casting directors are not going to even bother with him. In short, Eddie should be more flexible in his roles, more flexible in his comedy and should show a little professionism when out with his peers, there’s a time and a place for everything, no one needs Coco the Clown at the Academy Awards. Thank you.
i think that the only people acting like divas are the people are condeming him for the oscar thing.
Are you kidding? This soudns like Pluto Nash all over again
Damn! You beat me to Pluto Nash. I guess Eddie didn’t learn his lesson.
Damn! You ALL beat me to Pluto Nash!
I watched that on TV a few years ago to see if it was as horrid as the reviews said. It was. By GAWD, it was!
I want Eddie from the 80’s. Man o man was this guy really funny in the 80’s. I thought he had no where else to go but up back then. I think he peaked too early in his career. He made some bad choices and now is stuck in this nitch that he has to get out of very soon. Studios now see him as a quick turnaround on their money. Usually he does make himself and the studios profit – remember I said usually. He has to break out of this mold and get back to making really funny non multicharacter in a single movie bit. He’s a very talented man that needs to put up a website and ask his fans what kind of movie they would like to see him in.
Herman’s Head was the tv sitcom Rod was thinking of.
I just don’t understand why people give Eddie such a hard time about his leaving the Oscars. He stayed until his category was announced and then he left to be with his family. He didn’t leave because he lost as most make it out to be. He did the same thing at the Golden Globes when he won.
What a non-story that gets blown out of control by people who don’t even know what the truth is.
You wanna know why? Because there were hundreds of classy people there who lost and stayed until the end of the show. Because there were people who saw that the show wa bigger than themselves and their little pity party about losing. Because Eddie Murphy is a BITCH.
Jesus, Kristina, take a valium.
No point. Pills can’t tame me.
Eddie has NO obligation to stay for the entire Oscars, and no it doesn’t make him any less classy that he left early. Some people stayed, he didn’t -end of story. But I’m SO sure Eddie Murphy loses tons of sleep every night over what people on this board think of him.
I agreee with Miles’ post above. I don’t know what imaginary bone some people have to pick with him is, but they need to let it go or stop griping about him. The compulsive Eddie-bashing got old five years ago.
He may not lose sleep over what we think, but he’s losing sleep over what the Academy thought of him. Planting his ass in the front just so we could all see him pout like a BITCH.
What is up with some folks around here? Why do certain actors get certain treatment?
Denzel gets ragged on for the movies he made after winning an Oscar which he (allegedly) didn’t deserve.
Eddie Murphy gets ragged on for the movies he made after not winning an Oscar, which he allegedly did deserve.
Chris Tucker gets whined about as though he was making a bad movie every week, even though he’s only made two movies in the last TEN years.
Jennifer Hudson gets ragged on because she didn’t thank American Idol for telling the country she had no talent.
Meanwhile Russell Crowe throws a phone at a hotel clerk, berates the Academy for not recognizing his skill before he made LA Confidential, then abuses his wife, but I don’t see anyone on this board going into a blind-rage, hurling scorn on him in a non-stop flood anytime he’s in the news with a new movie -even though he hasn’t made a good movie since Gladiator and THAT was an undeserved Oscar.
Am I missing something here?
It would be nice to see a post about someone’s latest movie without it turning into a predictable rant. Going out of your way to complain about someone who’s done nothing to you and hasn’t done anything bad to anyone else for that matter. When you write a four paragraph post about an actor, and all but the last sentance is devoted to nothing but bitching about that actor, that’s called obsession. It ain’t pretty. It doesn’t make Murphy/Tucker/Hudson look petty, it makes the person doing the whining look petty…or worse.
None of these people cares what anyone says about them, they’re too busy making millions of dollars per picture. So why do the rest of us have to be subjected to a kamikaze torrent of complaint any time their names are mentioned?
Just hang a picture of Murphy, Tucker and Hudson on your walls and yell at them for a few hours (maybe the haters should make it a few days) and get it out of your systems already. These predictable (and boring) gripe-fests ruin what is usually a pretty informative board.
I didn’t say for one second that Murphy cares about what I or anyone on this board thinks. Never said that. All that I am saying is, if I am ever in an Oscar-nommed flick(unlikely) and my castmates are also nommed, and I lost, I wouldn’t make a huge stink and storm out, especially if people already have a conception in their minds that I am a grade-A ass. No, I’d actually show a little class by keeping my ass in a seat and supporting my castmates and my film. I don’t get why calling him classless is causing a stink with you, Jaysmack, but I gotta say, I’m all for a good argument. Fun to fight without it turning into a name-calling fest.
And Russel Crowe is a jackass, too.
Jaysmack, that is what this site is about. I really dont see your point that we comment about the behaviours of celebrities and then say how we feel about it.
And your rant criticizing us for having an opinion and saying something about it on this site is nothing short of hypocritical.
Miles – “i think that the only people acting like divas are the people are condeming him for the oscar thing.”
We condemned him for his tactless selfish act. How does that make us divas?
Oh yeah, I got a tag-team partner!