Hey kids… remember back in the day when Arnold and Sylvester were box office kings? Ice Cream Sandwiches where $0.40 and Eddie Murphy used to be funny. What the hell happened to Eddie Murphy? He still gives us the odd jewel now and again (Bowfinger), and he’s not bad as an animation voice actor… but what is far more common for Murphy these days are the Pluto Nashes, the I Spys, the Haunted Mansions and the Dolittles. What a waist of a one time comic genius.
Well it doesn’t look like things are getter much better. Murphy’s new project is Norbit. What is Norbit? It’s another “been there done that” comedy that has the sad luck of also having Thandie Newton (uggg) and Cuba Gooding Jr (who should write a book called “How to ruin your career after winning an Oscar”). The good folks over at Cinema Confidential give us this synopsis:
The movie tells of a shy man (Murphy) who is forced to marry a monstrous woman (also Murphy), only to meet the woman of his dreams (Newton).
Oh good grief… wasn’t this called “The Nutty Professor” or something? Will someone please smack Eddie in the head and tell him to get back to what made him so great!!!! This is just getting painful!
