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Coming to America - Eddy Murphy and Arsenio Hall

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I just busted out laughing in a quiet room with people staring at me.

Thought about the jheri curl-wall scene. Damn.

lol @ "jheri" not being in the Chrome dictionary too.
 
stuminus3 said:
I have a group of friends who have used quotes from this movie in our vernacular for over 20 years.
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Same here, and it's funny cause sometimes I don't even remember that it's a CTA quote, they are just so ingrained.

Whenever someone says a story and we don't believe him "man you ain't never met no Frank Sinatra"

Discussing a football player that is playing well: "That boy good"

Etc etc

It goes without saying one of my favorite movies of all time.
 
Bombadil said:
This is one of the classics, folks. A severely underrated (by critics) film about a young Zamundan prince who leaves his father's kingdom in Africa to find a woman who will stimulate him intellectually as well as sexually. He arrives in Queens with an upbeat attitude, accompanied by his friend/servant Semmi, played by Arsenio Hall. This is one of my favorite films, and it contains a fabulous ensemble cast, directed by John Landis.

Eddie Murphy - Prince Akeem and various other characters throughout the film.
Arsenio Hall - Semmi and various other characters through the film.
James Earl Jones - King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem's father.
John Amos (bad guy from Die Hard 2) - Cleo McDowell
Madge Sinclair - Queen Aoleon, Akeem's mother
Shari Headley - Lisa McDowell
Eriq La Salle - Darryl Jenks, Lisa's boyfriend.

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What does Gaf think of this film? Also, I searched to see if there was already a thread about this and couldn't find one.
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Awesome film.

This one and

Monte's Millions were two of my favorite movies of the 80's.
 
Weird! I saw this for the FIRST TIME last week.

I fucking loved it and I feel ashamed I went so long. And I LOVED the Trading Places bit in there.
 
My mom and I were talking about this movie over Christmas. She saw an interview with Arsenio a few years ago and the most relevant thing he had to talk about were stories about Eddie from the set...
 
PIMPBYBLUD said:
Easily Eddie's best movie...It's a classic that can be watched over and over like The Christmas Story.
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Eddie fans would be remiss to not have in their collection (in no particular order):

-Coming To America
-The Golden Child
-Life
-Harlem Nights
-Trading Places
-Beverly Hills Cop
-48 Hours
-Boomerang
-Dreamgirls
-The Nutty Professor (maybe, on the fence)
-Saturday Night Live: Best of Eddie Murphy
-Eddie Murphy Raw
-Eddie Murphy Delirious

There are other good ones, but they're all optional, IMO. These are musts. Your Eddie collection is incomplete without them.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
Eddie fans would be remiss to not have in their collection (in no particular order):

-Coming To America
-The Golden Child
-Life
-Harlem Nights
-Trading Places
-Beverly Hills Cop
-48 Hours
-Boomerang
-Dreamgirls
-The Nutty Professor (maybe, on the fence)
-Saturday Night Live: Best of Eddie Murphy
-Eddie Murphy Raw
-Eddie Murphy Delirious

There are other good ones, but they're all optional, IMO. These are musts. Your Eddie collection is incomplete without them.
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I couldn't get through harlem nights. not too good imo.
 
Bumblebeetuna said:
I wish any of my friends/family knew the movie enough for that. One of my favorite quotes to use from any movie is the "he good!" part from the Sexual Chocolate scene but no one has any idea wtf I am talking about.
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Son of a bitch, I was just doing that in my head as I was reading this thread.

Rockandrollclown said:
"Yeah, I met Dr. Martin Luther King in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. I walkin' down the street minding my own business, just walking on. Feelin' good. I walk around the corner, a man walk up, hit me in my chest, right. I fall on the ground, right. And I look up and it's Dr. Martin Luther King. I said 'Dr. King?' and he said 'Ooops, I thought you were some body else.' "

I don't know why, but the older I get, the funnier the above becomes to me.
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Loved this scene, cracking up just thinking of it.

PhoncipleBone said:
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That boy good.

shintoki said:
Joe Lewis 137 years old!

I don't see how this is underrated, almost everyone I know loves it and its definitely a classic.
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Man, you ain't never met no Frank Sinatra
 
Bumblebeetuna said:
I wish any of my friends/family knew the movie enough for that. One of my favorite quotes to use from any movie is the "he good!" part from the Sexual Chocolate scene but no one has any idea wtf I am talking about.
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You mus' be crazy.
 
Clarence: You must be out your goddamn mind! Joe Louis, the greatest boxer that ever lived. He was badder than Cassius Clay, he was badder than Sugar Ray, and that new boy-what's his name? Mike Tyson?-looks like a bulldog; he was badder than him, too.
Saul: Wait a minute. What about Rocky Marciano?
Clarence: Oh, there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin' 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out they ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano! Let me tell you something, once and for all-Rocky Marciano was good; but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit.
Saul: He beat Joe Louis' ass.
Morris: That's right, he did whoop Joe Louis' ass.
Clarence: Joe Louis was 75 years old when they fought. Morris: I don't know how old he was, but he got his ass whooped.
Clarence: Joe Louis had come out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano the minute he was 76 years old. Joe Louis was always lying about his age. He lied about his age all the time. One time Frank Sinatra came in here and sat in this chair. I said Frank 'you hangout with Joe Louis, just between me and you, how old is Joe Louis?' You know what Frank told me, he said "Hey, Joe Louis is 137 years old." A hundred and thirty-seven years old!
Sweets: Oh. Man, you lying, you ain't never meet no Frank Sinatra.
Clarence: Fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you! Who's next?!
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Classic.
 
Rockandrollclown said:
"Yeah, I met Dr. Martin Luther King in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. I walkin' down the street minding my own business, just walking on. Feelin' good. I walk around the corner, a man walk up, hit me in my chest, right. I fall on the ground, right. And I look up and it's Dr. Martin Luther King. I said 'Dr. King?' and he said 'Ooops, I thought you were some body else.' "

I don't know why, but the older I get, the funnier the above becomes to me.
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"Oh man, you ain't ever met Martin Luther The King."
 
This, Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places are Eddie's holy trinity for me. Loved his character in 48hrs, but didn't like the movie that much....
 
Easily one of the greatest comedies of all time. Also makes up a decent chunk of my everyday vernacular.

The landlord's fairly underrated too. Awesome lines and delivery.

"Motherfucker! Yer rent's due! Yeah, you conscious. Sheee-it..."

"Damn shame what they did to that dog..."

"Who the fuck are you?"
 
This movie was on TV the first time I tried acid. Yeah... it was weird. I specifically remember really getting entranced in that drum beat in the beginning when he arrives in New York and all the... servants(?) are playing on drums and chicks are dancing and shit with weird african outfits. That was... mesmerizing to say the least. Then it just stops all of a sudden and I was flung back to reality with a bang.
 
When they get to the club and start meeting women

First girl they come up too, looks cute and normal
"I got a secret....
... I worship the devil"

"I'm into the group thing"
*Hall smiles while Eddie frowns*

"I was Jonna Arc in my former life*
*Girl starts to burn self*

"Man puts in an hour, hour and a half. He has to put in overtime to satisfy me!"

"I want to tear you apart... and your friend too"


Am I watching this right now? YES! lol
 
Dreams-Visions said:
Eddie fans would be remiss to not have in their collection (in no particular order):

-Coming To America
-The Golden Child
-Life
-Harlem Nights
-Trading Places
-Beverly Hills Cop
-48 Hours
-Boomerang
-Dreamgirls
-The Nutty Professor (maybe, on the fence)
-Saturday Night Live: Best of Eddie Murphy
-Eddie Murphy Raw
-Eddie Murphy Delirious

There are other good ones, but they're all optional, IMO. These are musts. Your Eddie collection is incomplete without them.
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I know you weren't ranking them, but I'd like to comment on the differences between Raw and Delirious.

When I first saw Delirious I was astonished by how funny Eddie Murphy was. Naturally, I thought that Raw would be even better because it was recorded a few years after Delirious and Murphy should have gotten time to get better. But Raw is not as good as Delirious. In fact, there are parts of Raw that are downright boring and derivative. Although there are a lot of catchphrases from Raw, such as "What have you done for me, lately?," Raw's subject matter is mostly relationships. And it's just too similar to other material. It's not really a question of who came up with the material first. The stand-up comic market has been saturated with bits about relationships and there's been devaluation. On the other hand, Delirious was about Eddie's family and there is a lot of unique material there. It's also a lot braver and more controversial, considering the treatment of homosexuality. In fact, Murphy's first comments on stage when the show starts is a warning to homosexuals not to stare at his butt.

Maybe the space of time between Delirious and Raw saw Eddie Murphy transitioning from an irreverent comedian who pushed the envelope to a politically correct, commercially bankable film star who had to watch what he said. Granted, Raw has vulgar language, but it's all acceptable given the topic. The best part of Raw is the end. Murphy had memorized a humorous exchange between himself and his father and delivers it in expert fashion. It's a great ending, but doesn't really get rid of the sour taste of the rest of the act.
 
I'm sorry if I'm necrobumping, I don't like making threads when ones exist already.

But I'm watching this now for the second time, it's literally on point every single minute amazing. Fucking sexual chocolate LOL
 
This classic deserves the bump. Just watched this last weekend and still as good as the first time I saw it in theaters.
 
Loved the barbershop scene, starting with the whole "You must be out your goddamn mind! Joe Louis, the greatest boxer that ever lived."
 
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