Murphy trashed
Richard Roeper and guest critic Lisa Schwarzbaum went on and on and on and on about how bad Norbit is. Schwarzbaum said she wanted to gnaw her arm off while watching it. Roeper said it's "probably one of the worst movies of 2007, and I'm being kind," and that he thinks Murphy is actually trying to make himself look bad. Whoa...why can't these two can't get over their vindictive pettiness and realize that trashing Norbit might hurt Murphy's Oscar chances?
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 11, 2007 at 9:42 PM
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Movie fan09
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not up yet.
Posted by Movie fan09
at February 11, 2007 11:16 PM
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Geoff
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They really hated it. And I'm with Jeff on this one. All his Dreamgirls performance did was make me wish he had continued to do genius things after Nutty Professor, but no, he doesn't give a fuck. Nor does he care about doing anything else remotely creative in the future. Fine. So let's give the win to one of the other fine performers.
Posted by Geoff
at February 11, 2007 11:41 PM
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donthx78
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Whats bad is that you think Murphy would have learned by now, but he hasn't. The man gets the chance to show his acting chops, but then does sh*t like Norbit, which they release right before the Oscars. The man is going where the money is. People for years from what the Entertainment Weekly cover story they did on Murphy told him that he could do other roles than things like Norbit. But the man won't listen. It's sad because so far only Roger Ebert has stated that Murphy should and will win. Many others have stated that Murphy will win the damm Oscar, but that Alan Arkin, Jackie Earle Haley, or Mark Wahlberg should be the one getting the award.
Posted by donthx78
at February 12, 2007 1:07 AM
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berg
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R Roeper is to film criticism what Code Name: The Cleaner is to serious filmmaking
Posted by berg
at February 12, 2007 4:55 AM
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Josh Massey
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I'm guessing they won't do it for six shows in a row, though.
Posted by Josh Massey
at February 12, 2007 6:02 AM
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Joel
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Who cares if their trashing of Norbit might hurt Murphy's chances? It was his decision to do the movie.
Posted by Joel
at February 12, 2007 6:45 AM
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Ju-osh
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Josh M. said it better than I could've.
Posted by Ju-osh
at February 12, 2007 8:54 AM
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Walter Sobchak
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I like Lisa Schwarzbaum, I respect her reviews and she's a decent enough temp. co-host for Richard (I reeeeeeally like this deeeeee veeeee deeeeee) Roeper, but does anyone else notice that she NEVER shuts up? She yakked all through Roeper's talking. I thought he was gonna thwack her.
Posted by Walter Sobchak
at February 12, 2007 9:28 AM
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Rob
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Does anyone think Alan Arkin winning the BAFTA is a sign of things to come? My vote would be with Haley or Wahlberg, but I'm with Jeff - a win for Murphy would make me grit my teeth.
Posted by Rob
at February 12, 2007 9:37 AM