Three ingredients to a very bad movie:
(1) Eddie Murphy
(2) Bill Shatner
(3) Any cop buddy movie where Eddie Murphy talks
Now, I fancy myself a person with good movie tastes. Granted, that didn’t stop me from experiencing the horror of ‘Showtime’. I saw the trailer, I knew what critics said, but I still plunged into this outhouse of Hollywood dreck. I even read those unbelievable “critics” who no doubt will say anything for a little bling. Take a few of these:
“It is really quite ironic then that the one guy putting out consistently good comedy is Hollywood’s most serious actor.”
-Joshua Tyler, filmcritic.com
I couldn’t quite locate the good comedy movie or the guy putting out. Don’t get me wrong, I searched long and hard for both of those elements.
“One funny popcorn flick.”
-Chuck Schwartz, cranky critic
I ate popcorn, and all I could think about was how thirsty I was, and why the popcorn tasted like salmon.
“It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up.”
-Steve Rhodes, Steve Rhodes’ Internet Reviews
Hamming it up, unfortunately, is an underused phrase. I find it helped spice up my pick up lines. Try this at the next club scene/bar mitzvah: Instead of the usual, “Hey toots, let’s party!” I find that, “Wanna ham it up” is an equally effective pick up line. It has never worked for me, but I think it has more to do with my delivery than my lack of tact…
Speaking of meat products, I oft wonder why this ad campaign didn’t work out:
Back to the movie “Showtime”…I forgot to mention that Bill Shatner manages to slip in this line:
“I’ve never seen such a terrible actor!”
Classic…
