Hard to pill to swallow: Martin Lawrence hasn’t been funny in over 25 years

[patscorpio]

The 5th element is last film I could remember with a great Tucker role

this is the one movie during his initial run i hated...i hated 5th element...shyt didnt click for me but his role was cringeworthy


rush hour 1 was the last of that "classic" tucker to me...i enjoyed rush hour 2 a lot but chris def toned it down...did it even more in rush hour 3 (movie was cool)..plus being fat and all

although i do admit Air was a return to form for him... he was funny in that to me

 

[patscorpio]

It's an okay movie but not great as it's been hyped up to be these days .

I used to sleep on this movie and dismiss it because it was once considered one of Eddie's worst movies but after all the praise I checked it out, and it has its moments Martin and Eddie mesh pretty well together which is what makes the movie watchable.

one of Eddie's worst movies? it was never that...ever...shyt 99 was prolly the last consistent year that eddie (and martin) put out back to back great movies

life is classic to the letter

 

[beenz]

If Martin was a comedian that came out in 1998 we will hold him to the same level as nikkas like Hannibal Burress or the chubby Afro having nikka that was in all those white movies like hangover or whatever

nikka aint been funny AT ALL in over 2 decades

I'll give him bad boys 3. death at a funeral.

 

[King Sun]

NGL I was in a telly recently and watched like 20 minutes of that big mama cop movie for the first time in forever......that shyt did not hold up

motivated me to get up off my ass and go hit the nightlife tho

I was about to say that was the last funny martin movie but then I remembered I was 15 when I thought this.

 

[Unbothered]

one of Eddie's worst movies? it was never that...ever...shyt 99 was prolly the last consistent year that eddie (and martin) put out back to back great movies

life is classic to the letter

It was released during his bad years so I always kinda mistaken it for being one of his worst films but it's not bad but more like a cult classic rather than straight up classic it's gotten a lot of hype recently which raised the movie's profile.

 

[patscorpio]

It was released during his bad years so I always kinda mistaken it for being one of his worst films but it's not bad but more like a cult classic rather than straight up classic it's gotten a lot of hype recently which raised the movie's profile.

nah life is classic classic...not cult...bowfinger..the other film he released that year could be considered a cult classic

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

All the top comedians had their run

 

[Laidbackman]

I know he's from the area and all, but his stand-up routine never did too much for me. And I stopped watching his tv show midway through the first season. I saw enough of that character growing up. Plus I had a child with a girl from his hood, and I was hating on those knuckleheads he acted like, that grew up around her. But in reality, like Martin's character, nobody in PG wanted to be a punk. That's the imagine Martin took to the screen, and blew it up.

I don't think the Martin-Gina combination ever works out in real life. Mine sure didn't, which was years before his show aired. Not that I acted like Martin, but she made me feel like the man, while she was short, cute, shapely, humble, and very feminine. She had the school teacher mother, and policeman father setup. You know what comes with that...whatever it is, at least it ain't from the streets.

I didn't start watching Martin's show again until I downloaded KODI, several years after I moved to Atlanta. That's when I realized how many laughs I really missed back then. But when the Martin show was running, although I had a sweet girl back then, more humble than Gina, she was all the way from Cameroon, and she didn't relate to the Quiet Storm type music a lot, and she would call most of our R&R love music, sad sounding, especially our music from the 70's. But her character was very much like George Foreman's second wife, in "Big George Foreman". Yeah, I guess I f**ed up, but hey hey . And I was tapping a girl on the side who was very much like Pam, but a little meaner. However she wasn't quite as mean as She neh neh...and she was always smiling. How can you still be living in the ghetto, and never stop smiling. Anyway, she was a heavy Martin show fan, which didn't surprise me . But she loved the Quiet Storm music. That's how it goes

 

[Mandarin Duck]

It's an okay movie but not great as it's been hyped up to be these days .

I used to sleep on this movie and dismiss it because it was once considered one of Eddie's worst movies but after all the praise I checked it out, and it has its moments Martin and Eddie mesh pretty well together which is what makes the movie watchable.

The Golden Child would like a word with you.

 

[Laidbackman]

Fast forward, if Martin don't watch his diet, he gonna be making Big Mama part 4. Got me going to the gym right after typing this.

Spoiler

But I'm gonna have a large popcorn and large drink when I go to the movies tonight

 

[Iverson_64]

I know he's from the area and all, but his stand-up routine never did too much for me. And I stopped watching his tv show midway through the first season. I saw enough of that character growing up. Plus I had a child with a girl from his hood, and I was hating on those knuckleheads he acted like, that grew up around her. But in reality, like Martin's character, nobody in PG wanted to be a punk. That's the imagine Martin took to the screen, and blew it up.

I don't think the Martin-Gina combination ever works out in real life. Mine short didn't, which was years before his show aired. Not that I acted like Martin, but she made me feel like the man, while she was short, cute, shapely, humble, and very feminine. She had the school teacher mother, and policeman father setup. You know what comes with that...whatever it is, at least it ain't from the streets.

I didn't start watching Martin's show until I downloaded KODI, several years after I moved to Atlanta. That's when I realized how many laughs I really missed back then. But when Martin was out, although I had a sweet girl back then, more humble than Gina, she was all the way from Cameroon, and I she didn't relate to the Quiet Storm a lot, and she would call most of our R&R love music, sad sounding, especially our music from the 70's. Her character was very much like George Foreman's second wife, in "Big George Foreman". Yeah, I guess I f**ed up, but hey hey . And I was tapping a girl on the side who was very much like Pam, but a little meaner. However she wasn't quite as mean as She neh neh, and she was always smiling. How can you be living in the ghetto, and never stop smiling. Anyway, she was a heavy Martin show fan, which didn't surprise me . But she loved the Quiet Storm music. That's how it goes .

Martin wasn't a "hood" show per say. Most of the characters lived normal lives and one of the biggest running gags was Tommy not having a job.

It was certainly an animated show with a lot of rawer type of comedy and physical humor but it wasn't really "hood."

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

That’s the same with most comedians unless they branch out. Everyone’s bit gets old after awhile. Martin Lawrence had a great run in the late 90’s.

Classic

 

[Laidbackman]

Martin wasn't a "hood" show per say. Most of the characters lived normal lives and one of the biggest running gags was Tommy not having a job.

It was certainly an animated show with a lot of rawer type of comedy and physical humor but it wasn't really "hood."

I must have got him mixed up with Jerome again . I had to stop my arm curls to respond to this.

But all jokes aside, like I said, Martin played the typical, I ain't no punk" mentality. He sometimes took it overboard, tryna prove that to Gina, but ate it up when he met Tommy, and I mean Tommy Hearns...lol. One thing that stood out to me about that Tommy Hearns scene was, most cats in real life, that like to challenge men in front of their girl, wounded up getting jacked up.

 

[Shakeydog]

You so crazy is on if my personal favorite stand ups ever , it was the first bootleg vhs tape I ever had (along with Ace Ventura ) I was only 12 and would play it over and over throughout the years . On top on the Martin show and Def comedy Jam , Martin will always be one of my goats but the fall out was steep when it happened .

 

[Jaylen Tatum]

Nah Martin was funny in The beach bum