Harlem Nights vs. LIFE

[ltheghost]

You know I voted OSU sucks...but I like Harlem Nights better because Life was depressing to me. Life was a comedy only in name. There was some serious shyt going on in that movie that left you feeling depressed, especially the end.

 

[InstantKlassik]

LIFE was the beginning of Martin's his weight never recovered after that movie, it was made only a year after Martin sitcom left the air

 

[JCalli]

Both Eddie Murphy and the movie combined received two Golden Raspberry Award nominations for the film for both Worst Director and Worst Screenplay with Murphy and the movie winning for the latter.

By his own admission, Eddie Murphy felt that he didn't dedicate enough thought or care to the directing of his debut. He was more concerned at the time with figuring out where the next party was going to be.

The movie won Worst Picture at the Hastings Bad Cinema Society's 12th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in 1989.

According to TV Tropes, "after this movie's failure, Eddie Murphy's career wouldn't recover until the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor

Despite a fair gross, the film was considered a box office disappointment by the studio, earning roughly half of Murphy's earlier box office successes Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop II from the previous two years.

I know it caught a lot of hate by critics and such when it dropped, but when I ever gave a fukk about these people say? They hold no weight on my opinion of a film.

My dad, uncle, sheeiit all my family fukked with this flick hard. All my peoples fukked with this flick. On the real, Harlem Nights ain't gonna appeal to the wider audience of say, Beverly Hills Cop. Its too hood.....sure as hell ain't gonna win no awards .

Its the same with Breakin (1984) for example, that flick got slaughtered by the "critics". Again, everyone fukked with that flick HARD!

In summary, fukk a critic

 

[patscorpio]

LIFE was the beginning of Martin's his weight never recovered after that movie, it was made only a year after Martin sitcom left the air

Life is still Martin's best movie to date..I know him and Eddie have it in them to make that classic old black man comedy

 

[InstantKlassik]

Life is still Martin's best movie to date..I know him and Eddie have it in them to make that classic old black man comedy

 

[patscorpio]

i like those both but martin in Life had me , , and ...dude showed a little range to his acting..one of the rare times from what i can remember, and it worked

 

[InstantKlassik]

i like those both but martin in Life had me , , and ...dude showed a little range to his acting..one of the rare times from what i can remember, and it worked

Damn you are right in that respect

 

[JCalli]

Props for this thread though, you've made me wanna watch Life again ..... haven't seen it in a long time.

 

[Black Ball]

Harlem Nights without thinking twice. I like Life, but Harlem Nights is a classic black comedy on some Coming To America shyt.

 

[BodieBroadus]

Gotta bump any thread that has both these vids posted in it. Neck and neck as GOAT comedy scenes.

 

[Dillah810]

Life.

To this day me and my moms refer to apple pies as "white only" pies.

"You was scured weren't you? Uh-uhh, don't be scurrred...."

 

[DrexlersFade]

Both are classics but this the best scene between either movie!

What the fukk is this kid doing in here get the fukk outta here before I kick yo ass


Now tell that old, frog face, gravel voiced dude to take his, slow walking ass on out there and bring back the money. Tell him!"


im listening...

 

[DA_LURKA]

While life is hilarious, Harlem nights No contest.

 

[lamont614]

I always felt that Life was somehow a spiritual successor to Harlem Nights...and really there needs to be another ensemble comedy like it outside of the Think Like a Man troupe.

Which do you prefer

Life


I thought Harlem nights was trash

 

[lamont614]

I've seen Harlem Nights, but I've never seen Life. Don't attack me, Yes, I know that's horrible. But for some reason I never did.


Is it on Netflix or any other place?


I see it on TBS or USA at times, but I refuse to watch it w/ everything edited out of it.

I just watched it on cinemax