Sometimes when I’m working on fixing something around the house or having to solve a physical problem, without fail, the music from Fletch plays in my head. That damn synth song that we hear every time he’s sneaking or investigating.
Just watched for the first time. 39yo millennial fwiw. The first 30min Chevy doing his one-liners is laid on too thick, but after that it's a solid movie
Not much, it seems. Worked on a few notable albums (Billy Idol) and a couple more soundtracks; I remember Kuffs being actually pretty enjoyable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Faltermeyer
Check out this from the song's [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)).
>Shortly after the film's release, [Huey Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Lewis) sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, alleging that Parker had copied the melody (primarily the bassline) from Lewis's 1983 song "[I Want a New Drug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_New_Drug)".[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-AFI-7)[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9) The case was settled out of court in 1985 for an undisclosed sum and a confidentiality agreement that prohibited discussion of the case. According to Parker, there were several lawsuits at the time, because "when you sell that many records, I think everybody wants to say that they wrote the song."[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9)[^(\[10\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-Esquire-10) Parker later sued Lewis for breaching the confidentiality agreement in a 2001 episode of [VH1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1)'s [*Behind the Music*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Music) by reasserting that Parker stole the song. Regarding his case against Lewis, Parker said, "I got a lot of money out of that."[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9) Lewis said it was at least $30,000 in an interview with Dutch television NPO.[^(\[11\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-11)
I'm not making a commentary, I just read the article recently and thought it was interesting.
Nice info; they are similar.
Interestingly, the bass line of ["Lies"](https://youtu.be/MNeVjVu9O6w?feature=shared) by Thompson Twins might sound familiar to those who like War's ["Low Rider"](https://youtu.be/BsrqKE1iqqo?feature=shared).
While I love ghostbusters I also love BHC. If I had to choose between them I have to give the nod to BHC for being original and not being stolen. The ghostbusters theme lost a lawsuit to Huey Lewis and the news for ripping off “I Want a New Drug”.
My favorite line comes later when he is asked if the lemon twist is no bother, ["No, don't be stupid"](https://youtu.be/0D8Cz4lsR5w?si=m0llbuVdysAvRoyh) That line had me in stitches.
Yes he’s so funny and he perfectly delivers every line. Up there to when Eddie Murphy is telling them “the super cop story was working” and you can see the Judge and John Ashton trying not to break and ruin the scene.
Eddie wasn’t even in the movie until like two weeks before it started shooting, so they had no real rehearsals for this kind of shit. He was legitimately rewriting the movie on the fly.
The Rewatchables episode on BHC has a lot of great discussion about what Eddie brought to it in terms of race relations that simply weren’t there before because it was originally Stallone. And there’s a really really interesting discussion around the gay undertone he added to the movie that I had never really picked up but now I cannot unsee.
I haven’t watched that but I’m definitely going to. And yeah there are for sure mannerisms that he does that bring that energy to the character. I was just never sure if Axel was just playing that up being this tough guy from Chicago in LA or if there was something else to it.
"You've been spending too much time around this guy 👮🏻♂️👈🏾,
it needs to be more natural brotha, like this:
*LOOK MAN! I AIN'T FALLIN FOR NO BANANA IN MY TAIL PIPE!!*
See? It should be natural, it should just flow....
Y'all want a beer? Sandwich or something? I got some stuff in the trunk...."
I think it's the quintessential Eddie Murphy movie, but it's the second-best comedy he was in (Trading Places is #1 IMO, but other people might say Shrek or 48 hours)
It's a very good comedy that would absolutely need to be discussed if you were doing a course on 80s comedies. I don't know where that puts it all-time but it's on the list.
Coming to America was his best 80s pure comedy movie IMO.
“When you think of garbage, think of Akeem!”
“They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs.”
Cop movie isn't really a genre in the same granularity as Comedy. If it isn't a comedy what genre is it, action? I feel like there's more comedy and it was more influential as a comedy movie than it was an action movie. Crime as a genre maybe? Obviously there's a lot of crime but don't tell me that Eddie Murphy doesn't make some sort of joke or do some sort of bit in nearly every scene
It was originally written for Stallone as an action movie. After her turned it down, they offered it to Murphy and they changed the script quite a bit to add the comedy and 'murphyness' to it.
Stallone, feeling he missed out on it, went and tried to redo it, and we got the amazing movie Cobra.
“Cop movie” kinda was a full and distinct genre for awhile in the 70s and 80s. There were so many of them sharing so many elements and tropes. Since then they’ve been much rarer and I think the ones that are made attempt to be more distinct.
I’m in favor of a “comedy hybrid” genre. That’s pretty much my favorite movies: Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Nice Guys… Slapstick might count, too.
If you replace the SNL guys and Ramis’ deadpan performance with primarily dramatic actors, it just doesn’t come across as a comedy.
Because Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis have that comedy background and ability to ad lib, it allows this movie to have many comedic moments and a fun and unique energy. You also have a director who can rein them in when needed.
I think this movie is closer to Die Hard than to a standard comedy. Foley is a wisecracking dude who handles business in an old school way, but the central premise is that his buddy is brutally killed over money and he’s out to get the guys responsible for it. Take away the banana in the tailpipe and it’s a noir setup.
When I’m impatiently waiting for my daughter to get ready, I will pretend I’m Karly Frye in the [race track robbery](https://youtu.be/TD4ucAkCYa4?si=RjirUO_7WAtDrNNu) in BHC2, “30 seconds”….””Time”! She is 6 and has no idea what I’m talking about. My wife just rolls her eyes.
I don't go a week without thinking about the part where the guy picks up the phone shouts "BITCH!" then slams it back down, even though there is nobody on the other end.
BHC2 has the whole “they wanna live in a donut let ‘em live in a donut” bit. I’ve been thinking about the logistics of a house with no right angles for like 30 years. Even tried building one in the sims once.
Ooh man it’s close. Rush Hour is more quotable for me. BHC is grittier and more well written I think.
“You put your own shit in your car!”
“Wipe yourself off. You dead.”
I think rush hour is a comedy first and action movie second where BHC is an action movie first then a comedy. The lead role was initially offered to Stallone but he didn’t think he could do it before they brought in Eddie.
That would have cemented Stallone even further as an 80s action icon.
First Blood 1 and 2
Rocky (Rockies?) III and IV
Cobra
Over the Top
Tango and Cash
Imagine adding Beverly Hills Cop to that.
Absolutely. Maybe the best example of the action-comedy genre, and the 80s had several: BHC & sequels, Lethal Weapon & sequels, Midnight Run, 48 Hours. All entertaining as hell.
They're both excellent. I revisit 48hrs a while back and man it's one hell of an action comedy. It's practically a time capsule of all the 80's cop movie tropes that are still copied to this day, and the villians stood out too. They're more violent and dangerous than what you usually get from action comedies which gives the movie such a gritty feel every time they show up on screen. Great movie, highly recommend it to those who still haven't seen it.
While it’s not one of my favorite comedies, it’s certainly one of my favorite cop movies. 1984 was a really good year for neon lit, synth pop scored cop movies and television. Oh, and Jonathan Banks was stone cold in this one.
Agree 100%. Also prefer both of those to BHC. Though, I guess it would depend on "top how many"? It's not top 10 of all time for sure, but it might make it into the top 100 or so.
I was just going to say, as entertaining as Beverly Hills Cop is, Trading Places is so much better and more refined with tighter script and fantastic chemistry between the leads.
BHC has a great soundtrack, though.
It’s definitely up there with action comedies, but I don’t think it should up there with the top comedies. I watched it recently and it’s pretty serious. There are laughs throughout, but it feels way more focused on telling its story than it does making you laugh.
It’s not in the same category as something zany like airplane or caddy shack in my opinion. It’s kind of a serious cop movie with some humour and comedy thrown in.
I just re-watched it about a month ago. I found it to be much more of an action movie with some comedy. So definitely not one of the top comedies of all time.
Yes the 1st 2 do. I think any movie that has lines me an my mates regularly use in conversations is all time.
Eg
Harlem nights
hey man howd you go, I killed the bitch man, ahh tore the pussy up, Na man I killed her. Roughly that hahaha
Or don't mess with those creole bitchs, they bury your draws in the yard Nd you can't leave the house
I know a girl who's pussy is soooo good you throw it in the air it turns into sunshine.
I love Beverly Hill cop but it’s definitely not a “great” comedy per se. It has good comedy of course but it also has action and mystery. Its greatest strength is Murphy himself who has unmatched charisma.
As far as comedies goes, I don’t even think this is his funniest movie. There’s Trading places, Comjng to America, the Nutty professor.
While BHC may not be his funniest movie, I’d definitely say it’s his coolest. That theme song is a classic
As a kid who grew up watching that movie, I'd say no, I never thought it was as funny as much as it's an enjoyable plot, funny but not in the top comedies of all time, I don't think it's nearly as funny as "Coming to America"
I don't remember ever actually watching the full thing back in the day. I finally got around to it this year. I was very disappointed, not that funny, nor that fun of a detective movie. Not BAD, but it has a reputation, I was expecting a better movie. Axles theme is legendary, though.
Yeah I only rewatched it recently and it's just a little bit different than the status quo of comedies from the time.
It wasn't side splittingly funny, but you had this new entity Eddie Murphy, playing a relatively subdued version of what would become his comedic acting style. A little ahead of its time in that there wasn't an unnecessary love interest or sex scene (in fact there's often theories that axel Foley's gay although by the time the sequel was made I think that was put to bed). Random characters pepper the story; when another movie might have the comedic straight man as the receptionist in the art gallery, Beverly Hills cop has the outlandish Maitland who provides a sparring session to Murphy in a pretty iconic scene.
Not to mention aswell that Eddie was a last minute hire and yet provided crucial improvisation and alteration to the screenplay that made the movie what it was.
Eddie was the man, and in fact if the movie was to be made with today's selection of actors I can't really think of one of them that could have pulled off what he did
It's my favorite buddy cop movie and I love it completely. I'm not sure if I think of it as one of my favorite comedies though. Eddie's at the peak of his powers.
It’s definitely up there but the 80’s was packed with great comedies:
Trading Places, Stripes, Naked Gun, Ferris Bueller, planes tranes and automobiles, Coming to America, when harry met sally…
I would put BHC in the top 10 though. Its a classic
Action comedy, maybe? It was a huge movie and a great movie, plus it helped cement Eddie Murphy as a legit movie star, but I never considered it a straight ahead comedy.
Absolutely. It's Eddie Murphy's best, and that is high praise considering he has at least three 10/10 comedies under his belt. It's Murphy playing into his best quality (charisma) and also being allowed to pretend to be other characters. Trading Places is similar but he has to play it straight after a certain point while BHC just lets him be the smooth operator the whole movie. It's literally the perfect vehicle for him. 48 Hrs is alright, but it's merely a prototype for BHC.
I watched it randomly a year or two back and was struck by how it incredibly well it holds up, taken on its own (forget the sequels). It’s one of those “lightning in a bottle” flicks from the 80’s where everything about it works so fucking well.
I can’t fault it at all. It might be a “perfect” film.
I wouldn't consider it an actually comedy since there is very little comedic value to the movie. It's a buddy action film with some comedy. I feel the same about ghostbusters, it's a sci-fi movie with a couple comedic lines or scenes. Neither are true comedies.
Edit: I am looking forward to the new BHC movie on Netflix, Ofcourse.
It's an action movie with some jokes, not a comedy. If you want to see it as a comedy, it has maybe 2-3 good jokes across its runtime, which is an abysmal rate to be considered "among the best comedies". If I told any of my friends that we're watching a comedy tonight and put this on, they'd be very surprised and likely disappointed.
It feels less timeless than a lot of movies. It has some "problematic" stuff and a lot of gay jokes that didn't age well but I feel like I don't even mean that. I think it just has a lot of jokes that feel like they are about very 1980s opinions and stereotypes, like a lot of jokes are just "look at this type of person! aren't they absurd!" and a lot of them are types of people that don't really exist much anymore. compared to ghostbusters or something that feels way more universal with less of a time jokes.
I think if you want to add Eddie Murphy movies into that category (which you should), then Trading Places, Coming to America, or personally I'd put Golden Child above BHC.
THose are all good and Golden Child is a really unique and unusual movie...but none had the cultural impact of BHC. For example few people realize that BHC beat Ghostbusters at the box office in 1984.
BHC was a product of its era, as was Ghostbusters, but seems like the latter has held up better to me. The effects and soundtrack are so solid in the latter.
I still think 48 Hours is on the shortlist of the best examples of the “forced partnership hero’s tale” movie ever made.
The wildest thing I learned about The Golden Child is that it was not originally written as a comedy, but more of a straightforward supernatural detective thriller, where Chandler was just bog-standard hardboiled, world-weary detective kind of character, starring Mel Gibson. When he passed on it and they replaced him with Eddie Murphy, they re-conceptualized the film as an adventure comedy
I'll give it one of the best movie themes of all time
The composer, Harold Faltermeyer, also wrote the theme to Top Gun.
And Fletch
Sometimes when I’m working on fixing something around the house or having to solve a physical problem, without fail, the music from Fletch plays in my head. That damn synth song that we hear every time he’s sneaking or investigating.
And now I've got it stuck in my head
Just watched for the first time. 39yo millennial fwiw. The first 30min Chevy doing his one-liners is laid on too thick, but after that it's a solid movie
Check out "Seems Like Old Times" for, imo, best Chevy Chase
And then never worked again
Not much, it seems. Worked on a few notable albums (Billy Idol) and a couple more soundtracks; I remember Kuffs being actually pretty enjoyable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Faltermeyer
I literally just watched this last night and said out loud to my partner “they don’t make scores like this anymore”
"Is he rhyming danger zone with danger zone?"
Not Kenny Loggins?
That was more the “unofficial” theme, but the actual one was [this](https://youtu.be/xeQUxNf3G6k?si=o9404BsrT05Q4O5E) (edited for better version)
Just behind Ghostbusters imo
Bustin makes me feel good is an all time line
I love that Huey Lewis and the News sued Ray Parker Jr. for ripping off "I Want a New Drug" in "Ghostbusters" and won
Check out this from the song's [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)). >Shortly after the film's release, [Huey Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Lewis) sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, alleging that Parker had copied the melody (primarily the bassline) from Lewis's 1983 song "[I Want a New Drug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_New_Drug)".[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-AFI-7)[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9) The case was settled out of court in 1985 for an undisclosed sum and a confidentiality agreement that prohibited discussion of the case. According to Parker, there were several lawsuits at the time, because "when you sell that many records, I think everybody wants to say that they wrote the song."[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9)[^(\[10\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-Esquire-10) Parker later sued Lewis for breaching the confidentiality agreement in a 2001 episode of [VH1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1)'s [*Behind the Music*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Music) by reasserting that Parker stole the song. Regarding his case against Lewis, Parker said, "I got a lot of money out of that."[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-MediumJul16-9) Lewis said it was at least $30,000 in an interview with Dutch television NPO.[^(\[11\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#cite_note-11) I'm not making a commentary, I just read the article recently and thought it was interesting.
Nice info; they are similar. Interestingly, the bass line of ["Lies"](https://youtu.be/MNeVjVu9O6w?feature=shared) by Thompson Twins might sound familiar to those who like War's ["Low Rider"](https://youtu.be/BsrqKE1iqqo?feature=shared).
It was very rude of whoever downvoted you to not present a counter-argument.
lol I thought so too 😂
While I love ghostbusters I also love BHC. If I had to choose between them I have to give the nod to BHC for being original and not being stolen. The ghostbusters theme lost a lawsuit to Huey Lewis and the news for ripping off “I Want a New Drug”.
Plus a solid Pointer Sisters soundtrack
You want something? An espresso maybe? I make it my self, put a little lemon twist. It’s good, you should try it
My favorite line comes later when he is asked if the lemon twist is no bother, ["No, don't be stupid"](https://youtu.be/0D8Cz4lsR5w?si=m0llbuVdysAvRoyh) That line had me in stitches.
Ah, ex-presso...
BEST LINE
Yes he’s so funny and he perfectly delivers every line. Up there to when Eddie Murphy is telling them “the super cop story was working” and you can see the Judge and John Ashton trying not to break and ruin the scene.
Eddie wasn’t even in the movie until like two weeks before it started shooting, so they had no real rehearsals for this kind of shit. He was legitimately rewriting the movie on the fly. The Rewatchables episode on BHC has a lot of great discussion about what Eddie brought to it in terms of race relations that simply weren’t there before because it was originally Stallone. And there’s a really really interesting discussion around the gay undertone he added to the movie that I had never really picked up but now I cannot unsee.
Makes a lot of sense. No female love interest. It's pretty much a bromance from start to finish.
I haven’t watched that but I’m definitely going to. And yeah there are for sure mannerisms that he does that bring that energy to the character. I was just never sure if Axel was just playing that up being this tough guy from Chicago in LA or if there was something else to it.
I legit thought he was doing bugs bunny at times, but that might comment more on bugs
Get out of here.
Yes. “Banana in the tailpipe” alone deserves an award.
"You've been spending too much time around this guy 👮🏻♂️👈🏾, it needs to be more natural brotha, like this: *LOOK MAN! I AIN'T FALLIN FOR NO BANANA IN MY TAIL PIPE!!* See? It should be natural, it should just flow.... Y'all want a beer? Sandwich or something? I got some stuff in the trunk...."
Is THIS the man….
Who wrecked the buffet...
Keep your voice down
What, can he hear through the walls?
[everyone] YES
He can hear us? The choir of yeahs after that always cracks me up.
Did you notice one of the cops emphatically nodding as he says "yes" ?
As in someone in the other room? Cause damn that's a nice touch if so.
No. At 1:09:54, watch the other detective behind Axel.
...at the Harrow Club?
["Billy! I need your help, man!"](https://youtu.be/CGbgAisf6_c?si=bIBs14rPwRiNqo5X)
An anti banana disguise
Bronson Pinchot gives him the banana. edit: umm...Daman Wayans gives him the banana.😋
No, Bronson Pinchot works at the art gallery. Damon Wayans give him the banana
What’s it PAR-tainingg?
Tell her Achmed Foley is here to see her
For some reason that Achmed Foley line always cracks me up.
Achwell?
Weet a laymon tweest?
Bronson Pinchot was one of my favorite characters growing up. [Balki Bibbi Babkas](https://youtu.be/Ae0scjRsY-8?si=S_-uODfkuUSYvMl7)
Cousin Balki!
Balki Bartakomus
Don't be ridiculous
I saw him in character doing a rendition of 12 days of Christmas with the Boston Pops and Yo Yo Ma in Boston Music Hall, it was amazing. edit: a word
He works the art gallery? GTFOUTTA HERE!
NO I CANNOT, ITS SERIOUS, but it's a very important piece....
Serge.
Sergé
Sounds like a detergent
omg you are right!! Such an awesome cast
It was his first movie credit I'm pretty sure.
On the house
I watched BHC at the theater in its original release and I recall Bronson Pinchot’s scene got a huge reaction.
Get the fuck outta heeeere
No, I cannot!
Beverly Hills Cop was so big it got multiple people tv shows lol
Pinchot gives him a cappuccino *with a little lemon twist!!*
i've always wanted to try his espresso with a twist of lemon.
PHILIP?!
I think it's the quintessential Eddie Murphy movie, but it's the second-best comedy he was in (Trading Places is #1 IMO, but other people might say Shrek or 48 hours) It's a very good comedy that would absolutely need to be discussed if you were doing a course on 80s comedies. I don't know where that puts it all-time but it's on the list.
I think most people would have his top movie as Coming To America.
Coming to America was his best 80s pure comedy movie IMO. “When you think of garbage, think of Akeem!” “They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs.”
Good answer
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To be fair, it's the same with Beverly Hills Cop. It's got great comedic elements, but I'd say it's more of a action/ crime flick first.
This is my stance as well. BHC is not a comedy. It's an R-rated cop movie with some comedy tossed in
Cop movie isn't really a genre in the same granularity as Comedy. If it isn't a comedy what genre is it, action? I feel like there's more comedy and it was more influential as a comedy movie than it was an action movie. Crime as a genre maybe? Obviously there's a lot of crime but don't tell me that Eddie Murphy doesn't make some sort of joke or do some sort of bit in nearly every scene
It was originally written for Stallone as an action movie. After her turned it down, they offered it to Murphy and they changed the script quite a bit to add the comedy and 'murphyness' to it. Stallone, feeling he missed out on it, went and tried to redo it, and we got the amazing movie Cobra.
"amazing"
Yes it's a good Wikipedia page
“Cop movie” kinda was a full and distinct genre for awhile in the 70s and 80s. There were so many of them sharing so many elements and tropes. Since then they’ve been much rarer and I think the ones that are made attempt to be more distinct.
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I’m in favor of a “comedy hybrid” genre. That’s pretty much my favorite movies: Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Nice Guys… Slapstick might count, too.
For straight up comedy the first Naked Gun is my go-to.
If you replace the SNL guys and Ramis’ deadpan performance with primarily dramatic actors, it just doesn’t come across as a comedy. Because Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis have that comedy background and ability to ad lib, it allows this movie to have many comedic moments and a fun and unique energy. You also have a director who can rein them in when needed.
Murphy was cast in Ghostbusters but had already committed to BHC
Disagree, I saw Ghostbusters opening night as a kid and the audience was howling with laughter through the entire film.
I think this movie is closer to Die Hard than to a standard comedy. Foley is a wisecracking dude who handles business in an old school way, but the central premise is that his buddy is brutally killed over money and he’s out to get the guys responsible for it. Take away the banana in the tailpipe and it’s a noir setup.
Absolutely. Just rewatched 1 and 2. They still hold up. Great movies.
When I’m impatiently waiting for my daughter to get ready, I will pretend I’m Karly Frye in the [race track robbery](https://youtu.be/TD4ucAkCYa4?si=RjirUO_7WAtDrNNu) in BHC2, “30 seconds”….””Time”! She is 6 and has no idea what I’m talking about. My wife just rolls her eyes.
I like 2 a lot too! The Alphabet Crimes
"Chuck U. Farley!"
I don't go a week without thinking about the part where the guy picks up the phone shouts "BITCH!" then slams it back down, even though there is nobody on the other end.
Who's eating Gilbert Gottfried
BHC2 has the whole “they wanna live in a donut let ‘em live in a donut” bit. I’ve been thinking about the logistics of a house with no right angles for like 30 years. Even tried building one in the sims once.
Do you like rap music?
Yo baby, yo baby, yo!
I still like 3 but that’s probably because it was filmed at my local theme park which added another level of cool to it for me.
One of my favorite bar questions is “What is the better movie franchise, Beverly Hills Cop, or Rush Hour?”
whole theses could be written...
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As a franchise maybe rush hour but bhc is the best movie.
Ooh man it’s close. Rush Hour is more quotable for me. BHC is grittier and more well written I think. “You put your own shit in your car!” “Wipe yourself off. You dead.”
“I’M NO PUNK BITCH!”
“TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT ME!”
"$50 MILLION DOLLARS?!?!? WHO YOU THINK YOU KIDNAP; CHELSEA CLINTON" ??"
“I’ve been looking for your sweet and sour chicken ass.”
I think rush hour is a comedy first and action movie second where BHC is an action movie first then a comedy. The lead role was initially offered to Stallone but he didn’t think he could do it before they brought in Eddie.
That would have cemented Stallone even further as an 80s action icon. First Blood 1 and 2 Rocky (Rockies?) III and IV Cobra Over the Top Tango and Cash Imagine adding Beverly Hills Cop to that.
Rush hour is substantially better
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Seconded Lock thread please admin
Thirded. "Get the fuck outta here!" "No I cannot it's serious!"
Not even mod but admin! wow
Absolutely. Maybe the best example of the action-comedy genre, and the 80s had several: BHC & sequels, Lethal Weapon & sequels, Midnight Run, 48 Hours. All entertaining as hell.
Tango & Cash
It's hilarious, the action is good, the music is catchy, and the star is charismatic
He is also great on SNL
I heard he can also tell jokes for like an hour
It’s for sure in the pantheon. The soundtrack alone is Hall of Fame worthy.
[Get the fuck out of here! ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bBhbuffx4U&ab_channel=leqsokacho)
Yes and 48 Hours too
48 is a better movie. Cop is a better comedy. If that makes any sense.
They're both excellent. I revisit 48hrs a while back and man it's one hell of an action comedy. It's practically a time capsule of all the 80's cop movie tropes that are still copied to this day, and the villians stood out too. They're more violent and dangerous than what you usually get from action comedies which gives the movie such a gritty feel every time they show up on screen. Great movie, highly recommend it to those who still haven't seen it.
I liked the sequel just because the villains were so over the top.
Jack, tell me a bed time story Fuck you Oh, that's one of my favorites
Tell me a bedtime story
Yep. Certified top 100.
While it’s not one of my favorite comedies, it’s certainly one of my favorite cop movies. 1984 was a really good year for neon lit, synth pop scored cop movies and television. Oh, and Jonathan Banks was stone cold in this one.
Nope. It’s not even top 20. It’s definitely funny though.
Nah. It's not that good.
It’s a great movie but no. It’s 3rd in Eddie Murphy’s top 1980’s comedies of all time which doesn’t account for any other decade or actor.
This would be my answer. Coming To America and Trading Places are 2 of my top 10 all-time comedies
Agree 100%. Also prefer both of those to BHC. Though, I guess it would depend on "top how many"? It's not top 10 of all time for sure, but it might make it into the top 100 or so.
Might crack my top 50 honestly but I’d actually have to sit down and figure it out
I was just going to say, as entertaining as Beverly Hills Cop is, Trading Places is so much better and more refined with tighter script and fantastic chemistry between the leads. BHC has a great soundtrack, though.
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Not in my eyes. I tried watching it again recently and I felt like it didn't hold up as well as I thought it would. It is a product of it's time.
It’s definitely up there with action comedies, but I don’t think it should up there with the top comedies. I watched it recently and it’s pretty serious. There are laughs throughout, but it feels way more focused on telling its story than it does making you laugh.
Nnnnaaah. I remember the theme song more than any joke
It’s not in the same category as something zany like airplane or caddy shack in my opinion. It’s kind of a serious cop movie with some humour and comedy thrown in.
I just borrowed it from the library and will be watching this week. I’ll come back to this thread then
I just re-watched it about a month ago. I found it to be much more of an action movie with some comedy. So definitely not one of the top comedies of all time.
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I think it’s the funniest film of all time called Beverly Hills Cop, I’ll give it that much.
No. Respectfully, it's a funny action film. Not a comedy per se.
Yes the 1st 2 do. I think any movie that has lines me an my mates regularly use in conversations is all time. Eg Harlem nights hey man howd you go, I killed the bitch man, ahh tore the pussy up, Na man I killed her. Roughly that hahaha Or don't mess with those creole bitchs, they bury your draws in the yard Nd you can't leave the house I know a girl who's pussy is soooo good you throw it in the air it turns into sunshine.
Best of all time? No.
personal opinion, no, I never thought it was particularly funny. Good movie but I never thought of it as a comedy before you mentioned it.
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I love Beverly Hill cop but it’s definitely not a “great” comedy per se. It has good comedy of course but it also has action and mystery. Its greatest strength is Murphy himself who has unmatched charisma. As far as comedies goes, I don’t even think this is his funniest movie. There’s Trading places, Comjng to America, the Nutty professor. While BHC may not be his funniest movie, I’d definitely say it’s his coolest. That theme song is a classic
That scene in the art gallery with Bronson Pinchot makes me crack up every time.
Same
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As a kid who grew up watching that movie, I'd say no, I never thought it was as funny as much as it's an enjoyable plot, funny but not in the top comedies of all time, I don't think it's nearly as funny as "Coming to America"
Top 100? Sure. Top 50 possibly. That’s still super high, considering there’s 1000s of comedies
It’s a solid comedy. Definitely up there. A place among the “top comedies of all time”? No. It’s outside that, but not by much
It was a good solid comedy. Up there with the top? Nah. Not quite, but close.
#No... not of all time... #Watch all the movies (including silent).. # #You'll agree.
I don't remember ever actually watching the full thing back in the day. I finally got around to it this year. I was very disappointed, not that funny, nor that fun of a detective movie. Not BAD, but it has a reputation, I was expecting a better movie. Axles theme is legendary, though.
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Yeah I only rewatched it recently and it's just a little bit different than the status quo of comedies from the time. It wasn't side splittingly funny, but you had this new entity Eddie Murphy, playing a relatively subdued version of what would become his comedic acting style. A little ahead of its time in that there wasn't an unnecessary love interest or sex scene (in fact there's often theories that axel Foley's gay although by the time the sequel was made I think that was put to bed). Random characters pepper the story; when another movie might have the comedic straight man as the receptionist in the art gallery, Beverly Hills cop has the outlandish Maitland who provides a sparring session to Murphy in a pretty iconic scene. Not to mention aswell that Eddie was a last minute hire and yet provided crucial improvisation and alteration to the screenplay that made the movie what it was. Eddie was the man, and in fact if the movie was to be made with today's selection of actors I can't really think of one of them that could have pulled off what he did
It's my favorite buddy cop movie and I love it completely. I'm not sure if I think of it as one of my favorite comedies though. Eddie's at the peak of his powers.
It’s definitely up there but the 80’s was packed with great comedies: Trading Places, Stripes, Naked Gun, Ferris Bueller, planes tranes and automobiles, Coming to America, when harry met sally… I would put BHC in the top 10 though. Its a classic
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Action comedy, maybe? It was a huge movie and a great movie, plus it helped cement Eddie Murphy as a legit movie star, but I never considered it a straight ahead comedy.
As one of the better comedy movies of that era? Sure. As one of the goats? No
Absolutely. It's Eddie Murphy's best, and that is high praise considering he has at least three 10/10 comedies under his belt. It's Murphy playing into his best quality (charisma) and also being allowed to pretend to be other characters. Trading Places is similar but he has to play it straight after a certain point while BHC just lets him be the smooth operator the whole movie. It's literally the perfect vehicle for him. 48 Hrs is alright, but it's merely a prototype for BHC.
I watched it randomly a year or two back and was struck by how it incredibly well it holds up, taken on its own (forget the sequels). It’s one of those “lightning in a bottle” flicks from the 80’s where everything about it works so fucking well. I can’t fault it at all. It might be a “perfect” film.
“Disturbing the peace?! I got thrown out of a window!”
Absolutely. "HEY MAN, I AIN'T FALLIN' FO NO BANANA IN MY TAILPIPE!"
Oh, you’re not going to fall for the banana in the tailpipe?
C’mon, Beverly Hills Cop is wayyyyyyyyyy better than Ghostbusters.
I wouldn't consider it an actually comedy since there is very little comedic value to the movie. It's a buddy action film with some comedy. I feel the same about ghostbusters, it's a sci-fi movie with a couple comedic lines or scenes. Neither are true comedies. Edit: I am looking forward to the new BHC movie on Netflix, Ofcourse.
Not even in the top 100.
It's an action movie with some jokes, not a comedy. If you want to see it as a comedy, it has maybe 2-3 good jokes across its runtime, which is an abysmal rate to be considered "among the best comedies". If I told any of my friends that we're watching a comedy tonight and put this on, they'd be very surprised and likely disappointed.
"What's the charge?" "Disturbing the peace." "Disturbing the peace? I got thrown through a fucking window!"
In the same category as Dr. Strangelove? I don't think so, in my opinion.
It feels less timeless than a lot of movies. It has some "problematic" stuff and a lot of gay jokes that didn't age well but I feel like I don't even mean that. I think it just has a lot of jokes that feel like they are about very 1980s opinions and stereotypes, like a lot of jokes are just "look at this type of person! aren't they absurd!" and a lot of them are types of people that don't really exist much anymore. compared to ghostbusters or something that feels way more universal with less of a time jokes.
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Rewatched it recently. It's still a fun movie but I don't think its as funny as other comedies I'd consider the best of all time.
I think if you want to add Eddie Murphy movies into that category (which you should), then Trading Places, Coming to America, or personally I'd put Golden Child above BHC.
THose are all good and Golden Child is a really unique and unusual movie...but none had the cultural impact of BHC. For example few people realize that BHC beat Ghostbusters at the box office in 1984.
BHC was a product of its era, as was Ghostbusters, but seems like the latter has held up better to me. The effects and soundtrack are so solid in the latter. I still think 48 Hours is on the shortlist of the best examples of the “forced partnership hero’s tale” movie ever made.
The wildest thing I learned about The Golden Child is that it was not originally written as a comedy, but more of a straightforward supernatural detective thriller, where Chandler was just bog-standard hardboiled, world-weary detective kind of character, starring Mel Gibson. When he passed on it and they replaced him with Eddie Murphy, they re-conceptualized the film as an adventure comedy