Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Dec 14, 2023 11:04:03 GMT -5
Well looks like this movie finally got made, and honestly? It looks good. Much more 2 than 3 which helps a lot. Saw someone say it's very modern day Bruckheimer, which is the best you'll get for a Beverly Hills Cop 4 film, plus we have Taggert and Rosewood back so yay! No release date yet www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBG3iyr5N70&ab_channel=Netflix
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Post by Renslayer on Dec 14, 2023 12:53:35 GMT -5
I'm always down to watch Eddie so I'll be seated for this.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 14, 2023 12:54:49 GMT -5
"New trailer?
Ged da **** outta here!"
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 14, 2023 13:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by tirtefaa on Dec 14, 2023 14:43:39 GMT -5
The biggest issue with Beverly Hills Cop has always been the name.
Beverly Hills Cop
Why couldn't they call it "Detroit Cop in Beverly Hills" or something similar? The drawing factor of the first movie is how Axel is a fish out of water and his interactions in a foreign environment.
Unfortunately, that only works well in the first movie. So if you make it a franchise, you're boxed in because of the title.
Imagine if the series instead where Axel goes to Scotland Yard, South America or to Japan or something? It would be way better. You would get far more mileage out of it.
Instead, as much as I like the supporting cast in the original, having them there to rehash the same things that made the original good, no longer help the movie.
Absolutely love the first movie and hate the sequels. Hopefully this new one works better.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 14, 2023 18:59:11 GMT -5
I decided to watch all 3 on night. First one is excellent, second is very good but not as good, third one left me wondering if they had even see a Beverly Hills Cop movie when they made it.
I’ll check this one out.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 14, 2023 19:41:56 GMT -5
Imagine if the series instead where Axel goes to Scotland Yard, South America or to Japan or something? It would be way better. You would get far more mileage out of it. That was actually the original pitch for the third movie. Bogomill would get kidnapped by terrorists during a police convention in London (later changed to gangsters), and Foley would work with a Scotland Yard detective (initially planned to be Sean Connery, then later John Cleese). It didn't get very far, as Ronny Cox so succinctly puts it: "They wanted me to be in Beverly Hills Cop III, but... I read the script."
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Dec 14, 2023 21:39:59 GMT -5
2 is still my favorite. Might even be my favorite Eddie Murphey film. Loved how in the time between films Foley and the Beverly Hill PD guys kept in touch and became close. Really loved the stylistic cinematography and more bombastic soundtrack. 3 just watered all of that down, which seemed to be the style at the time (see also Robocop 3 and later Terminator 3).
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 16, 2023 11:00:19 GMT -5
2 is still my favorite. Might even be my favorite Eddie Murphey film. Loved how in the time between films Foley and the Beverly Hill PD guys kept in touch and became close. Really loved the stylistic cinematography and more bombastic soundtrack. 3 just watered all of that down, which seemed to be the style at the time (see also Robocop 3 and later Terminator 3). John Landis thought the script was terrible but figured that didn't matter cause Eddie would just ad lib stuff and make it funny like in the first two... Eddie however decided that "Axel Foley had grown up and was no longer the wise cracking rookie" and at least per Landis, basically refused to do anything funny... he'd put Eddie in a situation where he could do his thing and Eddie would just kinda ignore it. I mean this is John Landis speaking (except for that Grown Up bit Eddie said that multiple times in interviews), but just watching certain scenes in this movie it definitely comes across as true. Like the scene where Axel is hassled by the employee of the theme park that he needs to buy a ticket to get in, Eddie looks at him and throws money at him... if this was One or Two he would have slipped into a character and smooth talked his way into the park.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 23, 2024 13:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on May 24, 2024 2:56:25 GMT -5
In this one, that one cop falls for the banana in the tailpipe.
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Post by Ryushinku on May 24, 2024 5:24:46 GMT -5
I have no particular attachment to the series, but I hope this does well.
The first one was really good, and the other two entertaining enough. It's also nice on the rare occasion when a long-delayed follow-up actually turns out to be good too, so fingers crossed.
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 24, 2024 5:42:29 GMT -5
Honestly looks like a blast. Not as gritty as 2, which is my favorite, but still feels like a Beverly Hills Cop movie.
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Post by salz4life on May 24, 2024 15:43:10 GMT -5
This looks solid, IMO. Looking forward to it.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 2, 2024 18:25:39 GMT -5
Reviews are in and apparently... it's not bad? Biggest criticisms seem to be it's a little safe and not as funny as the first two.
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on Jul 3, 2024 17:45:38 GMT -5
Just finished it. Lots of nods to the first two films in the series (don’t blame them for pretty much ignoring the third one). Fairly solid story, satisfying third act. I really enjoyed it.
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tirtefaa
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Post by tirtefaa on Jul 3, 2024 18:02:24 GMT -5
Not as good as the first TWO?
I'm sorry, but there is only one good Beverly Hills Cop movie and that's the first one.
I stand by my previous statement that the name of the movie held the series back from being better than it actually is.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 3, 2024 18:17:14 GMT -5
Not as good as the first TWO? I'm sorry, but there is only one good Beverly Hills Cop movie and that's the first one. I stand by my previous statement that the name of the movie held the series back from being better than it actually is. First one is excellent. Second is pretty good but near as good as the first. Third one, I’m not even sure the people who made it ever saw a Beverly Hills Cop movie. 2 has Gilbert Gottfried, he alone makes it worth watching.
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Jul 3, 2024 18:18:58 GMT -5
Second movie is easily my favorite of the films and 4 was very close to it. Excellent movie and a perfect throwback to 80s action cop movies.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 3, 2024 18:31:24 GMT -5
First one is excellent. Second is pretty good but near as good as the first. Third one, I’m not even sure the people who made it ever saw a Beverly Hills Cop movie. 2 has Gilbert Gottfried, he alone makes it worth watching. Second isn't as good as the first but it's definitely my favourite. It's an absurdly good-looking movie for what was a relatively cookie-cutter sequel. Gottfried's adlib never fails to make me laugh:
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