Coming to America 2 (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

"This is beautiful. What is that? Velvet ? " … cracks me up every time.

I had no idea that older Jewish gentleman was played by Eddie as well.

Yep, that was Murphy. He was great as the barber shop guys.

 

[0rion]

Huge Eddie Murphy fan. I'm sure they'll have more memorable quotes in the 2nd one.

BTW Tom Cruise TOP GUN 2 is supposed to be released some time in 2021 as well.

Don't ruin an eddie murphy thread with Tom cruise haha

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So the barber shop guys are actually immortal.

It's a black barber thing. My barber's (who's in his 60s) dad cut my hair until right before Katrina at 80 years old. He first cut my hair when I was 5 and he had some of those same old posters at retirement just like the Soul Glo posters in the trailer. It's just tradition.

 

[Zack Lee]

Trailer looks funny, I’ll give it a watch since I have prime. Hopefully it’s better than Joe Dirt 2. Generally speaking it seems like if the first was a hit and the second goes to a streaming service, it might not should happen.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Complex Kid]

 

[SUGrad03]

Teyana

 

[ANKOMA33]

King Jaffe Joffer : Semmi, you have disgraced yourself and you must be punished. You will confine yourself to our royal suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.

[to Oha]

King Jaffe Joffer : And see that he puts on some decent attire.

[to the rose bearers]

King Jaffe Joffer : And I want you to bathe him thoroughly.

Semmi : Oh, thank you, Your Majesty! LOL !!!!

Arsenio Hall's role and acting in the original was priceless. He was the Rev/barber with a plate (never had any customers) & Semmi. Classic stuff.

 

[Juicy Fruit]

Only 7 more days...

 

[Complex Kid]

Only 7 more days...

 

[tomwaits]

So the barber shop guys are actually immortal.

They are Watchers and this is how Coming To America is going to be incorporated into the Marvel Universe.

 

[Complex Kid]

They are Watchers and this is how Coming To America is going to be incorporated into the Marvel Universe.

 

[Optimus Prime]

NEW YORK (AP) — When Eddie Murphy made the original “Coming to America,” he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America.

Murphy was at the very height of his fame, coming off “Beverly Hills Cop II” and the stand-up special “Raw.” They were heady times. Arsenio Hall, Murphy’s longtime friend and co-star in “Coming to America,” remembers them sneaking out during the shoot to a Hollywood nightclub while still dressed as Prince Akeem and his loyal aide Semmi. “We were insane,” says Hall.

The ’80s, Murphy says, are “all a blur.”

“I was so young, all this stuff was happening. You take everything for granted when you’re young, how successful I was,” Murphy says, speaking by Zoom with a shelf of award statuettes behind him. “Now I take nothing for granted and appreciate everything.”.............

“This is the only movie I’ve ever done that had a cult following,” says Murphy. “We had totally forgot about ‘Coming to America.’ Then this movie took on this life in the culture. It became like a cult movie. Lines from the movie became catchphrases. People do the mic drop now. The very first mic drop is Randy Watson from ‘Coming to America.’”

“Coming to America” has indeed played a unique role in culture since 1988. Real-life McDowell’s fast-food restaurants — the McDonald’s knockoff from the movie — have briefly popped up in Los Angeles and Chicago. Beyoncé and Jay-Z once dressed up as characters from the film for Halloween.

But the John Landis-directed movie was also a massive success on release. It was the second-highest grossing film domestically in 1988 with $128.2 million in tickets sold — nearly double what “Die Hard” made that year. Globally, it grossed $288.8 million, or more than $630 million adjusted for inflation.

To Murphy, that’s the movie’s legacy.....................

33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda (apnews.com)

 

[bigdaddysaints]

The only other Eddie Murphy movie i can think of that has a cult following is Harlem Nights. That is another one i quote and re watch youtube clips of all the time.

 

[Optimus Prime]

The only other Eddie Murphy movie i can think of that has a cult following is Harlem Nights. That is another one i quote and re watch youtube clips of all the time.

I'd say the 1st Beverly Hills Cop too

Definitely interesting that Coming to America was a bigger hit than Die Hard