# Norbit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473 "2007-01-25T22:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/1 "2007-01-25T22:01:25Z")
Has anyone seen the commericals for the new Eddie Murphy Film Norbit. I think they are so funny. I think this movie will be a good one to see. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/2 "2007-01-25T23:00:15Z")
Really? To me it looks like yet another catastrophic Eddy Murphy vanity project in which he gets to dress up in a fat suit. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/3 "2007-01-25T23:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=iluvurmom] Has anyone seen the commericals for the new Eddie Murphy Film Norbit. I think they are so funny. I think this movie will be a good one to see. [/QUOTE] Are you 12 years old? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/4 "2007-01-25T23:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Really? To me it looks like yet another catastrophic Eddy Murphy vanity project in which he gets to dress up in a fat suit. [/QUOTE] Yup yup, anyone seen Big Mamma, Medea, Nutty Professor, etc. etc., I mean come on. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/5 "2007-01-25T23:22:01Z")
If so much of Hollywood didn’t already hate him, I’d say the numerous ads airing over the next few weeks would be enough to doom Murphy’s Oscar chances (I’m guessing he’ll lose). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/6 "2007-01-25T23:25:12Z")
I mourn for the days of _Trading Places_, _Beverly Hills Cop_, _Coming to America_, and _The Distinguished Gentleman_. There was a time when Eddie could do no wrong. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/7 "2007-01-25T23:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Yup yup, anyone seen Big Mamma, Medea, Nutty Professor, etc. etc., I mean come on. [/QUOTE] What, do you think all black comic actors in fat suits look alike? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/8 "2007-01-25T23:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] What, do you think all black comic actors in fat suits look alike? [/QUOTE] > **[Client Challenge](https://www.sfgate.com/columnists/knight/)** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/9 "2007-01-25T23:52:51Z")
What I do find amazing is how much skin the female fat suit Eddie shows. It’s not like Sherman Klump who wears a full suit of clothes most of the time. The makeup people must have done a great job. But I don’t think I’ll be seeing the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/10 "2007-01-26T01:35:44Z")
Did anyone else notice from the trailers this character, the male, is an awful lot like his Bowfinger character, which is actually not a bad film, in my defense. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/11 "2007-01-26T02:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] There was a time when Eddie could do no wrong. ☹ [/QUOTE] I’ll have to take your word on that. To me, Eddie Murphy is a comedian who was only funny a long, long time ago, when I was a wee little tyke (I’m 24 now). He should’ve retired from doing movies at least a generation ago. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/12 "2007-01-26T02:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] I’ll have to take your word on that. [/QUOTE] Then you need to see, at the very least, **Beverly Hills Cop** and **Trading Places**. [QUOTE=Max the Immortal] He should’ve retired from doing movies at least a generation ago. [/QUOTE] Except movies like **Dreamgirls** , where he really is the best thing in it, and that’s not a putdown of the rest of the movie. He was fantastic. But yeah, I also think he’ll lose the Oscar (which was his to lose, he was so good) just because of those goddamned moronic Norbit ads. I liked Bowfinger too. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/13 "2007-01-26T02:49:50Z")
When we saw that trailer in the theater, my friend and I turned to each other and, umprompted, said “that looks like the worst fucking movie of all time” in unison. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/14 "2007-01-26T04:48:35Z")
Worst. Movie. _Ever._ The only redeeming quality of this movie is that it (along with “Deck the Halls” and few others) can now be added to my [Movie poster montage](http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5374/finalnt9.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/15 "2007-01-26T12:15:32Z")
Unmitigated repulsive, disgusting **rubbish!!** When the trailer for it comes on, I have to leave the room until it’s over. Shades of **Little Man.** ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/16 "2007-01-26T12:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=KJ] Worst. Movie. _Ever._ The only redeeming quality of this movie is that it (along with “Deck the Halls” and few others) can now be added to my [Movie poster montage](http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5374/finalnt9.jpg). [/QUOTE] You saw it already? Anyway, fuck it. Eddie Murphy doing different characters is his strong suit, and between Shallow Hal, both Big Mommas, and both Nutty Professors, I’ve had a lot of damn genuine laughs at guy’s in fat suits. I thought the Medea movies were pretty weak, but I like Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Still make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/17 "2007-01-26T13:08:32Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] Are you 12 years old? [/QUOTE] Whoa, there. Such comments are out of bounds in Cafe Society. For reference, please see [Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384736) and note particularly Post #10. And for the forum-specific, see [Forum Rules: PLEASE READ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601). Commenting on someone’s background is inappropriate, and certainly the implication that the person is too young to be a member of the SDMB is a personal insult. You will hereby cease and desist, **friedo** , you’ve been around long enough to know better. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/18 "2007-01-26T13:20:57Z")
Apparently **iluvurmom** didn’t get the memo that all black comedies get the “dumbest movie ever” tag around here, until proven otherwise. You don’t need to see “White Chicks” or “Little Man” or “Big Momma’s House” or “Soul Plane”. They’re the worst movie ever, period, every time, for 12 year olds. But, we can’t wait to see “Talladega Nights” and “Evan Almighty”. Yeah and, “Nacho Libre” is looking pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/19 "2007-01-26T13:24:08Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Apparently **iluvurmom** didn’t get the memo that all black comedies get the “dumbest movie ever” tag around here, until proven otherwise. You don’t need to see “White Chicks” or “Little Man” or “Big Momma’s House” or “Soul Plane”. They’re the worst movie ever, period, every time, for 12 year olds. But, we can’t wait to see “Talladega Nights” and “Evan Almighty”. Yeah and, “Nacho Libre” is looking pretty good. [/QUOTE] Just for the record, “White Chicks” _was_ and awful movie. Even for a 12 year old. “Big Momma’s House” wasn’t so bad; it was fine for a flipping through the channels, have a laugh, kind of movie. I haven’t seen any of the others (or even heard of “Evan Almighty” - did you mean “Bruce Almighty”?). ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473/20 "2007-01-26T13:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=audiobottle] Just for the record, “White Chicks” _was_ and awful movie. [/QUOTE] Oh, it’s in the record? Sorry, I didn’t realize it was in the record that White Chicks was awful. Is it in the record yet that Norbit is awful? I’d love to save myself the time if it’s in the record that it’s awful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norbit/389473.md?page=2)