Notes on BHC3. Eddie Murphy did this one to stay in the good books at Paramount. He had lost his producing deal after they felt his popularity was waining. This time he was just an actor on the set doing lines. Eddie did request Landis as director because they had repaired their relationship. Landis was in major legal turmoil and needed the paycheck.
53:53 'A thousand words' probably would have been bad anyway but it feels like it was written for someone who's great at doing 'silence movie' comedy like Rowan Atkinson but ended up with Murphy. The director, Brian Robbins, hasn't directed another film but now is a CEO of Paramount!
I enjoy BHC2 more than the OG. I felt it was a great homage to Dirty Harry how the first film is so differently handles the action from the second. The dead pool must be BHC3.
I remember in Film Brain's review of part 3 back in the day he rightly described it as a "sub par 'Die hard in a theme park' rather than a Beverly Hills cop movie" which is underlined by Serge being shoehorned in as an arms dealer (!) and Taggert's absence.
43:29 I remember ITV cashing in on the 'Crazy Frog' fad by showing the original Beverly Hills cop in a pre-watershed slot to attract kid's who were downloading the song [and linking in to the adverts they were showing endlessly] so it was very heavily censored! [they did a similar thing for 'Tomorrow Never Dies' when Desperate Housewives' was big due to Terri Hatcher's extended cameo]. I suspect that was the 'TV edit' mentioned at the start of the video.
The problem is the studio was misled into thinking Landis could direct action because he directed The Blues Brothers. Landis is a utility director that works fast, locks down the camera and does basic wide shot/closeup. He is not an action director.
Apparently it was Eddie Murphy's idea for Landis to direct the film and given the studio was throwing $15 million at a reluctant Murphy to get him to do the film what Murphy wanted he got even though the studio should have insisted on someone else.
1:17:38 I saw some comments when 'Furiosa' was released saying 'they should bring back Mel Gibson for one more Mad Max Film'...which given he was successful re-cast for 'Fury Road' makes no sense! [especially as he's been exiled to VOD land].
Notes on BHC3.
Eddie Murphy did this one to stay in the good books at Paramount. He had lost his producing deal after they felt his popularity was waining. This time he was just an actor on the set doing lines.
Eddie did request Landis as director because they had repaired their relationship. Landis was in major legal turmoil and needed the paycheck.
As someone who hasn’t seen the Beverly Hill Cop Movies (but probably should sometime), this was a pretty neat retrospective. 👍
Thank you so much! I appreciate you tuning in!
53:53 'A thousand words' probably would have been bad anyway but it feels like it was written for someone who's great at doing 'silence movie' comedy like Rowan Atkinson but ended up with Murphy. The director, Brian Robbins, hasn't directed another film but now is a CEO of Paramount!
I enjoy BHC2 more than the OG. I felt it was a great homage to Dirty Harry how the first film is so differently handles the action from the second.
The dead pool must be BHC3.
A great interview! Excellent job buddy!
Thanks Adam! I appreciate all the comments -- looks like we are on the same page!!
I remember in Film Brain's review of part 3 back in the day he rightly described it as a "sub par 'Die hard in a theme park' rather than a Beverly Hills cop movie" which is underlined by Serge being shoehorned in as an arms dealer (!) and Taggert's absence.
Sad to hear John Ashton's has passed away but I am glad we got to see Taggert-Rosewood and Axle together one last time.
43:29 I remember ITV cashing in on the 'Crazy Frog' fad by showing the original Beverly Hills cop in a pre-watershed slot to attract kid's who were downloading the song [and linking in to the adverts they were showing endlessly] so it was very heavily censored! [they did a similar thing for 'Tomorrow Never Dies' when Desperate Housewives' was big due to Terri Hatcher's extended cameo]. I suspect that was the 'TV edit' mentioned at the start of the video.
Audio is terrible but I'm enjoying the discussion
The problem is the studio was misled into thinking Landis could direct action because he directed The Blues Brothers.
Landis is a utility director that works fast, locks down the camera and does basic wide shot/closeup.
He is not an action director.
Apparently it was Eddie Murphy's idea for Landis to direct the film and given the studio was throwing $15 million at a reluctant Murphy to get him to do the film what Murphy wanted he got even though the studio should have insisted on someone else.
Really great video by you two on one of my favourite franchise, really like the new one, so my ranking is 1,2,4,3. Thanks 👍
Thank you so much! I appreciate you tuning in!
BH3 felt like a bad Roger Moore James Bond movie.
1:17:38 I saw some comments when 'Furiosa' was released saying 'they should bring back Mel Gibson for one more Mad Max Film'...which given he was successful re-cast for 'Fury Road' makes no sense! [especially as he's been exiled to VOD land].
I think BHC2 should have been longer. The villains were a possee villain with a better cast than it should have had.
BHC3 gets it right in a plot about a Teflon cop committing federal crimes . . .