Bowfinger

[Shanghai Kid 0]

A greatly underrated/underappreciated movie. Probably Murphys best work of the 90's, hell I would go as far as to say Murphy should of gotten Oscar consideration for creating two totally different characters that both work equally well.

[SuperJerk 0]

I think you're exaggerating a little, but it was definitely better than the reception it got at the time it came out.

 

And the scene where they "hire" the film crew is hilarious.

[Downhome 0]

It's a great entertaining comedy, and Murphy and Martin are just outstanding. Everyone should check it out, at least once.

 

But nothing about it was Oscar worthy.

[Shanghai Kid 0]

I think you're exaggerating a little, but it was definitely better than the reception it got at the time it came out.

 

And the scene where they "hire" the film crew is hilarious.

Well the critics always loved it, it's just the common people who didn't recieve it well.

 

I kid you not about Murphy, although it was never going to happen, I think he's a great actor when he wants to be, like in 'Life'.

 

Alright maybe not oscar material, but the movie is definetly underrated.

[tominator89 0]

Add me to the list. It's worth seeing, don't expect the greatest movie ever, but well worth your time.

 

Check it out.

[Guest Vitamin X]

But nothing about it was Oscar worthy.

Is Oscar worthy even a compliment anymore?

 

With the field of nominees for Best Picture this year, I'd doubt it.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I saw it in the theaters it was okay

[razazteca 0]

The movie where Eddie Murphy was the god of QVC and went by the name G was better than Bowfinger.

[The Niggardly King 0]

The movie where Eddie Murphy was the god of QVC and went by the name G was better than Bowfinger.

Jeff Goldblum was in that, wasn't he?

[godthedog 0]

With the field of nominees for Best Picture this year, I'd doubt it.

this year's best picture nominees are pretty damn strong. and i don't even like the oscars.

[Gary Floyd 0]

My Brother loves this movie

 

Oh, and it's definately going in my "Top 10 Comedies that Deserve More Love" list, that I'll get to posting eventually

[BrokenTiger 0]

I watched it in the cinema few years back...only ten people watching at the time. Talk about underrated & underhyped. I really enjoyed this Movie.

 

My fav scenes: the aforementioned crew hiring scene....the parking lot scene...as well as the stunt highway scene.

[spman 0]

The movie where Eddie Murphy was the god of QVC and went by the name G was better than Bowfinger.

Holy Man was easily one of the worst films in recorded history. Anyways, Bowfinger is a really smart, funny, original comedy, there's really no other film like it.

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

Bowfinger is the shit. Anyone who doesn't like it is a total homo.

 

Soul Man, on the other hand, was outrageously bad.

[Guest Vitamin X]

With the field of nominees for Best Picture this year, I'd doubt it.

this year's best picture nominees are pretty damn strong. and i don't even like the oscars.

What did you think of Ray and Finding Neverland? Is Million Dollar Baby THAT good? For that matter, why Sideways over say, Eternal Sunshine?

[bob_barron 0]

Ray was okay but tremendously overrated, Finding Neverland was a pretty good movie and I could see why people liked it so much, Million Dollar Baby is THAT good.

 

Didn't see Sideways but I'm willing to bet I won't like it as much as Eternal.

[razazteca 0]

The movie where Eddie Murphy was the god of QVC and went by the name G was better than Bowfinger.

Holy Man was easily one of the worst films in recorded history. Anyways, Bowfinger is a really smart, funny, original comedy, there's really no other film like it.

Cecil B. DeMented

[Shanghai Kid 0]

How good was 1994's best picture category? Forest Gump, Shawshawnk Redemption, Pulp Fiction....that's 3 classics right there, 3 movies that people still love today.

 

Pulp Fiction should of won though....I don't see how you give it to Gump.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Ray was okay but tremendously overrated, Finding Neverland was a pretty good movie and I could see why people liked it so much, Million Dollar Baby is THAT good.

 

Didn't see Sideways but I'm willing to bet I won't like it as much as Eternal.

Yet none of them compare to Harry Potter, right?

 

How good was 1994's best picture category? Forest Gump, Shawshawnk Redemption, Pulp Fiction....that's 3 classics right there, 3 movies that people still love today.

 

Pulp Fiction should of won though....I don't see how you give it to Gump.

I miss the days in which the Best Picture category was a complete toss-up, so I kind of like this year's Oscars for that reason. Every year since Titanic won, with the exception of American Beauty in 1999 (which I marked out for like a bitch since that's probably my favorite movie out of all of them), has been all too predictable.

[Si82 0]

Add me to the list of "Bowfinger" fans. I caught it on TV a couple of years ago and loved it.

[teke184 0]

Ray was okay but tremendously overrated, Finding Neverland was a pretty good movie and I could see why people liked it so much, Million Dollar Baby is THAT good.

 

Didn't see Sideways but I'm willing to bet I won't like it as much as Eternal.

Yet none of them compare to Harry Potter, right?

 

How good was 1994's best picture category? Forest Gump, Shawshawnk Redemption, Pulp Fiction....that's 3 classics right there, 3 movies that people still love today.

 

Pulp Fiction should of won though....I don't see how you give it to Gump.

I miss the days in which the Best Picture category was a complete toss-up, so I kind of like this year's Oscars for that reason. Every year since Titanic won, with the exception of American Beauty in 1999 (which I marked out for like a bitch since that's probably my favorite movie out of all of them), has been all too predictable.

1976 would have probably been the last large-scale competitive Best Picture race, with nominations for Taxi Driver, Network, All The President's Men, and Rocky (the winner) all having legitimate shots at the Oscar.

 

Bound For Glory, a biopic of Woody Gunthrie, was the other nominee and did not age nearly as well as the rest of the films.

 

 

 

I do agree with you, though, that 1994 was the last recent large-scale Best Picture race, as every year since has either been a one-movie race or a two-movie race.

 

 

1995- Braveheart (winner), Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense And Sensibility

 

1996- English Patient (winner), Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Shine, Secrets And Lies

 

1997- Titanic (winner), LA Confidential, Good Will Hunting, The Full Monty, As Good As It Gets

 

1998- Shakespeare In Love (winner), Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful

 

1999- American Beauty (winner), Cider House Rules, Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense

 

2000- Gladiator (winner), Traffic, Erin Brokovich, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

 

2001- A Beautiful Mind (winner), Fellowship Of The Ring, Gosford Park, In The Bedroom, Moulin Rouge

 

2002- Chicago (winner), Two Towers, Gangs Of New York, The Hours, The Pianist

 

2003- Return Of The King (winner), Seabiscuit, Lost In Translation, Master And Commander: Far Side Of The World, Mystic River

 

 

 

1996 set the big trend in Hollywood in which there would be one or two real contenders each year and a shitload of nominations for whatever crap Miramax was pushing that year.

 

Fargo was a deserving nominee and English Patient, despite my contempt for it, was highly regarded enough to deserve the nomination. However, Jerry Maguire, Shine, and Secrets And Lies have not exactly stood the test of time, which really makes one wonder why they were nominated to begin with.

 

(Yes, I know that Jerry Maguire and Shine had big performances by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Geoffrey Rush, but a performance doesn't necessarily make the picture. Jack Lemmon won a Best Actor oscar in 1973 for Save The Tiger, a film that only received two acting nominations and a Best Original Screenplay nomination)

 

 

 

1997 was a good crop of movies but the most deserving of them, LA Confidential, lost out to the overhyped piece of crap Titanic. I'd say that LA Confidential will have a bigger spot in history, if only because it had heavily decorated actors Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and James Cromwell as the principal cast.

 

(Kim Basinger's Best Supporting Actress win was a stretch though, as I'd have gone with Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights instead.)

 

 

1998 was the year that Saving Private Ryan came in as the 800-pound gorilla and it appears that enough people wanted an underdog to win that they chose Shakespeare instead. Hell, I was anti-Ryan at the time because of the hype it had but Ryan was a FAR better film than Shakespeare. The other nominees were outclassed, as Elizabeth and Thin Red Line were heavily overshadowed by Ryan and Shakespeare and Life Is Beautiful only got nominated because its star, Roberto Begnini, was a publicity whore.

 

 

1999 looked to be a possible repeat of 1998, with 800-pound gorilla American Beauty losing to the inferior Cider House Rules. However, Beauty still came away with the Best Picture and nearly followed One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Silence Of The Lambs by winning for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress. (Annette Benning lost out on Best Actress to Hilary Swank's performance in Boys Don't Cry.)

 

The other three nominees, The Insider, Green Mile, and Sixth Sense, were all good but didn't really stand a chance.

 

 

2000 was one of the few times in Oscar history that a very popular summer film actually came away with the big prize. I personally would have gone with Traffic over Gladiator, but Gladiator was certainly much better than Erin Brockovich and Chocolat. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was an excellent film but didn't seem capable of overcoming the prejudice against being a subtitled foreign film.

 

 

2001 was another lowlight IMHO, as Fellowship Of The Ring was robbed in favor of A Beautiful Mind.

 

2002 was about as bad, as Chicago robbed Two Towers.

 

2004 got it right, with the excellent Return Of The King winning the prize. If Return hadn't won, I would have been happy with Seabiscuit winning. However, I don't feel that Lost In Translation deserved to have any nominations besides the Best Actor nod for Bill Murray.

[2GOLD 0]

Return of the King didn't deserve an Oscar. The most overrated movie of the entire series filled with weak special effects, slow plodding dialogue, wooden performances and an ending that didn't seem to want to come.

 

 

As for Bowfinger, outstanding movie. Right up there with "Death to Smoochy" for movies I love that either got missed or people just didn't like.

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

Death to Smoochy is like universally hated, even though i think it's hilarious.

[Jericholic82 0]

yknow I have seen parts of this on tv before but never in full. this topic makes me want to see it though.

 

 

and screw the oscar noms, always full of crap that I havent seen and dont want to see ever (like titanic which I have never seen save for the end and refuse to watch in full- like steve harvey said in the kings of comedy-bring on the water and drown these fools)

 

and I enjoyed death to smmochy as well (it just premiered on comedy central the other day, though obviously its bettter to watch unedited)

 

 

eddie has been in a lot of underrated films IMO I really like The Golden Child, but no one ever talks abou it

[Jericholic82 0]

and no I have not seen any of the lord of the rings movie and do not plan on it anytime soon.

 

 

the last BP film I actually watched was american beauty and I actually enjoyed that

[razazteca 0]

Return of the King didn't deserve an Oscar. The most overrated movie of the entire series filled with weak special effects, slow plodding dialogue, wooden performances and an ending that didn't seem to want to come.

Star Wars Episode III didn't deserve an Oscar. The most overrated movie of the entire series filled with weak special effects, slow plodding dialogue, wooden performances and an ending that didn't seem to want to come.

 

For future reference.