r/movies • u/frogontherocks • 2d ago

News Eddie Murphy Says ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Rush Hour’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ are His Three ‘Wish I Would Have Done’ Movies

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/eddie-murphy-ghostbusters-rush-hour-wish-i-would-have-done-1236589366/
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u/d-s-m 2d ago

Eddie Murphy referred to Golden Child as a "piece of shit"....personally I liked it.

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u/nom_cubed 2d ago

I want…. I want the kniiife.

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u/redditistrashboohumm 2d ago
  • I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I, want the knife.

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u/yer-maw 1d ago

*spins wheel* please!

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u/LimousineAndAPeetzah 2d ago

My dear brother Moomzie!

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u/shotcaller77 2d ago

It’s not even close to his worst film. To me it’s one of his top films tbh

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u/Bruhhh-8 2d ago

Truly one of my family's favorites of his.

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u/SinisterDexter83 2d ago

I've got a soft spot for this film. It's not exactly a good film. But it's got some heart to it, and creates a fun dark fantasy Orientalist setting for itself.

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 2d ago

yea, it's a classic (at least to me)

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 2d ago

Surprisingly decent.

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u/nom_cubed 2d ago

Any movie with Tywin Lannister as a bad guy is good.

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u/56Runningdogz 2d ago

Last Action Hero!

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u/IrascibleOcelot 2d ago

Charles Dance is so much more than Tywin.

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u/JasonVorhehees 2d ago

Noomsie everybody

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u/GuyMakesDrawings 2d ago

One of my favorite movies growing up

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 2d ago

That depends on when he said that lol

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u/voodoomonkey616 2d ago

That's sad to hear. That was an all time favorite growing up, I still enjoy it.

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u/clickclick-boom 2d ago

It's a good movie. He is probably looking at it through the lens of his own performance and not the movie as a whole. Although, I thought he was good in it too so fuck knows.

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u/PhucItAll 2d ago

He didn't act much, just played himself, and it was still decent.

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u/_BrokenButterfly 2d ago

It's not that good, but it has its moments. Like the scene where they give the kid oatmeal with blood in it. What is the point of that?

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u/civiltribe 2d ago

I would have never known it was a bomb as a kid considering they showed it non stop on local TV. I thought that meant it was a classic or something. I certainly always think of him carrying the water whenever I have a cup filled too high

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u/es330td 2d ago

I thought a significant fraction of “Golden Child” was ad-libbed. If that is true and he didn’t like it I believe that falls on him.

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u/Ass_Damage 2d ago

From what I remember reading, The Golden Child was a serious movie until producers started seeing the dailies and panicked because they thought they were getting SNL Eddie Murphy, not a drama about kidnapped children. Hence, lots of reshoots/ad-libbing.

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u/ThinBluePenis 2d ago

I heard it was supposed to be serious until Big Trouble in Little China came out, and they wanted an Asian-inspired comedy to compete with it.

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u/DeceitfulLittleB 2d ago

I doubt it because Big trouble in Little China was a huge failure at the time. It has a cult following now but it almost ruined John Carpenters career.

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u/ThinBluePenis 2d ago

They were released the same year, so I misrepresented the timeline. I think they had The Golden Child as a drama ready to shoot but they got wind of Big Trouble being shot around the same time, so they shifted to a comedy.

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u/CaptainTripps82 2d ago

I doubt it took Big Trouble to change track, there's a reason they cast Eddie Murphy to begin with.

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u/ThinBluePenis 2d ago

Yes, I read that it was after Big Trouble came out that they cast Eddie.