NORBIT

THIS IS GROUND BREAKING FOR ME -- I AM GOING REACT TO A MOVIE I NEVER SAW. MY DAUGHTER, WHO WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON WHICH NURSING HOME I WILL RESIDE IN OR HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK A HOME NURSING ATTENDANT WILL STOP IN TO SEE IF I AM FUNCTIONING AT A DECENT LEVEL HEALTHWISE, CALLED ME THIS EVENING ON MY HOUSE PHONE . AT THE SAME TIME, MY SON IN LAW, CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE, THEY HAD MET AT THE MOVIE THEATRE HERE IN GREENVILLE , WITH THE KIDS, TO SEE THE NEW EDDIE MURPHY PICTURE, NORBIT. THE CALLS, WERE TO TELL ME THAT THE MOVIE WAS SO HORRENDOUS THAT THEY HAD WALKED OUT OF THE AUDITORIUM AFTER 15 MINUTES, TO DEMAND THEIR MONEY BACK. WHEN THEY REACHED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK, THERE WERE FOLKS IN FRONT OF THEM, MAKING THE SAME DEMAND AND WHEN THEY LOOKED AROUND, THERE WERE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM WITH A SIMILAR AGENDA. THEY WANTED TO REMOVE THE KIDS FROM THE SHOW DUE TO FOUL LANGUAGE AND INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY ON THE SCREEN - FOR A PG 13 FILM.. THEY WENT ON TO STATE THAT, WITH OR WITHOUT THE KIDS BEING PRESENT, THEY WOULD HAVE WALKED OUT ON THE FILM, AS A WASTE OF TIME AND A COMEDY THAT WAS NOT FUNNY AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF GETTING FUNNY IN THIS, THEIR LIFETIME ON EARTH. THEY WANTED ME TO WARN THE GREAT UNWASHED TO AVOID THIS FILM LIKE AN INDICTED POLITICIAN AVOIDS TELLING THE TRUTH. EDDIE MURPHY HAS MADE FOUR EXCELLENT FILMS IN HIS LONG CAREER- TRADING PLACES - COMING TO AMERICA - LIFE - DREAMGIRLS HE HAS MADE MANY MONEY MAKING MOVIES AND THAT IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS TALENT, BUT ALL TOO OFTEN, HE SOLD HIS TALENT CHEAPLY FOR THE FAST BUCK. ********************************************************** I OFTEN POINTED OUT IN TEACHING THE LAW, THAT HOMICIDE IS NOT A GOOD INDICATION OF A COMMUNITY'S CRIME RATE - SINCE IT IS MOST OFTEN( 70 % OF THE TIME ) TRIGGERED BY AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, FROM AN OTHERWISEHONEST, DECENT CITIZEN, WHO LOSES CONTROL FOR A FEW DEADLY SECONDS, OF A BASICALLY LAW ABIDING EXISTENCE. SO, THE POLICE CANNOT ANTICIPATE THE ACT OF HOMICIDE AND THUS, ONLY ARRIVE AFTER THE FACT. MY KINFOLK POINTED OUT THAT I COULD WARN PEOPLE NOT TO GO NEAR THIS TERRIBLE MOVIE AND THUS, PREVENT THE HARM THAT SUBJECTING THEMSELVES TO THIS TRASHY PRESENTATION WOULD DO BOTH THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND THEIR PSYCHES. SO, AGREEING WITH THEIR SUPERIOR LOGIC AND NOT WANTING TO OFFEND THOSE WHO MAY SOON CONTROL MY FATE IN A VERY DIRECT MANNER, I NOW HAVE ALERTED YOU TO THE PESTILENCE THAT RESIDES IN THE VAST DARKNESS OF OUR LOCAL MOTION PICTURE THEATRES. SAVE YOURSELF --->> SAY NO TO NORBIT!********************************************************************************COMMENT --- You could tell by the trailers and the posters it was terrible. DLB - BROOKLYN