Film Review: Meet Dave

ok, so i am now co-teacher for the english elective class "film and music appreciation." awesome, right? yeah, and then you walk in and find out that the first movie we're watching is eddie murphy's p.o.s. "comedy" Meet Dave. (the one with the tagline "eddie murphy IN eddie murphy). i have the horrible feeling that when the teachers heard i was teaching it with them, they decided this would be a fitting move. ugh, we all know that the only good thing eddie murphy has going for him is the chance that they resurrect beverly hills cop. (look man, i ain't fallin for no banana in my tailpipe) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HktV2yGtLv8&feature=related

i digress.

anyway, so on to the only time i'll ever tell somebody that they never want to "Meet Dave." **Spoiler Alert** so quick plot, eddie murphy and his team of lilliputian aliens travel to NYC in a spaceship shaped like eddie murphy in search of this tiny water absorbing meteorite that falls in the hands of a little kid whose mom is the foxy -brunette- elizabeth banks. the tiny aliens become susceptible to "human emotions from planet earth" from within the murphyship that they try to make funny (love, alcoholism, fiery rage, and gay). "andy from the office" overthrows eddie murphy for being too soft on the humans, but eventually gets thwarted before he can destroy the planet earth. the crew leaves earth from the emergency pod in murphyship's shoe. the end.

all the laughs come from the aliens not knowing how humans react. they look up things on the internet and typically get incorrect, yet legitimately popular results. (not surprising eddie murphy takes a job about not understanding how people on earth will react {he thinks people still find him funny}) so there's some bathroom humor (the robot craps out $20s and hotdogs on two respective occasions) and some physical comedy (it's a robot spaceship that doesn't know how to move like a human, duh?). anyway, the things that bugges me: the terminator already covered the "human boy teaches alien robot to give a high five" plot line. if an alien robot gets taken to the hospital and administered an mri, it should be exposed, not skip to the next scene. also, when asked of a good spot to take elizabeth banks for her birthday, a 12 year old shouldn't suggest a salsa-dancing bar. how does he know it exists, and what is a virgin mojito? i think that's it.

the perks: gabrielle union is super foxy. she doesn't have to be funny. she just is, and she's fine. also, scott caan is an acceptable add-in in any movie/tv show.

we're done here. if i continue to watch crap movies i wouldn't otherwise see, expect some similar posts. cheers, readers!