Let's try to escape the Disney route here. I've talked about my childhood obsession with The Lion King so it would only make sense to talk about my other favorite movie as a child which was very much connected to my Lion King obsession... Coming to America.
Now, you're probably asking "What the hell does Coming to America have anything to do with The Lion King?" Quite a bit, actually. Let me explain...
First, I need only say three words... James. Earl. Jones. He was the voice of 'Mufasa' and he plays the king in Coming to America. That right there made me a fan.
Second, Madge Sinclair. She was the voice of 'Sarabi' in The Lion King who was Mufasa's main squeeze/Simba's mother. She is the queen in the movie. What was my 7 year old thinking? "*Gasp* Mufasa and Sarabi are in this movie! I like it already!"
Third, The Lion King gave me a pretty nice Africa obsession too. And oh em gee, guess what? Part of this movie takes place in...Africa!
Fourth, Akeem (played by Eddie Murphy) pets an elephant within the palace grounds saying "Oh, hello Babar." There was a cartoon on TV that I loved that was about an elephant named Babar. The reference in that movie made me overjoyed.
Well, after having four GOOD reasons to watch Coming to America, I did. I loved every minute of it.
I must say that I watched the edited version on TV, which I believe is actually funnier than the unedited version because you can totally tell where the characters are swearing. My two favorite parts are when the taxi driver jumps out of his car and yells "You dumb jerk!" but he's really saying "You dumb fuck!" My other funny part is the McDowells robbery scene when Samuel L Jackson's character says "Who the heck is this air head?" when he's really saying "Who the fuck is this ass hole?" These scenes amused the hell out of me when I was little because it was so painfully obvious they were saying something else with their mouths were clearly saying other things. Ah, I loved it.
There are a million funny things about this movie and I quote many lines from it to this day.
One of my favorite lines of the whole movie is when James Earl Jones' character walks into the barber shop and the jewish guy who is also played by Eddie Murphy starts petting the lion fur on him and says "This is beautiful! What is that velvet?"
I also love the Soul Glo advertisement. I sing it all the time when I need to smile since it's hilarious...
The "She's your queen to be" song is a classic. I always almost peed my pants laughing as a kid at the end when he has that straight face afterwards...
Oh, I could go on forever about Coming to America. I LOVED this movie so much.
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