Eye Candy #309 - "The Adventures of Pluto Nash"

The Adventures of Pluto Nash:  Considered one of the worst films in the last 10 years, and one, if not, THE biggest financial flop in history, I decided I should take it upon myself to check it out.  And oddly enough, while slow-moving, and devoid of anything resembling a laugh, it’s not the worst film I’ve ever seen.  Eddie Murphy is Pluto Nash, bar owner and former con living on the moon, who is trying to find out who blew us his nightclub.  Loud and bright, like a live-action Looney Tunes cartoon, I can’t figure out who they were targeting with this movie (there are certainly several non-kid jokes and language).  For some reason, I kept thinking of “Total Recall”, except that’s, y’know, a good movie.  Lots of decent actors phoning it in (Murphy actually does the best with what he’s given;  Peter Boyle, Rosario Dawson, Illeana Douglas, amongst others, seem to be floundering).  The only bright spot is Randy Quaid as Bruno, Nash’s late model, vaguely sociopathic robot bodyguard.  Not complete hooey, but let me temper that by saying, “Eddie, how is your agent letting you read these scripts?”.  Not complete hooey, and if this had come out ten years ago, it would have been cutting edge and probably better received (considering the original script was conceived in the mid-80‘s).  Woodchuck sez, “Better than ‘Leonard Part 6‘.”