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This is why Norbit has a low rating


Cinema is a very powerful tool, through which you can represent ideas or truths or concepts in great detail, far greater than books or comics.
But cinema can be used not only to communicate truth, it can also be used to manipulate and mislead the individual into behaving in a desired way.

Because it's a powerful tool, the Establishment uses the cinema to program you socially. To inculcate false ideas about the world, in your head.
There's countless movies about superheroes: Ironman, Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Antman, Aquaman, Xman, Hulkman, Wolverineman, etc. unleashed against the fragile minds of the children world over, and the ideology of these abominations is the same:
1. you are an orphan, abandoned, humiliated, disheartened, alone
2. those are precisely the requirements for being chosen by the Universe, who needs you to
3. sacrifice your life to save the world, but first
4. you have to prove your love for the damsel in distress, by
5. being willing to die for her, so that
6. the universe can see your sacrifice and save you at the last minute, so you can
7. strike a deal with the government, and together kill the bad guys, and
8. settle down with the damsel in distress you almost gave your life for.


And now comes Norbit, who's telling you something completely against the ideology that has been instilled into your brain so far, all those years of your childhood and adolescence:
1. you are an orphan, abandoned, humiliated, disheartened, alone
2. that's precisely why they'll try to enslave you, there's no stupid universe to elect you as the stupid chosen one!
3. you have to discover what you really want and desire and love in this life
4. and go for it, with all you got,confront your fears, don't allow them to intimidate you
5. cut the chains they tied you with, break the cage they locked you in
6. you can be with the one you love only if you confront your fears and your enemies.


Now imagine a dude who was indoctrinated with Batman and Ironman and Spiderman bullsh!t all his life, watching Norbit. Where's the miracles to give him superpowers to kill the evil? Where's the splosions, the ninja gadgets, the lazer swords, where's the cool superhero costume???

Of course those poor slaves won't like Norbit, it tastes completely alien to them. It's not their fault, they've been drugged up all their lives, they're like an alcoholic who can't stand the taste of pure clean spring water anymore...

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It's much more likely that Norbit has a low rating because it's a horrible movie with no comedy in it. Eddie Murphy should really go back to what he was good at: find the magic of Trading Places and the first (and maybe the second) Beverly Hills Cop.

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No, it's called absurd comedy, the kind Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler do all the time and all great entertainers are able to do. IMDB is one hell of a place!

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Absurd comedy is the likes of Young Frankenstein, Holy Grail, et al. Norbit comes nowhere near that.

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Well said lad! Can't agree more than that, but don't expect those same people to fully realize what you're trying to say. It's almost pointless, but you have my support!

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I hated Norbit and I hate superheroes

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