Kindergarten Cop
By Craig Kennedy - June 3rd, 2008; 7:11 pm
In case there was lingering hope that Brett Ratner’s proposed Beverly Hills Cop sequel would be anything but suck, you can forget about it. MTV asked the director what his biggest challenge would be and he replied: “10-year-old kids, 12-year-old kids don’t really know the old Beverly Hills Cop. So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids.”
Obviously, Ratner has a pretty clear idea of the only demographic dumb enough to possibly be interested in this turd-in-waiting.
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“…So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids.”
HA! The Rat Man knows his demographic, as you point out, Craig.
Yes, let’s dumb down the next generation.
Because in 1984, 10 year-olds were all over BHC.
Gawd Ratner is such a tool.
And all three previous movies were indeed rated R.
But to be fair, the real driver on this decision is probably Eddie Murphy himself, who’s been very successful with kiddie fodder ever since his career came back to life with The Nutty Professor.
What I don’t get is: why do they always aim for the teens? Sure, they go to the movies more often, but maybe that’s partly because….THE MULTIPLEXES ARE FILLED WITH MOVIES AIMED PURELY AT TEENS!
Sorry. But the success of Indiana Jones has got to be based at least partly in nostalgia, right? So why not make movies, even sequels, that would appeal to a slightly older crowd?
Great news. Keep it up, Brett…I can ignore your existence just fine.
My friend and I were just talking about Cop and a Half the other day. Here it is.
Was I allowed to see Beverly Hills Cop at that age? I don’t think so. I guess that’s the burden of having responsible parents.
Ha, I totally remember seeing the first Beverly Hills Cop at the age of 7.
I remember taking my little brother to see it (a clever excuse to get Mom to buy me a ticket) and he was only 5 at the time. I’m fairly certain my Mom had no idea it was R-rated but considering I was allowed to watch anything that appeared on Showtime back then, I don’t think she cared all that much either. As I recall, BHC1 is pretty tame for an R-rated movie, even by 1984 standards.
I think he enjoyed going to the movie theater and drowning in popcorn more than the movie itself.
It was mostly language I think with BHC1…even the strip club scene was modest.
Nevertheless, as Hedwig points out, there are enough movies aimed at teens and you needn’t look any further than the MTV Movie Awards to see how little taste they have.
Yeah, I covered his eyes during the strip club scene, if i recall. The language was pretty tame for him too.