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I don't think Norbit is funny, but I think he did a good job in the parts he played.

Good to hear…I always figured she was some showbizzy movie-star kid, though that was only because every time something happened in that movie, Columbus cut to a big "surprised" reaction shot from her.

In this modern world, every adjective can be, and should be enhanced by adding the word "-ass."

"You can open for me at the Meadowlands or headline at the Tick-Tock Inn!"

Aren't most reality shows designed to showcase their stars as raging assholes?

I have no doubt many people feel like he does…they're just too smart to come out and say it.

Didn't they already explain his origins in a prequel, and they gave him the typical "the kids teased him at school so he dedicated his life to revenge" storyline?

Wasn't that called "Big Shots"?

There was a scene involving a comically limpwristed, lisping hairdresser played by that unfunny guy from that "Boston Common" sitcom that lasted about a season. Anthony Clark?

My new favorite Obama nickname (other than Bathhouse Barry, of course) is O'Bowelmovement.

It was because he didn't initiate it.

"You are my lucky star…"

De Niro probably hadn't quite gotten over his role for "The Fan."

Ugh, I never want to hear "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" again. That whistling part drives to murder in a way surpassed only by Minnie Riperton's falsetto on "Lovin' You."

Clay Davis?

Maaaaan, he went out like a sucka!

Oh, no? How about a scene where the chief forces them to take on a "police trainee" who turns out to be played by Willow or Jaden Smith.

I liked the story where he attacked a guy on a movie set because the guy didn't say "good morning" to him and Lawrence's PR rep said, "Martin's a 'good-morning' sort of guy" to excuse the crazy behavior.

Susan Faludi's book "Stiffed," about masculinity in the 1990s, has a lot of material about Stallone, his troubled childhood, his relationship with the Rocky and Rambo roles he created, and his attempt with this film to escape the action-hero persona he had. Stallone comes across as a pretty intelligent guy who's

"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle."