View Full Version : Really good Will Smith movies
mr.brighteyes
03-08-2009, 10:45 AM
Enemy Of The State
Bad Boys
Independence Day
Men In Black
I, Robot
I've never seen Ali so I can't Include it.
Both Bad Boys 2 and Men in Black 2 sucked balls, probably due to the length in between them and the originals and the fact that they were so desperate to cater to fan's wishes that they in fact make sequels that they forgot to write good scripts.
I never bothered to see I Am Legend or 7 Pounds. Both looked like crap in the trailers. Hitch is a comedy so I don't see it as a summer block buster. Plus I didn't see it.
Hancock was only okay. Pursuit of Happiness may be good but also I have never seen it so I can't judge. Same with Bagger Vance.
I don't believe I even need to point out why Wild Wild West is not a good movie.
the goddamn batman
03-08-2009, 10:51 AM
I, Robot was awful. Putting aside that it's not at all like the book, it's just an awful movie.
skatalite
03-08-2009, 10:53 AM
I think the only good Will Smith film is "Enemy of the State."
mr.brighteyes
03-08-2009, 10:54 AM
I, Robot was awful. Putting aside that it's not at all like the book, it's just an awful movie.
That's your opinion I liked it. It was a decent popcorn flick. like Minority Report or Enemy of the State (yes I know Minority report isn't will smith) which is what I wanted it to be. I've never read the book so I could care less if it matched it.
the goddamn batman
03-08-2009, 11:00 AM
That's your opinion I liked it. It was a decent popcorn flick. like Minority Report or Enemy of the State (yes I know Minority report isn't will smith) which is what I wanted it to be. I've never read the book so I could care less if it matched it.
Yeah.. it is my opinion. We're on the internet after all. You stated yours, I stated mine. There's no need for you to try and invalidate it by stating that it's just my opinion.
And, as I said, "putting aside that it's not at all like the book, it's an awful movie."
Agent Helix
03-08-2009, 11:07 AM
No, "I, Robot" really is just an awful movie.
Minority Report's no great shakes, either.
Zero Hunter
03-08-2009, 11:16 AM
Wild Wild West............... the worst thing ever.
Crowforge
03-08-2009, 11:28 AM
I, Robot was awful. Putting aside that it's not at all like the book, it's just an awful movie.
I have it on DVD.
edhopper
03-08-2009, 11:38 AM
I, Robot was awful. Putting aside that it's not at all like the book, it's just an awful movie.
No, "I, Robot" was really good. Good acting, an imaginative story that stayed true to the Asimov concepts if not following the storyline. Good action scenes and a resolution I did not see coming (i.e. the "real" villain).
Opinions made as blanket statements are fun.
Legato
03-08-2009, 12:24 PM
Nevermind.......
Legato
03-08-2009, 12:28 PM
Enemy Of The State
Bad Boys
Independence Day
Men In Black
I, Robot
I've never seen Ali so I can't Include it.
Both Bad Boys 2 and Men in Black 2 sucked balls, probably due to the length in between them and the originals and the fact that they were so desperate to cater to fan's wishes that they in fact make sequels that they forgot to write good scripts.
I never bothered to see I Am Legend or 7 Pounds. Both looked like crap in the trailers. Hitch is a comedy so I don't see it as a summer block buster. Plus I didn't see it.
Hancock was only okay. Pursuit of Happiness may be good but also I have never seen it so I can't judge. Same with Bagger Vance.
I don't believe I even need to point out why Wild Wild West is not a good movie.
The best Will Smith movie I can think of is Bad Boys. Men In Black is one of my personal favorites also
the goddamn batman
03-08-2009, 12:44 PM
Opinions made as blanket statements are fun.
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No, "I, Robot" was really good.
See how that works?
kalorama
03-08-2009, 12:48 PM
There aren't any really good Will Smith movies (that I've seen). THere are some entertaining ones, but none that land high enough on the overall quality scale to rate as really good in an unqualified sense.
kalorama
03-08-2009, 12:55 PM
Hitch is a comedy so I don't see it as a summer block buster. Plus I didn't see it.
What does the fact that it was a comedy have to do with it not being "a summer blockbuster"? And what does it not being "a summer blockbuster" have to do with whether it was "really good"?
And, for the record, the reason it wasn't a summer blockbuster was because it didn't come out in the summer.
meethraa
03-08-2009, 12:59 PM
The first that comes to mind is Six Degrees of Separation. Great cast and a wonderful performance by someone I only knew at the time as the fresh prince.
Independence Day is a terrible, terrible movie. Fact.
meethraa
03-08-2009, 01:04 PM
Ah, I remember Enemy of the State now. That one I liked quite a lot as well.
Looking at imdb, I can't see anything else I'd call "good".
ForeverTaskmaster
03-08-2009, 01:07 PM
I could only stomach Bad Boys 1 and Enemy Of The State.
Libaax
03-08-2009, 01:08 PM
Men in Black
Six Degrees of Separation
Ali
Bad Boys
Enemy Of The State
Hancock
Pursuit of Happiness
Men in Black 2
Hitch is not my type of film. I Am Legend was decent because the end ruined it otherwise i would rank it as good.
Wild Wide West was just bad, the same with I,Robot,Bad Boys 2.
Independence Day is not bad but its not good either.
Overall he has a very good record in good movies imo. A few bad ones,decent ones isnt too bad compared to other stars who hav made bad movie after another in recent years.
Royal
03-08-2009, 01:10 PM
Run, Angel Run
The Losers
Conan The Barbarian
Boss
Any Which Way You Can
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Red Dawn
Hell Comes To Frog Town
Maniac Cop
American Me
mr.brighteyes
03-08-2009, 01:20 PM
Run, Angel Run
The Losers
Conan The Barbarian
Boss
Any Which Way You Can
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Red Dawn
Hell Comes To Frog Town
Maniac Cop
American Me
Um Will Smith Movies. You know The Black Guy that lived with his aunty and uncle in Bel Air.
Legato
03-08-2009, 01:34 PM
Um Will Smith Movies. You know The Black Guy that lived with his aunty and uncle in Bel Air.
Yeah so for future notice to other posters dont troll on this thread
skatalite
03-08-2009, 01:36 PM
Run, Angel Run
The Losers
Conan The Barbarian
Boss
Any Which Way You Can
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Red Dawn
Hell Comes To Frog Town
Maniac Cop
American Me
:biggrin: Will Smith is in some good movies! His work in "Interview With A Zombie" was awesome.
mr.brighteyes
03-08-2009, 01:41 PM
Yeah so for future notice to other posters dont troll on this thread
I'm sure that is sarcasm but I can't figure out why. I also can't figure out if his post was supposed to be funny or not.
meethraa
03-08-2009, 01:44 PM
I'm sure that is sarcasm but I can't figure out why. I also can't figure out if his post was supposed to be funny or not.
Hitch funny, or Bad Boys funny?
DubipR
03-08-2009, 03:30 PM
Six Degrees of Separation
Where the Day Takes You
The rest of his films I personally find boring and just utter shite.
Six Degrees of Separation and Pursuit of Happiness are two of my favorite movies.
Ilash
03-08-2009, 05:15 PM
It's weird, Will Smith is a really, really likable screen presence, a funny guy and a very solid actor and yet the best you could say about most of his films are that they're fun but rubbish.
Men In Black and Independence Day are probably his best films, even if the latter really epitomises his fun but rubbish trend.
Bad Boys 1 is enjoyable as a comedy but Michael Bay is simply a horrible director. The second one is flat out awful, if kinda funny in spots.
Men in Black II is clearly an abomination of a film.
The Pursuit of Happiness is OK but is manipulative as hell.
I, Robot was iffy, as was I Am Legend.
Enemy of the State was a bland thriller.
Hancock was fairly terrible.
Hitch was pretty weak.
Though mind you, I should probably check out Ali and Six Degrees of Seperation at some point as they do sound like two of his more promising flicks.
marvell2100
03-08-2009, 05:39 PM
I am Legend was alright.
Independence Day was a good sci-fi flick
Bad boys was good for the action and laughs
Good Will Smith movies?
of the ones I've seen, Men-In-Black. Which of course, was not his movie only, but he was in it.
Royal
03-08-2009, 06:22 PM
Um Will Smith Movies. You know The Black Guy that lived with his aunty and uncle in Bel Air.
You did say Will Smith movies, did you not?
These are Will Smith movies.
Royal
03-08-2009, 06:23 PM
:biggrin: Will Smith is in some good movies! His work in "Interview With A Zombie" was awesome.
meh. Will Smith and the undead really don't mix.
see Grave of the Vampire. Will was not a suave vampire.
Assemble
03-08-2009, 07:44 PM
without reading through the other 40 threads or so...
Hancock, Wild Wild West and I, Robot are all movies I cannot stand.
I see the merit in I, Robot though.
But geez... Independance Day is soooo great. MIB is too... and I like I Am Legend a lot.
He is very hit or miss. Every other movie is a pretty decent movie.
Pursuit of Happyness... not awful either...
twilight
03-09-2009, 01:50 AM
I don't really think there are any good Will Smith movies.
He's just so damn charming he tricks you into watching them.
-Twi
4thHorseman
03-09-2009, 07:22 AM
I like Will Smith. His movies may not always be great, but I do enjoy something out of every film he's been in.
Still haven't seen Pursuit of Happiness even though it's something I've wanted to see.
Wolf-Man
03-09-2009, 07:35 AM
There are no good Will Smith movies.
jesse_custer
03-09-2009, 07:40 AM
The best one is Men In Black for me. It's just a fun movie with good interplay between Jones and Smith.
Libaax
03-09-2009, 07:42 AM
Good Will Smith movies?
of the ones I've seen, Men-In-Black. Which of course, was not his movie only, but he was in it.
It was his movie. Tommy Jones was on for the ride.
edhopper
03-09-2009, 07:55 AM
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See how that works?
Yes, I see how it works. Sorry I didn't put in a little "sarcasm" emoticon to help you out there.
2-4-5_Trioxin
03-09-2009, 10:29 AM
He does very few good films sadly because I do like him on some level.
But for the most it seems like the directors say "Ok will my man, I want you to get up there and be as black as you can be". And thats how he acts in alot of his movie, he doesnt act like a guy, he acts like the black guy.
Although I am legend could have been good as I liked it pretty well but the god damn CG creatures ruined the entire thing. He finally had a chance to make a movie I would have liked alot and he was ruined by special effects.
Jeff-E
03-09-2009, 06:00 PM
I've actually enjoyed most of Will's movies. Even the ones others list as "terrible" I've found fun... exceptions being Wild West, and Pursuit of Happyness, I hated both of these.
Ilash
03-09-2009, 06:02 PM
He does very few good films sadly because I do like him on some level.
But for the most it seems like the directors say "Ok will my man, I want you to get up there and be as black as you can be". And thats how he acts in alot of his movie, he doesnt act like a guy, he acts like the black guy.
Although I am legend could have been good as I liked it pretty well but the god damn CG creatures ruined the entire thing. He finally had a chance to make a movie I would have liked alot and he was ruined by special effects.
Oh man, yeah, that CGI was unbearably bad.
Warpsters
03-09-2009, 06:05 PM
"don't fear us,cheer us!" MIB is as awesome as MIB II is awful.
Crowforge
03-09-2009, 06:11 PM
Did you know he turned down the role of Neo from the matrix to do wild wild west? Much as I like Keanu I have to think it wold have been... very different experience especially in those later movies.
Redem
03-09-2009, 06:23 PM
Did you know he turned down the role of Neo from the matrix to do wild wild west? Much as I like Keanu I have to think it wold have been... very different experience especially in those later movies.
Heh consider that Will Smith suppose to start an office drone I think that would be rather different from his usual characters
Crowforge
03-09-2009, 06:30 PM
An office drone with a secret.
Redem
03-09-2009, 06:35 PM
An office drone with a secret.
You have a point
though I see him less able to do the whole "sit down and listen to exposition" in the same way as Keanu Reeves
joemagnum611
03-09-2009, 06:44 PM
I'd have to go with Men in Black, Bad Boys, The Pursiut of Happiness, I am Legend, Ali and I'd put Hitch up there. It was a departure from what the audience had pegged him as. Independence Day wasn't really his movie. It was more Jeff Goldblum's. Wild Wild West was horrid. 7 Pounds could have been better but it had a great concept. I think most people got sucked in by the hype. Bad Boys 2 wasn't as bad as people make it out to be it just took way to damn long to come out. Hancock was half good.
Toonimator
03-09-2009, 07:32 PM
Of the ones I've seen (mostly the popcorn blockbuster types) I've pretty much enjoyed his films, except WWW (which he probably did over Matrix because there was a song to be done... :biggrin: Remember when he made music?) and MiB2.
I actually enjoyed I, Robot as a fun ride :redface: Kinda in the same way I enjoyed Independence Day. I can see all the 'bad' in it, but still can watch a fair-sized chunk and enjoy it.
Libaax
03-10-2009, 05:56 AM
Heh consider that Will Smith suppose to start an office drone I think that would be rather different from his usual characters
He was a homeless drunk in Hancock can you get any lower than that :wink:
Neo actually had his own place, a job that prolly paid well, was hacking selling stuff on the side.
He was a winner even before the superhero he became.
Christopher Cross Is God
03-10-2009, 10:42 AM
There aren't any really good Will Smith movies (that I've seen). THere are some entertaining ones, but none that land high enough on the overall quality scale to rate as really good in an unqualified sense.
I have to agree with this. From the Will Smith movies I've seen, some were entertaining enough to watch to the end, but I don't remember any being particularly good.
Hancock is a perfect example........Did I like it? Not really. But, I didn't feel like I wasted 2 hours (Or however long it was) away from my life. It was mildly entertaining enough for me to not feel ripped off, yet I didn't really like it and would never bother watching it again.
Crowforge
03-10-2009, 02:16 PM
This isn't suppose to be a debate.
Shellhead
03-10-2009, 02:49 PM
Will Smith is a likeable guy, but he doesn't act much, mainly just shows up and is Will Smith.
It was his movie. Tommy Jones was on for the ride.
I disgree.
A. the story was more than him.
B. the straightman made his performance what it was, better.
Libaax
03-10-2009, 06:21 PM
This isn't suppose to be a debate.
Yeah people are trying to prove Will Smith cant act, he is fun but dont make good movies.
The guy got deservedly two oscar nominations, i think he doesnt care if we think his movies are good or not.
To me he is the only blockbuster actor who i trust by name to see his movies.
His movies are all fun mostly and he can act in drama roles when he gets them.
GHalecki
03-11-2009, 02:39 PM
MIB- good
MIB 2- bad
Bad Boys 1+2- okay
WWW- terrible
Ali- great
I Robot- Very Good
I M Legend- Very Good
ID- Very Good
Bagger Vance- Great
Hancock- Great
Enemy of the State- Good
Hitch- so so
I can't think of any more that I have seen
TitoJones
03-11-2009, 05:23 PM
Stealing fromGHalecki:
MIB-Great, but too short
MIB 2-okay
Bad Boys 1+2- I loved one, but two was Bay at his worst.
WWW- didnt really like it, but it has Salma in it so.......
Ali- Great
I Robot- I liked it
I M Legend- I liked it
ID- okay
Pursuit of Happyness-His best movie to me, or rather, his best acted. Loved the scene in which he tells his son not to let anyone tell him (the son) what he CAN'T do
Enemy of the State- I liked it
Hitch- okay
My favorites from him are MIB, Ali and I Robot.
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