To go or not to go and see it, that is the question?
I’ve not been a Will Smith fan recently. His last few movies have all been about him as the film’s star and the script/movie doesn’t really matter. I Am Legend was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in recent years with plot holes, poor script and was just plain uninteresting. I couldn’t wait for it to end despite the contrived action that was almost embarrassing. It ticked every box in the Hollywood list of what has to happen in a Hollywood movie, including the very poor ending, obvious to all and his cat. I wondered how this movie ever came to pass, but then the guy is a major star and it appears that even if the movie sucks, people will go and see it for the star. Wild Wild West and Hitch didn’t get there for me, although Men in Black (especially Men In Black 2) always restores my trust when I watch it each year.
I didn’t see The Pursuit of Happyness as the trailer told me that it was so much a star man film again that I missed the opportunity of a lifetime, so I’m told. It didn’t do it for me.
Do I give him a chance to redeem himself? Based upon the trailer it looks like another movie staring him and nothing else matters. That’s rather sad because he was a great actor and has appeared in many good films.
Now here’s the dilemma. Charlize Theron is also staring in the film. She only appears in good quality movies and she often chooses subjects that appear a strange choice before you see the movie and then afterwards you can’t help but think that she always manages to get us all into something a little different, with Monster being the recent stand out, but I enjoyed Aeon Flux and the Italian Job (which could never be quite as good as the original). So the movie must have something going for it.
The on screen effects look good (for big screens, not 5 inch portables) and if there are more of them than Will Smith showing us how great he is then there’s chance I’ll be satisfied. Any movie that incorporates a T.Rex’s 20th Century Boy music groove deserves a chance.
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