The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is one damn good actor

Dwight Strawberry · Post by **Dwight Strawberry** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:17 pm

I don't think I have ever been disappointed with any of Will Smith's performances. He is a solid actor.

I watched "The Pursuit of Happyness" this weekend. It has to be one of the most inspiring movies I have seen since "The Shawshank Redemption." It is one damn good movie.

TheEnglishProfessorGuy · Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:23 pm

yea it is. Im wondering why nobodys ever mentioned it on this board, at least from my search results

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:55 pm

always delivers, good thread,
he has never really been in an artsy film to my knowledge or a movie like heat or ronin or something, probly why he doesnt get as much recognition around here

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:17 pm

Bad Boys 2

Dwight Strawberry · Post by **Dwight Strawberry** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:45 pm

admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:45 pm

Dwight Strawberry wrote:
admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.

I think that's what admiral was saying.

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:47 pm

Dwight Strawberry wrote:
admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.

i was remarking that the only evidence one needs of Will Smith being a terrific actor was Bad Boys 2. i highly doubt you will find many people who like that movie more than me, stormshadow, and IDAL.

Dwight Strawberry · Post by **Dwight Strawberry** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:00 pm

admiral wrote:
Dwight Strawberry wrote:
admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.
i was remarking that the only evidence one needs of Will Smith being a terrific actor was Bad Boys 2. i highly doubt you will find many people who like that movie more than me, stormshadow, and IDAL.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:18 pm

citizen wrote:always delivers, good thread,
he has never really been in an artsy film to my knowledge

In 7 Degrees... he was a gay conman. Is that indie enough for you?

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:20 pm

Sankofa wrote:
citizen wrote:always delivers, good thread,
he has never really been in an artsy film to my knowledge
In 7 Degrees... he was a gay conman. Is that indie enough for you?

never heard of it, i'll have to check it out as soon as you change your sig

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:28 pm

Sankofa wrote:
citizen wrote:always delivers, good thread,
he has never really been in an artsy film to my knowledge
In 6 Degrees... he was a gay conman. Is that indie enough for you?

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:31 pm

Philaflava wrote:
Sankofa wrote:
citizen wrote:always delivers, good thread,
he has never really been in an artsy film to my knowledge
In 6 Degrees... he was a gay conman. Is that indie enough for you?

I blame the unseasonably cold spring break weather in IN.

Trub320 · Post by **Trub320** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:32 pm

Dwight Strawberry wrote:
admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.

both are my favorites movies.

Willie B · Post by **Willie B** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:53 pm

what was that movie with gene hackman??
will's performance wasnt bad, but gene outacted him in every way possible in every scene they had together.
almost painful to watch.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:15 pm

DudleyDawson wrote:what was that movie with gene hackman??
will's performance wasnt bad, but gene outacted him in every way possible in every scene they had together.
almost painful to watch.

Enemy of The State and it was a good movie dammit.

Nowell's Soul · Post by **Nowell's Soul** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:58 pm

Aside from these two bombs, he's great.

Nacho Vidal · Post by **Nacho Vidal** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:17 pm

admiral wrote:
Dwight Strawberry wrote:
admiral wrote:Bad Boys 2

Are you serious!?!?

Bad Boys & Bad Boys 2 are pretty damn entertaining movies.
i was remarking that the only evidence one needs of Will Smith being a terrific actor was Bad Boys 2. i highly doubt you will find many people who like that movie more than me, stormshadow, and IDAL.

It's not a terrible movie but why is it such a cult favourite? They may as well name the next sequel The Last Bad Boy and write Martin out of the script altogether.

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:25 pm

I'd like to be the lone voice of dissent in this thread.

He has been very good in several movies, fairly average in many more, and terrible in others.

MIB and its awful sequel had Will Smith in full-on-annoying-cocky-"brotha dealing with white people in an entertaining way"-mode, for example.

Love,

Smooth "loved him in Ali though" Lou

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:09 pm

I think he's become a pretty good actor...

He's Oscar chasing, which is pretty annoying.

When he's not accepting "Oscar Worthy Roles" he seems to be taking these self-aware "look I still have my funny, just one of the guys side too" roles. Which seem forced and a little disingenuous.

If I were advising him, I'd try to get him into a solid supporting role in a drama that didn't take itself so seriously. That is if he wants an Oscar.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:14 pm

Do you think Will "blackens" up when appearing on award shows?

aresem · Post by **aresem** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:54 pm

is will smith seriously going gray or is his hair like that because he's gearing up for a new movie???

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:09 pm

On Oprah he said its his real hair color now. He's embracing it.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:35 am

if you dont think you'll have some gray hair at that age, you're lying to yourself

Warcolepsy · Post by **Warcolepsy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:53 am

i thought he really sucked in Ali.

LAZTEC · Post by **LAZTEC** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:49 pm

Warcolepsy wrote:i thought he really sucked in Ali.

I thought he was pretty damn good in that.

I'm just glad he passed on Neo, I think Keanu was the perfect person for the roll. Its just hard to see Will being able to pull off the dumbfounded looks that Keanu is so good at.

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:43 pm

WELCOME TO EARF.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:21 pm

Jada looks pretty brolic in that pic. I wonder if she slaps Will around.

Patches O'Houlihan · Post by **Patches O'Houlihan** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:49 pm

she is like 4'9, I doubt it, plus jada is fine do not hate

Yeah He is pretty solid but when he makes a bad movie, which will prob not happen for a while, I htink he is in Denzel mode now) they are bad like WWW and MIB 2 god awful.

How the hell can you not like him in ALI, It doesnt matter if you dont like the movie he is sick in it!

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:10 pm

i'd let jada pinkett slap me around.

that's not a bad thing.

Doogs · Post by **Doogs** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:59 pm

nobody has mentioned hitch as an awful movie yet?

i had to see most of it, and it was one of the worst movies i've ever had to watch.