samsonlonghair wrote:It's kind of a Catch 22 for Will Smith. Every time he gets ambitious and breaks away from his old typecast roles, the box office punishes him.
I put off watching the movie After Earth because it was panned by critics and audiences alike, and it was a box office bomb. You know what? Once I finally watched it, I found that Will Smith did a really good job. His acting was more subtle and constrained than anything I've ever seen him do. Granted, it was mostly a vehicle for his son, and granted again, Jaden isn't a great actor yet. Still, Will Smith is in nearly half the scenes in the movie. Give After Earth a shot sometime on a streaming service or if you see the DVD hit the discount bin. After Earth is actually a better movie than the critics or the box office would lead you to believe.
stickem wrote:Well who got kidnapped this time lol? Dude has that subgenre locked up.
Michi wrote:stickem wrote:Well who got kidnapped this time lol? Dude has that subgenre locked up.
For sure. He's taken the ball and run with it.
Jagosaurus wrote:
What'd you guys think of this one? Interested to see if our small microcosm of movie fans here are also fairly dichotomous on this verdict.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:On Amazon Prime, you can watch the 106-minute, Criterion cut of Orson Welles’ Mr. Arkadin:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Arkadin
“Disaster-piece” is pretty much the best way to describe it. The film is a hot mess of a movie made by a genius, and I recommend it to fans of the director’s other work.
samsonlonghair wrote:I feel like I should probably watch a couple other Welles flicks before I move on to a disasterpiece. Any recommendations for a fair-weather fan of Orson Welles?
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