Is Will Smith Depressed?
Saturday, December 20, 2008



I have not seen his latest, Seven Pounds, but the topic appears morbid and much too somber. The ads aren't upbeat. Will Smith looks miserable. Not a good sign.

I know he probably wants to stretch his acting skills, or talent. I notice actors who start with comedic and non-serious roles almost always want to take that next step, and get all artsy fartsy, boring us to death with how oh-so-serious and somber he can pretend to be. Jim Carrey anyone?

I get it. Not.

I enjoyed, tolerated, and suffered through Hancock (Sometimes I cannot stand Charlize Theron, I find her as puke-worthy nauseating as Nicole Kidman.) and I Am Legend. I thought the special effects were disappointing. Why not use real people to make it realistic? I wasn't the least bit scared by that film.

Without a doubt, The Pursuit of Happyness was an instant classic. Watching Will Smith show his inner hustle made it real. You sense that he enjoys being a workhorse. I also think that was the last time Will Smith had a real black woman, or half-African, co-starring with him.

I ain't mad at him though. I do note films he produces starring black men and women. I laugh at how people complain that he's not doing enough for black people. He does a lot. They're just not paying attention.

Am I complaining? Nope, not at all. I enjoyed seeing his performance in Six Degrees of Separation. I even time looped the scene where he's caught butt nekked in bed with a guy. I am always inspired by a naked Will Smith. He never fails to disappoint in that area.

I remember those early scenes in I, Robot (my favorite of all his films, since it was the robot I enjoyed so much) with Mr. Smith taking a shower. Made the whole film worthwhile. Yessiree.

I'm not gonna head shrink the guy, and I can't, but if this is his mid-life crisis, I would recommend some family friendly comedies. Hitch, overall is my second favorite of his films. It has no guns, relatively little violence, which are only of the comedic sort. I can't even recall any profanity.

I laughed long and hard when Will clocked Eva Mendes (I like her) into the water. He also took her to Ellis Island expecting her to be impressed. Turns out that butcher was a literal, not vocational, description of her ancestor. Hilarious.

I think those kind of films would help. And who doesn't like to laugh?

Labels: black men, black women, Jim Carrey, Will Smith

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I ♠ Huckabees
Thursday, July 5, 2007

I only watched it because Jude Law was in this film.

Wow, this flick is awful. And it has Lilly Tomlin
and Dustin Hoffman in it. Surprising.

I didn't like it because it smacks of an untalented attempt to bite "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" with Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. Loved that film.

It was weird, eh? But so novel and imaginative. Charlie Kaufman is the same writer for the films "Adaptation" and the best one "Being John Malkovich." I love quirky stuff.

So why did "I ♥ Huckabees" suck so bad? The lead actor was an ugly guy. He wasn't quirky. He wasn't cute. He was Tom Cruise with wrongly placed features: fugly. It didn't work!

The bad guy was Jude Law. This guy keeps trying to portray a bad boy, but he looks too innocent to pull it off. Law lacks the sort of menacing gravitas that Clive "He should have been James Bond 007" Owen has.

When is Hollyweird going to offer Clive Owen some kickass, juicy roles? Must all English actors be stuffed into roles as evil terrorists, or fairy tales and flying dragon movies? (Rant is over.)

Anyway, Huckabees is a clothing or an everything-for-sale corporation. The lead actor, the homely male, is a poet who decides to have his own life investigated. I don't know and didn't care why. Seems that the Jude Law character, who works for Huckabees, was taking everything from him.

Who gave the green light for this film? I think Hollyweird needs a modest quota system. They can put out 10% of films that are quirky, family friendly, tasteful, and very well done by minorities (not white women, gay whites or other non-racial groups).

It wouldn't be hard to produce TV shows or movies, where there are other people in this country besides the ugly bores they keep putting out films about.

Did I say this film sucked? I can't say it enough times.

Labels: Charlie Kaufman, Clive Owen, I love Huckabees, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Kate Winslet

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