Weirdly, I thought the exact opposite: Junior looked like Smith used to look like rather than a de-aged version of Smith in the film. If you use FaceApp to de-age you it looks like an amazing young version of the photo of you - but not how you looked at that age, and *that* is what I think would have worked better in the film rather than recreating what Smith looked like in his Fresh Prince era.From the trailer, I found it very distracting that the young Will Smith doesn't really look like the young Will Smith. Just a de aged old will Smith, if that makes sense.
The Hobbit didn't look good at 48fps, so dread to think what this looks like at 120. The only benefit I saw to 48 was the 3D motion didn't look like a blurry mess during busy action sequences.
The last couple of Will Smith films I recall enjoying were I Am Legend and The Pursuit of Happyness which was over a decade ago.Will smith used to knock out winner after winner, now he just knocks out dud after dud (
Will smith used to knock out winner after winner, now he just knocks out dud after dud (
Well AVF seals it's fate. I'll happily wait till it's on Netflix or NowTV.
Agree with the sentiment about Smith. His career has sadly nosedived. I can't even remember the last film of his I thought was good.
He could do with Bad Boys 3 being a hit. Although saying that actually, he could retire now with his millions so I guess he doesn't really need anything to be a hit anymore!
I just got back from seeing this in HFR 3D and whilst I think 4 is harsh, it wasn't much better, probably a 5, maybe a 6 because of some good use of 3D without being too gimmicky. CGI humans though...when will they learn that they never look real alongside real actors.
Smith has just had the biggest hit of his career what are you on about ?Well AVF seals it's fate. I'll happily wait till it's on Netflix or NowTV.
Agree with the sentiment about Smith. His career has sadly nosedived. I can't even remember the last film of his I thought was good.
He could do with Bad Boys 3 being a hit. Although saying that actually, he could retire now with his millions so I guess he doesn't really need anything to be a hit anymore!
Smith has just had the biggest hit of his career what are you on about ?
Sorry, poor choice of words from me at 2am!
What I was alluding to was I just associate Smith with mostly bog standard releases these days. In terms of quality, not necessarily box office. I realise Aladdin has done very well.
Not sure really about Focus as Lucas mentions, but I'd agree with SteveAwol that the last film of his I thought was any good was I Am Legend. That was 2007.
There's been a whole string of duds I can think of - Bright, Suicide Squad, Collateral Beauty, After Earth, MIB 3, Seven Pounds. They're not complete stinkers, but it feels like another lifetime when he was nominated for his turn in Ali.
I'm not expecting miracles from Bad Boys 3, but it'd be nice if it actually turned out to be a good quality buddy cop movie, as we don't get too many of those these days.
Don't forget Smith is in his 50s now and has had his heyday. He's an action star and big actors no longer guarantee box office. Loads of stars have a run of duds (just ask Robert De Niro). I think his career is just fine, all things considered.
You're confusing a career nose-dive with simply not liking his recent films.