does Will Smith fantasise about the end of the world a lot or something?
― Number None, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
not that i don't
― Number None, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
he's definitely fond of movies where isolated and/or messianic - hancock, i am legend, seven pounds, just about everything post-hitch
― da croupier, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
dude was pushing for a flowers for algernon remake for a while
lol except men in black 3 unless there's a subtext i'm not aware of
― da croupier, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
well all the MIB movies are about him saving the planet from aliens right
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
spoilers well he does sacrifice himself at the end and it turns out he is jesus (agent j now makes more sense)
― shave and a haircut...2 CHAINZ (m bison), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
This is such a crazy interview. After reading Going Clear, it seems downright scary:
http://gawker.com/will-and-jaden-smith-give-fucking-insane-interview-abou-510087159
― ...also i'm awesome (Nicole), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'm fascinated by the complete and utter lack of any mention of M. Night's name on ANY of the promo I've seen for this one. Billboards, trailers, commercials... NOTHING.
― Young Boy Befriends Orange, Tangy Larvae in Luxs' Early (zero of the signified), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
If the focus is Jaden rather than Will, maybe I'll be able to skip this― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, April 4, 2011 4:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, April 4, 2011 4:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can I just say "PHEW" here
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
legendary general cypher raige
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
i liked will's mathemagical insights
― the late great, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
the interview didn't seem especially crazy (at least to a greater extent than the Smith family being narcissistic perfectionist showbiz types i already thought them to be), the gawker post is kinda dumb in how it tries to make some really benign passages seem super duper crazy
― some dude, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
they didnt seem that nuts, at least for a scientologist acting dynasty. it actually made me like them a little more
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
It does not surprise me at all that Will Smith sits around watching TED videos all day.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
give me a billion dollars, I'll sit around all day watching some bullshit too
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
I think I've just read too much about Scientology lately, the math and patterns talk seemed more sinister than it would otherwise.
― ...also i'm awesome (Nicole), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
See, that just made me remember that Will Smith allegedly turned down an MIT scholarship in order to rap.
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
it seems like a typical dorky recurring topic of discussion a 14-year-old kid would have w/his parents.
― crüt, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
I hate family dynasties. has there ever been a decent one.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Reynolds/Fisher
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Brolins
This one isn't bad: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, daughter Kelly Curtis, daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, son-in-law Christopher Guest
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Carradines
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
Huston family is pretty dope
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
Redgraves
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
lol poly are you scanning this too?
hmm yeah Hustons are pretty inarguable
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
had no idea Plimpton was a Carradine wtf
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that made me go O_O
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
A similar but different list, yes.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
WHAT? How did I never know that Talia Shire is Jason Schwartman's mother?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
I did not know that Muffy from Trading Places is Jamie Lee Curtis's sister! Winthorpe, you dog.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I was confusing Muffy with Penelope. Not as impressive.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
Is it true that you alphabetized your laser discs?Will: Yeah, I’m very, very serious about systems supporting creative inspiration.
― just sayin, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Fondas were p. dope as dynasties go.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
Derns
― The End**^ (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
A smash success!:
After Earth is a dreadfully dull movie, essentially one long quest to find intergalactic cell-phone reception in front of a futuristic Earth backdrop that looks painted and is populated by CGI creatures that don’t even look up to Madagascar quality – they’re as flat and cartoonish as The Lion King. Will Smith is motionless for 75 percent of the movie, delivering each belabored line seconds apart (“I’m a thespian, I’m a thespian,” he thinks between each pained sentence instead of, "One Mississippi, two Mississippi"). Jaden Smith speaks like someone who’s never heard a British accent but who’s heard of British accents and is trying it out nonetheless. (It is never explained why he has any trace of a British accent, by the way.) He mumbles narration and only telegraphs extreme terror on that little, wincing face of his until his character magically doesn’t anymore.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
I await Armond's challopsy rave review.
― ...also i'm awesome (Nicole), Friday, 31 May 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
― Young Boy Befriends Orange, Tangy Larvae in Luxs' Early (zero of the signified), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:55 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
until i opened this thread i had no idea night was involved
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 31 May 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
how is it he is still allowed to make movies? he's done like 4 bombs in a row now
― Mr. Scarf Ace is Back (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 May 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
the last airbender did surprisingly good money for being so critically reviled
― persona insufficiently memorable (reddening), Friday, 31 May 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
i think maybe lady in the water is the only MNS to lose money at the box office (and it probably made some money in subsequent release windows).
but there's a strong perception of him as a guy who makes flop after flop, and despite what it may look like hollywood producers are kind of sensitive to critical response, especially when every film he's made since... the village (?) has gotten a drubbing.
so he's reduced to helming will smith vanity projects, and like most such projects this one is going down in flames.
so I really do wonder, perhaps out of morbid curiosity-- where does MNS go from here?
i kind of wonder if he'll go the john singleton route: attaching his name to ever-more-downmarket franchises and star vehicles, only being able to get a film off the ground twice a decade.
it's going to be ugly.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of Singleton, what derailed his career? Was it Shaft?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 1 June 2013 05:44 (eleven years ago) link
series of flops + shitty on-set behavior
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 08:53 (eleven years ago) link
and not being able to bring films in on time/budget or so i've heard
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 08:54 (eleven years ago) link
Singleton, Dickerson, Hughes Bros. - is Spike Lee the only vet of the great black filmmaker renaissance who kept making films? He probably should have stopped, too.
M. Night - it's amazing to see how quickly the good will vanished. "The Sixth Sense" is solid, "Signs" and "Unbreakable" massively flawed but ambitious in the right ways. But "The Village" is a beautifully shot mess, probably the first movie he made where the reveal at the end earned derisive dismissals. "Lady in the Water" is his most ridiculous ego-flop. And his last two have echoed as punchlines. This one is a smart move, since the Smith family will take the heat. As put in the Atlantic:
Shyamalan's involvement notwithstanding, After Earth is a vanity project of the burgeoning multinational Will Smith Inc. The movie stars Smith and his 14-year-old son, Jaden. It's produced by Smith, his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, brother-in-law Caleeb Pinkett, and longtime friend and business partner James Lassiter. And it's based on a story written by Smith as a vehicle for his son, a story that he conceived while he and his brother-in-law were watching television together. Which is a long way of saying that it might be best to give Shyamalan a pass on this one.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2013 12:03 (eleven years ago) link
Ernest Dickerson has directed 5-6 episodes of The Walking Dead, but that's all I've seen his name on recently.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Saturday, 1 June 2013 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/m-night-shyamalan-reveals-he-ghost-wrote-shes-all-that-says-his-next-film-will-be-micro-budget-effort-20130530
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link