I don’t really know anything about how he raised his kids or any of that jazz, but his daughter makes some pretty rad music.
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Ranulph@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Independence Day is my favourite movie with Will Smith, my second favourite is the one where he is fighting Zombies can’t recall the name. He was for a good long while the most bankable actor of colour in Hollywood ahead of Danzel and Morgan Freeman. TENET would have been a different movie with him alongside Robert Pattinson. The sad thing is how he raised his children to become part of the publicity machine instead of seeking out academic excellence. He fed them directly into the maw of the media machine where the last name and nepotism rule the roost. Sad really I am sure some of that can be laid at the feet of his practice of scientology.
Cheesecycle@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That’s cool. His son is a lunatic.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Is the Left 4 Dead mod that replaces the safe room wall writings with his tweets still maintained?
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Is the movie you’re thinking of “I Am Legend”
Ranulph@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Thank you! thats the one. The wreckage of the modern world they built onscreen was compelling,
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
2 things:
Ranulph@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
The Bot thing is because the system has decided that VPN use indicates automated account creation. I am not and its annoying but this nothing I can do anything about
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
You don’t see an option in your user settings?
Ranulph@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
You are right I just noticed I changed it by unchecking the option. Thank you.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If i had a nickel for every book to movie adaptation that completely missed the mark, well id have two nickels.
Not blaming him, I think he is a very enjoyable actor. Maybe not top tier, but I see why hes A list.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can’t watch him in anything since he hit Chris Rock. It ruined his characters in nearly every thing he was ever in.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I feel that was an incredibly embarrassing moment for Will, obviously totally inappropriate. That and some other things he has done have made me mindful about spending my money on anything he is in.
But watching stuff on my jailbroke streaming device? Ill still enjoy him from time to time.
I cant say I blame anyone who is done with any particular garbage celeb or artist. I get it.
axx@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Ah yes, great book. The film is fun but completely fails to adapt the point of the book.
Senal@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
They even had an ending in the movie that was closer to the original , but they cut it/changed it because it didn’t test well.
I’d guess that was because it was an ending that followed the original storyline and didn’t make sense without the rest of the movie also following the original storyline.
spoiler
It turns out (or is apparent in general) that the “zombies” are sentient/sapient and to them he’s the monster in the dark(or daylight as is the case here), from their point of view he’s basically been abducting people for experimentation and killing anyone who comes looking for their abducted family. The zombie/vampire guy at the end is just looking for his partner to rescue her, once he has her, he leaves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwZOa6CL6U
nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just tagging on to add that if you haven’t read the novella I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, it’s worth your time.
It has been adapted to film three times that I know of. The first was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. Matheson was so upset with the finished product that he refused to allow his name on the film even though he wrote the original screenplay. The second was The Omega Man with Charlton Heston, which has its flaws but is still the best adaptation IMO.
I had high hopes for the Will Smith film in 2007, but the creatures and the ending were entirely wrong.
The original story is great, but it’s such a slow burn with a mindfuck ending that I have given up hope of ever seeing an accurate portrayal on film. It would have to be something on the level of a passion project from Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, from a director who loved the source material enough not to change it significantly.