Will Smith rigged his career for $$$. Bill Simmons on Will Smith as an actor.

[Matt-]

will smith's movies have sucked recently, i don't care how much money he's made or the films have made. But he's still a great actor. He's just a great actor who chose to take his talents to movies with bad plots. That sucks that he would rather do that than to take on more roles not based on what makes money. But that in no way makes him a bad actor or a sell out or any of those things. He's gonna make money no matter what, so i don't know why he has to resort to taking on such stupid roles in such stupid movies.. but its his career. if he wants to sell himself short by making lame movies, then so be it. its not up to anyone to say he can't

but fuck all that other stuff, will smith is not the only movie star of today.

look at DiCaprio's past 8 movies.

J. Edgar

Shutter Island

Inception

Revolutionary Road

Body of Lies

Blood Diamond

The Departed

The Aviator

most damn good movies. its ridiculous to say that he's not a movie star or not on smith or anyone else's level. its simple minded to equate money making ability with greatness in the entertainment industry.

 

[Swiffness!]

Bill Simmons basically does the print version of Skip Bayless's hater act for ESPN, but he's got some good points here.....

C'mon, b. How many times have ppl on this board said that Will needs to switch it up and play a villain already. Srsly, Will. Play. A. Fucking. Villain. A psychopath. He'd CRUSH that kind of role in a summer blockbuster. Do a Face-Off type flick w/ Denzel or summin damn. Shieeeeit Training Day HELPED Denzel's drawing power.

Once Upon A Time In The West.

Henry Fonda was literally THE Mr. Good Guy Hollywood Actor for 3 decades when he accepted the villain role........the film opens with him slaughtering a family (and this in 1968!), before slowwwwwwly panning so the audience could see his face and go OMFG. Shit is legendary.


like, imagine a flick opening with a whole family gettin murked by some silent assassin and then the

camera pans up and you see Will did dat shyt

C'mon Big Willie. Play someone evil, nigga. Please.

 

[R.D.]

Does Will have a classic movie outside of Bad Boys which was equally carried by Martin

 

[Matt-]

i don't know why he needed to write a whole column just to say that he took a risk w/ 6 degrees of separation and that he chooses roles that are likely to be high grossing movies and avoids roles that could make people think negatively of him. its like he baited everyone into the article by starting off with a nugget about who the real movie stars of hollywood are, and then spent the next 25 paragraphs stating obvious facts about will smith which sort of prove that he is a star.

 

[Shizlansky]

Does Will have a classic movie outside of Bad Boys which was equally carried by Martin

Ali

7 pounds

Pursuit of Happiness.

Acting at its finest.

 

[Shizlansky]

Leo is a great actor but he's don't have the range on rolls he can do like Smith.

 

[R.D.]

None of those movies are classic

7 pounds was boring and Ali was mostly interesting due to the figure Ali was

compare it to Ray

and I am Legend>>>Pursuit of Happyness

 

[Matt-]

Leo is a great actor but he's don't have the range on rolls he can do like Smith.

explain.

 

[Matt-]

but i do find it noteworthy that of the top 30 highest grossing films, johhny depp has 4 i think, and Leo 2. Smith 0.

i think a case could be made for both Smith and Leo as to which has more range, but i think its undeniable that Depp shits on both of 'em

 

[G Mack]

Will Smith got rarefied charisma, so I know he can play a much more epic villain than Denzel if he chose to do so. Son is great.

hell naw

I'm not doubting will but no way could he pull it off as cleanly and genuine as denzel did in TD....

 

[Shizlansky]

@Matt Depp is a much better actor then Leo, so is Tom Hanks.

Depp and Smith its hard to say who's better IMO

R.D. Jr is a really good actor to.

Smith is top 3 and Leo is top 10 IMO.

 

[Neophyte Wolfgang]

Leos accent in Blood Diamond was horrendous

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

So basically dude is mad cuz Will Smith gets money.

 

[rip.dilla]

LOL @ Will Smith being "great" actor and "Top 3"

None of the man's films are memorable or even classic. Just disposable blockbusters

MIB3 was good but it'll be forgotten like it never dropped

 

[vageneral08]

Anytime u bring up russel crowe when talking bout will smith that aint nothing but hate....will smith makes mad money because his movies are that good

 

[vageneral08]

Will smith was offered the slave role in django unchained but turned it down

 

[MR.CJ]

crackas are hating

 

[Recaptimus_Prime360]

Good azzz read. Soooooo pretty dude is saying is that Will Smith was smart enough to take advantage of Hollywood, figured out the formula way ahead of everybody else, used it to his advantage, took advantage of the studios before they did it to him, made BOOKOO BUCKS, and if pretty much kickin back laughin his azzz off at Hollywood now?

Genius. Can't hate him for figuring all that out. Being the goofiness, lies a brotha that scored 1600 on his SAT's. Respect this brotha's intellect.

 

[atribecalledgabi]

Anytime u bring up russel crowe when talking bout will smith that aint nothing but hate....will smith makes mad money because his movies are that good

how a movie does at the box office is not indicative of its quality.

 

[Shizlansky]

Anytime u bring up russel crowe when talking bout will smith that aint nothing but hate....will smith makes mad money because his movies are that good

how a movie does at the box office is not indicative of its quality.

Very true.