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

[rapmastermind]

For all the people saying Will was Dumb for doing MIB3 over Django:

"Men In Black 3"

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $171,934,000 28.6%

+ Foreign: $430,238,266 71.4%

= Worldwide: $602,172,266

This joint looking at 650-700 Worldwide and Will shouldn't of done it?, SMH. WILL just won't lose, making MIB3 was a smart move after taking 4 years off.

Haters speak up cause Will can't hear you.

 

[thefabmd2dc]

What's the difference between Jamie foxx and Will Smith?

Will Smith's movies make more money.

The only thing Will hasn't done is play a villain but other than that despite him picking bad movies he makes money off them anyway.

Also fuck the author for insinuating the legend of bagger vance wasn't a good movie.

 

[Mister B.]

Denzel>Will>Eddie acting, in that order.

Fuck the box office stats. (which are still owned by Murph as of now)

I would LOVE to see Will switch it up and play something more of an antagionist. Nigga out there like Super Cena at the box office to a generation of movie goers that don't know shit.

I like Willie too, but Top 3 nigga? C'mon, Son. Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, and Al Pacino are also still alive, so fuck that sentiment. Ali was the CLOSEST thing he played that was Oscar-worthy, and like my last topic suggests, I can name at least 10 movies by those four dudes (Jack, Denzel, Eddie, and DeNiro) that would smoke those movies.

Simmons ain't too far off with this shit. I would arguing he's being a dick saying I, Robot was ass, but I know where he's coming from. We challenge most of our actors to diversify their roles. Will ain't no exception just cause nine-year-old kids and their single moms will see anything that has his face on it at the movies.

 

[Focal Point]

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $135,901,094 27.8%

+ Foreign: $352,100,000 72.2%

= Worldwide: $488,001,094

MIB 3 Gross Worldwide after only 3 weeks in theaters. Forgive Will for not wanting to play a Runaway Slave in a western, he already played a "Slave" character in "Bagger Vance" and a Western in "Wild Wild West". MIB 3 was a smart move after taking 4 years off and as it approaches 700 Million Worldwide, Will proves once again he's the biggest box office star in the world. The "Men In Black" Trilogy will have grossed over 1.7 Billion when this is over. So for the person that said, "Noboby will remember MIB 3", 700 Million reasons why that is not true.

With 2 Oscar and Golden Glode Noms already, Will one day will get an Oscar.

fuck the bolded, that shit wasn't no Western... funny movie though, entertaining

 

[Dave2one6]

Will paid his dues. He was a very entertaining rapper. We all love the tv show, and he just, in more ways than one, transformed that character (his real self) into movies. it works. all those movies mentioned werent bad. well, i aint seen no Hitch.

and Leo? Great in all his shit, especially Inception. But i still see leo as a little boy. I dont see little willy from philly when he acts anymore. he has grew since that movie "made in america."

And six degrees of separation is really a good film. decent. Not gay at all as one would think if they never seen it.

 

[Matt-]

EXCLUSIVE: With Biblical epics the rage in Hollywood, here’s another. Will Smith is eyeing a film about battling brothers Cain and Abel as his directorial debut. The project is set at Sony in development and is being produced by Overbrook Entertainment. This has been in the arsenal for some time, and won’t be Smith’s next film, but it is an intriguing development for the actor and producer. The project has gone under the working title of The Redemption Of Cain, but I’ve confirmed that it’s now being developed as directing vehicle for Smith, who’ll likely star in the film as well.

This comes as Darren Aronofsky starts production with Russell Crowe on Noah, and both Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott have Moses projects percolating.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/will-smith-eyeing-cain-and-abel-film-as-directing-vehicle/

 

[usmarin3]

Bill Simmons need to get off Leos dick, maybe Will isnt getting fed scripts from Scorsesse like Leo is. Will doesnt only play action and alien movies, movies like 7 Pounds, Ali, etc different. As soon as Will make some artsy movie and it doesnt do shit at the box office the same niggas would say he fell off or lost his touch.

 

[Matt-]

that might actually be a good movie. surprised nobody has made a biblical cain and abel movie (that i'm aware of).

i think that could be a much better movie than the ones about Noah and Moses, but then again i trust spielberg and ridley scott directing great movies more than i'd trust will smith

but the cain/abel story is much more interesting

 

[Matt-]

Bill Simmons need to get off Leos dick, maybe Will isnt getting fed scripts from Scorsesse like Leo is. Will doesnt only play action and alien movies, movies like 7 Pounds, Ali, etc different. As soon as Will make some artsy movie and it doesnt do shit at the box office the same niggas would say he fell off or lost his touch.

he didn't say anything about Leo other than if will smith starred in those same movies, they would have all done better at the box office

 

[usmarin3]

Actually he was implying Leo does roles with more range even though every knows he cant act for shit. Dude ruinned Blood Diamond with his shitty ass accent.

 

[Matt-]

He said Leo is as good of an actor, but doesn't have the box office appeal smith does. That's not a diss towards smith or stanning for Leo.

 

[usmarin3]

Leo is not on Will Smiths level as an actor, Will has more range.

 

[cobbland]

The only hiccup I see in Will's career is his choosing of Michael Mann over Spike Lee for director of "Ali."

If Spike did it, you could guarantee that Denzel would have made a cameo as Malcolm X.

Mann does better action scenes (films) than Spike, biops are not his forte.

 

[Recaptimus_Prime360]

Wait MIB3 grossed that much??? It wasn't even the best one! Lol! It was ok at best but, nevamind...*stands up and applauds Will*.

But I like the rest of y'all, I don't see folks taking him serious are a villian either. Then again, if he does, he could play a good sociopath.

 

[rip.dilla]

I used to be a massive fan of Will in the mid to late nineties concerning his films

But I grew up .. Kinda

 

[Mister B.]

I don't know. White folk LOVE Tom Cruise, and he's been a hero-type in every movie except a one:

Collateral.

And I don't give a fuck what y'all say, he did his thing in that shit.

Willie right now is on Super Cena level...we need a heel turn from that dude just once.