Monday Morning Poll: Will Smith vs. Will Smith
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The first trailer for Will Smith's new flick has just arrived online, and it's called Seven Pounds ... and it was directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) ... and it definitely looks like one of them tear-jerkers. (For those obsessive, need-it-right-now folks, you can watch the trailer after the jump.) In the film, Smith plays a guy who's feeling guilty about mistakes he's made over the years, and so he decides to help change the lives of seven total strangers. In doing so, he winds up falling in love with one of the aforementioned strangers, played by Rosario Dawson. So here we have a movie about giving to others, it comes out December 19 (right in time for Christmas), and it stars our most precious A-list actor. Mmmm ... makes you just wanna wash it all down with a slice of apple pie.
Seven Pounds marks Big Willie's second trip to the multiplex this year, after first starring in the summer superhero action/adventure Hancock. A quick glance at his previous two films spots a similar pattern of action blockbuster and quiet drama -- and even though Smith will always guarantee you great numbers on opening weekend no matter the genre, one wonders which version of the man you all prefer? For ten bucks, would you rather spend it watching Will Smith kick ass on a $200 million budget, or would you prefer to spend the time with his gentler, Oscar-nominated side? Or, would you rather watch the man star in more straight-up comedies, a la Hitch?
How do you like your Will Smith?
Related: Fan Rant: Will Smith Needs to Play a Villain
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-29-2008 @ 12:05PM
q said...
I'd like to see Will Smith or maybe even Denzel Washington as a Bond villain.
I think it might work well especially with the reinvigorated series' more serious approach.
Bond producers call me!!!
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11-26-2008 @ 1:07AM
nancy said...
i would never want to see will smith as a villian, will smith has a way of making your heart go out to him, to cheer for him , to hope for him , there is no dought that will smith could do it with flying colours,will has a way of opening his heart up to the viewer, because he does everything so well, in showing all his sides, i would never want to see that side of him , this would be a waste of his tallents, will chooses very well in the movies that he wishes to express his tallents, and he hasn't gone wrong yet, he knows what he's doing, he has something to say , and he's saying it ,
9-29-2008 @ 5:10PM
eugene said...
Denzel as a bond villain is inspired, but I think Forest Whitaker would have better chemistry with Daniel Craig.
Anyways, love Will smith. sure he phones in a lot of his roles, but he's still entertaining to watch.
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