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Will:
I vaguely remember someone posting something about this, but I couldn't find anything doing a search, so here's a new topic:  Who all has seen this yet, and what were your thoughts?

I watched it tonight, and it was a lot less shitty than I expected it to be.  Certain parts of it were, of course, rather predictable, but apart from that and the sort of  "I want an Oscar too!" vibe that I got from Will Smith, it really wasn't that bad a film.  I enjoyed it, I got a chill or two at points, and overall it was much better than I had anticipated.

My only real major problem was the deliberate mis-spelling of Happyness was explained in only a half-assed manner, and really contributed next to nothing to the story.  That, and the predictability, but when it's a "based on a true story" film, you don't have much room to maneuver around that I guess...

bandm:
Ah, I was wondering if there was a reason, or if there was some new American spelling that I was not aware of. Either way, the word hurts my eyes too much and I can't go to see the movie because of it. Bad spelling is evil.

AllBad:
I enjoyed it, which surprised me, too.
I thought it was an original storyline, and I thought the various interviews with the original man whose life they base the film on were interesting, but yeah, I didn't expect too much from the film.
Yet, while I doubt Will Smith is actually going to -get- that Oscar, I did like watching it.

I need to check up on who all is nominated for which Oscars this year...

dennis:
i'm pretty sure the deliberate misspelling is a marketing ploy. "Pursuit of Happiness" brings up way to many hits on google.

Will:
I'm fine with that, if they had bothered to put more than 7 half-assed seconds into writing it into the storyline better.  Although, I wonder, is that also the title of the book?  Does marketing play into it so much then?

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