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Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: Will on 28 Dec 2006, 12:28
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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...
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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.
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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...
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i'm pretty sure the deliberate misspelling is a marketing ploy. "Pursuit of Happiness" brings up way to many hits on google.
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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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I liked the movie a lot. It was a lot better than I would've given it credit for.
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I certainly want to see this movie.
I'm one of those people that don't normally see typos, or any gradual misspellings.
I watched a thing on TV, about the movie, and the guy behind it. Very inspiring, I say.
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i'm pretty sure the deliberate misspelling is a marketing ploy. "Pursuit of Happiness" brings up way to many hits on google.
No matter what dennis ever posts, I always find myself having a hard time being able to argue with Gregory House. It's convenient when I agree with him, though, as is the case here. Then I feel smart and like maybe someday I'll get to write on the dry erase board.
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Does marketing play into it so much then?
Answer....Yes
Marketing play a major key role in everything we see.....whether we realize it or not.
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nothing is free.
I saw it and liked it. Smith has never done better work.
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Never done better work? Not even when he played Ali?
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I'd say so. He was very good in that one too, but I think he was better in this one.
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I think he put a lot of personal feelings into it.
When they visited the bathroom they had to stay in, Smith wanted to stay in there, just for a moment, by himself, and he cried.
So yeah, I'm sure it's his best work to date.
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He cried, huh? Did he shed a single tear?
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I cried when he exploded the living hell out of those aliens with his F-16. Five times.
Edit: Oh yeah, and that one other time when he made a joke at Carlton's expense. Tear-jerkingly good.
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Is it just me that didn't enjoy this movie? I was really disappointed to be honest, i was expecting a lot more and maybe thats why i didn't enjoy it as much as i thought. I think that mainly i just struggled to find the storyline in it. The emotional and realistic part of it however was excellent. I did by the way, enjoy the joke "knock knock, whos there? nobody...nobody who?" that made me giggle.
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Yeah, I really did enjoy this movie. I found the cinematography to be well done, if nothing amazing, the story to be somewhat happyer than I expected. Well, the ending at least. I do think that it was the best acting I've ever seen Will Smith do; I was very impressed with it.
The one thing I didn't like was the scene where Will Smith's son drops his Action Figure, and can't go get it. It just struck me as unnecessary and trite, because I immediately made me think of that Star Trek episode or movie (I saw it forever and a half ago) where the little girl drops her doll on the Enterprise, and the other million and a half similar scenes. Overall though, it was very well done, and an inspiring, if emotionally draining, movie.