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Wild Wild West

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‘not every situation calls for your patented approach of "shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two." – President Grant In the run up to release of the live action remake of Aladdin in which Will Smith played Genie, the rapper turned actor constantly slated Wild Wild West , stating that despite the potential the film had and how much he promoted it he regards it as one of his worst films. Having only watched the film once before when I was probably too young to do so, I knew little about the Western yet hearing Smith constantly talk negatively of it intrigued me. So, when Comedy Central showed the film I thought I’d take the opportunity to watch it and see if it’s as bad Smith portrays it.   He’s not entirely wrong. The film chooses to use smoke and explosions as a way to move from one scene to the next instead of finding a logical way for the reluctant pair of U.S Marshals Jim West and Artemus G...

Gemini Man

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        ‘You can tell me now or you can tell me in five minutes without all                                                                   your teeth' - Dani Zakarweski After Henry Brogan (Will Smith) completes his last job as a hitman and plans to retire, his own agency tries to kill him, sending his clone to fulfil the hit. Across the film there was an overuse of close up shots where a two shot would have suited. The focus on characters faces exposes the lack of intensity behind their action along with making it difficult to see the connection between characters. Another thing hard to look at was the clone of Henry. Done by de-aging Will Smith, Junior looks as if the face is a clean-shaven Will Smith was morphed to appear younger, looking nothing like Smith during did when record...