Welcome to today's installment. It was actually posted yesterday, but we used our "flashy thingy" to make you forget all about it.
And we're off...
Welcome to a Comic Book Movie that you didn't realize was based on a comic book. At least some of you didn't.
You're welcome.
Who says those "kids books" don't make for some entertaining flicks?
Anyway, this is a really fun film that still holds up today. The sequel was okay... not quite great, but it wasn't a waste of time. I'm looking forward to the third one.
We could discuss all day how awesome Will Smith is playing Will Smith, but to me, the real revelation in this movie is Tommy Lee Jones as Kay. Up to this point, aside from his turn to crazy in Under Siege (See # 78), he was a dramatic actor.
Here, he played the perfect straight man, which was somewhere just this side of Leslie Nielsen in Airplane of the Naked Gun movies. His delivery and pacing throughout are simply magical. He buys into the part so much, you get swept up along for the ride, much like Jay.
As for the director, Barry Sonnenfeld will be back on this list one more time, with my favorite movie that he's worked on.
Better than Men In Black?
It must be Wild Wild West.
Not quite, but we'll get back to Sonnefeld later.
Now, if you could just look directly at this light...
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