When is Will Smith gonna play a villian?

[mdresident]

where do u guys come up with this notion that will smith is this great actor? when has he ever done any serious acting? i can name a ton of crappy movies hehas starred in...

 

[derryj3]

That's the thing, beyonce can't act, so she has to play singers. I'm not mad though she would be in every movie if I had it my way
Will can definately do villian, he can really act. Just because you might think he can't pull it off don't make it so

 

[grizztheboss]

nvm

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Will Smith can't act, he is just a star. Period, Will Smith is that dude so he can only be in roles where he gets to be cool.




And y'all know nothing about movies. Denzel was a career defining moment for him??? Ever heard of Glory, Malcom X, 'Mo Better Blues, MississippiMasala, He Got Game etc. Denzel is an amazing actor while Will Smith is just a star. Training Day isn't even one of his top 3 performances.

 

[jville819]

where do u guys come up with this notion that will smith is this great actor? when has he ever done any serious acting? i can name a ton of crappy movies he has starred in..

Have you seen Ali, Pursuit of Happiness, Six Degrees, Enemy of the state. You could even throw in I am Legend too.

 

[enlightened thought]

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

 

[mdresident]

Originally Posted by worldbeefreeg

Will Smith can't act, he is just a star. Period, Will Smith is that dude so he can only be in roles where he gets to be cool.




And y'all know nothing about movies. Denzel was a career defining moment for him??? Ever heard of Glory, Malcom X, 'Mo Better Blues, Mississippi Masala, He Got Game etc. Denzel is an amazing actor while Will Smith is just a star. Training Day isn't even one of his top 3 performances.

See, my man right here gets it. Denzel is an actor..a great one..where will smith is just a familiar face that ill get ppl to go see a movie. You dudes reallyneed to sit down and watch his crappy #$* movies, I mean..come on wild wild west??? And to the other dude..u can't compare those performances todenzel's. Ali sucked, six degrees of seperation sucked, and I am legend sucked. Denzel can move you...(made me tear up in john q)

 

[derryj3]

Lol @ nt'ers acting like their opinions = fact
Imo will smith is top 5 outta great black actors... Reason I made this post is because I believe if he tried another role y'all would believe he can act
IMO denzel,don cheadle, and jeffery wright can all act better than Will smith

 

[nothinafter]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

 

[forgot about jae]

Originally Posted by jplikejayz

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DOM IT WILL

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

This guy's opinion = fact or at least he thinks so,but right on bruvah

 

[enlightened thought]

Denzel:
[h1]Appearances[/h1][table][tr][th=""]Released[/th] [th=""]Movie Name[/th] [th=""]Role[/th] [th=""]1st weekend[/th] [th=""]US Gross[/th] [th=""]Worldwide Gross[/th] [/tr][tr][td]1/15/2010[/td] [td]The Book of Eli[/td] [td] [/td] [td] [/td] [td]Confirmed[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]7/31/2009[/td] [td]The Taking of Pelham 123[/td] [td] [/td] [td] [/td] [td]Confirmed[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/25/2007[/td] [td]The Great Debaters[/td] [td]Melvin B. Tolson[/td] [td]$6,005,180[/td] [td]$30,226,144[/td] [td]$30,226,144[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/2/2007[/td] [td]American Gangster[/td] [td]Frank Lucas[/td] [td]$43,565,135[/td] [td]$130,164,645[/td] [td]$265,697,825[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/22/2006[/td] [td]éjà Vu[/td] [td]Doug Carlin[/td] [td]$20,574,802[/td] [td]$64,038,616[/td] [td]$181,038,616[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3/24/2006[/td] [td]Inside Man[/td] [td]Keith Frazier[/td] [td]$28,954,945[/td] [td]$88,634,237[/td] [td]$184,634,237[/td] [/tr][tr][td]7/30/2004[/td] [td]The Manchurian Candidate[/td] [td]Bennett Marco[/td] [td]$20,018,620[/td] [td]$65,948,711[/td] [td]$96,148,711[/td] [/tr][tr][td]4/23/2004[/td] [td]Man on Fire[/td] [td]Creasy[/td] [td]$22,751,490[/td] [td]$77,906,816[/td] [td]$118,706,816[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10/3/2003[/td] [td]Out of Time[/td] [td]Matt Lee Whitlock[/td] [td]$16,185,316[/td] [td]$41,083,108[/td] [td]$55,489,826[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/19/2002[/td] [td]Antwone Fisher[/td] [td]Dr. Jerome Davenport[/td] [td]$210,013[/td] [td]$21,078,145[/td] [td]$23,367,586[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2/15/2002[/td] [td]John Q[/td] [td]John Q[/td] [td]$20,275,194[/td] [td]$71,026,631[/td] [td]$102,226,631[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10/5/2001[/td] [td]Training Day[/td] [td]Alonzo Harris[/td] [td]$22,550,788[/td] [td]$76,261,036[/td] [td]$104,505,362[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9/29/2000[/td] [td]Remember the Titans[/td] [td]Coach Boone[/td] [td]$20,905,831[/td] [td]$115,654,751[/td] [td]$136,706,683[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/29/1999[/td] [td]The Hurricane[/td] [td]Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter[/td] [td]$384,640[/td] [td]$50,699,241[/td] [td]$73,956,241[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/5/1999[/td] [td]The Bone Collector[/td] [td]Lincoln Rhyme[/td] [td]$16,712,020[/td] [td]$66,488,090[/td] [td]$151,463,090[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/6/1998[/td] [td]The Siege[/td] [td]Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard[/td] [td]$13,931,285[/td] [td]$40,934,175[/td] [td]$116,625,798[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5/1/1998[/td] [td]He Got Game[/td] [td]Jake Shuttleworth[/td] [td]$7,610,663[/td] [td]$21,567,853[/td] [td]$21,567,853[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1/16/1998[/td] [td]Fallen[/td] [td]Det. John Hobbes[/td] [td]$10,401,586[/td] [td]$25,310,938[/td] [td]$25,310,938[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/13/1996[/td] [td]The Preacher's Wife[/td] [td]Dudley[/td] [td]$7,649,752[/td] [td]$48,102,795[/td] [td]$48,102,795[/td] [/tr][tr][td]7/12/1996[/td] [td]Courage Under Fire[/td] [td]Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling[/td] [td]$12,501,586[/td] [td]$59,003,384[/td] [td]$100,833,145[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9/29/1995[/td] [td]Devil in a Blue Dress[/td] [td]Easy Rawlins[/td] [td]$5,422,385[/td] [td]$16,030,096[/td] [td]$16,030,096[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8/4/1995[/td] [td]Virtuosity[/td] [td]Parker Barnes[/td] [td]$8,309,869[/td] [td]$23,998,226[/td] [td]$23,998,226[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5/12/1995[/td] [td]Crimson Tide[/td] [td]Lt. Cmdr. Hunter[/td] [td]$18,612,190[/td] [td]$91,387,195[/td] [td]$159,387,195[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/22/1993[/td] [td]Philadelphia[/td] [td]Joe Miller[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$77,324,422[/td] [td]$201,300,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/17/1993[/td] [td]The Pelican Brief[/td] [td]Gray Grantham[/td] [td]$16,864,404[/td] [td]$100,768,056[/td] [td]$194,968,056[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5/7/1993[/td] [td]Much Ado About Nothing[/td] [td]Don Pedro of Aragon[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$22,549,338[/td] [td]$22,549,338[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/18/1992[/td] [td]Malcolm X[/td] [td]Malcolm X[/td] [td]$9,871,125[/td] [td]$48,169,910[/td] [td]$48,169,910[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2/5/1992[/td] [td]Mississippi Masala[/td] [td]Demetrius[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$7,308,786[/td] [td]$7,308,786[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10/4/1991[/td] [td]Ricochet[/td] [td]Nick Styles[/td] [td]$4,831,181[/td] [td]$21,756,163[/td] [td]$21,756,163[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8/3/1990[/td] [td]Mo' Better Blues[/td] [td]Bleak Gallium[/td] [td]$4,387,360[/td] [td]$16,153,000[/td] [td]$16,153,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2/2/1990[/td] [td]Heart Condition[/td] [td]Napoleon Stone[/td] [td]$2,149,786[/td] [td]$4,134,992[/td] [td]$4,134,992[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12/14/1989[/td] [td]Glory[/td] [td]Trip[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$26,593,580[/td] [td]$26,593,580[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5/19/1989[/td] [td]For Queen and Country[/td] [td]Reuben James[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$191,051[/td] [td]$191,051[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2/16/1989[/td] [td]The Mighty Quinn[/td] [td]Xavier Quinn[/td] [td]$1,442,524[/td] [td]$3,992,420[/td] [td]$3,992,420[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11/6/1987[/td] [td]Cry Freedom[/td] [td]Steve Biko[/td] [td]$318,723[/td] [td]$5,899,797[/td] [td]$5,899,797[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1/31/1986[/td] [td]Power[/td] [td]Arnold Billing, Billing Associates President[/td] [td]$1,854,200[/td] [td]$3,800,000[/td] [td]$3,800,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9/14/1984[/td] [td]A Soldier's Story[/td] [td]Private First Class Melvin Peterson[/td] [td]$156,383[/td] [td]$22,100,000[/td] [td]$22,100,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9/25/1981[/td] [td]Carbon Copy[/td] [td]Roger Porter[/td] [td]$1,451,286[/td] [td]$8,400,000[/td] [td]$8,400,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]Total Grosses[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$1,594,686,348[/td] [td]$2,623,340,907[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]Average Gross[/td] [td] [/td] [td]$44,296,843[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]Average Opening Weekend[/td] [td]$11,834,202[/td] [/tr][/table]
Will Smith
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SIT DOWN.

EDIT:
ppl are mistaking being talented with being profitable. not once did i mention will was better than denzel. Will is more marketable to the internationalaudience. with that said, he can take any role he wants because the film industry knows they'll make more profit with him than any other african americanactor.

 

[mdresident]

Originally Posted by derryj3

Lol @ nt'ers acting like their opinions = fact
Imo will smith is top 5 outta great black actors... Reason I made this post is because I believe if he tried another role y'all would believe he can act
IMO denzel,don cheadle, and jeffery wright can all act better than Will smith

Top 5 by default. There are not that many..lol, u forgot about morgan freeman too.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

But You said Will Smith is the only marketable african american worldwide...um Denzel is too, is Will Smith more marketable?? yes. but is he the onlymarketable african american worldwide?? no.

SIT DOWN

 

[jville819]

I'm not going to say his opinion is fact, but Will has proved to be the biggest draw as an actor in the last 10 years. I'm not saying he is a betteractor than Denzel(which I personally don't think he is), but he is a bigger superstar and a more bankable star than Denzel.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

 

[Shanegerous]

Will Smith is one of my favorite actors and although you raise a good point, I cant see him playing a villan like everybodys been sayin.

 

[enlightened thought]

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to willsmith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle,howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films
i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how iknow.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by jville819

I'm not going to say his opinion is fact, but Will has proved to be the biggest draw as an actor in the last 10 years. I'm not saying he is a better actor than Denzel(which I personally don't think he is), but he is a bigger superstar and a more bankable star than Denzel.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

thats not my point... he said will smith is the only marketable african american worldwide...denzel washington is too, the question isn't whois more marketable. dude said will smith is the only marketable afrivcan american worldwide but he's not, thats all I'm saying... i'm tired,i'm going to bed

 

[d723]

Will's entirely too marketable to ever play a villain. Any movie producer would be insane to put Will as anything but the protagonist for a blockbuster hitmovie.

 

[d723]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle, howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how i know.

Black actors aren't the only ones not seeing Will Smith. NO ONE is seeing Will smith. Dude is probably the biggest hit actor ever.

 

[enlightened thought]

^take the L man. it's gettin late.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle, howard.

you said will smith is the only marketable african american worldwide, you were wrong, my point wasn't who was more marketable dumb $$%*, it was that willsmith isn't the only marketable african american actor worldwide, thats really techinical huh...

 

[trasoul82]

Originally Posted by LESGodSonC0

He should've gotten an Oscar for "Ali"

But since they robbed Denzel in year's past, they had to make up for that.

Is this guy serious?

 

[jordan723]

its funny how I was just talking about this today with my neighbor. We were comparing denzel and will and I was mentioning how I cannot see Will smith playinga villian like Denzel did in training day or american gangster. The day will tries it I will give him props even though I think he is one of the best actorsout there

 

[limitedretroog]

Originally Posted by D723

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will
smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle,
howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how i
know.

Black actors aren't the only ones not seeing Will Smith. NO ONE is seeing Will smith. Dude is probably the biggest hit actor ever.


You sure you're using the right choice of words???