Synopsis:
Two men who keep an eye on aliens in
New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it
up.
Brian's Rating: B :
When this movie first came out, I loved it. I
bought the VHS and probably watched it 3 times
or so with various friends. This is before it
was commonplace for the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
to have a part in a movie, and so it was novel
at the time. Will Smith does make the movie.
His character is hilarious, and interacts well
with Tommy Lee Jones subtle serious humor.
Their are many very overt comedic lines in this
movie, and there are also many subtle jokes. It
still cracks me up even after watching it after
a long hiatus. However, when compared to more
recent comic book movies, comedy or not, this
does not stack up as well as I would have
liked. For example, There was some good
animatronics, but there was also some bad CGI.
Where Will Smith's character was fresh, it now
is not.
I still like the movie, and would recommend it
to anybody who has not seen it for some reason,
but I doubt I will be spending 90 minutes on it
again in my lifetime, for sure not for another
10 years.
Sebastian's
Rating: B : I really am only giving this
movie a rating for the sake of it. The acting
was terrible, and the special effects are well
done standing the acts of time. These days it's
not an A standerd movie, but it's humerous and
entertaining at times, giving it a B.
The Freak's
Rating: B+ : Though I'll agree with
Sebastian and Brian that the film doesn't quite
live up to the status it had when it was
released, I'd suggest that it just barely does
in fact drop. Wil Smith is over the top in
nearly every line he delivers, but lets not
forget that this was a coming out party for
Smith, written especially for him. The
writing for dialogue is cheesy, but the special
effects are still noticably impressive here and
the casting is brilliant. I'll drop it
below an A for some of the dialogue, especially
the last scene where Linda Fiorentino is
atrocious, but for the most part it is a
successful film.
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