Comment on Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.

• RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly, I think iRobot understood the source material better than Foundation.

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• Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn’t one of them.

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  • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You’re discrediting the great chemistry between Will Smith’s character and Sonny, which means you’re missing out on a good chunk of the movie experience.

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, that chemistry is great, but I don’t think he plays the investigator part well, especially when trying to follow the clues left by Dr Lanning. Will Smith’s style is very off the cuff and anti-authority, and while that works in MIB where there’s the very strict Agent K to play off of, I don’t think he works as the sole driver of a light mystery. Sonny and Spooner’s interactions are fantastic, but they’re usually driven by Sonny giving exposition. Spooner is usually just running from things as they unfold.

      All in all, not a bad performance (there were plenty of objectively worse ones), but I don’t think it does the movie any favours. There are plenty of great things about i, Robot, but Will Smith is not one of them in my opinion.

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  • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Look I don’t particularly like him as a person but it’s hardly a controversial opinion to say he’s a good actor. That was one of his better roles imo.

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t particularly like his acting style, completely outside anything he does as a person. iRobot and Men In Black are some of his better roles, but like Jeff Goldblum or Eddy Murphy, he can only play himself. I don’t think it works in iRobot that well though, but that’s more of a casting choice than bad acting.

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      • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I agree he’s pretty one note but I do think it works for that and Men in Black. He’s a detective in both so yeah, not a lot of range, but it was more subdued from wacky to just sarcastic in I, Robot. I do like sarcastic jerk as a character type which may say something about me.

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• tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is

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  • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Only if it’s taking me to a 24 hour show of I, ROBOT BITCH! Sorry that was aggressive.

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