Oct 04 2010
Will Smith’s Best Acting to Date
Will Smith has disappeared from acting in recent years as Hancock and I Am Legend disappointed and he didn’t win an Oscar for Seven Pounds or The Pursuit of Happyness. But as it turns out, his most Oscar-worthy performance was far before his film career off. That’s right, it was in his Fresh Prince glory days.
This is a scene I remember making an impact on me years ago, and it still gets me a little choked up to this day. It’s the episode where Will’s deadbeat father comes back into his life, but then…. Oh just watch it.
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He should really go back and channel this, instead of giving every child he has a career against their will.
Echoing the above comment, I think this is the way we should all remember Will Smith forever. I haven’t actually thought about him much lately. “Hancock” had great promise but just didn’t live up to its potential, and “I Am Legend” was a commercial about shoes where he has to kill his zombie dog. OMG I can’t even think about that dog scene. Anyway, I can’t even remember a film after, let’s say, “Men In Black” that I really liked him in. He’s the Fresh Prince, he’s Agent J, he’s the “welcome to Earth” guy, and all that is better than what he has turned into: the Scientologist making mediocre movies, crappy remakes of movies, and pushing careers on his kids.
Also: I wrote this before actually watching the video, and holy crap: that made me all squishy inside.
@ Comam
Are you serious? Ali, I, Robot, The Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds and I am Legend (with alternate ending) are all great movies.
Btw, did you see his projects in development. They are working on 34 movies
That is a really great scene. It still kind of weird though to see the voice of Shredder portraying such a great family man like Uncle Phil.
I, Robot was so bad I think it gave me cancer.
OMG
Just because he did not win an oscar for those two and the other two dissapointed doesnt mean he acted bad in them. I thought Happyness and Seven Pounds were AMAZING performances.
The idea of hancock and Legend were kinda weak but I though he delivered great acting in those regardless.
Especially I am Legend. I can relate, not with the situation of ocurse, but with the idea of being a dad/husband then being alone and trying to cope with that. Worked for me …
Hey Paul,
I know what you mean. That’s just … I don’t know … touching.
I didn’t know there was any depth in Smith’s performance of Fresh Prince, let alone in the series as a whole, but obviously there is.
Thx a lot for sharing, Paul!
Greetz Vega
i think he was tapping into his own frustrations growing up without a dad in that scene
Thanks Paul. Now I have the desire to own all of the Fresh Prince on DVD.