Wild Wild West | | Cast : | Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh | | Director : | Barry Sonnenfeld | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | , 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | November 30, 1999 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 19, 2005 | | Summary | A decent western comedy | Content
 | I didn't go into this movie expecting much, and I was pleasantly surprised. Part western, part cop/buddy flick, part sci-fi, WWW held its own. Smith and Kline did their standard great comedic jobs but Kenneth Branagh's over-the-top performance as an ultra-Confederate ultra-criminal was an unexpected treat. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | Fresh Prince and the Old West don't mix. | Content
| If you've been waiting for an entertaining remake that's true to the original 60's sci-fi/western television series then keep looking because this isn't it. While this new version does have some really entertaining scenes in it and there are some trademark elements that relate the movie to the T.V. show when you add it all up what you are really getting is something very different from the original. While sometimes that can be a good thing when the source material is as good as Wild Wild West you get diminishing returns the further you move away from the source.
It's just Will Smith can't do Jim West. As a matter of fact Will Smith seems to be just playing Will Smith in this picture. There is very little difference in his performance here than there were in Men in Black and Independence Day. Not only does Will not pull off being a difference character, but he doesn't even pull off the historic era either. I'm sorry to say this too because I really like Will Smith in his other performances. It's just this time Will being Will doesn't cut it.
The script goes off on so many tangents it's hard to see why they even went with the T.V. show to begin with. Some details seem to be taken for granted without even trying to explain them. The characters are written to be static, especially West. The whole "buddy cop" theme between Will Smith and Kevin Kline has been done to death with nothing new being brought to the table here. The pacing of the script and the events in it don't blend in seamlessly either. I mean what's the deal here? Don't these writers have ANY pride in their work at all?
I guess if your a fan of steampunk technology that was so prevalent in the original series there is something to see here. Sometimes it works while other times it doesn't. Basically you just have to throw scientific feasibility out the window here. Even then the technology gets really ridiculous. The giant steam-powered spider is really stretching it. Granted some of the stuff is actually pretty neat and works in the whole steampunk genre. Too bad they went too far. At least the special effects used to make these machines come to life didn't look so bad.
While the movie has many, many flaws Wild Wild West is still a pretty funny movie. If you don't care at all about Will Smith not fitting the role and era or don't care about the steampunk stuff getting way out of hand you should be able to get a kick out of this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 04, 2005 | | Summary | An action-packed Western! | Content
| Why does everyone hate this movie so much? Not that my two cents matters any, but I think this is an action/comedy/Western that surpasses films like Star Wars and Count Of Monte Cristo in swashbuckling entertainment value. Will Smith plays Jim West, a gunslinging, black-cowboy-hat-wearing action hero. Kevin Kline plays Artemus Gordon, the inventor and government agent who teams up with Smith's character to stop a madman bent on destroying the United States! Packed with explosive action, comedy, and great special effects, Wild Wild West is a fun, entertaining popcorn movie that you will love! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 22, 2005 | | Summary | Why is this film rated so badly? | Content
| Without wanting to insult anyone,I really don't get why this movie is rated so bad.I found it brilliant!The humour was great,the plot was very intersting too,and the special effects were state-of-the-art if you consider that this is a 90's fim.I also found this movie epic,having a friendly relationship growing between two guys that in the beggining hate each other,each of them being the star of the film on his own way. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 20, 2005 | | Summary | Lighten up, Francis... | Content
| Judging by the tone of some of these pompous reviews, one would think this flick was being offered as the latest adaptation of one of Bill Shakespeare's works. Geez, c'mon people. It's just what it appeared to be: A bit of summer fluff with buddies, sight-gags, wisecracks and a little cleavage. It wasn't meant to be "true" to the original series. I used to watch WWW religiously as a kid during the Spy Craze of the '60's but, really, would it translate well to today's jaded audiences? Boooorring. No, it was made to appeal to a wide demographic with just enough of the original stuff to tweak the memories of us older geezers and a hip quality thrown in to hook the younger folks. The jokes could have been a little more clever but Smith and Klein delivered adequate performances and Kenneth Branagh's over-the-top interpretation of Loveless was a scream and helped carry the weight. I can't believe people are actually picking apart the possibility of such technology as the Tarantula existing in the late nineteenth century or whether a black man would have the carte blanche that Smith's Jim West had during that time. It was an action-fantasy-comedy for chissake! Helloooo?! Anyway, I found it somewhat disappointing the first time I saw it but I've watched it a couple of times since then and it kind of grows on you. Not a movie I could watch over and over again like Star Wars or The Matrix but the DVD doesn't sink to coffeetable coaster status either. I'd call it moderately amusing and if you're a Smith, Klein or Branagh fan, definitely worth adding to your collection despite what the Rex reed wannabes say. |
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