Wild Wild West (1999, DVD)

It's no secret that I rarely look for deep meaning in my movies. No, I look for the fun and entertainment factor. A little cheese is rarely a bad thing to me. So, I feel it my solemn duty to tell those of you who are like me that Wild Wild West just ain't all that bad. Based on the popular series of the what? 70s was it? '65-ish? I watched it, but I'm getting old here, ok? Where was I? Oh yeah.. like the series we have Agents Jim West and Artemis Gordon travelin' around the old west mostly via fancy private train and takin' down the wildest, wackiest bad guys you can imagine. In this case it..

Why do actors who are clearly capable of better stuff end up in movies like this? I suspect that they think that their great screen presence will make up for errors in casting, pacing ,editing ,directing and story to make up the difference. Riding high on their fame, they believe they are invincible. Not so, as witness the example of Will Smith. Actually, there are a couple of others in this film who might want to bring an eraser to the next review of their resume. They include Kevin Kline, and Kenneth Branagh, both of whom are much better that this sorry mess called The Wild Wild West. Toss..

A lot of hungry kids could have been fed with all the money that was wasted on this project. The only reason I watched this whole movie is because I had 2 hours to spare before going out to play pool with a friend. I wanted to go early, but he was too busy so I decided to sit through it. Wild Wild West stars Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Salma Hayek, and Kenneth Branaugh and is directed by Barry Sonenfeld. Will Smith looked like an idiot in this film. Come on people, a black cowboy special agent in the 1800's?? Kevin Kline was ok, but he is actually an actor (in my opinion). Salma Hayek did a...

Now, as Dennis Miller is fond of saying, I don't want to get off on a rant here. But when you put two good comedic actors together, along with a director who knows how to handle comedy, you would expect it would take a lot of work to screw it up. But somehow, Hollywood has done it. Wild Wild West has gained a reputation as being the ultimate summer bomb. That reputation in itself is well deserved, although it has been overshadowed by the following summer's even bigger bomb known as Battlefield Earth. But Wild Wild West is the more distressing failure. First off, Battlefield Earth at least...