Will Smith Fails For Once In His Life (At The ‘Not Earning A Lot Of Money’ Game)
You have to sympathise with Will Smith - the man has had a rough time recently, having to deal with a constant barrage of claims that he's an evil Scientologist from the planet Zod, or wherever it is they come from. Yes, the Fresh Prince has taken most of his time in-between promoting Hancock defending himself from rabid media types hurling these
accusations at him.
We at
hecklerspray feel very sorry for Will, so we're starting a 'Help Will Smith Fund' where we will collect aluminium cans and sell them at local scrap yards to raise funds to help young Willy defend himself...
What's that? He earned how much?! Oh. Well sod him then.
Movie Review: Hancock
Big Willy unzips his flies and unleashes his Hancock onto the big screen. A long in production project of the former Fresh Prince is an enjoyable if not a bit uneven summer blockbuster. Things start promisingly with Will bucking trend as the foul-mouthed, alcoholic, reluctant superhero Hancock. Jumping straight into an action sequence, the opening is a funny, action-packed start of what seems to be an original take on the currently strong superhero genre.
Although it is obviously naive to think that the million dollar man Smith would star in a film as a character with few redeeming features, so the obvious turn around comes with the help of PR guru
Ray who, after being saved by Hancock, insists on helping him turn his image around into a loveable crime fighter. Although the path is never smooth, Hancock's attitude turns out not to be the only problem as
Mary (
Charlize Theron) puts a spanner in the works.
Hancock Pushes Weekend Box Office’s Head Up A Man’s Bum
Will Smith just can't do anything wrong, can he? People always see his movies, even when they're critically-mauled, about boozed-up supermen and have silly endings.
Exhibit A: Hancock is number one in the US weekend box office. And, considering that Hancock's a movie which contains a scene about one man physically pushing another man's head into a third man's rectum, that's actually quite impressive.
Hancock's weekend box office success just furthers his incredible run of movies that are wildly popular despite not being especially great - I Am Legend, The Pursuit Of Happyness, Hitch, I, Robot, Men in Black II, Bad Boys II. A couple more of these babies under his belt and he might even beat the record currently held by Adam Sandler.
Has Scientology Got Will Smith By The Nutsack?
Will Smith has been spending lots of time around Tom Cruise lately, and the only people who tend to do that willingly are Scientologists and fans of Days Of Thunder.
Since none of the latter actually exist, can we take this to mean that Will Smith is now in with the Scientology crowd? It would certainly seem that way, thanks to reports that Will Smith's wrap gifts to the crew of his new movie Hancock consisted of free passes for Scientology personality tests.
If it's true, great - that makes Will Smith the new John Travolta, and we await his Look Who's Talking Now with baited breath.