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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith Acts Like A Jerk, People Eat It Up
I used to be a big fan of this show as a teen growing up, but as an adult I find the antics of Will Smith's characters annoying and repugnant. In each episode, Smith acts like a jerk to someone or does something that will obviously negatively effect some other character. Then he continues to act like a jerk while attempting to cover up whatever misdeeds he previously took part in. All of this for the final five minutes where Smith has an epiphany and then is absolved of his actions.
Will Smith's character consists loud and goofy noises and constantly cracking jokes about his looks. His character is extremely narcissistic and classless. The only redeeming quality of this show is Uncle Phil who is actually a decent actor with good comedic timing. Too bad this show degrades his weight every week while going after the lowest common denominator
The Illusionist (2006)
Down with Magic Movies
So last summer we saw two magic movies, The Prestige and The Illusionist. Both of these movies stunk, but The Prestige is the winner IMO for a couple of reasons, but here is why both movies are pretty much garbage: 1) The Illusionist makes absolutely no attempt to explain how Norton's character performs his magic. So we are left to wonder how a man can make spirits or something similar appear. The answer is, he can't. Since the director doesn't want to show us how Norton performs his tricks we are left to figure it out ourselves and since it is not plausible or possible, it makes what Norton does ridiculous.
2) The Prestige attempts to explains it's "magic", but it's magic is actually sci-fi garbage that makes no sense as well. Tesla can create machines that duplicate objects now can he? Both movies are extremely implausible, but at least The Prestige attempts to explain it's tricks, even though they break the rules the film maker sets for us in the first half of the film. Stay away from both movies as they will only leave you scratching your head when the credits roll.