Okay, so I just watched this movie free on Youtube and yes I have seen this movie in the theaters and I even bought it on VHS. The thing is I was young then and I was lying to myself that this movie was any good. Now that I'm older I can safely say that this is one of the worst movies I ever seen. The only thing saving it is Kenneth Brannagh as the villain. He was a lot of fun. Everything else in this movie is just an absolute mess.
For instance, I get Will Smith is Jim West but I really don't think slavery worked that way. Not only that, this doesn't even feel like some coherent world. Is this some other world with alien human people? It just doesn't feel like a cohesive world.
Then some of the jokes that weren't good in the first place drags on for too long. Then when you find out that the humor was added later makes a whole lot of sense since none of them land. Throughout watching this movie, everything is just bad. Everything put on screen is just bad.
So a movie that I lied to myself is any good turns out to be one of the worst movies I ever seen. It took over twenty years for me to realize that.
For instance, I get Will Smith is Jim West but I really don't think slavery worked that way. Not only that, this doesn't even feel like some coherent world. Is this some other world with alien human people? It just doesn't feel like a cohesive world.
Then some of the jokes that weren't good in the first place drags on for too long. Then when you find out that the humor was added later makes a whole lot of sense since none of them land. Throughout watching this movie, everything is just bad. Everything put on screen is just bad.
So a movie that I lied to myself is any good turns out to be one of the worst movies I ever seen. It took over twenty years for me to realize that.