Are Chris Pratt And Jennifer Lawrence Movie Stars?

[celedhring]

To flip the question, did old school stars make any bad films that did well financially?

Da Vinci Code did reasonably well I think.

That was based on an international blockbuster though.

Still, you can look at Will Smith's streak in the 2000s (another example of old school movie star), and see how many middling movies he turned into blockbusters.

[Admiral Yi]

Still, you can look at Will Smith's streak in the 2000s (another example of old school movie star), and see how many middling movies he turned into blockbusters.

A few examples, bitte.

[Liep]

Still, you can look at Will Smith's streak in the 2000s (another example of old school movie star), and see how many middling movies he turned into blockbusters.

A few examples, bitte.

I, Robot. I Am Legend. Wild Wild West.

They were all pretty shitty but still watchable and made a ton of money according to imdb.

[crazy canuck]

Yeah, Wild Wild West was perhaps one of the worst movies ever made but it had Will Smith so it still attracted an audience.

[dps]

Yeah, Wild Wild West was perhaps one of the worst movies ever made but it had Will Smith so it still attracted an audience.

That movie had a built-in audience from the old TV show, though.  Saying Will Smith was the big draw is sort of like saying that Matt Leblanc was the big draw for that Lost in Space movie.

[Razgovory]

I don't know who either of them are.

[celedhring]

Yeah, Wild Wild West was perhaps one of the worst movies ever made but it had Will Smith so it still attracted an audience.

That movie had a built-in audience from the old TV show, though.  Saying Will Smith was the big draw is sort of like saying that Matt Leblanc was the big draw for that Lost in Space movie.

The Pursuit of Happyness or Seven Pounds were pretty insufferable tearjerkers that would have never reached the audiences they did without Smith. If you look at his career during the 2000s, almost everything he touched became a blockbuster, no matter genre or tone. That's what I call a movie star.

Plus, Hancock. There's no reason in the world to watch Hancock (ok, Charlize Theron), and it was a massive success.

[Admiral Yi]

Did/does Will Smith travel well?  I have this impression that international markets aren't that enamored of black actors.

[celedhring]

Did/does Will Smith travel well?  I have this impression that international markets aren't that enamored of black actors.

He was massively popular in Spain, The Fresh Prince was a smash here back in the time. Dunno elsewhere.

[Iormlund]

Yes. The Fresh Prince was huge. It helped that localization was done extremely well, which is rare nowadays.

[Syt]

Fresh Prince was huge in Germany and definitely boosted his early movie outings.

[Admiral Yi]

I figured y'all were watching Miami Vice.

[Barrister]

Yeah, Wild Wild West was perhaps one of the worst movies ever made but it had Will Smith so it still attracted an audience.

That movie had a built-in audience from the old TV show, though.  Saying Will Smith was the big draw is sort of like saying that Matt Leblanc was the big draw for that Lost in Space movie.

Intellectually I know there was a WWW tv show, but otherwise was and am unaware anything about it.

In both cases it wasn't the original show that was the draw.  The movie succeeded (WWW) or failed (LiS) based on its star power.

[Admiral Yi]

You missed out Beeb.  It was an ossum show.

[Razgovory]

Fresh Prince was huge in Germany and definitely boosted his early movie outings.

Judging from watching episodes of Zero punctuation, it had a following in Britain as well.