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Summary: Awful. Simply Awful. Every print should burn
Review: Wild Wild West is loosely based on the tongue in cheek TV show of the same name. Like most movies based on TV shows the producers violate the rule of TV in making the film: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Every Alteration here only makes this big budget film all the disaster you've heard about.
I didn't believe Will Smith as Jim West. He plays this 1800's Marshall like all of the other roles in his film career. Smith isn't playing Jim West, he's "The Fresh Prince of the old west." If you've watched that sitcom you'll notice Smith acting goofy and making dumb jokes while the rest of the cast acts around him. The same thing applies here. Smith doesn't become a character in WWW. It is essentially Will smith being Will Smith in a cowboy costume while actors desperately try to act around him and the horrible script. Kevin Kline struggles with the role of Artemis Gordon because they don't give him any material to work with or a better actor to play off of. He and Smith have no chemistry. Salma Hayek was only hired to look pretty and act sweet here. To watch her really act, buy "Frieda." And the villain was just too over the top. After watching this film and "Independence Day" I realize that Will Smith is the luckiest man in Hollywood. He has no acting skills at all. However they pay him $20 million a film for just being himself. I can only shake my head and wonder why the Academy nominated him for an Oscar in "Ali." SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL THE ACADEMY THAT YOU HAVE TO ACT IN ORDER TO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR!
This film was not only done in by the casting, but the script as well. The story about ex confederates trying to turn the U.S. back the way it was in the pre-colonial period was puerile. The more the story progressed, the stupider it got. After watching this movie I seriously believe that somewhere in Hollywood there are Chimpanzees running the movie studios approving and writing these scripts. Bonzo cannot just be a movie character; he has to be a reality with dreck like this being made by the studios.
But the producers probably knowing that in between the wretched casting and the horrible script that this film was a disaster pulled out the post 1995 bad film repair kit known as special effects and CGI. They figured slap in a few stunts and a few special effects and they could pass this film off by telling the audience Will Smith was in it. The tongue-in-cheek inventions were so over the top they were boring, and the giant mechanical spider was a gimmick to get people's butts into seats. Thankfully, People saw through the CGI ruse and stayed away from this attempt to create a Will Smith franchise.
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Summary: The Coolest Movie
Review: I love this movie! It has the Most Wild west Adventere Ever!
Rating: 
Summary: Wild Wild West
Review: This was the most enjoyable film I have ever seen. Not good. Enjoyable.
I saw it recenetly on TV and I just sat there with a big grin from start to finish. It had style. OK, so it didn't make sense, but so what? I didn't expect it to be a faithful representation of 19th century life. It's just good fun: explosions, baddies, fun, and a huge giant evil metal spider, which counts for a lot in my book.
This may not be everyone's thing, but if you don't want to be bogged down by useless extras like a plot, and get straight to the good stuff, Wild Wild West is for you.
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Summary: EXPLOITATIVE, POINTLESS & HACKNEYED...SMITH & KLEIN???
Review: All I have to say is, read the heading on this review. That pretty much says it all, folks! Smith and Klein make the worst duo since Wilder and Danny Glover in that forgotten movie in which Wilder ends up in a giant vat of beer? milk? Who remembers? Who cares? Which is exactly my attitude about this boring, cliche "period piece" (???) comedy/actioner. The special effects are mind-numbing, the sets gaudy and the acting pitiful. The three main stars (Smith, Klein & the lovely Salma Hayek) should stick to what they know...which is dissin' on Tommy Lee Jones, starring as the pompous American in obscure British imports (,i.e.: A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures) and doing a healthy amount of pole dancing respectively. Hayek's crack was, perhaps, the only thing of any substance in this skewering of a classic. And Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs" (Ted Levine) was kooky as the general. zzzzzzzzzz's
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Summary: Not a very good movie
Review: "Wild Wild West" is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The dialogue is lame, the acting stale, the special effects unimaginative, and the actors miscast. This is one mess of a movie! It's perhaps the first time in Will Smith's career that he has made a major blunder in choosing roles.
Rating: 
Summary: Surprisingly enjoyable
Review: After the roasting this received by the critics I was expecting a real turkey. But this is a surprisingly enjoyable romp. The script is snappy and unusually witty, Messrs. Smith and Kline seem to be having the time of their lives and Kenneth Branagh maste rs a southern accent to play the fiendish Mr. Loveless to great comic effect. Laughs abound, and there's enough action and cool effects to keep the youngsters happy, while the all-star cast adds extra sparkle and drop-dead gorge ous Selma Hayek provides female interest. Don't watch Wild West for its plot or realistic treatment of post Civil War USA. Wild Wild West is a rip-roaring action comedy - like a cross between Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond - and while it didn't win loads of Oscars I can think of plenty worse ways to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon with the family and a petrol-tanker-size popcorn.
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Summary: One of my favorites!! Don't be discouraged by reviews.......
Review: I have read nothing but nasty reviews about this movie, and okay, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, I have watched (and enjoyed!) the original Wild Wild West TV show and I absolutely love this movie. No, the characters are not exact clones of the old TV series. And yes, Jim West is played by an African American. I really don't see the bid deal! I was under the impression that we were allowed to take creative liberties in the entertainment industry.If you enjoy sci-fi or action movies, you're going to love this. It has some really clever dialogue between the main characters and Will Smith, Kevin Kline, and Kenneth Branagh are all fantastic actors. It's worth it to see the movie just for Kenneth Branagh's version of Dr. Loveless. A word of warning, though... I have some friends who saw this movie and expected a good old family western movie. This is not it! Wild Wild West is meant to be somewhat wild, and boasts a lot of neat effects and technology that certainly wouldn't have been realistic in the old western era. Once more, let me stress... this is meant to be entertaining and it is meant to be a bit of a parody on the classic western movies. If unrealistic gadgets and edgy technology doesn't appeal to you, don't watch this movie. If you enjoy this sort of thing, you'll love Wild Wild West. The bottom line is that everyone has their own vision of what a movie should be, and therefore have their own opinions on what makes a good movie. I just happen to really like this one and am proud to have it in my DVD collection. It makes me laugh, and I enjoy it. So, please. Don't take the word of the other reviewers on this one. Don't take my word, either. Just go rent it and give it a try! You may be pleasantly surprised, because I certainly was.
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Summary: If I could only give it minus stars!
Review: The person who chose Will Smith to be James West ought to be shot! This is one of THE worst cases of miscasting ever to come out of the bowels of Hollywood. Will Smith couldn't hold a candle to Robert Conrad. I'd rather see someone like Jim Belushi or Vern Troyer (Mini Me) play Jim West than the overrated, no-talent Smith. Thankfully, this film was a bomb at the box office.
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Summary: Wild Wild Movie!
Review: This is one heck of a western movie, including the part where Salma Hayek (Rita Escobar), shows here rear, while wearing underpants. I give this movie ***** (5 out of 5).
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Summary: Not so 'Wild Wild West'
Review: The worst movie before "Battlefield Earth." It's truly awful. Based on the 1960's TV show, the movie has nothing to do with the show. Will Smith plays James West, a secret agent man and Kevin Kline is his silly sidekick. The president who is also played by Kline, put the two men together to find a crazy Dr. Loveless (Kenneth Branagh). Who cares!? This movie is so stupid, I thought it was "Dumb & Dumber 2." Pure poo in a bucket. Then take the bucket and put it over a doorway so one of these characters can open the door with a dropping surprise! Oh man, they even threw in Salma Hayek (who is usually good), but smelled everything up in this movie. Insanely disappointing mount of garbage that deserves to be tossed away.
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