I felt like something was off. This was a great director and a great star, and yet Chris wasn't getting remotely excited. I thought, 'He's not getting into this. Did he hate it?' Oh..."
@Robert Congleton So you think people aren't supposed to laugh when some makes a funny comment? You must be either slow or a troll or maybe both... Shut you stupid ass up!!! Laugh on that dummy!🤣🤣🤣🤣
That part where young Will Smith says, “let me get this straight” and explains the plot of the movie, sounds like something he would say in the Fresh Prince though lol
I think the dialogue is made for this era of people. You have no idea, maybe, of the comments on movie sites or youtube videos on movies or comedy standup, where the people NEED things broken down to them, or else they don't understand. Or take words at face value, never thinking critically. Easy to make fun of how stupid the dialogue is when you're not thinking of the audience it's for
Tamer Ciftci there’s this enormous stand-in for the movie at our theater, and my wife and I always make a snarky comment about how bad the movie looks every weekend 😂😂
What's happening to Will Smith?! I'm 33 and growing up he was one of my favourite actors and did some great films. He hasn't done a good film for years. So dissapointing.
true story : will Smith was just asking mary what the plot of the movie is but the cameras were still rolling and the director decided to keep it in the movie
That is a bad decision by Ang Lee. Then again, I really think that dude is overrated. I've never been more bored with a martial arts movie than with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Hero and House of Flying Daggers are a thousand times better.
"Written by David Benioff " "Visually compelling, filled with A list stars and a great production behind it. Everything looks fucking cool and it can make you not realise how truly shit the script is." Yeah, sounds familiar...
In agreement. When he gives a crap, it's really good, ex 1--6. Otherwise when his eye is on another better prize his work is pure crap ex 7 & 8 and this thing. As he is still on the Disney set yes?
Justin Cole It doesn’t matter if you’re white 👱🏻♂️ It doesn’t matter if you’re black 🐵 It doesn’t matter if you’re Asian 😑 It doesn’t matter if you’re Native American 😡 It doesn’t matter if you’re Muslim 🤯 And it doesn’t matter if you’re Mexican 👽 Y’all have to agree that Michigan’s adventure, Dorney Park, valleyfair, six Flags New England, the great escape, Six Flags St. Louis, and six flags America needs a roller coaster. Oh and also stop racism. ⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️
@Ramiro Garcia right! I was so mad to see his dumbass name at the end like trying rly hard to not give him anymore money for ruining my life jk but seriously he sucks ass and needs to just stop...lol
@Sudhir Kakar He is not a respected actor. He wants to be though. Will just filled the roles that would have gone to Eddie Murphy in the 90's. He started out really mimicking eddie's comedy stylings on film and tv and kind of developed it into a career. Will's acting has gotten way better but he can't pick a script and people I think are just over with his characters and persona. He had a good run. I like the Fresh Prince but he needs to do a little less right now.
@Robert Congleton Now you are just being butthurt. I just did I reply and stated a fact (that you are a fanboy because you wrote like 4-5 reply's to people defending will smith), how does that make me a troll ?
Smith needs a good script. He somewhat impressed in the younger role but in the older self he was completely flat. He was not characterized properly though. For a character playing a world class assassin he appeared just too harmless and unimpressive.
@Nikola. Will Smith is actually a very underrated actor. He was fantastic in Seven Pounds. I think Will Smith just needs to stay away from big blockbuster sci-fi and action films, but the money is probably why he does these films. Those types of films give good money I suppose.
@Nikola. What? Will Smith can be a very good serious actor, he was very good in films like Seven Pounds and The Pursuit of Happiness. He's a very underrated serious actor, it's just Will Smith does a lot of big blockbuster films, but when he's in more serious drama films, he can be a really good actor.
24 FPS in Cleveland? In that case, I guess it's safe to assume that when I went and saw it in the theater here in Marion, that was also 24 FPS then. Haha
@@BoerboelBladeandAriaTV Lol. He knows what he is talking about. The movies he praise are usually well made movies. From a writing, directing and technical standpoint. But i guess if you're into stuff like Truth Or Dare i understand why you dont like the movies he likes
@Robert Congleton at the end at the university, you can see that the younger will smith does not look like him. This is when the camera is not close up.
NYC Camper I was just telling my husband that it looked pretty good throughout the film but it was ABYSMAL in that last scene. They should have just cut it out completely.
As my girlfriend said when we first saw the trailer in theater, "the only way to sell more tickets than by having one Will Smith is to have TWO Will Smith's"
Hey Chris - just a note: This film did NOT use 'de-aging' technology like Jackson / Greg (Cpt Marvel - and other Marvel titles) - Gemini Man younger Smith is a completely 100% CGI character. Smith did all the mo-cap, and they super imposed his facial performance on their CG rendered Smith. But the rest is all CGI. The two techniques are quite different. With De-aging you capture the actors performance then smooth their skin out and de-age them in post. In this film Smith was in a mo-cap suit half of the time acting with/against himself. So constructing each scene twice (or more) - capturing his live performance, then his mo-cap performance. and so on and so on. When you create a fully CGI character working with environmental lighting like a "dark scene" makes your job easier, because imperfections can be hidden. When the character is in full daylight it becomes harder to "sell" the fact that this is a real person. Technically this film really is something that I think the production team and Lee should all be proud of. But as a visually narrative experience, it is a boring mess.
I wasn't sure for a minute there why Chris was spending so much time focusing on the various screenwriters until it circled back to the fact this script has been sitting around in Development Hell for decades. Well played, sir.
"the badness of this movie is hidden" is exactly how I felt when I saw Avatar for the 2nd time. Blown away visually the 1st showing, 2nd showing I was like "wait... This is... Not good..."
Happened to me with Spiderman Far from Home. Was blown away by all the visuals in the theater & gave it a solid 8/10 but few days later when I started to think about it + now that I've watched it multiple times, it's like 6/10 or even lower.
@@TankAssTanner First, the books ended during season 5. Only parts of season 5 are in the book. And second, a lot of the dialogue and characterization was changed for the show
@Tobby Isiba i gotta DiSaGrEe. Will Smith? Good movies? I PERSONALLY feel like... Every Will Smith movie is Will Smith playing Will Smith. Ali - Bonafide exception.
TheSaiyanPrincess89 the fast and furious movies can be a bit too dumb to be entertaining at times, at least IMO. I will say tho that these movies understand what their audience will enjoy
i feel like will's been in a bunch of weird/bad roles but we still watch him anyway i can't think of anything really good that he's been in in the past decade
@Benjamin Mellin he is rated well . I don't know anyone who overrates him . Exept if you watch this children content with memes. He has some good movies and some bad . He had great career in long run overall
The movie felt like it was shortened. Like there was an extra 30 minutes missing. Its mostly due to the writing with the clone and how his story felt rushed. Will and Mary Elizabeth's story felt fine but why they chased the clone never felt really clear and just felt like they just chased him to just progress the film. This movie had so much potential and had an opportunity to be deep and ask questions about humanity. The writing felt like a 13 year old wrote it.
I felt like they could have cut out like an hour of the movie and it would be the same movie just shorter, like pretty much every scene with jack (i think his name was? whoever Henrys friend on the yacht was) in it, Henrys spotter on the train (i have no idea what his name is) could have been taken out, the little girl on the train stalling the assassination didn't need to be there, every scene of them flying didn't contribute anything, them going to meet the russian guy didn't need to happen since he knew why they wanted to kill him (since he already ran into himself) It wasn't a bad film per se it just had a lot of fluff
I really liked the movie myself. Sometimes reviews aren't on point. Good ending at that! CGI was a little unrealistic looking at the end. But that didn't ruin the movie for me
You guys remember that scene from Fresh Prince of Bel-air where Will breaks down from his father leaving him? ... 25 years later and it’s still Will’s best work
I love reading your facial expressions in your thumbnails because they can be very telling at times. LOL! I absolutely adore your reviews! I've been a fan of yours for years and you're one of the most entertaining and authentic reviewers I've come across. I'm so glad I randomly found your channel that day.
I thought the high frame rate made the action look amazing. For slower scenes it can be jarring as we are just not used to it and associate that fps with TV. But it 100% works for the action in a way that I can't really describe. Makes it feel so immediate and tangible. I look forward to seeing what future filmmakers do in this setting.
What? The beauty of that movies goes waaaaayyy beyond the cinematographer, man. The cinematographer doesn't coordinate or direct or visully tune those fight sequences.
@@doc8013 the cinematographer is responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image displayed on screen. So yeah, if you see a movie that looks beautiful or is shot in a way that makes you go "Wow!", then you should thank the cinematographer, more than the director. The director has the vision, but it's the cinematographer that captures it.
last i heard ang lee didn't care much for the roles other people play in producing his movie, so it's not all that surprising there wasn't consistent cinematography
Dion Beebe was the DP on Chicago, Equilibrium, Miami Vice, Edge of Tomorrow, 13 hours... and freaking Collateral!!! he knows his action and he know how to make an excellent looking film. I dont think is DP problem, Ang Lee was never my coup of tea, too pretencious sometimes and too interested in experimental stuff, and Jerry Bruckheimer was producing the most amazing action pictures of the 90's and 2000's (The Rock, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Con Air, Pirates of the Caribean, Black Hawk Down). I really dont know what happened, Maybe studio interference, maybe Will Smith (After earth syndrom ). maybe Benioff... it will make an excellent case study, of what the hell happened,
@@rogersjgregory Ang Lee is tremending talent, you need to watch Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi, his best movies, his cinematographer has nothing to do with his movies being excellent.
Will Smith is in a slump in his career. Love the dude, used to be crowned "Mr. Blockbuster" but, come on... His previous movies have been pretty bad: Aladdin 2019, Bright, Suicide Squad, After Earth, and now this one by the looks of the early reviews.
He needs to shop more discerningly, and I don’t think that trailer line would be so terrible if it 1) were given to a more capable performer, 2) if it was just one trash line instead of 1 of a metric fucktillion trash lines that apparently pollute this movie
That movie was EPIC. It was amazing. Critics always say bad movies are good and good movies are bad. F em. I bet he thinks boring ass Titanic was better LMAO.
I'm glad I decided to still go see this movie after your review. Maybe you need to go see it again that dialogue about the Clone Exposition did not happen that way at all. This movie was really good Ang Lee really did a fantastic job! Of course the CGI is not a hundred percent perfect it's Will Smith talking to himself 25 years younger... it was amazing work! Started a little slow but overall good story. Amazing cinematography.
Nat 1211 agree totally. I guess people don’t get the concept if it doesn’t slap them in the face. Then again, my 17 yo son was able to get it without me saying anything. He thought it was genius.... 🤷🏾♀️
But then again you have BTS footage of old Will acting and then you see the scene with young Will. This leads me to believe that Will doesnt necessarily get how that process works ;)
i love how subtle he dropped the "i think its really awful"
came outta nowhere lmaoo
Right?!? I wasn't expecting that at all.
I did NOT see that coming, Chris likes everything and is usually goes out of his way to say something nice, so this must be a real sh*t show.
I felt like something was off. This was a great director and a great star, and yet Chris wasn't getting remotely excited. I thought, 'He's not getting into this. Did he hate it?'
Oh..."
He said it like a freaking Ninja hahaha
Timestamp?
This movie is basically just that meme with Spider-Man pointing at himself
Comment of the day 👌
This
Thats exactly what I thought when i saw the trailer
E the only difference is it’s in 3D
😂🤣🤣🤣
The reason I watch Chris Stuckmann:
80%: Movie reviews
10%: Nostalgia for things Chris grew up with
5%: Filmmaking insights
5%: Wacky t-shirts
Let's talk about Gemini Man: "I think it's really awful"
That sums it up folks
It truly was garbage.
I happened to read this at exactly the moment he said that lol
That shit was funny asf
@Robert Congleton So you think people aren't supposed to laugh when some makes a funny comment? You must be either slow or a troll or maybe both... Shut you stupid ass up!!! Laugh on that dummy!🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I think its really awful”
Murray : I am waiting for the punchline
“There is no punchline”
The Auralite am I the only one that reads “Murray” as “Murraaaaaay?”
Anyone?
Zodspeed it’s hard not to say murrrrrray instead of murray
Thought it was a comedy.
Murraaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Oh no the joker is bleeding!
Could've been worse...they could have cast Jaden Smith as the clone...
Tiffany Morgan Weird how losers like you attack Jaden. He’s out trying to save lives and the planet. What are you doing?🙄
Lalanatural facts
Honestly, I think they should have casted him. That’s actually a good idea.
Hahahahaha that would be so amazingly awful
All the cgi money was just to avoid that and we all agreed that was a good decision 🙌
That part where young Will Smith says, “let me get this straight” and explains the plot of the movie, sounds like something he would say in the Fresh Prince though lol
“Let me get this straight” is only one level above "As you know" in bad movie writing.
“So we some type of, Suicide Squad?”
I think the dialogue is made for this era of people. You have no idea, maybe, of the comments on movie sites or youtube videos on movies or comedy standup, where the people NEED things broken down to them, or else they don't understand. Or take words at face value, never thinking critically.
Easy to make fun of how stupid the dialogue is when you're not thinking of the audience it's for
Will Smith: "Let me get this straight...
....
....
Nah, I can't, I'm bi"
Let me get this straight, there was a scene where Will Smith said let me get this straight?
"Will Smith vs Will Smith"
No joke, that's on one of the posters.
M.T.S The Shark Movie Reviews So?
Ah that’s hot. That’s Hot
Cringe
Spoilers: It's actually Will Smith vs Will Smith vs will Smith
Sold!
Haha the "it is really awful" after the long intro killed me! Hilarious! :D
“So that it? We’re some kinda... Gemini Man?”
- Will Smith
Is it just me or has Will Smith not really had a big hit lately?
Hemanth Swarna Aladdin came out this year and grossed a billion worldwide. Hell, Suicide Squad, though laughably bad, made nearly 750
Both Aladdin and Suicide squad sucked tho.
@@mrindia1 aladdin was better reviewed film he did recently it has like 93% audience score
@@unc54 Hopefully Bad Boys 3 doesnt dissappoint I have faith
Will Smith: “Who are you?”
Young Will Smith: “It’s rewind time!”
AHHH!
Yeahhhh
That's howt
*_D Y A A A A H H I T ' S R E W I N D T I M E_*
@probably he is talking about the TH-cam rewind video
The last scene they ran out of money for the cgi 😂
Martel Hardy legit just had him cropped out half the conversation 😂
@@malcolmhodnett8874 Facts LOL
Ha yeah looked liked a fucking plastic toy 😂
"Stuff like that is in every movie."
"Oh hi Mark."
Yeah!!!! Oh hi Mark..classic!
What movie did that come from? The Room?
@@DarylSession ayy
@@sharilshahed6106 Just checking. Thank you.
I just thought about that scene earlier😹
“I think it’s really awful.”
Surprise, surprise.
Tamer Ciftci there’s this enormous stand-in for the movie at our theater, and my wife and I always make a snarky comment about how bad the movie looks every weekend 😂😂
tharrison004 the remake for Funny Games is pretty good. But, to be fair, it was made by the same person.
It's written by one of the showrunners of Game of Thrones
Not surprising that it's awful
What's happening to Will Smith?! I'm 33 and growing up he was one of my favourite actors and did some great films. He hasn't done a good film for years. So dissapointing.
Grace liked it, so I knew he would say it was bad, lol
So David Benioff is now responsible for two of the worst written scripts of 2019? Nice
@Luigi Nastro oh yeah if you count the episodes as individual scripts
@Robin Banks yeah I know about that too, I'm just baffled how someone could be so bad at what they are doing and still get A list jobs in Hollywood
WELLL GUESS WHAT GUYS THEY TOOK DUMB AND HIS BUTT BUDDY DUMBER OFF STAR WARS.
@@bmbm1 25th Hour is a great movie and Benioff was the screenwriter of that movie.
@@raymondwatt9773 He also was only it's co-writer.
The Will Smith cinematic universe was inevitable
Haha
Literally got an ad for Gemini Man telling me that critics love it after the video....
I’m gonna trust Stuckman.
Ethan Davis its got like 33% on rt...
Best line is "It's not gun time, it's coffee time"
What
true story : will Smith was just asking mary what the plot of the movie is but the cameras were still rolling and the director decided to keep it in the movie
*ICP BUSTS IN*
"CLONES. How do they work?" 🤔
Ian mmmmm fact check
That is a bad decision by Ang Lee. Then again, I really think that dude is overrated. I've never been more bored with a martial arts movie than with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Hero and House of Flying Daggers are a thousand times better.
@Robert Congleton bro stfu you talk to much
@Robert Congleton ahahhahahahah, this guy is an idiot, please continue LOL
"Written by David Benioff "
"Visually compelling, filled with A list stars and a great production behind it. Everything looks fucking cool and it can make you not realise how truly shit the script is."
Yeah, sounds familiar...
Oh my got!
Everything by benioff from now on= the everything is shit episode from South Park
In agreement. When he gives a crap, it's really good, ex 1--6. Otherwise when his eye is on another better prize his work is pure crap ex 7 & 8 and this thing. As he is still on the Disney set yes?
Ronin5B even before Game of Thrones he wrote X-men Origins Wolverine. That should have been a clue.
Kind of like tasm
“You made a person out of another person” What are you talking about Chris that’s Shakespearian writing 😂
At least it rhymes. You know Will is a rapper right?
"Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?"
"I think it's really awful, maybe the worst script of the year."
Hilarious silence follows 😂😂
Not surprising when you find out that one of the got showrunners helped write it
@Robert Congleton *OPINION*
Justin Cole It doesn’t matter if you’re white 👱🏻♂️
It doesn’t matter if you’re black 🐵
It doesn’t matter if you’re Asian 😑
It doesn’t matter if you’re Native American 😡
It doesn’t matter if you’re Muslim 🤯
And it doesn’t matter if you’re Mexican 👽
Y’all have to agree that Michigan’s adventure, Dorney Park, valleyfair, six Flags New England, the great escape, Six Flags St. Louis, and six flags America needs a roller coaster.
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@Ramiro Garcia right! I was so mad to see his dumbass name at the end like trying rly hard to not give him anymore money for ruining my life jk but seriously he sucks ass and needs to just stop...lol
That movie is made perfectly according with the title.
Everything is just perfect. If you understood it
Interviewer: Arthur, what's your thoughts on the movie Gemini Man?
Arthur: All i have are negative thoughts...
Lol, something tells me I’m gonna see a lot of this comment for the next month or two 😂
😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 boy you gotta love the comment section!
Chaos.
It's honestly amazing that Will Smith is still such a respected actor when he's been in barely anything good for the majority of his career.
@Sudhir Kakar He is not a respected actor. He wants to be though. Will just filled the roles that would have gone to Eddie Murphy in the 90's. He started out really mimicking eddie's comedy stylings on film and tv and kind of developed it into a career. Will's acting has gotten way better but he can't pick a script and people I think are just over with his characters and persona. He had a good run. I like the Fresh Prince but he needs to do a little less right now.
@Robert Congleton damn dude, you are like the definition of fanboy
@Robert Congleton Now you are just being butthurt. I just did I reply and stated a fact (that you are a fanboy because you wrote like 4-5 reply's to people defending will smith), how does that make me a troll ?
Smith needs a good script. He somewhat impressed in the younger role but in the older self he was completely flat. He was not characterized properly though. For a character playing a world class assassin he appeared just too harmless and unimpressive.
and Mary Elizabeth looked a "middle" aged aunt. Did they digitally increase her age ? I saw a movie of her recently where she looked much younger.
”I think it’s really awful”
Lmao
Will Smith plays himself in every movie, in this one he plays two of himself
🤣🤣🤣
@Nikola. Will Smith is actually a very underrated actor. He was fantastic in Seven Pounds. I think Will Smith just needs to stay away from big blockbuster sci-fi and action films, but the money is probably why he does these films. Those types of films give good money I suppose.
@@nu-metalfan2654 underrated? Bruh, if anything he's overrated, I like him hes Funny and cool but he is definately overrated actor
@Nikola. What? Will Smith can be a very good serious actor, he was very good in films like Seven Pounds and The Pursuit of Happiness. He's a very underrated serious actor, it's just Will Smith does a lot of big blockbuster films, but when he's in more serious drama films, he can be a really good actor.
exactly
So its basically another "After Earth" for Will Smith, huh
I loved that movie
@@Itsjustviperlol To me, worst than After Earth ... I actually cared about the character in After Earth it was just a okay acting job by Jaden ...
How dare you mention that filth by name in these hallowed halls?
After earth was a great movie! Do you guys have brains of your own or do you let someone else think for you. 🙄
@@TooBlessedBabyDoll We used to have a defective brain, but we shat it out and gave it to you.
The sequel: "Gemini's Twin"
leyenda61 trilogy... Gemini triplets 😂😂😂 I could do this all day😁
Gemini Squared
This one is the first in a cinematic universe, up next: "Cancer Man"
So then in 2022 that will be followed by "Sagittarius Man"??🤔
@@tristanhartup4936 ok that was pretty good. X-Files much?
"Maybe the worst script of the year" and one of the story writers was David Benioff. Coincidence? I don't think so...
Don't get me started with Game of Thrones Season 8. It didn't end well.
24 FPS in Cleveland? In that case, I guess it's safe to assume that when I went and saw it in the theater here in Marion, that was also 24 FPS then. Haha
Chris: "I think its really awful"
Me: *Mom walks in with tickets*
LMAO!!!😂😂😂
@@BoerboelBladeandAriaTV he has a wife if i remember
Pls pass my best regards.
@@BoerboelBladeandAriaTV I think you are bull$hit, his reviews are pretty ligit
@@BoerboelBladeandAriaTV Lol. He knows what he is talking about. The movies he praise are usually well made movies. From a writing, directing and technical standpoint. But i guess if you're into stuff like Truth Or Dare i understand why you dont like the movies he likes
It wasn’t de-aging in this movie, the young Smith was fully CGI, based on motion capture.
@Tomas Bell actually in mkbhd interview with Will Smith he says this.
@Tomas Bell except trying to make a human with that technology and with less budget
He says it was fully cgi based on motion capture.
@Tomas Bell wrong.
Will Smith doesn't even age, he still looks like 23
A Clint Eastwood version could have just used Scott Eastwood as the younger version and saved about 50 million buck.
‘“I am not a genie, alright? I am a *GEMINI,* there is a difference!”
Ha-Ha
Not even Gemini...BUT GEMINI...MAN....!!
"You made a person... out of another person?"
Parker Brown Who the hell told you that?
@Parker Brown I thought it was a stork
@@alexakaa.charlesross8919 Storks were fired after 911.
That's a straight up will smith being will smith moment
Me in the fourth grade health class, when the teacher went over pregnancy
He's talking about the last scene in the movie where to could see the bad CGI.🎥
😞🤦🏾♂️
@Robert Congleton at the end at the university, you can see that the younger will smith does not look like him. This is when the camera is not close up.
I just saw it and couldn't even believe that 😂
Ikr it's fucking terrible
NYC Camper I was just telling my husband that it looked pretty good throughout the film but it was ABYSMAL in that last scene. They should have just cut it out completely.
"So you're telling me I'm some kind of Gemini man?"
Robert Congleton the joke went right over your head
@@getterbucked6495 The young and dumb generation will laugh at anything stupid. You fall into this category.
MRTUPAC 28 I didn’t say I found it funny pal
@@PACNYY quiet boomer
@@getterbucked6495 I'm shocked because more morons do.
Sorry, I was just staring at his shirt the whole time. Was the movie good?
Yeah he loved it, gave it an A+!
I was trying to think if it was Jeff Goldblum.
He called it the movie of the millennium
Best movie ever
It uhhhhhhhhh.... was a movie.
As my girlfriend said when we first saw the trailer in theater, "the only way to sell more tickets than by having one Will Smith is to have TWO Will Smith's"
🤣
Hey Chris - just a note: This film did NOT use 'de-aging' technology like Jackson / Greg (Cpt Marvel - and other Marvel titles) - Gemini Man younger Smith is a completely 100% CGI character. Smith did all the mo-cap, and they super imposed his facial performance on their CG rendered Smith. But the rest is all CGI. The two techniques are quite different. With De-aging you capture the actors performance then smooth their skin out and de-age them in post. In this film Smith was in a mo-cap suit half of the time acting with/against himself. So constructing each scene twice (or more) - capturing his live performance, then his mo-cap performance. and so on and so on. When you create a fully CGI character working with environmental lighting like a "dark scene" makes your job easier, because imperfections can be hidden. When the character is in full daylight it becomes harder to "sell" the fact that this is a real person. Technically this film really is something that I think the production team and Lee should all be proud of. But as a visually narrative experience, it is a boring mess.
Very well said.
WHAT ARE WE SOME KIND OF GEMINI MAN?
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Holy fuck can this joke please fucking die already?! IT'S BEEN ALMOST 4 YEARS
@@IVUSER Hey, as long as it can get 136 likes...it'll live 4ever. Or at least another 4 years.
@@lego4virgo Guess you're right about that
Y'all Gemini Man must be craazy
I wasn't sure for a minute there why Chris was spending so much time focusing on the various screenwriters until it circled back to the fact this script has been sitting around in Development Hell for decades. Well played, sir.
I was hoping for better. I warned the Director ... “Don’t make me Ang Lee. You wouldn’t like me when I’m Ang Lee” ...
Antony Howells -🤣 that was clever!
It was even more clever when Stuart Lee the comedian came up with it and done a full bit on it.
Stewart Lee joke reference everyone
But his name doesn't sound anything like Ang-gry
Bruh😂😂😂
I genuinely paused and laughed my ass off when Chris directly said it's an awful movie. didn't expected that lmao
Generally he walks around it for a couple of minutes, must have pissed him off.
me too! lol
It's really bad.. He fights himself face to face then acts like he didn't know it was his clone 5 minutes later.
Gemini Man trailers: "Game changer" Absolute masterpiece" "Stunning"
Joker trailers:
lol
I call it “The CGI Man”
YAEEEEEEEE. :D
Will Smith can’t seem to make a good movie these days. Let’s all pray that Bad Boys 3 is at least decent. 🤷🏻♀️
Waste of a prayer
Ashley Barlowe i mean, live action Aladdin was somewhat decent
Dragon Of dojima Haven’t seen it & probably won’t. Films like that bore me.... what can I say, lol.
InnerRise Nah. They’ll have the added bonus of Martin Lawrence. That’s what I’m banking on.
He’s one of the most one-dimensional actors ever watching too many of his movies would get old anyway
"the badness of this movie is hidden" is exactly how I felt when I saw Avatar for the 2nd time. Blown away visually the 1st showing, 2nd showing I was like "wait... This is... Not good..."
Well the movie is definitely overrated but it can't be that bad
Jid M that movie was made so long ago
That's what happened to me with Endgame, lmao. 😬
Extremely overrated cgi fest that is all it is
Happened to me with Spiderman Far from Home.
Was blown away by all the visuals in the theater & gave it a solid 8/10 but few days later when I started to think about it + now that I've watched it multiple times, it's like 6/10 or even lower.
This movie feels like a poor man’s Looper.
StepKickKing or a rich man 😂😂. Because it probably cost more to make.
@@tunzlunz Yup
Lmaoooooooo
looper was horrible tbh
Games4us looper was fantastic, and easily rian Johnson’s best film so far
David Benioff was a screenwriter for this? Say no more.
he also wrote wolverine origins
To be fair he wrote both the book and script for 25th Hour plus those first 6 seasons of GoT, so he's not COMPLETE shit.
You mean George RR wrote the first 6 seasons....once the source material dried up the writing went to shit. Overrated as hell.
@@TankAssTanner First, the books ended during season 5. Only parts of season 5 are in the book. And second, a lot of the dialogue and characterization was changed for the show
Davis Parks “you want the bad pussy” is adaptation gold fo sho
Clive Owen looked like he hated being in this movie, his performance was just aweful
Looks At Review:
D GRADE
Will Smith:
“It’s rewind time”
Chris: Will Smith's in it so big production, Ang Lee's a amazing director...
Me: So it good....?
Chris: It's Awful.
Some how those goofy ass fast and furious movies get a pass
Exactly
@Tobby Isiba i gotta DiSaGrEe. Will Smith? Good movies?
I PERSONALLY feel like... Every Will Smith movie is Will Smith playing Will Smith.
Ali - Bonafide exception.
The Fast and The Furious movies are fun and entertaining to watch. That's the difference.
TheSaiyanPrincess89 the fast and furious movies can be a bit too dumb to be entertaining at times, at least IMO. I will say tho that these movies understand what their audience will enjoy
Exactly
8:43
Chris: “I’m gonna give Gemini Man a D”
Me: 😏
Giggity 😂
Hahaha
Nice
This comment had 69 thumbs up when I saw it. Perfect.
JUST like i thought it would be... like any modern action movie... stupid and full of shitty CGI
Will Smith Career: "I am perfect"
Will Smith: I am about to end my career.
i feel like will's been in a bunch of weird/bad roles but we still watch him anyway
i can't think of anything really good that he's been in in the past decade
This man has been in a lot of shit movies
@Benjamin Mellin true
@Benjamin Mellin he is rated well . I don't know anyone who overrates him . Exept if you watch this children content with memes. He has some good movies and some bad . He had great career in long run overall
The movie felt like it was shortened. Like there was an extra 30 minutes missing. Its mostly due to the writing with the clone and how his story felt rushed. Will and Mary Elizabeth's story felt fine but why they chased the clone never felt really clear and just felt like they just chased him to just progress the film. This movie had so much potential and had an opportunity to be deep and ask questions about humanity. The writing felt like a 13 year old wrote it.
I felt like they could have cut out like an hour of the movie and it would be the same movie just shorter, like pretty much every scene with jack (i think his name was? whoever Henrys friend on the yacht was) in it, Henrys spotter on the train (i have no idea what his name is) could have been taken out, the little girl on the train stalling the assassination didn't need to be there, every scene of them flying didn't contribute anything, them going to meet the russian guy didn't need to happen since he knew why they wanted to kill him (since he already ran into himself) It wasn't a bad film per se it just had a lot of fluff
“I think it’s really awful.”
Jaw dropped, haha.
Lool I read this comment when Chris said "jaw dropping" in 6:11
They should have just called the movie "Will Smith Return of the Will Smith"
...A Will Smith movie.
Will Smith: revenge of the Smith
I really liked the movie! That’s why it’s important to gather your own opinion. Good vibes leaving the theatre 💯
For some reason it reminded me of the metal gear series
I really liked the movie myself. Sometimes reviews aren't on point. Good ending at that! CGI was a little unrealistic looking at the end. But that didn't ruin the movie for me
Lalanatural agreed!!!
I dont care what any of these asshole says i love this movie
I fucking loved this movie holly shit its good
“It’s not deaging it’s a fully digital character” Will Smith in every interview.
Robert Congleton lol
@Robert Congleton kek
Robert Congleton everyone gonna hate on the movie I give it 8/10 the cgi was terrible throuout the whole movie
@Robert Congleton the CGI wasn't "perfect". And how is he hating when he gave the movie a 8/10? It's called criticisms, kid.
@Robert Congleton because Good isn't perfect.... A 10 is a Masterpiece. Damn, you're one salty fanboy.
You guys remember that scene from Fresh Prince of Bel-air where Will breaks down from his father leaving him?
... 25 years later and it’s still Will’s best work
Thaaaank you...I keep saying that all this time about him
@Andythedrew1. Will Smith is actually a good actor. Watch Seven Pounds, Will Smith was fantastic in that film.
@@nu-metalfan2654 Well when you go through the more senior satanic rituals you lose a lot of your God given talent.
I love reading your facial expressions in your thumbnails because they can be very telling at times. LOL! I absolutely adore your reviews! I've been a fan of yours for years and you're one of the most entertaining and authentic reviewers I've come across. I'm so glad I randomly found your channel that day.
Last time I was this early Chris was giving films an A+
Irishman, knivesout?
Matheus Fernandes he reviewed that already mate
@Matheus Fernandes A-
Glad you say that, because this guy has a inner bias of giving black movies bad review. Including Get Out.
mark two yeah,it’s cause they’re black movies right?🙄...you’re so dumb
This strikes me as a ‘Made for the Chinese market’ type of movie. I imagine it’ll make a profit overseas.
@The Kid from Ironman 3 eeeeeeh
@@kostajovanovic3711 lol
"David Benioff"
Oh that's why...
Hooknosed Jack after he messed up season 8 of GOT he needs to stop writing
The trailer looked silly, and the movie overall sounds iffy.
It was/is soo bad.
Bars
Movie's iffy uh
Script is really shitty uh
It's okay. Not the worst. Better than that new Men in black.
it's not as bad as what people say, better than avengers
Will Smith dialogue in his movies is turning into a meme
That's hot.
That’s actually what he’s been trying so hard for the past 5 years. To be a meme.
@@vulliez I now see it with his social media presence which was cool at first but annoying now
Oh man that would be perfect! When he cries and a caption pops up, "You mean to tell me the Cowboys lost last weekend?" Epic meme!
@@Ceeboyforlife lol he's like a live content meme update while watching TV
I thought the high frame rate made the action look amazing. For slower scenes it can be jarring as we are just not used to it and associate that fps with TV. But it 100% works for the action in a way that I can't really describe. Makes it feel so immediate and tangible. I look forward to seeing what future filmmakers do in this setting.
Apparently, this movie was in development he’ll since the 90’s. It should have stayed that way!
Have you seen it??
This is a good film, Chris is bullshitting
@@PrestonCormack Why do you think he is?
This should've been a Hilariocity.
It kinda is 😄
It’s not fun enough
It was almost there but some scenes were just awful, like not even laughable.
It sounds like this should have been Ang lee's first Netflix Original.
Younger version of himself is sent to kill protagonist - years in development hell - meanwhile 'Looper' happened...
But looper is all about Time Travel, while Gemini Man is like The 6th day.
Directed by Drain Johnson
@@marjuniellat2250 That is a really good description of plots with movie references, nice job.
Looper was a magnificent film tho. Loved it and was a original sci fi crime thriller
Logan?
Holding Jaden: "You made a PERSON, out of another PERSON, Jada"
Mike Newman and it came out stupid
Mike Newman Thank you for making me laugh
The movie wasnt as bad as this guy is saying. Its an average film but in a good way, more enjoyable than not. I give it a solid C
Right the movie was not that bad at all.
“You made a person out of another person.” Lmao
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Doctor: “That’s how all people are made.”
😂
“No I made a person out of the same person”
Zulfiqar Ahmed that was the turn off for me. Possibly the stupidest thing they made Will Smith say.
Tbh after hearing his dialogue in Suicide Squad I expect him to say that.
That description is more applied to necromancy than cloning, but yeah I guess technically it's correct in this case.....
A high budget mainstream film with a terrible script? Consider me shocked.
Considered
😂 😂
And entertained for 2hrs
Fun fact, if I'm not mistaken: Lemky is the OG writer a decade ago, and even he knows it has changed so much beyond his control
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had a different cinematographer, hence it looks awesome. The difference a good cinematographer makes.
What? The beauty of that movies goes waaaaayyy beyond the cinematographer, man. The cinematographer doesn't coordinate or direct or visully tune those fight sequences.
@@doc8013 the cinematographer is responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image displayed on screen. So yeah, if you see a movie that looks beautiful or is shot in a way that makes you go "Wow!", then you should thank the cinematographer, more than the director. The director has the vision, but it's the cinematographer that captures it.
last i heard ang lee didn't care much for the roles other people play in producing his movie, so it's not all that surprising there wasn't consistent cinematography
Dion Beebe was the DP on Chicago, Equilibrium, Miami Vice, Edge of Tomorrow, 13 hours... and freaking Collateral!!! he knows his action and he know how to make an excellent looking film. I dont think is DP problem, Ang Lee was never my coup of tea, too pretencious sometimes and too interested in experimental stuff, and Jerry Bruckheimer was producing the most amazing action pictures of the 90's and 2000's (The Rock, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Con Air, Pirates of the Caribean, Black Hawk Down). I really dont know what happened, Maybe studio interference, maybe Will Smith (After earth syndrom ). maybe Benioff... it will make an excellent case study, of what the hell happened,
@@rogersjgregory Ang Lee is tremending talent, you need to watch Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi, his best movies, his cinematographer has nothing to do with his movies being excellent.
“I’m gonna give Gemini Man a D”
- Chris 2019
Should be Double Ds
"That's what he said"
@Robert Congleton alot of people think that the movie is bad but you still can like it,get over it lol.
Reviewers Film Family on youtube gave it 0's across the board😂
Yeah nothing more surprising from this guy. He praise Jared Leto's acting and give a shitty movie like suicide squad a C
“Stuff I liked about this movie”
Chris: Ha Ha Ha
“I’d rather watch the fanatic”
~ me (2019)
The Fanatic is easily the more entertaining of the two, in a certain way.
I will not go see Gemini Man, and no way in hell would I go see the Fanatic!
Quite an accomplishment
Nor will you ever use the internet again @ Allen Freeman...
Is there a movie where Will Smith isn’t just being Will Smith (apart from I Am Legend and The Pursuit of Happiness)?
ALI
He was Will Smith in those.
7 Pounds
Ask the same question to Sam L Jackson I dare you
Nah he’s himself in every movie
*"Critics are raving about Gemini Man", I think that V need swapping to a G*
Will Smith: Into the Smitherverse
Underrated
Will Smith is in a slump in his career. Love the dude, used to be crowned "Mr. Blockbuster" but, come on... His previous movies have been pretty bad: Aladdin 2019, Bright, Suicide Squad, After Earth, and now this one by the looks of the early reviews.
soFallenfilms Oh dude, I loved your Halo videos when I was in high school. Glad to see you on here. :)
He needs to shop more discerningly, and I don’t think that trailer line would be so terrible if it 1) were given to a more capable performer, 2) if it was just one trash line instead of 1 of a metric fucktillion trash lines that apparently pollute this movie
You forgot collateral beauty, concussion and focus...
Self Grendizer never saw the other two, but Focus would pretty good: tightly written and production hid the more derivative parts of the story
Aladdin is definitely not considered a "slump movie". It was generally liked and it made a billion dollars.
The producers act like this is some kind of new idea. This story has been done a ton of times. Nothing special about it what so ever.
When I saw the trailer I totally thought this would be another “cool-concept-but-failed-in-execution” film again and I guess I was right. Sucks
Wizard the Wizardly Wizard 😂
Wizard the Wizardly Wizard Even I didn’t think he’d think hate it this much, though. I mean...damn.
One of the greatest t-shirts I have ever seen.
the comment i was looking for
I throughly enjoyed this film. Regardless of the haters.
Me too! It was good
Same
Same enjoyed it
That movie was EPIC. It was amazing. Critics always say bad movies are good and good movies are bad. F em. I bet he thinks boring ass Titanic was better LMAO.
At some points the dialogue was a little awkward but besides that it was great...
"So let's just talk about this, I think it's awful. It's the worst script of the year" I love this guy hahhahaha
@Robert Congleton nah, I agree with Chris on this movie. It was awful
@Robert Congleton I'm a hater too, then? 🤣
I love how the marketing for this film is everywhere and mostly fixated on the "GROUNDBREAKING CGI" like tf lmao
CGI has been groundbreaking for so long already
Dani Boy since Avatar it’s been groundbreaking lol
I'm glad I decided to still go see this movie after your review. Maybe you need to go see it again that dialogue about the Clone Exposition did not happen that way at all. This movie was really good Ang Lee really did a fantastic job! Of course the CGI is not a hundred percent perfect it's Will Smith talking to himself 25 years younger... it was amazing work! Started a little slow but overall good story. Amazing cinematography.
Nat 1211 agree totally. I guess people don’t get the concept if it doesn’t slap them in the face. Then again, my 17 yo son was able to get it without me saying anything. He thought it was genius.... 🤷🏾♀️
w h a t
2:36 Well goddamn Chris, tell us how you really feel about this movie
I was impressed by the CGI EXCEPT they still do that quick movement thing that doesn't look natural.
I honestly really liked the movie. I think its still worth seeing.
It's awesome
I like the movie...
David Zuniga agreed, I liked seeing will smith in a movie like this... Chris brutalized this movie too hard
mc finn 😂😂
Dont get me wrong, its good for the first watch, after rewatch #1 and 2, it starts to get a little dissapointing
The universe has a funny way of keeping me up past my bedtime.
I’m not surprised mainly because it’s a Will Smith movie in 2019.
Chris Stuckman has a vendetta against Will Smith.
well, he is a shitty actor.
No he isn't
It is a shitty movie though
No, not Will Smith. Just Will Smith’s agent. This was a REALLY bad movie. ☹️
@@patrickriley674 no it wasn't. Stuckmann is an SJW liberal
Will Smith told in interview, that it was not de-ageing, but a fully 3D character
This!
But then again you have BTS footage of old Will acting and then you see the scene with young Will.
This leads me to believe that Will doesnt necessarily get how that process works ;)