‘Bad Boys’ Was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence at Their Best | The Rewatchables | The Ringer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2020
- The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, and Logan Murdock hop in Mike Lowrey’s Porsche and head to Miami to rewatch the 1995 action comedy Bad Boys starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, and Téa Leoni.
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Van on Rewatchables is like when the Pistons signed Rasheed and you knew it was game over for the competition
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That whole season. I was watching the Pistons thinking they had Prince and Sheed and could slow Kobe and Shaq down *enough* to take a game over.
Van’s PER is over 30 in this. Putting up big numbers. The story about his sisters alluding to Will Smith becoming the sex symbol he’s known as now after this movie was like one of those Dame bombs from the logo
Van with the Lisa Boyle call out is representing for all the guys who were teens in the 90s!
Whenever I see Kyle Lowry I say “MIKE LOWRY!”
Bill Simmons with his “it was so dope” ... while watching Bad Boys. He never said this during the Back To The Future rewatchable lol
He described hearing about a Michael Mann movie being made as a kid in being "Dope". He's used the phrase before
When Marcus says to Mike Lowry - "I want to know who whooped Shaft's azz" was so on point in that scene!
I loved Bad Boys 1. It was like watching Axel Foley (Marcus Burnett) team up with John Shaft (Mike Lowrey).
Fantastic episode. And Van is a legend at this point.
This was a very important movie for Will Smith. People knew they could take him serious after this as an adult actor.
1:05:48 4x NbA champion John Salley...wild stat actually lol
The fact that the Bad Boys movie actually had an original Bad Boy from the Pistons is lowkey brilliant!!!
Black people on the Ringer love to see it 👍🏾
Need more of it
Yesss...Bad Boys is one of my favorite movies!!
Bill Simmons....Thank you for this! Top 3 favorite movie ever and it ain't 3.
To be fair, they did yell freeze and shot him in the leg lol.
I agree with Bill, she was a CALL GIRL 🤣🤣🤣 You know you're not just going to party with guys and drugs!!! She knew it was a pay to play deal.
“SHES A MIAMI CALL GIRL!!!!” - Bill Simmons 2020
"Kids are snitches" So true XD
The first one will always be my favorite because of the comedy.
A movie near and dear to my heart. Brings back great memories. Awesome episode 👍
The greatest start to a career is held by ONE PERSON--AL PACINO! The Godfather, Serpico, The Godfather 2, A Dog Day Afternoon. Four straight Oscar nominations.
When Van says, What's that about? 1:22 hits different in 2023.😮
The Webbie and Boosie reference is hilarious lol😂😂😂
"Callgirls: do they need roomates?"
- Rewatchables HOF take nominee.
"Both stars had their own hit sitcoms"
- One cheek shy of the Half-Assed Internet Research prerequisite
"Im not calling out sex workers, im just pointing out a plotHole!"
- Bill goes full Larry David. Also part of an interesting example of current socio-political failures in discourse.
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Michael Mann was the one who made Miami a character though, obviously.
I'd be perfectly set with Riggs and Murtaw doing a cameo in a future bad boys film if they decided to do a 4th one. Just some back and forth between the 4 of them would be great.
This was cool! Can't wait to check out more these! Especially Boomerang!
This discussion didn't put enough respect on Martin Lawrence's name. Before this movie, Martin was primarily known for comic roles. He was very funny in this movie, but he also proved that he could play an action hero. Will was great in this film, but Martin carried it more than him. If you noticed, Blue Streak was very similar to Bad Boys 1 (opening heist, assuming another identity, police interrogations, footchase, drug bust, final car chase, final standoff), and Martin was the main star in that film. And Martin probably got top billing over Will in Bad Boys 1 because he was, at the time, seen as the next Eddie Murphy, who Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson had success with in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
Martin was the More established Celebrity at the time, was also more "Adult" between the 2. Also His show was more Urban. Will Smith was PG level around the time the Movie was Made, and wasn'ta Big Star around that time. It's Strange now, but back then if you remembered when this Movie came out, it made perfect sense Why Martin got 1st Billing
@@myronsanders4563 You made some good points. Martin did more adult humor in his comedy and on his show, while Will's show and rap music was more clean. So it makes sense that Martin would be top-billed in this R-rated film. Plus, Martin was more like Eddie Murphy, which is something I think producers Bruckheimer and Simpson wanted to capitalize on. I think Will was more mainstream popular than Martin around this time because his sitcom was more popular than Martin's sitcom and his rap music was big, but Martin was featured in more movies than Will at this time, such as Boomerang, House Party 1 and 2, and Do The Right Thing. He even had his own movie Talking Dirty After Dark, his own standup film You So Crazy, and he was a Def Jam host, which gets into your point about Martin being more adult and urban than Will. Prior to Bad Boys 1, Will had a small part in Where The Day Takes You, he was the comic sidekick to Nia Long in Made in America, and had one lead role in the drama Six Degrees of Separation. Plus, Martin got into acting earlier than Will by playing a regular on What's Happening, Now? in 1987, which was three years before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air premiered. It just made sense to make Martin Lawrence more the lead than Will Smith in Bad Boys 1.
Deniro has godfather 2 and taxi driver at the beginning of his career
May not be Hanks level but those are certified classics with incredible performances
Every buddy cop movie has use the lethal weapon formula since it's release.
Tea Leoni looks exactly like Megan Fox here
Alexander Khlapov yeah I thought that too, I guess that’s why Michael Bay fell in love with Megan Fox
She was the Megan Fox of the 90s
Bro Will Smith been cursing on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and he also had a lot of gangsta moments plus alot of savage joke telling.
That subplot was like a weird French comedy 😂
Tightrope is a very underrated Clint Eastwood film!
By far the best Bad Boys and probably Will Smith's best action movie.
Pursuit of happyness has become an underrated classic movie and performance in my opinion. There’s genuinely only a handful of guys that could’ve sold that performance that was completely reliant on you having complete sympathy for the character but also seeing that he’s at times the architect of his own demise, there’s legitimately maybe 5 actors that could’ve done that final scene and sold the emotion like he did. And also Believe me I 100% get it I am legend was more of a blockbuster movie but I feel like that movie is a legitimately good movie and whatever you think of that movie I have no problem With anyone disagreeing cause I know it’s more of a mixed review type movie but you’re not telling me his performance alone wasn’t amazing again probably only Denzel at that time could’ve done what will was doing in that movie in terms of his acting choices and how he went about portraying the character no actor can portray vulnerability and self doubt like will Smith
I always imagined Mike Lowry got a nice piece of change from his parents, and just invested his money well
I think he got a lot of money but invested wisely to maintain wealth for so many years.
Such a great film and series (especially the first 2 although I liked the 3rd too)
I saw Van and I clicked on it 🤷🏾♂️
@1:23:50 Marcus' kids do come back, at the very least for "Bad Boys II". When Mike & Syd (Gabrielle Union) have lunch with Marcus' family in the backyard, the 3 kids are there. And of course, we get the infamous Reggie scene as well..... "Bad Boys For Life", Marcus' daughter comes back since she both has a kid and gets married to Reggie. However, Marcus' older sons aren't at the wedding for some reason. Though, if you look closely in the background of scenes in Marcus' house/kitchen, you do see a picture of the 3 siblings.
Lol Bill kept on saying Tea Leoni is a call girl 😂
Guys: Good call on "Running Scared" with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines; very under rated film.
997 Sport Classic brought back the RWD Turbo
Bill Simmons out here telling people he is gonna do a Rewatchables of Pump Up the volume, but that movie isn’t on 1 GD streaming site. You messed up bill
Micheal Bay three well known good movies. The two Bad Boys movies are two of them.
Bruh you was 1 when the movie came out Logan cut it out lol the vest was dope i had a vest like that i was in the first grade in 95
This is neither of them at their best but definitely was a launch pad. Martin at his best was from Blue Streak to Roscoe Jenkins. Will Smith at his best was from Independence Day to I Am Legend.
Tropical Fruit Bubblious and some Skittles!
Michael Bay also directed the original "Got Milk?" commercials.
AlwaysGone Live! I'm gonna go to my grave saying the first BadBoys is the best one
The first Bad Boys will always be the best because Martin and Will were in their prime, comedically. Plus, they were both doing their own hit black sitcoms at the time, so the team up was just perfect.
Why yall take this off spotify?
AlwaysGone Live! I luv this movie to death, this is my most favorite movie of all time, I have da soundtrack too
What’s aged the worst is Will Smith and 2Pac being talked about together
1:15:28 Aboslutely! The other guys. Will Ferrell and Mark Whalberg are hysterical in that movie.
Is it as big as Bad Boys? I'll say no, but it's for sure got into the cultural lexicon in a big way.
Well he'll, I can't write my favorite line. Glad caught myself but it was The Rock, I believe.
Were the Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby films of the 70s low budget?
Bill vs. Callgirls
More Van rewatchables :)
Van and Logan in the building
I never understood why they had to keep the girl tricked on who was lowery and who was Marcus. After she was in the house lowery could’ve just said “I’m lowery” and she would have still trusted him lol.
She didn't trust any cop but Mike Lowrey, and if Marcus revealed who he really was, then she would have been even more distrustful. Marcus had to carry on the act.
@@mistercool3859 once she spent the night at Mike's house it was okay to just let her know "hey i'm mike he had to cover for me because u wouldn't go to him" .. they did not have to keep the act going. It was pretty pointless at that point. Just so they switch lives lol.
@@ninobless6919 Marcus (Martin Lawrence) had to keep the "Mike Lowrey" act going. When Julie called the police department, there was only one cop she trusted: Mike Lowrey (Will Smith). Mike was the cop Max told her about, and after seeing (ex) cop Eddie Dominguez snorting heroin and working with drug dealers, Julie had no intention of seeking protection from a cop other than Mike. When Marcus tries to take her into protective custody, Julie said "no way, I'm only dealing with you" (thinking Marcus was Mike). That is why Marcus had to be Mike and Mike pretended to be Marcus because if she knew that she was being lied to by either or both cops, she would have ran off on her own (like she tried to do before the big footchase), and Mike and Marcus would no longer have a witness.
I remember being 12 years old and living in Miami at the time when this Movie came out. This was mindblowing to a bunch of Middle School students like us at the time since both Martin and Will Smith had hit Urban TV Comedies and we get to see them both Curse and Blow Things up. Plus it was filmed in Miami, which was new for all of us (John Salley played for the Heat at this time as well. How he got his role in the Film) Looking at it now I can tell that this was destined for Disaster under any other circimstance, but Hiring both Martin and Will and having a Daring 1st Time Director in Micheal Bay is what Saved it. Flaws and all, Still a Fun Movie that I still like better then the 2 Sequels. Also Tea Leoni was AWFUL in this Movie. Super Annoying. Definitely would have re-casted her
Also, Bill Simmons knows Nothing about Miami Culture
I was the same age as you. 12 going on 13 and in the 7th grade. It remember my brother telling me about how Will and Martin were going to play cops in a movie. I thought it was going to be strictly a comedy. But the trailers I saw blew my mind. I loved how serious the movie looked and how serious Martin and Will looked. The close-up on Martin's face when one of Fouchet's henchmen shoots through Max's apartment. Will saying "Sup?" when holding the shotgun. Martin telling Julie, "You ain't with the bad guys now. You're with the cops." Martin jumping on the cab. I was completely sold!
The only thing I saw Tea Leoni in before this movie was the sitcom Flying Blind, where she played the sexy redhead girlfriend of Corey Parker's nerdy character. I honestly was surprised to see her in a movie with two black leads, based on seeing her in Flying Blind. But I liked her in this movie. We get to see Martin and Will save her fine ass throughout the movie, and I thought she was pretty funny, particularly in her scenes with Martin. You could tell that Tea really bonded with Martin and Will. I think she should have had a cameo in Bad Boys For Life. Same with Nestor Serrano.
Tea Leoni was basically the Megan Fox of the 90s (Not a Coincidence that both would be in Micheal Bay Movies) who's only jobs are to be lifeless love interests with blank expressions on their face and only jobs are to be good looking Women. Even watching this for the 1st time as a kid I thought she stuck out like a Sore Thumb. Plus her character is Dumb. Putting herself in Danger because she keeps wandering off. Even back as a kid I thought they should have recasted that part
Jokes on you will smith hasn’t done any sus stuff since 🌚
I'm not putting Big Momma House against Bad Boys...that was his peak
What Van said. Martin has never been funnier. I think this is his peak. Thoroughly enjoying this podcast episode
@@esosa13 This was Martin Lawrence's best movie. Martin said himself that Bad Boys 1 is the closest he's gotten to playing a dramatic role.
Martin’s best film to me is Life with Eddie Murphy.
Is Logan Murdoch still dating mark Medina?
Bill is right she’s a call girl! You’d let your girl go out on a call with her if they were friends?🧐
Back then Martin was the bigger star and he's the one who wanted Will in the movie. I wouldn't recast anyone in any of the roles. Jennifer Aniston was nobody in 1994/95. It was just the first season of Friends.
How dare u say this was will & martin at there best... smh
Glad Van shut down any potential Bill Simmons love fest with Tea Leoni out of the gate. From that point on, Bill was no longer willing to go there. And he would have if left to his own devices, which he often is.
Hahahaha I noticed that too
Will Smith has alot in common with Mel Gibson in 2024
protect sex workers
...so imagine them at their worst! Terrible fucking movie
Wrong
Gotta make sure come off woke enough i guess, there is no other reason to do this awful piece of garbage.
What’s aged the worst is Will Smith and 2Pac being talked about together