Actually...there's a lot of competition? What films did you watch this year? Plenty of great films have come out, it's like people forget about the Indie scene but even then there have been mainstream films released this year with performances in them that are exceptional. Will should be nominated but...I'm not sure he should win.
I really enjoyed this film. I want to see it in the theater as well. Black parents are already moving their kids into offshoot sports like fencing and swimming. Richard was messy but he had a vision/plan for these two young girls and he was present in their lives to see it through. Bravo 2 him!
@@PreachMooreComedy That's unfortunate and has nothing to do with Venus and Serena. The film is not a biography of Richard's life. The film is a "thank you" from Venus and Serena to their father for getting them to where they are today.
@@lisacox3750 The movie is called King Richard and follows his perspective for the majority of the film. It completely ignored the first family he walked out on because Will Smith is a coward who only picks safe roles while he engages in bizarre sexcapades. Notice how his family doesn’t respect him? Something’s up in the Smith household.
It's not even just those sports. Even as recent as 10 years ago it was only the WNBA Draft where you saw the majority of picks have black fathers (hinting at two-parent families). Now the NBA Draft is full of black fathers.
Man I love will smith some people say he’s not a dramatic actor but he should have won for Ali and pursuit of happyness just like Leo he’s paid his dues when it’s come to losing at the oscars
At the credits when they would could to the real Richard Williams and the sisters, it’s crazy how Will Smith kept super close to the voice structure. Even saw behind the scenes and Will Smith off set still kept up with the character.
I remember her first….it’s def fitting….Serena needed Venus to break open the door….I simply think we focus on Serena more because she’s been far more present in the sport of tennis 🎾 and as far as the media and Hollywood are concerned she really mastered how to become a global superstar whereas Venus didn’t….for whatever reason 💁🏽♂️
my favorite movie of the year so far. Career highlight for Will Smith and what an amazing, complex and interesting person King Richard is... I loved being able to hear this story..
This movie was nothing but lies and deceit. Richard was not a hero or someone who should be looked up to. Is he responsible for his daughters success? Absolutely that throughout movie they refused to acknowledge that Richard had an entire family and 5 other children before he met and married Serena & Venus mom. Richard completely abandoned, ignored and neglected all of his other 5 children, he was never in their lives so when Serena and Venus became famous, it was confusing because Richard made it out as if that was his only family. After years of contacting their estranged father he continued to ignore them and still to this day has no relationship with him. This movie made him look honorable, a hero, a martyr for the black community when he really is just low life deadbeat.
@@liferealgood it's about the steps he took for his son's survival without Killing but helping others as well. That movie is a tearjerker for me frfr 😭😭😭
Why be a King....when he can be a legend....no no no Robot Exterminator....no wait Psycho Path Playboy Cop Heroe....A man with No Fear....A man with a Pursuit of Happiness....no actually A hero that help save the Universe from Alien....lol I can go all day like captain America said
Will Smith is a great actor, and I thought he deserved an Oscar for the Pursuit of Happiness. I can’t watch that movie w/o bawling my eyes out 😭especially the last scene of the real Chris Gardner glancing over @ Will… gets me every time😢
Richard bet on his girls and won. But he made business dealings that required his daughters to be #1 all time because if they had gone on to be middle tier and might have needed a little support from those in the past he may have had to go back to ask those people for a favor and they would've made him grovel. But he never had to go back and mend any fences.
Aunjanue Ellis who played his wife and Jon Bernthal the tennis coach are more worthy Oscar winners than Will Smith because their performances had less flaws than Will Smith. Smith was great but he can't quite pull off not being Will Smith because many times throughout the movie it was Will Smith not Richard Williams. But I love the dynamic between Richard Williams and the Rick Macci where Richard Williams was rinsing and exploiting him as their coach and representative and you could see Macci getting more and more frustrated and angry because he wasn't being listened to, but knew he couldn't go overboard because he knew the William sisters were a gold mine.
That's every Will Smith film. Lol he's a great personality but he isn't a great actor, nor is he even a great imitator. He wasn't Ali, he wasnt that African doctor, and I haven't watched and really don't want to but I know he isn't being this man either. He's just doesn't have those kind of chops.
@@theconsciousobserver6829 I agree with you. I haven't seen Concussion either because his Nigerian accent is truly awful. I appreciate that Will Smith has a great personality, very hardworking and very ambitious and sometimes that ambition makes him take roles that he doesn't have the ability to fully pull off and I think Richard Williams was another one of those cases. I think because Hollywood has opened up to casting non-American Black actors, who are well trained and have bigger range, limited actors like Will Smith get exposed more.
I completely agree. I think Will might get nominated but I don't think he should win. I didn't think his portrayal was excellent...it was good. Aunjanue Ellis on the other hand was excellent! I had never heard of Jon Bernthal before this film...but he was also excellent. I agree.
This movie couldn’t have come out any earlier because it needed someone as larger than life than Will Smith to get to the age to play someone like Richard Williams.
This was a lifetime movie with a star at the helm. A script reciting ancient proverbs with every cut. Over implied and under delivering on the way King Richard actually commanded a room and situations. I do however appreciate the story.
this is my first time watching the channel and ur review was hilarious, friendly, and concise. u guys never once talk down to your audience and seems like theres no critics out there like yall!
Yeah, I've learned to see the movie first before watching any reviews because reviewers often get details of the story wrong or mischaracterize for comic effect. Of course Will is going to be in most of the scenes, the movie is about his character (hence the title, King Richard).
Thanks for mentioning the weird “Will Smith talking like a slave” thing, I noticed that in the trailer. ETA: Korey mentioned it as a joke, and I think Will Smith sounded a bit overdone on the southern accent in the trailer.
I mean it’s not really a slave thing I’m in the south and that’s how old black people speak in south speak, he kinda got it mixed with the accent to probably make it feel like he’s playing a character than sounding like will smith cause will smith changes a real life character and make it feel like the character is will smith lol
😆 I know young black people that talk like that…it’s a dialect. It’s not really fixable….poor education, upbringing….family culture all contribute to the way a person talks. It’s not per say a slave voice
Lol. If people actually heard slave accent….you would know that’s not the accent that’s being portrayed. When Korey makes the comment he is just joking but Martin and korey know it’s not an actual slave accent. Just jokes.
I am genuinely interested in seeing this film. For years it's seems as though Hollywood delights in dumping on Father's and father figures. And judging by the trailer, here is a guy willing to do what it takes so his daughters can realize their dreams.
This easily could’ve been a Cool Runnings-style of movie. I’m glad the filmmakers didn’t go down that route, but it does have slight echoes of Bring it On and British Olympics flick Fast Girls, starring the Sista from No Time to Die and that white lass from Baby Driver/Downton Abbey.
Slave Talk is very offensive, it's very much a cultural thing as southern people migrated from the south to the west, midwest and north, but snooty, bougie young people especially black young people, forget or don't understand the complexities of culture. The same goes for the colorism issue, but I'm old so...
If he doesn't get an oscar for this idk what will. He might get the decaprio treatment where he gets overlooked or put up against other great actors. This was a fantastic movie and very inspirational! It was mom and dad sacrificing everything for their child to have a better life and become the venus/serena dynasty.
Skin color was not a controversy only for colorists Black people was it an issue. It’s all about performance and acting. White people don’t see a difference between dark and light they see Black regardless of skin tone. Denzel Washington wasn’t light like Malcolm X but he did a good performance
Lol I literally watched the movie because Will Smith is in. I didn't know the plot, never cared for tennis let alone sports, but I genuinely enjoyed the movie
I think as far as the racism aspect. 2 of the reasons they may not have played a big part in this film is 1. This movie is set in the 90’s, not the 70’s. . And 2. Because Venus and Serena practically grew up IN country clubs so I’m sure they have more fond memories with white people than bad/racist memories. Serena even married a white guy. If I can recall, when I grew up most of the disparaging remarks made about them, especially their appearance and features, came from black men.
I'm not trying to be contrarian but growing up I'd only heard positive things about Venus and Serena from black men myself included. I've heard second hand about other groups calling them manish and such but I wasn't there to confirm it.
If it was meant to be a biography that would have made sense, but it wasn't. So there was no need to do that. Regardless of whatever happened with his first family ...it still doesn't change the narrative of the achievements of Venus and Serena. That's the point. You can play this game with almost anyone. Who is perfect? No one. Who doesn't have skeletons in their closet? No one. Do the bad things a person does (excluding murder/rape/domestic violence/abuse) negate the good things they do in life? Both can be true...for example...no one ever said Richard was a great husband (not even to the wife in the film). But that's not the focus either. I mean...if you really want to go there...we don't really get a great sense even in the film of the relationship he had with his three stepchildren. We assume it was OK. Without giving away spoilers - the biggest scene was the one between him looking out for one of the stepdaughters at the tennis court. Again, the main point of the film is about who he was for Venus and Serena. This is their tribute to their dad.
The movie was more than an underdog theme. It was more about family. How Richard was different from what he was portrayed to be. It also wasn't about Venus and Serena. It was a film about him. The mention of his outside life is true. It was mentioned to show he was a flawedman. Not make him some idealized hero. Check interviews by the coach Rick Maccio. He confirms that Richard never forced his kids. He actually talks about how good of a father he was to the girls. He believed in him and those girls. He knew the potential to change the sport. Open stance technique and athleticism. Coach Maccio also said that Richard told him that there will be a biopic about him. And they would call it "King Richard". It's om TH-cam.
I don't get the colorism arguement, Denzel played Malcom X, Angela Basset played Tina Turner and their performances were great. Will Smith was made for this role.
Because of Richard Williams and Venus and Serena, the formerly super white sport of women's tennis in the US is looking more like the NBA. (Shout out to Althea Gibson, who did her thing decades before.) Sloane Stephens, Taylor Townsend, Madison Keys, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka - when Gauff defeated Venus at Wimbledon, she told her, "I wouldn't be here without you". Leonard Francois, Osaka's father, followed Richard's playback page by page, and now Osaka is the richest player on the circuit. My only criticism of the film is that it left out all the racist abuse hurled at the sisters over the years, which continues to this day. But it's a terrific, entertaining film.
The fact they acting like fathers didn’t have whole other families and kids is laughable I’m not saying it’s right but let’s be honest that’s how he was. Why did they need to dwell on him having other kids we all know it’s hard when you’re not staying together
The Oscars mean nothing. That institution has shown in the recent years that they have a vehement aversion to successful black stories. This film is too good to for the Oscars.
Yeah. Denzel Washington was a miscast for Malcolm X (1992), seeing that the real El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was light skinned, but Washington's performance overshadowed this fact. I don't think that Smith's performance achieves the same thing that Denzel Washington's performance achieved. Just my opinion.
You know will smith is going to win that Oscar. Richard started making me angry during parts of the movie. You know what you can't argue with the results he achieved the goals he set out with venus and serena
Being a skeptical black man. I got to say I really wish they would have focused on Venus and Serena more in this movie than Will Smith as their dad. A lot of the movie show that the dad did a lot of work. But if you realize after 2002 it was the mom's name on all the coaching cards. And that's the issue that I have with this movie. To be honest with you I think the biopic is starting to die off.
this movie ends in 94 eight years before the mom took over serena and venus literally made this movie as a love letter to their dad and to highlight the importance of black fatherhood seems like youre kinda missing the point wanting it to be about the girls
True story. I hated Jon Bernthal because of all the negative roles he portrayed. I was thinking to myself like, please show me a role where he’s normal or at least nice cause I don’t wanna hate an actor based off his roles. And then this showed up. Lol
He left like 6 kids and started a new family. Then, one of his daughters saw him with Venus and Serena and he gave his old daughter a fake phone number. Bruh was wild.
There was no need to tell that story. What does that have to do with Venus and Serena? Do you take on everything that ever happened with your parents? Good, bad and ugly...is that supposed to be your issue? Are you supposed to hate your father now?
@Lisa Cox My dad never left 6 kids behind, Lisa. Or should I say, Richard? Why do you care so much I'm just stating facts 🤷. If you're gonna do a biography be honest. Have a good day Richard. PS your kids miss you🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿🙎🏿🙎🏿
@@FREESMH why do YOU care so much he was a good dad to venus and serena thats what this is about why are so many people just wanting this movie to shit on him for making bad choices
I personally think, Will's portrayal of Richard Williams, speaking the way he dose, makes me wonder if it was Will's way, of conveying how or he was viewed in the circles they where playing in, also using it to be underestimated.
Will got it very close. I've met and spoke with Mr. Williams. He is totally kinda stooped over, but the trick is he is still a mountain of a man. Still like 6'3. He looks like a former sharecropper. It is what it is.
(Guys I know this movie isn’t about the sisters, my comment is in response to Korey’s criticism of the film not showing the extent of racism that King Richard went through in irl. My point, is that at least the movie showed a bit of it, seems as though the film didn’t show the sisters struggling with racism at all) I mean forget King Richard, this film doesn’t really show any of the anti-Black racism & bias that Serena & her sister experienced growing up as youth in the tennis-community. Much less the discrimination that Serena especially faced when she grew into a woman, in her current years of her professional career. The racism Black women, & in this case darker skinned Black girls face. Misogynior, hair discrimination, & adultification etc
Charlamange tha God would see this performance from the great actor Will Smith and still say that Jada is at the same level……. 🤨 the man must be out of his damn mind!!
i feel Will got the most Will in that dining room talk scene with the wife. Other than that..mostly, I think Will does have a good shot at a best actor award win this year. if Russell Crowe can win an Oscar best actor for playing, basically, Russell Crowe..i think the Fresh Prince deserves it.
Will smith should absolutely win best actor. I don’t wanna be reminded of the assholes that bullied me my whole life so I just won’t watch power of the dog but will watch this movie plenty of times this year alone.
Richard Williams is the greatest coach in tennis history and all this review did was slander him. And the worst thing is, it’s a black man doing it. He actually has no idea what Richard Williams went through and if he did he would understand why he acted the way he did in the movie.
Why be a King....when he can be a legend....no no no Robot Exterminator....no wait Psycho Path Playboy Cop Heroe....A man with No Fear....A man with a Pursuit of Happiness....no actually A hero that help save the Universe from Alien....lol I can go all day like Steve Rodgers said
They lied about Freddy Mercury who had aids and slept with a lot of men unprotected. Equally Steve Jubs rejected his daughter from his old girlfriends. Yet both men are adored and Biopics were Oscar worthy. No one is perfect but we have few good men who can do anything.
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This might be Will’s best chance to win a Oscar considering there’s not much competition this year
Actually...there's a lot of competition? What films did you watch this year? Plenty of great films have come out, it's like people forget about the Indie scene but even then there have been mainstream films released this year with performances in them that are exceptional.
Will should be nominated but...I'm not sure he should win.
I don’t know . Benedict Cumberbatch may be nominated for “The Power of The Dog”. But it would be nice if Will won.
Denzel could be special as well with his performance of Macbeth
He is going to lose to
Nic cage
@@haydendutton6916 have you seen the film? why already assume he doesn’t deserve it?
I really enjoyed this film. I want to see it in the theater as well. Black parents are already moving their kids into offshoot sports like fencing and swimming. Richard was messy but he had a vision/plan for these two young girls and he was present in their lives to see it through. Bravo 2 him!
Yeah he was a great dad to them but treated his first family kids like shit
@@PreachMooreComedy That's unfortunate and has nothing to do with Venus and Serena. The film is not a biography of Richard's life. The film is a "thank you" from Venus and Serena to their father for getting them to where they are today.
@@lisacox3750 The movie is called King Richard and follows his perspective for the majority of the film. It completely ignored the first family he walked out on because Will Smith is a coward who only picks safe roles while he engages in bizarre sexcapades. Notice how his family doesn’t respect him? Something’s up in the Smith household.
It's not even just those sports. Even as recent as 10 years ago it was only the WNBA Draft where you saw the majority of picks have black fathers (hinting at two-parent families). Now the NBA Draft is full of black fathers.
His performance was Oscar worthy, about damn time he gets a bloody oscar. Hes an amazing actor!
Man I love will smith some people say he’s not a dramatic actor but he should have won for Ali and pursuit of happyness just like Leo he’s paid his dues when it’s come to losing at the oscars
At the credits when they would could to the real Richard Williams and the sisters, it’s crazy how Will Smith kept super close to the voice structure. Even saw behind the scenes and Will Smith off set still kept up with the character.
@@kbentjg24 I think Leo should’ve won for The Wolf of Wall Street” instead of the bear wrestling movie
I thought he got one for Ali?
@@o.gparamount3099 Denzel won that year and even still Russell Crowe killed in a Beautiful Mind.
Will Smith is way overdue for an Oscar
I agree. How did he not get one for Pursuit of Happiness?
Thats actually true! I been saying this since i saw The Pursuit Of Happiness, that performance was worthy of an OSCAR
@@yotsubafanfan read my mind
Agree but to be fair some of his newer movies are awful. After earth still comes to mind
@@peterz1071 Afrter Earth, Gemini
I like how this movie mainly focused on Venus Williams seeing that she seems to always come secondary to her sister in the media
I remember her first….it’s def fitting….Serena needed Venus to break open the door….I simply think we focus on Serena more because she’s been far more present in the sport of tennis 🎾 and as far as the media and Hollywood are concerned she really mastered how to become a global superstar whereas Venus didn’t….for whatever reason 💁🏽♂️
Venus definitely paved the way for Serena. She kicked the door down.
Venus ultimately was not as successful as Serena. That’s why Serena gets more media attention.
Venus took a huge break and after was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder.
@@pcharl01 I think it's that along with the fact that Venus just chooses not to be in front of the camera as much as her sister
my favorite movie of the year so far. Career highlight for Will Smith and what an amazing, complex and interesting person King Richard is... I loved being able to hear this story..
This movie was nothing but lies and deceit. Richard was not a hero or someone who should be looked up to. Is he responsible for his daughters success? Absolutely that throughout movie they refused to acknowledge that Richard had an entire family and 5 other children before he met and married Serena & Venus mom. Richard completely abandoned, ignored and neglected all of his other 5 children, he was never in their lives so when Serena and Venus became famous, it was confusing because Richard made it out as if that was his only family. After years of contacting their estranged father he continued to ignore them and still to this day has no relationship with him. This movie made him look honorable, a hero, a martyr for the black community when he really is just low life deadbeat.
“Nothing sadder than Will Smith crying in a bathroom”. Seven Pounds has me crying 😭 mad tears. 😂
Bro Seven Pounds and John Q are the only movies I cried in theaters over
Nah, The Pursuit of Happiness……..that’s the one he SHOULD have won the Oscar for. That bathroom scene was heartbreaking!
@@sonoisrael4660 John Q was good but he survived in the end. If he would’ve died I probably would’ve been tearing.
@@TheRandomMexican619 embarrassed to say that I have not seen it yet.
@@liferealgood it's about the steps he took for his son's survival without Killing but helping others as well. That movie is a tearjerker for me frfr 😭😭😭
Will Smith has finally graduated from “Prince” to “King”, this movie is a monumental event…
Pretty sure his performance in 6 Degrees of Separation was over looked. Hes been solid for sometime
You been sleeping on Will Smith, Smith had a lot of great performances before this one
Why be a King....when he can be a legend....no no no Robot Exterminator....no wait Psycho Path Playboy Cop Heroe....A man with No Fear....A man with a Pursuit of Happiness....no actually A hero that help save the Universe from Alien....lol I can go all day like captain America said
That bathroom scene in Pursuit of Happyness gets me everytime. Gotta see this movie. Really hoping Will wins the Oscar for this one 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Favorite Movie
Every damn time!
Will Smith is a great actor, and I thought he deserved an Oscar for the Pursuit of Happiness. I can’t watch that movie w/o bawling my eyes out 😭especially the last scene of the real Chris Gardner glancing over @ Will… gets me every time😢
Oh no I totally forgot to watch this movie over the weekend. After this review I stroll over to my HBOMAX and enjoy Will Smith great performance.
Watch it at the movies, it's failing at the box office because of streaming
@@adamclifton29 I went to see Ghostbusters yesterday with the family so streaming it for me today 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
Richard bet on his girls and won. But he made business dealings that required his daughters to be #1 all time because if they had gone on to be middle tier and might have needed a little support from those in the past he may have had to go back to ask those people for a favor and they would've made him grovel. But he never had to go back and mend any fences.
Excellent movie! I loved it and I loved that it had a nuclear black family and a black father that raised extraordinary children!
Once The Prince of Bel Air to King Richard of Compton. From sing about parents that just don't understand to playing the parent no one understood.
Aunjanue Ellis who played his wife and Jon Bernthal the tennis coach are more worthy Oscar winners than Will Smith because their performances had less flaws than Will Smith. Smith was great but he can't quite pull off not being Will Smith because many times throughout the movie it was Will Smith not Richard Williams. But I love the dynamic between Richard Williams and the Rick Macci where Richard Williams was rinsing and exploiting him as their coach and representative and you could see Macci getting more and more frustrated and angry because he wasn't being listened to, but knew he couldn't go overboard because he knew the William sisters were a gold mine.
That's every Will Smith film. Lol he's a great personality but he isn't a great actor, nor is he even a great imitator. He wasn't Ali, he wasnt that African doctor, and I haven't watched and really don't want to but I know he isn't being this man either. He's just doesn't have those kind of chops.
@@theconsciousobserver6829 I agree with you. I haven't seen Concussion either because his Nigerian accent is truly awful. I appreciate that Will Smith has a great personality, very hardworking and very ambitious and sometimes that ambition makes him take roles that he doesn't have the ability to fully pull off and I think Richard Williams was another one of those cases. I think because Hollywood has opened up to casting non-American Black actors, who are well trained and have bigger range, limited actors like Will Smith get exposed more.
I completely agree. I think Will might get nominated but I don't think he should win. I didn't think his portrayal was excellent...it was good. Aunjanue Ellis on the other hand was excellent! I had never heard of Jon Bernthal before this film...but he was also excellent. I agree.
I notice lately martin has been annoyed with korey talking 99 percent of the review sometimes I think korey needs to involve the others more .
This movie couldn’t have come out any earlier because it needed someone as larger than life than Will Smith to get to the age to play someone like Richard Williams.
This was a lifetime movie with a star at the helm. A script reciting ancient proverbs with every cut. Over implied and under delivering on the way King Richard actually commanded a room and situations.
I do however appreciate the story.
The things that happened in the movie actually happen. That's what's so good about this story. I also agree that they left something's out as well.
I honestly think the little girl playing Venus should get an award
I think she will.
“I wonder if there’s a such thing as blacker face”. I’m a dark skinned woman and I almost spit out my coffee laughing!
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this is my first time watching the channel and ur review was hilarious, friendly, and concise. u guys never once talk down to your audience and seems like theres no critics out there like yall!
Welcome new toastie 🙂
Marvel's "what if" Big Willie actually pushed his father?
I think more than a struggle movie, Hollywood loves the propaganda of the 'American Dream' films even more.
Yeah, I've learned to see the movie first before watching any reviews because reviewers often get details of the story wrong or mischaracterize for comic effect. Of course Will is going to be in most of the scenes, the movie is about his character (hence the title, King Richard).
Thanks for mentioning the weird “Will Smith talking like a slave” thing, I noticed that in the trailer.
ETA: Korey mentioned it as a joke, and I think Will Smith sounded a bit overdone on the southern accent in the trailer.
I mean it’s not really a slave thing I’m in the south and that’s how old black people speak in south speak, he kinda got it mixed with the accent to probably make it feel like he’s playing a character than sounding like will smith cause will smith changes a real life character and make it feel like the character is will smith lol
But he talk like that fr
😆 I know young black people that talk like that…it’s a dialect. It’s not really fixable….poor education, upbringing….family culture all contribute to the way a person talks. It’s not per say a slave voice
Lol. If people actually heard slave accent….you would know that’s not the accent that’s being portrayed. When Korey makes the comment he is just joking but Martin and korey know it’s not an actual slave accent. Just jokes.
Its mainly called a southern accent you think korey would know since hes from Texas every dude over 60 in texas talks like that lol.
I am genuinely interested in seeing this film. For years it's seems as though Hollywood delights in dumping on Father's and father figures. And judging by the trailer, here is a guy willing to do what it takes so his daughters can realize their dreams.
It doesn't mention the fact that he left his other daughter and son to wallow in abject poverty though.
This easily could’ve been a Cool Runnings-style of movie. I’m glad the filmmakers didn’t go down that route, but it does have slight echoes of Bring it On and British Olympics flick Fast Girls, starring the Sista from No Time to Die and that white lass from Baby Driver/Downton Abbey.
There is such a thing as blacker face. Zoe Saldana trying to play Nina Simone 😂
Solid film. Had "Karate Kid" flashbacks at points, but Smith, Ellis and the young actress playing Venus were standouts...Bernthal was also excellent
Honestly, Will should’ve BEEN won an Oscar by now.
I was impressed by how he was inspired to write the plan before the children were born, and stuck to the plan until it was realized in his lifetime.
I was full on weeping just watching the trailer for this, doubt I can take it watching the whole film ha ha
You will cry at many moments
Slave Talk is very offensive, it's very much a cultural thing as southern people migrated from the south to the west, midwest and north, but snooty, bougie young people especially black young people, forget or don't understand the complexities of culture. The same goes for the colorism issue, but I'm old so...
Yea when I heard he just sounded like a southern guy to me
Korey be c🦝🦝ning
Thank you sir! My sentiments exactly!! King Richard was from Shreveport Louisiana and had a southern drawl.
That thumbnail is killing me! 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 they silly for that!
I really hope that Will Smith gets an Oscar
Will Smith holding the Oscar with tears in his eyes. Y’all predicted what would happen 4 months later in this thumbnail 😆
Disagree with Kory in the accent totally. Will was very measured and did a great job in his dialogue
If he doesn't get an oscar for this idk what will. He might get the decaprio treatment where he gets overlooked or put up against other great actors. This was a fantastic movie and very inspirational! It was mom and dad sacrificing everything for their child to have a better life and become the venus/serena dynasty.
Skin color was not a controversy only for colorists Black people was it an issue. It’s all about performance and acting. White people don’t see a difference between dark and light they see Black regardless of skin tone. Denzel Washington wasn’t light like Malcolm X but he did a good performance
No Will Smith was fucking SCREAMING at that interviewer in the movie full force. Compared to the real footage, the father seems a tad more calm.
The voice might’ve been calmer. But he was within striking distance lol. The clap back was real 😂
Lol I literally watched the movie because Will Smith is in. I didn't know the plot, never cared for tennis let alone sports, but I genuinely enjoyed the movie
Korey " I was just thinking that." Korey....no. you were not sir. LOL
It was interesting for me to learn about the icing strategy in tennis. Didn't know about it
While Jada Clout chasing, Will been making MOVES.
Super fax 📠
If will don’t get the Oscar…we riot 😂
I think as far as the racism aspect. 2 of the reasons they may not have played a big part in this film is 1. This movie is set in the 90’s, not the 70’s. . And 2. Because Venus and Serena practically grew up IN country clubs so I’m sure they have more fond memories with white people than bad/racist memories. Serena even married a white guy. If I can recall, when I grew up most of the disparaging remarks made about them, especially their appearance and features, came from black men.
I'm not trying to be contrarian but growing up I'd only heard positive things about Venus and Serena from black men myself included. I've heard second hand about other groups calling them manish and such but I wasn't there to confirm it.
I wish they went more into his first family to show the counter balance to his fathering to the girls
If it was meant to be a biography that would have made sense, but it wasn't. So there was no need to do that. Regardless of whatever happened with his first family ...it still doesn't change the narrative of the achievements of Venus and Serena. That's the point. You can play this game with almost anyone. Who is perfect? No one. Who doesn't have skeletons in their closet? No one. Do the bad things a person does (excluding murder/rape/domestic violence/abuse) negate the good things they do in life? Both can be true...for example...no one ever said Richard was a great husband (not even to the wife in the film). But that's not the focus either. I mean...if you really want to go there...we don't really get a great sense even in the film of the relationship he had with his three stepchildren. We assume it was OK. Without giving away spoilers - the biggest scene was the one between him looking out for one of the stepdaughters at the tennis court. Again, the main point of the film is about who he was for Venus and Serena. This is their tribute to their dad.
They probably should have got Idris Elba to do the role imo and hes a better actor.
True and he is darker skinned like richard williams.
Then people would’ve been complaining because he’s not American
I can’t unsee him as the father from Daddy’s Little Girl now. 😂
I won’t watch this movie with Will, but I would have for Idris! 😍
Where are you from?
Will did a good job
The movie was more than an underdog theme. It was more about family. How Richard was different from what he was portrayed to be. It also wasn't about Venus and Serena. It was a film about him. The mention of his outside life is true. It was mentioned to show he was a flawedman. Not make him some idealized hero. Check interviews by the coach Rick Maccio. He confirms that Richard never forced his kids. He actually talks about how good of a father he was to the girls. He believed in him and those girls. He knew the potential to change the sport. Open stance technique and athleticism. Coach Maccio also said that Richard told him that there will be a biopic about him. And they would call it "King Richard". It's om TH-cam.
Whats it called on youtube ?
I don't get the colorism arguement, Denzel played Malcom X, Angela Basset played Tina Turner and their performances were great. Will Smith was made for this role.
Will Smith was made for the father of the Williams sisters?
Yea Denzel is way darker than malcom x was but most the time it's the opposite.
This is nowhere near as bad as Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone… that was shameful! Will pulled it off right
Where's our gray beard Korey.....bring it back,,!!! please lol
I'll definitely will check it out for the inspiration factor alone. Would love to hear your review on Netflix Colin's Black & White mini-series.
Because of Richard Williams and Venus and Serena, the formerly super white sport of women's tennis in the US is looking more like the NBA. (Shout out to Althea Gibson, who did her thing decades before.) Sloane Stephens, Taylor Townsend, Madison Keys, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka - when Gauff defeated Venus at Wimbledon, she told her, "I wouldn't be here without you". Leonard Francois, Osaka's father, followed Richard's playback page by page, and now Osaka is the richest player on the circuit. My only criticism of the film is that it left out all the racist abuse hurled at the sisters over the years, which continues to this day. But it's a terrific, entertaining film.
I hope not the NBA is becoming unwatchable
The fact they acting like fathers didn’t have whole other families and kids is laughable I’m not saying it’s right but let’s be honest that’s how he was. Why did they need to dwell on him having other kids we all know it’s hard when you’re not staying together
The Oscars mean nothing. That institution has shown in the recent years that they have a vehement aversion to successful black stories. This film is too good to for the Oscars.
I could see Idris Elba playing his part
True
Yeah. Denzel Washington was a miscast for Malcolm X (1992), seeing that the real El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was light skinned, but Washington's performance overshadowed this fact. I don't think that Smith's performance achieves the same thing that Denzel Washington's performance achieved. Just my opinion.
You know will smith is going to win that Oscar. Richard started making me angry during parts of the movie. You know what you can't argue with the results he achieved the goals he set out with venus and serena
I think I’ve seen just about every video for the past 5 years. You guys are so underrated 🔥
CAN WE PLS GIVE AUNJANUE HER JUST DO SHE DESERVES THE AWARDS
Not the will skirt pushed his daddy down the steps lol 😂 12-5-21
Being a skeptical black man. I got to say I really wish they would have focused on Venus and Serena more in this movie than Will Smith as their dad. A lot of the movie show that the dad did a lot of work. But if you realize after 2002 it was the mom's name on all the coaching cards. And that's the issue that I have with this movie. To be honest with you I think the biopic is starting to die off.
this movie ends in 94 eight years before the mom took over serena and venus literally made this movie as a love letter to their dad and to highlight the importance of black fatherhood seems like youre kinda missing the point wanting it to be about the girls
True story. I hated Jon Bernthal because of all the negative roles he portrayed. I was thinking to myself like, please show me a role where he’s normal or at least nice cause I don’t wanna hate an actor based off his roles. And then this showed up. Lol
there was quite a bit of commentary that didn't have anything to do with the movie itself, Looking forward to seeing it
Man I was sooo interested in how they’d deal with his other family. Pretty bummed they left it out
He left like 6 kids and started a new family. Then, one of his daughters saw him with Venus and Serena and he gave his old daughter a fake phone number. Bruh was wild.
There was no need to tell that story. What does that have to do with Venus and Serena? Do you take on everything that ever happened with your parents? Good, bad and ugly...is that supposed to be your issue? Are you supposed to hate your father now?
@Lisa Cox My dad never left 6 kids behind, Lisa. Or should I say, Richard? Why do you care so much I'm just stating facts 🤷. If you're gonna do a biography be honest. Have a good day Richard. PS your kids miss you🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿♀️🙎🏿🙎🏿🙎🏿
@@FREESMH why do YOU care so much he was a good dad to venus and serena thats what this is about why are so many people just wanting this movie to shit on him for making bad choices
I think this is his Oscar movie.
I saw the movie yesterday it was a good film.
I personally think, Will's portrayal of Richard Williams, speaking the way he dose, makes me wonder if it was Will's way, of conveying how or he was viewed in the circles they where playing in, also using it to be underestimated.
he really talked like that look at interviews
Will Smith does great! Aunjanae Ellis did great too!
Will got it very close. I've met and spoke with Mr. Williams. He is totally kinda stooped over, but the trick is he is still a mountain of a man. Still like 6'3. He looks like a former sharecropper. It is what it is.
I’m not a particular fan of tennis, but this movie was solid
I'm betting that its gonna be his Oscars clip
When are you guys going to do the last duel? Reviews are surprisingly really good for it
Martin talked about it briefly on one stream and that was it. Martin gave it a high matinee I believe
Months later? Probably not.
Looks that Oscar is finally coming to Will. Great film!
(Guys I know this movie isn’t about the sisters, my comment is in response to Korey’s criticism of the film not showing the extent of racism that King Richard went through in irl. My point, is that at least the movie showed a bit of it, seems as though the film didn’t show the sisters struggling with racism at all) I mean forget King Richard, this film doesn’t really show any of the anti-Black racism & bias that Serena & her sister experienced growing up as youth in the tennis-community. Much less the discrimination that Serena especially faced when she grew into a woman, in her current years of her professional career. The racism Black women, & in this case darker skinned Black girls face. Misogynior, hair discrimination, & adultification etc
Exactly, I felt everything was happening too easy... Which I'm sure in real life wasn't the case
The movie is not about them. It’s about their dad
Can't wait for Encanto next :)
I wonder if Cory will do a arcane review since the series has finished
Not happening
@@ragarcon It happened.
Curious: which bio pics you thought took a totally different approach as you said?
He looks like an old Mike Tyson @ 0:45
Charlamange tha God would see this performance from the great actor Will Smith and still say that Jada is at the same level……. 🤨 the man must be out of his damn mind!!
i feel Will got the most Will in that dining room talk scene with the wife.
Other than that..mostly, I think Will does have a good shot at a best actor award win this year. if Russell Crowe can win an Oscar best actor for playing, basically, Russell Crowe..i think the Fresh Prince deserves it.
Finally y’all did this! Will getting an Oscar off this
We's gon' play sum tennis! 😆 Loved the movie but Will was just slightly overboard here and there.
Putting the ads 10 minutes into the review so we can't fast forward it.. thanks guys
Venus & Serena had 3 other sister but I believe the oldest was killed many years ago
yes in 2010 in a shooting in compton
Will been collecting some Ls lately on social media. It’s good to see a W
His wife blew her back out
For 20 million a movie give me them L’s and fuck the Oscars🤣
Korey "I Won't Take Long To Say What I Have To Say" Coleman
Kind of expected them to say something about Richard's other family
Seems like its applauding tiger dads to me. How many serena's and venus out there didn't make it had to grow up with hard dads like richard.
Will smith should absolutely win best actor. I don’t wanna be reminded of the assholes that bullied me my whole life so I just won’t watch power of the dog but will watch this movie plenty of times this year alone.
Nah, Andrew Garfield’s gonna get that Oscar for tick, tick… boom
Cue to TELL THE TRUUFFFPPF moment
Great review fellas 👍😂.
Richard Williams is the greatest coach in tennis history and all this review did was slander him. And the worst thing is, it’s a black man doing it. He actually has no idea what Richard Williams went through and if he did he would understand why he acted the way he did in the movie.
4:00 now thats a load of bull!
Why be a King....when he can be a legend....no no no Robot Exterminator....no wait Psycho Path Playboy Cop Heroe....A man with No Fear....A man with a Pursuit of Happiness....no actually A hero that help save the Universe from Alien....lol I can go all day like Steve Rodgers said
If Will Smith could play Venus and Serena he would’ve.
Will Smith is one of my favorite actors. But I think Denzel could have done this movie as well.
They lied about Freddy Mercury who had aids and slept with a lot of men unprotected. Equally Steve Jubs rejected his daughter from his old girlfriends. Yet both men are adored and Biopics were Oscar worthy. No one is perfect but we have few good men who can do anything.