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Wild Wild West | Description: Sonnenfeld teams up with his star from MEN IN BLACK, Smith, for this wild ride through a science-fiction soaked Wild West. Jim West, a civil war hero, and Artemus Gordon, a U.S. Marshal, are teamed by President Ulysses S. Grant to stop evil madman Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh) and his fleet of mind-boggling machines. Based (loosely) on the 1960s Robert Conrad television vehicle. Year: 1999 Classification: Western/Science-Fiction Directed: - Barry Sonnenfield - Barry Sonnenfeld Actors/Actresses: - Kenneth Branagh as Arliss Loveless - Salma Hayek as Rita Escobar - Kevin Kline as Artemus Gordon - Will Smith as James West - Musetta Vander as Munitia - Sofia Eng as Miss Lippenreider - Garcelle Beauvais as Bell - Ted Levine as McGrath - M. Emmet Walsh as Coleman - Frederique Van Der Wal as Amazonia - Buck Taylor - Jerry Wills - Kennet Brannagh - Ling Bai Wild Wild Mess Will Smith teams up with Director Barry Sonnenfeld once again in the weak fantasy western "Wild Wild West". Government agents James West (Will Smith) and Artemis Gordon (Kevin Kline) must stop a maniacal inventor (Kenneth Branagh) from taking over the country. "Wild Wild West" is disappointing copy of "Men in Black" combined with an Old West setting. The film contains a lame predictable storyline and utterly shallow characters. Its eye-popping special effects and amusing gadgets are very appealing but they're unable to save the movie from its many flaws. The film is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The DVD contains wonderfully sharp video transfer and an impressive 5.1 Dolby Digital sound with aggressive surround effects. Its supplements include audio commentary with director Barry Sonnenfeld, behind-the-scenes documentaries, music videos and DVD-ROM extras. Overall, "Wild Wild West" scores a "D-". Jab your eyes out! Paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa! It's a shame and sad that this movie was made cause it will never have the opportunity to be made right. The TV James West was the perfect wild west secret agent with the gadgets and brawls. Robert Conrad created a wonderful character only to be mocked in this vomitus, stick to the bottom of your shoe movie. Save your money on this and buy some of the real TV episodes. Find "The Night of the Falcon" with Robert Duvall as the foil to James West - perfect example of how this should have been made. Just Vin Ambitious work While numbers continually dropped in the 19th century American frontier due to murder and disease, what truly conquered the "wild west" was technology. The rapid enumeration of product patents and their proliferation throughout the western territories: the laying of railroads, replacement of wooden structures with brick, the development of communications advances, and the personal automobile all transformed the place we know of as the Old West into its modern equivalent. Sonnenfeld here has cleverly respun this history in the form of a narrative story, sometimes metaphorically accurate, and sometimes hilariously inverted. When gunslinger Captain 'Jim' West (Smith) and master-of-disguise 'Artemus' Gordon (Kline) are paired up to defeat the psychotic Confederate and mad inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh), it's an idealistic winner takes all in the battle between the traditional west and the technological Eastern invasion. Of course to throw things further off-kilter, Sonnenfeld has made our protagonist, West, a black Civil War hero. With 20th century concepts of individual vs. corporate control, sexual promiscuity and identity, and racial equality and acceptance, "Wild Wild West" recasts this unique historical period to its modern viewers. Buy Wild Wild West at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Wild Wild West Search with the Priority Search Engine on Wild Wild West This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
Wild Wild West | Description: Sonnenfeld teams up with his star from MEN IN BLACK, Smith, for this wild ride through a science-fiction soaked Wild West. Jim West, a civil war hero, and Artemus Gordon, a U.S. Marshal, are teamed by President Ulysses S. Grant to stop evil madman Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh) and his fleet of mind-boggling machines. Based (loosely) on the 1960s Robert Conrad television vehicle. Year: 1999 Classification: Western/Science-Fiction Directed: - Barry Sonnenfield - Barry Sonnenfeld Actors/Actresses: - Kenneth Branagh as Arliss Loveless - Salma Hayek as Rita Escobar - Kevin Kline as Artemus Gordon - Will Smith as James West - Musetta Vander as Munitia - Sofia Eng as Miss Lippenreider - Garcelle Beauvais as Bell - Ted Levine as McGrath - M. Emmet Walsh as Coleman - Frederique Van Der Wal as Amazonia - Buck Taylor - Jerry Wills - Kennet Brannagh - Ling Bai Wild Wild Mess Will Smith teams up with Director Barry Sonnenfeld once again in the weak fantasy western "Wild Wild West". Government agents James West (Will Smith) and Artemis Gordon (Kevin Kline) must stop a maniacal inventor (Kenneth Branagh) from taking over the country. "Wild Wild West" is disappointing copy of "Men in Black" combined with an Old West setting. The film contains a lame predictable storyline and utterly shallow characters. Its eye-popping special effects and amusing gadgets are very appealing but they're unable to save the movie from its many flaws. The film is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The DVD contains wonderfully sharp video transfer and an impressive 5.1 Dolby Digital sound with aggressive surround effects. Its supplements include audio commentary with director Barry Sonnenfeld, behind-the-scenes documentaries, music videos and DVD-ROM extras. Overall, "Wild Wild West" scores a "D-". Jab your eyes out! Paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa! It's a shame and sad that this movie was made cause it will never have the opportunity to be made right. The TV James West was the perfect wild west secret agent with the gadgets and brawls. Robert Conrad created a wonderful character only to be mocked in this vomitus, stick to the bottom of your shoe movie. Save your money on this and buy some of the real TV episodes. Find "The Night of the Falcon" with Robert Duvall as the foil to James West - perfect example of how this should have been made. Just Vin Ambitious work While numbers continually dropped in the 19th century American frontier due to murder and disease, what truly conquered the "wild west" was technology. The rapid enumeration of product patents and their proliferation throughout the western territories: the laying of railroads, replacement of wooden structures with brick, the development of communications advances, and the personal automobile all transformed the place we know of as the Old West into its modern equivalent. Sonnenfeld here has cleverly respun this history in the form of a narrative story, sometimes metaphorically accurate, and sometimes hilariously inverted. When gunslinger Captain 'Jim' West (Smith) and master-of-disguise 'Artemus' Gordon (Kline) are paired up to defeat the psychotic Confederate and mad inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh), it's an idealistic winner takes all in the battle between the traditional west and the technological Eastern invasion. Of course to throw things further off-kilter, Sonnenfeld has made our protagonist, West, a black Civil War hero. With 20th century concepts of individual vs. corporate control, sexual promiscuity and identity, and racial equality and acceptance, "Wild Wild West" recasts this unique historical period to its modern viewers. Buy Wild Wild West at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! Search with Walhello on the Internet on Wild Wild West Search with the Priority Search Engine on Wild Wild West This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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