[Obadiah]

You don't cast Will Smith to play a role, you cast a roll to play Will Smith.

Exactly. And that's what this movie was. If you like Will Smith, you went to see this movie. If you don't care for Will Smith, or you're Meh about Smith, you skipped this movie.

I'm not a big fan of Smith who plays himself as the safe, hip, cool black guy who is just a little bit gangster.

[dfwgator]

At least he’s still better off than DJ Jazzy Jeff.

[freedomlover]

You don’t cast Will Smith to play a role, you cast a roll to play Will Smith.

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Sort of like Keanu Reeves. And honestly I think he plays Keanu Reeves pretty dang well.