King Richard

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

This just came out today, and it is one of the HBO Max at same time release.  I thought it was absolutely solid, and I see Will Smith an Oscar nominee.  He is really, really good in this.  

And if you did not know the story of Venus and Serena Williams, it is a very good telling of how they, and their half sisters, were raised in one of the hardest places in the United States to grow up.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/movies/king-richard-review-will-smith.html

Edited November 19, 2021 by PenelopeWitherspoon

[kingkoopa6 8369]

I liked it.

I didn't even know there were more than 2 sisters.

would have loved to see scenes when lil sister becomes the even better player and best to ever do it.

fuk that spanish bitch for taking that long ass break.

[GreenspointTexas 9648]

On 11/19/2021 at 12:03 PM, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

This just came out today, and it is one of the HBO Max at same time release.  I thought it was absolutely solid, and I see Will Smith an Oscar nominee.  He is really, really good in this.  

And if you did not know the story of Venus and Serena Williams, it is a very good telling of how they, and their half sisters, were raised in one of the hardest places in the United States to grow up.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/movies/king-richard-review-will-smith.html

Everything she said.

 

May be Smiths best acting job, ever. Totally forget its him throughout the movie. Bernthal and the mom were also fantastic.

 

Very good movie

[DanRydell 799]

I didn't even know there were more than 2 sisters.

The movie doesn’t really address it but the three older sisters aren’t Richard’s. They were from the mom’s prior marriage (she was widowed). Richard also has 6-7 other biological children.

[Catdaddyhorn 3446]

Nor do they address the fact that Williams moved his family from Long Beach to Compton for the expressed purpose of forcing his girls to grow up in a tough environment because he believed that would give them a mental toughness advantage in tennis. Of course it would later prove ill-fated when the eldest girl Tunde was murdered in a shootout in the early 2000s. 

[Hook1997 5382]

I thought Will Smith did a great job.   Beyond that it was boring, yea the girls did great for the what three years they covered?    Would have been a lot better if they covered the fallout between them and their father.   

Edited November 24, 2021 by Hook1997

[GreenspointTexas 9648]

5 hours ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

Nor do they address the fact that Williams moved his family from Long Beach to Compton for the expressed purpose of forcing his girls to grow up in a tough environment because he believed that would give them a mental toughness advantage in tennis. Of course it would later prove ill-fated when the eldest girl Tunde was murdered in a shootout in the early 2000s. 

They covered that in the movie

[Scraps 13562]

Will should probably win the Oscar for just making Richard Williams somewhat likeable

[Reynolds Woodcock 4758]

This was a pretty good movie. Will Smith and the wife were both great. I also thought they did a good job with the tennis action recreations.

 

[Harrison Bergeron 1798]

On 11/22/2021 at 9:18 PM, GreenspointTexas said:

Everything she said.

 

May be Smiths best acting job, ever. Totally forget its him throughout the movie. Bernthal and the mom were also fantastic.

 

Very good movie

Everyone I know that has seen it echoed Smith's best performance.

[TrashMaster G 17561]

Loved Will Smith's performance.  Definitely will get him another Oscar nom.

Also really enjoyed John Bernthal.

[tbone_ 14128]

Saw it last night. Very good.

Doesn’t fully paint the picture of the guy though from what I understand.

[htown85 159]

Very enjoyable

[Scraps 13562]

Will won the Golden Globe

[Scraps 13562]

Will won the SAG award