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What do you think of Wild Wild West? (Patreon)

Published:
2024-01-28 23:35:21
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Hey everyone, we're recording our episode on Wild Wild West very soon. We want to try something different this year and read out some of your own thoughts on the movies we're discussing at the top of the show! Let us know in the comments below your thoughts on the movie or any memories/stories you have about watching it and we'll try to read a couple of them during the episode! 

Comments

Nate Gonzales

There was always something about mixing technology with wild west elements that scratched an itch for me as a kid, and it still gets me in adulthood. It's not quite steampunk and it has this espionage/James Bond adjacency to it and that was everything I grew up enjoying. What brings me to enjoy this movie in my adulthood is the performances/chemistry of the two leads. Obviously Kevin Kline never misses but I think Will Smith (even though he's just trademark Will Smith at this point) is genuinely funny in this

Tom Goodwin

I remember being excited for the release. Missed it at the cinema but saw it a few years later on TV. It was ambitious in scope but it tried to do too much and had horrible special effects. I came away hating it. To this day it's a big part of the reason I cringe at anything steampunk-related. The Mad Magazine parody called it best -- Mild Mild Mess.

FilmAficionado

I enjoy the steampunk technology and some of the set pieces, but this movie never did it for me for several reasons. The humor is forced and the action is not terribly exciting. I actually feel like both Will Smith and Kevin Kline are miscast. I know the film is suppose to be light-hearted, but nevertheless Will Smith’s modern performance is discordant with the rest of the movie. He might as well have been a time traveler. Kevin Kline is surprisingly wooden here. I read somewhere once that the movie would have benefited if Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh had switched roles. I’m not sure if I agree with that, but it’s an interesting thought experiment.

JokersJuicyAss

Never saw it, but I will always associate it with another movie that will be great for this show Detroit Rock City because on the VHS for Austin Powers 2 had a trailer for both of those movies

The One and Rory

I recall Ryan mentioning that he never saw the 2013 Lone Ranger film. I bring this up since it and Wild Wild West both have the same problem: tonal imbalance. Both works will mention or show horrific acts that happened in the West only for it to follow it up with a funny gag that messes with the impact (Like Silver being on a tree branch after a Native American slaughter). Also, you kind of see what both films were going for with their casting and directing choices. For WWW, it wanted to recreate the success of Men In Black. For Lone Ranger, Pirates of the Caribbean. Though I will say that both films are at least watchable, nowhere near the panning they got from critics (A Razzie for Worst Picture? No way).

Trevor Poe

Selma Hayek AND a giant mechanical spider…nuff said.

Spect Serg

Never seen it but I always think of the the DVD commentary for the South Park episode "Cat Orgy" where Trey mentions how Wild Wild West beat out south park opening weekend because kids would buy tickets for wild wild West and then sneak into South Park

Spect Serg

Which is why Cartman keeps referencing wild wild West