Wild Wild West

Cowboys have always formed the image for the wild wild west. Pointed hats, rugged boots, strapped guns and horses depict the picture. Gun fights and duels, wild rides and sexy ladies cannot be missed out even in the oldest of western movies.

In 1999, Will Smith, Kevin Kline and Salma Hayek starred in a movie that revolved around Smith and Kline as a team that tasked to solve a mysterious killing. The movie was set on a day in the wild wild west. It generally became one of the most unpopular movies of the time. Not only was it a poor adaptation of the very popular TV series of the same title but, as many who knew about the movie said, it just lack the substance to be remembered. Smith’s portrayal of a post-civil war hero was not a very good come on for the audience.

One comment of the movie was that it was a comedy dead zone. Scenes simply came and flopped before disappointed audience of the time.

A good movie has to get that thing which will make the audience remember it despite time. Although the theme song performed by Will Smith became popular, being remixed this year, it might not also be a good idea to have another shot at a big screen version of the TV series.

Will Smith’s rendition of the movie theme song however had gained more popularity than the movie. It took the actor higher in his level as a singer then and with the remix of 2010 which is also being heard on the airwaves.

Even Desperate Housewives included the wild wild west theme in one of their episodes which created a remembrance of the movie with their own version of the titillating scenes.

No one can really say that a bad movie can only get worse. In the case of this one, the actors, even when they appeared to have been left out to dry under the sun, had been making an upstream direction of their career ever since. For one, Salma Hayek had been seen in more popular movies ever since. Although her performance in Fools Rush In will never be forgotten, she will also be seen as the sexy lady in the wild wild west.