I'm just saying, most movies I've seen starring Will Smith are only about Will Smith's character.
How many have you seen? In the
Bad Boys films, the
Men in Black films, and
The Wild Wild West, Smith plays a member of a 2-man team and the story revolves around their partnership -- although it's true that Smith is cast as the everyman/viewpoint member of the team in the Sonnenfeld films. In
Independence Day, Smith was just one member of a large ensemble of characters, and was about equal in importance with Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman.
Six Degrees of Separation is more of an ensemble piece, I gather, although Smith's character is the catalyst.
And as I said, how it is remotely unique for a movie star's movies to focus primarily on him? How many John Wayne movies didn't focus primarily on Wayne's character? How many Hope-Crosby movies didn't focus on Hope and Crosby? Honestly, this is a bizarre thing to use as a criticism.
I also know that I don't like him. No matter how many different characters he plays, he just seems like Will Smith to me.
Again, that's not a meaningful criticism. John Wayne always seemed like John Wayne. Jimmy Stewart always seemed like Jimmy Stewart. Katharine Hepburn always seemed like Katharine Hepburn. Bogie and Bacall always seemed like Bogie and Bacall. There are two kinds of movie stars, those who are very good at playing a wide range of different roles and those who are very good at playing a single character type. Smith has mainly made his name as the latter, although he's shown with
Six Degrees and
Ali that he's capable at the former as well.
