The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Hitch is Will Smith’s fourth-best film; it may be his purest star performance; Eva Mendes should have remained in Fast & Furious.
Focus over Hitch and several franchise alternatives are argued separately.
In the discussion (6)
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- Hitch is ranked as Will Smith’s fourth-best movie behind Men in Black, Independence Day, and Bad Boys.
- Focus is ranked above Hitch by another participant.
- Hitch is proposed as Will Smith’s best or most representative pure movie-star performance.
- Eva Mendes leaving the Fast & Furious series after 2 Fast 2 Furious is called its biggest mistake.
- Replacing Michelle Rodriguez with Mendes from the first film is proposed and disputed.
- Keeping both women in the franchise is offered as the preferred alternative.