How have I never heard of The Legend of Bagger Vance?

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

or if I did hear of it, I completely wiped it from my memory. Today, was searching for something on google and accidentally came across that and immediately went

Will Smith was in a movie with Matt Damon and Charlize Theron?

how do I not remember this??


And this was at the height of Will's popularity, and I've been a huge fan for years.

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

or if I did hear of it, I completely wiped it from my memory. Today, was searching for something on google and accidentally came across that and immediately went

Will Smith was in a movie with Matt Damon and Charlize Theron?

how do I not remember this??


And this was at the height of Will's popularity, and I've been a huge fan for years.

It is mostly only known because Spike Lee and a few major publications blasted it for using the magical negro trope [Will Smith's character].

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

It is mostly only known because Spike Lee and a few major publications blasted it for using the magical negro trope [Will Smith's character].

So you're saying nobody cared about it when it came out?

I feel like the title sounds familiar but other than that, it's not registering in my memory banks.

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

So you're saying nobody cared about it when it came out?

I feel like the title sounds familiar but other than that, it's not registering in my memory banks.

Pretty much.

They were basically relying on Will Smith box office status and him doing an against type role, but critics pretty much killed whatever little buzz this movie had. The movie came and went like a fart in the wind..

 

[Bob Loblaw]

One of matt Damon’s worst movies