After Earth - Will Smith's vanity project involving his son. (1 Viewer)

[gsmayes]

There better be a scene where Will Smith punches one of those big animals in the face and says "Welcome to After Earth!!!"

It's pronounced "Earf"

 

[Oink Oink the Pig]

OH HELL NO!

Will Smith has to be the most over rated actor ever. MIB was decent but it wasn't because of his acting. Everthing else sucked.

 

[pollardsvision]

OH HELL NO!

Will Smith has to be the most over rated actor ever. MIB was decent but it wasn't because of his acting. Everthing else sucked.

Glad he turned down Django.

 

[Gawain]

As for the studio, it still has projected winners coming up this summer like Grown-Ups 2, Elysium, Smurfs 2, and This Is The End from the Superbad/Pineapple Express comedy team.

Something about this statement makes me sad.

 

[Oink Oink the Pig]

OH HELL NO!

Will Smith has to be the most over rated actor ever. MIB was decent but it wasn't because of his acting. Everthing else sucked.

Glad he turned down Django.

"OH NO YOU DIDN'T DOCTA SCHULTZ!!!"

 

[mad sweeney]

As for the studio, it still has projected winners coming up this summer like Grown-Ups 2, Elysium, Smurfs 2, and This Is The End from the Superbad/Pineapple Express comedy team.

Something about this statement makes me sad.

I thought it was a joke, until I realized it wasn't and then, yes, very sad.

 

[Riversco]

As for the studio, it still has projected winners coming up this summer like Grown-Ups 2, Elysium, Smurfs 2, and This Is The End from the Superbad/Pineapple Express comedy team.

Something about this statement makes me sad.

I thought it was a joke, until I realized it wasn't and then, yes, very sad.

They should make Ow My Balls a feature length film. Gotta gross at least $100m at this point, right?

 

[Barry]

Hollywood nepotism isn't all bad. Brooke Hogan has some good albums.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy. Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent. Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

 

[gsmayes]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

OH HELL NAW!

 

[Tremendous Upside]

There better be a scene where Will Smith punches one of those big animals in the face and says "Welcome to After Earth!!!"

It's pronounced "Earf"

Common misconception

 

[McGarnicle]

No way I'd see this anyway, but this looks like horse#### from the trailer.

It's a given that we'd never have heard of this kid but for his dad...but not for nothing, that's not an easy face to look at for 90-120 minutes. I'd be rooting for the monsters.

 

[Abraham]

Read some more reviews and it turns out it isn't even a Will Smith movie so much....he (CIPHER RAIGE!) spends most of the movie strapped to a chair.

 

[comfortably numb]

Read some more reviews and it turns out it isn't even a Will Smith movie so much....he (CIPHER RAIGE!) spends most of the movie strapped to a chair.

ironic...thats the only way I will watch this movie

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Looking at that movie poster, the word that comes to mind when looking at Jayden is "dullard".

 

[NCCommish]

Read some more reviews and it turns out it isn't even a Will Smith movie so much....he (CIPHER RAIGE!) spends most of the movie strapped to a chair.

Yeah this was meant to be a Jaden film. He's a big star you know. And they wanted to prove it in America not just Korea. So far not so good.

 

[McGarnicle]

Looking at that movie poster, the word that comes to mind when looking at Jayden is "dullard".

Yep and it looks like one of these stupid plots where the future of humankind rests on his shoulders. Basically the worst possible role for a kid whose acting range is basically "Huh?" or "Whoa!". I blame Taco Bell for making those tacos where the shell is Doritos. Now everyone assumes the American public will consume literally anything.

Why not make the kid a teen heartthrob like Justin Bieber, he's on tour and he inadvertently foils a jewelry heist? That would easily make half a billion and no one over 12 would have to take it seriously.

 

[NCCommish]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

None of us knows how hard he is working but we all know this kid would be lucky to be doing regional commercials if his dad wasn't a huge star. He doesn't have half of Wills charisma.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

 

[NCCommish]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

Is that really worse than most female rappers? Well really most rappers period?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

I must honestly tell you...I have no idea.

 

[NCCommish]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

Yeah I am an old white guy so maybe this is some get off my lawn type thing but i thought she sounded like the vast overwhelming majority of people who pass themselves off as rappers. Nothing to say and not great at saying it.

 

[McGarnicle]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

Cringeworthy. Couldn't make it past :40.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Speaking of force feeding the Smith kids down our throats...

Did anyone see daughter Willa's performance on X Factor last year? How long would they have allowed her to remain on stage if she wasn't Will Smith's daughter.

Was just coming to post this same thing. Lasted :46

 

[Buckna]

Made something like 27M this weekend and will probably take in less than half that next weekend. Be lucky to reach $50~$60M domestic. Crazy thing about Hollywood these days though is that will probably rake in like another $80-$100M international. It's a bomb and will hurt but possibly not that big of a bomb. Crazy how many people outside the US will watch a movie just because it has a big name star in it.

 

[McGarnicle]

Of course the Onion nails it as always. Best part:

Hell, one could even conceivably argue that my parents are doing me a huge disservice by giving me a career that I didn’t necessarily earn myself, creating a wave of ill will toward me that will be more or less impossible to shed for the rest of my life. And, as it were, maybe raising me and my sister in the glamorous, vapid cocoon of Hollywood and setting absolutely no boundaries whatsoever for us and allowing us to pretty much do and have whatever we want is not, in fact, a good way to raise children. You know, at this point, I wouldn’t fault someone for thinking that my father and mother have utterly lost their grip on reality and what it means to be a normal human being in today’s world.

 

[Blind Tiger]

God, just looked up Rumor Willis. Here's a tip: DON'T! She's butt ugly.

I wonder when she broke her jaw. http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoYDEBKlRcxIARreJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Drumer%2Bwillis%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900-s%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D11&w=785&h=1222&imgurl=images2.fanpop.com%2Fimages%2Fphotos%2F7800000%2FRumer-rumer-willis-7891119-785-1222.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanpop.com%2Fclubs%2Frumer-willis%2Fimages%2F7891119%2Ftitle%2Frumer-photo&size=256.8KB&name=%3Cb%3ERumer+Willis+Rumer%3C%2Fb%3E&p=rumer+willis&oid=17c244cbeb64d43b3e135b5ea9b9d4c6&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900-s&tt=%3Cb%3ERumer+Willis+Rumer%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0∋=21&no=11&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1293fmfk5&sigb=13df61svr&sigi=12gqq401r&.crumb=dMNwAlUwv.M&fr=yfp-t-900-s

Rumor looks like when you take two celebs and photoshop their faces together to see what their kids would look like. Demi's eyes and Bruce's jaw...weirdly cut and pasted together...with no shading or blending to tie the pieces together.

She does have great eyes. I'll bet she looks hot in a burka.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

None of us knows how hard he is working but we all know this kid would be lucky to be doing regional commercials if his dad wasn't a huge star. He doesn't have half of Wills charisma.

I do know how hard he's working, and between promotion and his cycle of filming, having work on films, I feel quite confident in saying this kid is not lacking for a work ethic.

I really don't like defending him, but he has carried a movie as a lead before. He's not my style, but I'm also not in his target demo.

What I've really been thinking about with this movie is, would it exist without Will Smith? Meaning, its not like he took a job from another actor, so I dont know... Hollywood is ALL politics, and whether its tied up in a bloodline or whatever or you F or you've F'ed over.

 

[NCCommish]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

None of us knows how hard he is working but we all know this kid would be lucky to be doing regional commercials if his dad wasn't a huge star. He doesn't have half of Wills charisma.

I do know how hard he's working, and between promotion and his cycle of filming, having work on films, I feel quite confident in saying this kid is not lacking for a work ethic.

I really don't like defending him, but he has carried a movie as a lead before. He's not my style, but I'm also not in his target demo.

What I've really been thinking about with this movie is, would it exist without Will Smith? Meaning, its not like he took a job from another actor, so I dont know... Hollywood is ALL politics, and whether its tied up in a bloodline or whatever or you F or you've F'ed over.

Unless you are with them you don't know jack, Jack. He "carried" a remake that had bigger stars than him in every other role and again that daddy made happen. I don't call that carrying a film. If Sony hadn't made billions off Will we wouldn't see anything from this kid because they wouldn't feel like they have to keep Will happy. He is by all reports one of the most coddled and entitled kids you'll ever meet.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

For me, the thing about Jaden is that he's too much like his dad. Even though I liked the Karate Kid remake, it seemed he was trying to channel his dad's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air schtick. It's not the nepotism that bothers me, it's that the son isn't standing out in his own right. For example, look at the Bridges family. Lloyd used his TV show to get his boys Jeff and Beau a taste of the business, but then didn't appear in anything they did until after they had established theIr own careers. They weren't seen as repeats of each other and have each carved out their own places in Hollywood.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.

Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.

Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

He certainly has the choice. Hence the reason you don't see more of his daughter, Willow. She decided she would rather live a more normal adolescent life. Jaden decided to try and be a movie star.

They actually bought the rights to "Annie" for his daughter to help launch her career when she was still mulling it over, and then she declined so they cast someone else.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/will-smith-wants-to-make-son-jaden-famous-2013-5

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Would I just be encouraging them if I spent $5 to see this at a late showing? Just to see how bad it is?

 

[Gawain]

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.

Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.

Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

He certainly has the choice. Hence the reason you don't see more of his daughter, Willow. She decided she would rather live a more normal adolescent life. Jaden decided to try and be a movie star.

They actually bought the rights to "Annie" for his daughter to help launch her career when she was still mulling it over, and then she declined so they cast someone else.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/will-smith-wants-to-make-son-jaden-famous-2013-5

Casting a non-ginger as Annie?

The ##### isn't ginger! She's just using makeup to look ginger! And pretending to be ginger with makeup is the worst thing anybody can do!

Better Red than Dead!

Better Red than Dead

/cartman

 

[General Malaise]

I wonder if Ishtar had this much discussion going on?

 

[Joe Summer]

I wonder if Ishtar had this much discussion going on?

It was all over IRC as I recall.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

None of us knows how hard he is working but we all know this kid would be lucky to be doing regional commercials if his dad wasn't a huge star. He doesn't have half of Wills charisma.

I do know how hard he's working, and between promotion and his cycle of filming, having work on films, I feel quite confident in saying this kid is not lacking for a work ethic. I really don't like defending him, but he has carried a movie as a lead before. He's not my style, but I'm also not in his target demo. What I've really been thinking about with this movie is, would it exist without Will Smith? Meaning, its not like he took a job from another actor, so I dont know... Hollywood is ALL politics, and whether its tied up in a bloodline or whatever or you F or you've F'ed over.

Unless you are with them you don't know jack, Jack. He "carried" a remake that had bigger stars than him in every other role and again that daddy made happen. I don't call that carrying a film. If Sony hadn't made billions off Will we wouldn't see anything from this kid because they wouldn't feel like they have to keep Will happy. He is by all reports one of the most coddled and entitled kids you'll ever meet.

Not that I dispute these reports but can you cite any of them? I've not heard them and I doubt there would be no shortage of people happy toTake him down. And I'm not sure how many movies you've done, but having done more than a handful, and action movies on location at that there is no way to fake, fudge or fugazi your way through it. And you may not call it carrying a film but you were not the demo for that movie and the people in it decided that he did the job because it was a successful project. Jackie chan is not exactly an a-lister or did I miss a couple of zeros I the gross of the tuxedo?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Got to love Hollywood nepotism. Why work to be a star when mommy or daddy can buy it for you? Working for it is waaaaaaay too hard.

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

None of us knows how hard he is working but we all know this kid would be lucky to be doing regional commercials if his dad wasn't a huge star. He doesn't have half of Wills charisma.

I do know how hard he's working, and between promotion and his cycle of filming, having work on films, I feel quite confident in saying this kid is not lacking for a work ethic. I really don't like defending him, but he has carried a movie as a lead before. He's not my style, but I'm also not in his target demo. What I've really been thinking about with this movie is, would it exist without Will Smith? Meaning, its not like he took a job from another actor, so I dont know... Hollywood is ALL politics, and whether its tied up in a bloodline or whatever or you F or you've F'ed over.

Unless you are with them you don't know jack, Jack. He "carried" a remake that had bigger stars than him in every other role and again that daddy made happen. I don't call that carrying a film. If Sony hadn't made billions off Will we wouldn't see anything from this kid because they wouldn't feel like they have to keep Will happy. He is by all reports one of the most coddled and entitled kids you'll ever meet.

Not that I dispute these reports but can you cite any of them? I've not heard them and I doubt there would be no shortage of people happy toTake him down.And I'm not sure how many movies you've done, but having done more than a handful, and action movies on location at that there is no way to fake, fudge or fugazi your way through it.And you may not call it carrying a film but you were not the demo for that movie and the people in it decided that he did the job because it was a successful project. Jackie chan is not exactly an a-lister or did I miss a couple of zeros I the gross of the tuxedo?

Oh please. Have you see any of the Matrix movies?

 

[Smack Tripper]

I think this is unfair. I don't think this kid is not a hard worker. In fact, I'd argue he's working too hard. This whole thing feels more like child abuse than nepotism. He's been in a cycle of creating projects, which I like summise based on the time commitment connected with filmmaking has greatly hampered in a likelihood the Normal adolescence. You know when kids are ACTUALLY typically not hard working and lazy.

Whether or not he "willfully" did this, sometimes a parent has to be a parent.

Pushing a child into this business is a foolish thing but one I can understand when families are either cash strapped or naive, something the Pinkett-Smiths are not

He certainly has the choice. Hence the reason you don't see more of his daughter, Willow. She decided she would rather live a more normal adolescent life. Jaden decided to try and be a movie star.

They actually bought the rights to "Annie" for his daughter to help launch her career when she was still mulling it over, and then she declined so they cast someone else.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/will-smith-wants-to-make-son-jaden-famous-2013-5

Could it possibly be a coincidence she watches an older sibling go through this stuff and might hang back?Im really stunned that you guys are blaming the kids, who have been raised in this and not the parents, who should know better

 

[Clifford]

Currently at 13% on Rottentomatoes and 29/100 on Metacritic.

Here's the MSP StarTribune's review

Not long from now, Netflix will catalog the mind-alteringly awful “After Earth,” starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith, in its Science Fiction section. A more accurate category would be Nepotism, a peculiar brand of make-believe where influential Hollywood parents present their offspring as stars in their own right, without the heavy burden of developing talent or public appeal. The movie will find a fitting grave alongside 2005’s “Hostage,” starring Bruce Willis as a cop and Rumer Willis as his abducted daughter, and the collected works of Tori Spelling.


“After Earth” is a work of hubris magnified by multiple miscalculations, the kind of film that would cause Ed Wood to excuse himself and skulk to the exit.

Smith senior plays Gen. Cypher Raige, the stoic military leader of an off-planet Earthling colony. I am not making this up, that is seriously his name. His main task is killing giant bugs our alien enemies have dropped onto our settlement. The ugly beasts are blind, locating human prey by the smell of our fear-triggered pheromones. Yes, these are monsters that could be neutralized with a squirt of Axe body spray. Nobody in the future has thought of that.

Gen. Raige kills the space roaches with a two-bladed spear (a gun would seem a better choice, but remember, these guys haven’t figured out deodorant). His technique is to be so zen cool that the creatures can’t sniff him. A glowering, humorless disciplinarian (a role Laurence Fishburne could have played much better), Gen. Raige acts like an android with a defective empathy chip. His conversation at the family dinner table sounds like snippets from “The Art of War.”

There are some issues between father and son, to put it mildly. Young Kitai (Smith junior), a military cadet at that gawky all-knees-and-elbows age, fears he can’t measure up to Dad’s standards. It’s like the vibe between Melissa and Joan Rivers on the Oscars red carpet, but in space.

Thanks to lazy screenwriting, the pair crash-land on Earth 1,000 years after the human exodus. Paralyzed, Gen. Raige sends Kitai overland to locate the lost SOS transmitter. “Everything on this planet has evolved to kill humans,” he warns. Which is a stupid evolutionary strategy, with no humans around.

In a bewildering procession of nonsequiturs, buffalo coexist with orangutans and cobras, hyenas have learned to climb trees, tropical bromiliads thrive in wintry redwood forests and river leeches have developed fast-acting venom. All in just 1,000 years. Also, condors have learned dolphin-like compassion, saving Kitai from certain death more than once. So Gen. Raige was wrong on that count.

The story’s details make no sense at all. A lava-belching volcano contains a refreshing swimming pool. A random cavern features caveman drawings. The Raiges’ spaceship, whose interior is modeled after an intestine, is transporting a giant bug egg for reasons I can’t explain because I am not fluent in stupid.

The film’s broad strokes are painfully trite. The acting is wooden, the dialogue inane, and M. Night Shyamalan’s directing choices are a lesson in sci-fi cliché. Even such surefire thrill-ride effects as Kitai leaping off a giant waterfall go inert through stumblebum editing. The only positive effect of “After Earth” is that it has improved the reputation of “The Wild, Wild West,” previously the worst movie of Smith’s career.

If Larry_Boy can read that review and STILL stand by his statement that "it at least looks interesting" I will never believe another word he posts here and will concede that every single one of his posts he's ever made has been fraudulent and pure shtick.

the previews did look interesting... Doesn't mean the actual movie is. It isn't hard to make a 1 minute promo video for an action sci-fi movie.

You like fast food and Nickelback, don't you?

not really and not a chance.

I just went "Will Smith. action/sci-fi. How bad can it be?" and "ooh... looks pretty" and figured it would at least be as good as Wild Wild West (which I thought was ok).

Yep, schtick. Props to you on the whatever thread it was, GOP and abortion or something. You had me going for a while.

 

[pollardsvision]

Looking at that movie poster, the word that comes to mind when looking at Jayden is "dullard".

Yep and it looks like one of these stupid plots where the future of humankind rests on his shoulders. Basically the worst possible role for a kid whose acting range is basically "Huh?" or "Whoa!". I blame Taco Bell for making those tacos where the shell is Doritos. Now everyone assumes the American public will consume literally anything.

Why not make the kid a teen heartthrob like Justin Bieber, he's on tour and he inadvertently foils a jewelry heist? That would easily make half a billion and no one over 12 would have to take it seriously.

Hey, don't go dragging Doritos Locos into this. Of all the terrible things we'll consume, and especially when it comes to fast food, they aren't that bad.

 

[McGarnicle]

Looking at that movie poster, the word that comes to mind when looking at Jayden is "dullard".

Yep and it looks like one of these stupid plots where the future of humankind rests on his shoulders. Basically the worst possible role for a kid whose acting range is basically "Huh?" or "Whoa!". I blame Taco Bell for making those tacos where the shell is Doritos. Now everyone assumes the American public will consume literally anything.

Why not make the kid a teen heartthrob like Justin Bieber, he's on tour and he inadvertently foils a jewelry heist? That would easily make half a billion and no one over 12 would have to take it seriously.

Hey, don't go dragging Doritos Locos into this. Of all the terrible things we'll consume, and especially when it comes to fast food, they aren't that bad.

Congrats on being part of the problem.

 

[Oink Oink the Pig]

Here's the MSP StarTribune's review

Not long from now, Netflix will catalog the mind-alteringly awful “After Earth,” starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith, in its Science Fiction section. A more accurate category would be Nepotism, a peculiar brand of make-believe where influential Hollywood parents present their offspring as stars in their own right, without the heavy burden of developing talent or public appeal. The movie will find a fitting grave alongside 2005’s “Hostage,” starring Bruce Willis as a cop and Rumer Willis as his abducted daughter, and the collected works of Tori Spelling.


“After Earth” is a work of hubris magnified by multiple miscalculations, the kind of film that would cause Ed Wood to excuse himself and skulk to the exit.

Smith senior plays Gen. Cypher Raige, the stoic military leader of an off-planet Earthling colony. I am not making this up, that is seriously his name. His main task is killing giant bugs our alien enemies have dropped onto our settlement. The ugly beasts are blind, locating human prey by the smell of our fear-triggered pheromones. Yes, these are monsters that could be neutralized with a squirt of Axe body spray. Nobody in the future has thought of that.

Gen. Raige kills the space roaches with a two-bladed spear (a gun would seem a better choice, but remember, these guys haven’t figured out deodorant). His technique is to be so zen cool that the creatures can’t sniff him. A glowering, humorless disciplinarian (a role Laurence Fishburne could have played much better), Gen. Raige acts like an android with a defective empathy chip. His conversation at the family dinner table sounds like snippets from “The Art of War.”

There are some issues between father and son, to put it mildly. Young Kitai (Smith junior), a military cadet at that gawky all-knees-and-elbows age, fears he can’t measure up to Dad’s standards. It’s like the vibe between Melissa and Joan Rivers on the Oscars red carpet, but in space.

Thanks to lazy screenwriting, the pair crash-land on Earth 1,000 years after the human exodus. Paralyzed, Gen. Raige sends Kitai overland to locate the lost SOS transmitter. “Everything on this planet has evolved to kill humans,” he warns. Which is a stupid evolutionary strategy, with no humans around.

In a bewildering procession of nonsequiturs, buffalo coexist with orangutans and cobras, hyenas have learned to climb trees, tropical bromiliads thrive in wintry redwood forests and river leeches have developed fast-acting venom. All in just 1,000 years. Also, condors have learned dolphin-like compassion, saving Kitai from certain death more than once. So Gen. Raige was wrong on that count.

The story’s details make no sense at all. A lava-belching volcano contains a refreshing swimming pool. A random cavern features caveman drawings. The Raiges’ spaceship, whose interior is modeled after an intestine, is transporting a giant bug egg for reasons I can’t explain because I am not fluent in stupid.

The film’s broad strokes are painfully trite. The acting is wooden, the dialogue inane, and M. Night Shyamalan’s directing choices are a lesson in sci-fi cliché. Even such surefire thrill-ride effects as Kitai leaping off a giant waterfall go inert through stumblebum editing. The only positive effect of “After Earth” is that it has improved the reputation of “The Wild, Wild West,” previously the worst movie of Smith’s career.

Stil laughing at this.

 

[McGarnicle]

Stil laughing at this.

Best part for me:

Not long from now, Netflix will catalog the mind-alteringly awful “After Earth,” starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith, in its Science Fiction section. A more accurate category would be Nepotism, a peculiar brand of make-believe where influential Hollywood parents present their offspring as stars in their own right, without the heavy burden of developing talent or public appeal. The movie will find a fitting grave alongside 2005’s “Hostage,” starring Bruce Willis as a cop and Rumer Willis as his abducted daughter, and the collected works of Tori Spelling.

 

[Fennis]

Box Office Mojo has a comparison of what they called 'Sci Fi Flops' of John Carter/Battleship/Total Recall/After Earth. Although, none did well domestically, they all had respectable global sales.

http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=scififlops2012.htm

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

Box Office Mojo has a comparison of what they called 'Sci Fi Flops' of John Carter/Battleship/Total Recall/After Earth. Although, none did well domestically, they all had respectable global sales.

http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=scififlops2012.htm

how much of that gross does the studio keep?

 

[mad sweeney]

I still don't understand why a proven box office dynamo, regardless of whose career he's trying to boost, would pick the butt of a thousand jokes because he's an absolutely horrifically bad director for this job. Utterly mind boggling, even if Shamalamadingdong was a Scientologist.

 

[Todem]

Box Office Mojo has a comparison of what they called 'Sci Fi Flops' of John Carter/Battleship/Total Recall/After Earth. Although, none did well domestically, they all had respectable global sales.

http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=scififlops2012.htm

Ouch. After Earth may be the biggest with this take. 27MM only on opening weekend. Huge flop in the making.

 

[Smack Tripper]

I still don't understand why a proven box office dynamo, regardless of whose career he's trying to boost, would pick the butt of a thousand jokes because he's an absolutely horrifically bad director for this job. Utterly mind boggling, even if Shamalamadingdong was a Scientologist.

Love is blind.

Lust certainly is, we see plenty of dopey chicks get roles they have no business being in, so I'd assume it extends to family relations too.

Although as has been pointed out, the best thing for this kids career would have been to be Jayden Jones and not have the baggage of Will with him. It would take a lot for him to ever pull out of this, but then again, as I've stressed over and over, we, assuming the median range of folks on this board is 25-45 white males, don't matter. We don't go to movies. Teenagers do.

Who knows if its even the kids fault or if its Will Smith's as far as opening things.

Whats lamer at 15 then your dad?

Not only that, Will Smith's best trait is probably is liability and he plays stoic robotiscm in this movie. Just an odd choice.

But in recent times, Tom Cruise's wattage has dimmed, Adam Sandlers, Jim Carreys.

We are in the franchise world of established properties. The toys you grew up with, the comic books, Twilight, Harry Potter. Sadly that kind of content seems to resonate better than stuff written strictly for the screen.

 

[McGarnicle]

I think Steve Carell should finally do Threat Level Midnight. I'll be the first in line.

 

[NewlyRetired]

This had an original budget of 130m.

As of now domestic total is 54m and in foreign total is 48m.

Still on track to lose quite a bit of money for the studio. Note that boxofficemojo.com estimates that the studio receives approx 55% of the gross.