"After Earth" review...

[madmac]

:roll:

Spun this on DVD the other day. This movie is so bad......I can't even explain to you all how bad it is 8O Smith's son Jaden is just terrible in this movie. Unless he was Will Smith's son, there is NO WAY that dude could or would pass an audition. His acting is just terrible!.

The story is thin and the science fiction is just dumb. However, I did manage to watch it to the end so for that, I'll give it.........

0.5 / 10 stars !! :lol:

[George Bellefontaine]

It was so bad I wanted to forget it.

[Ovation]

Wow. That bad? No redeeming "so bad it's (unintentionally) funny" elements? Oh well. I've certainly got enough on the unwatched pile to give this a miss.

[madmac]

Wow. That bad? No redeeming "so bad it's (unintentionally) funny" elements? Oh well. I've certainly got enough on the unwatched pile to give this a miss.

Nope.....so bad it's NOT funny bad!

[John Holmes]

Unfortunately, I have to agree with all the above. I can usually find a redeeming item, to hang my hat on, with most films. Not the case here. Like madmac, I'm shocked I finished the film.

[George Bellefontaine]

I wonder if this film was so bad because of the Smith family involvement. Will and his wife were producers, Will apparently wrote the story ( but not the screenplay ) and the son was the lead actor. Now let's face it, the boy is not anywhere near the actor his dad is. So maybe Will just expected too much of his boy, and because he wanted him to succeed badly, perhaps his own good common sense became blurred. M. Night Shyamalan hasn't done much of any worth since his first big one, too, so maybe his good common sense was blurred by a desperate effort to create another big hit. Whatever happened, the end result was pretty terrible.

[Chris D]

Although I haven't seen it, my guess is that it's the Will Smith family issue. I could definitely see Will Smith directing his agent, and/or sitting down with studio executives, using his own star power to get a movie role for his son. His son was fine as the latest Karate Kid, (although I could have done without the Chinese government influence) but as he gets older studios aren't going to want him as an actor just because Will Smith is his dad, unless he develops star talent on his own. So I could see the studios putting together a B-level movie deal to placate Will, and try to make the best out of it by putting Will in it as well. (And Shyamalan, who I didn't know was involved) Doesn't mean it'll be a good film though, and in thi case it sounds like different factors were thrown at it, but not put together to make a quality product.

[aud19]

Unfortunate as it was an interesting premise.

[bigburner]

I watched it this evening and I enjoyed it!!! Put me in a purple wig, call me Edna and take me off to the funny farm.

Perhaps "enjoyed" is a bit strong but I watched the whole film, which isn't always the case. Apart from some corny saluting at the beginning and the end I scoffed at very little. Perhaps it was the 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the poor reviews in this forum that did it? With zero expectations it could only get better.

Nigel.

[George Bellefontaine]

I watched it this evening and I enjoyed it!!! Put me in a purple wig, call me Edna and take me off to the funny farm.
Nigel.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[aud19]

Perhaps you should update your sig to reflect your name change "Edna"? :lol: :P

[John Holmes]

I watched it this evening and I enjoyed it!!! Put me in a purple wig, call me Edna and take me off to the funny farm.

Perhaps "enjoyed" is a bit strong but I watched the whole film, which isn't always the case. Apart from some corny saluting at the beginning and the end I scoffed at very little. Perhaps it was the 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the poor reviews in this forum that did it? With zero expectations it could only get better.

Nigel.

I too have been satisfied with a film which most others seem to dislike. I think there maybe something to having lower expectations going in. At least your time with this one, was enjoyable.

[Chris D]

Oh, man... from everything you guys were saying, I was expecting something on the level of "Battlefield Earth". Maybe it's because I went in with low expectations, but I liked it too. Not bad! I was expecting laughably bad acting and special effects you could see right through. A couple things in there I didn't understand. I thought it was a fresh story with new aspects, not purely a rehash of "Alien", or "Planet of the Apes". Will was definitely believable as the senior general and crusty father. Jaden is lacking as the heroic son, but does ok. Nothing great, but I give :3: out of :5: