I did not know that After Earth was a film by M. Night Shyamalan. Beau *hates* Will Smith, so I knew I wasn't going to see this film in the theater. The trailers made it look unappealing.
But the M. Night shit? Wow. I may not even watch this on TNT.
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le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:22:00 pm PDT #24465 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:25:08 pm PDT #24466 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
And Will Smith's character is named: Cypher Raige.
Dana - May 22, 2013 2:29:09 pm PDT #24467 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wut.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 22, 2013 2:44:17 pm PDT #24468 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I wondered how something with such a patently ridiculous plot got made! Is he financing the project with his own money, or did he get incriminating pictures of a studio head?
le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:48:37 pm PDT #24469 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, and Will Smith contributed to the script story.
Matt, I have NO idea, but this may be the definition of a clusterfuck.
§ ita § - May 22, 2013 2:54:19 pm PDT #24470 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Will Smith gets anything he wants. He's one of the most bankable stars out there.
Amy - May 22, 2013 3:06:44 pm PDT #24471 of 30000
Because books.
Cypher Raige! M. Night is now writing bad fanfic!
I cling to my love of The Sixth Sense and even my fondness for Signs, but the rest ... Ugh. I didn't want to see this before, and I want to see it even less now. And I *like* Will Smith.
Jessica - May 22, 2013 3:16:10 pm PDT #24472 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Supposedly he has made assurances that this is not a "twist" movie, so there is that. But in a summer where I've already seen Oblivion, and Elysium and Pacific Rim are coming up too, I'm feeling pretty ok about giving After Earth a miss. One can only handle so many post-apocalyptic action movies set on Earth in one season.
Jesse - May 22, 2013 3:19:40 pm PDT #24473 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Will AND JADEN Smith. Jaden Smith seems like the worst.
beekaytee - May 22, 2013 3:39:53 pm PDT #24474 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I saw the After Earth trailer today and thought, "Hm. This dialog is very, very Scientology based" and "Hm. Why are they doing those goofy accents?"
M. Night?
That explains it.
I liked The Sixth Sense and love the one of his films that seems most hated, Unbreakable...but I've given up on him in every say since then.
I too wonder how he got a film financed...unless Will wanted the vehicle so badly that his name carried it.
Huh.