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8 years, 5 months ago
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Netflix Instant Project for 2016 (65 movies items)"It sucks that the activity on here isn't much better than it was last year, but the switching from forums to this list idea was worth a try. Still, we had a very good run and I'm grateful for the movi"
8 years, 5 months ago
8 years, 5 months ago
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"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story and that day mine changed."
I know I'm in the minority of this, but I actually liked After Earth. I didn't think it was anywhere near of a failure as people made it out to be. I honestly thought that most of the hate felt exaggerated to me. The first thing I'm gonna touch on is that most infamous part of this movie and that is Jaden Smith's performance. A lot of people were won over by his role in The Pursuit of Happyness, but here a lot of people hated his performance with some even going far as to say it was the worst child performance of all time. Now I'm not even going to defend Jaden Smith's performance as a great one or even a good one for that matter. There are a couple instances where his acting in this movie wasn't that great, but for the most part it was alright.
Now I'm going to get into why I liked this movie. I liked how it felt different from the standard M. Night Shymalan fare. Well, that's probably because they tried to hide that it was a Shymalan film during the marketing of this film which didn't work, but still. It was an entertaining sci-fi adventure that did keep me interested from start to finish. I also liked Will Smith's character here even though it's not much of a stretch from his other roles. Also the stunning twist of this movie is that there is no stunning twist which is a good thing considering how uninspired M. Night Shymalan's twist endings had gotten after Unbreakable.
So in conclusion: I am in no way praising this as a great movie or anything, but I do think it is better than it's been given credit for and it's a huge step up from The Last Airbender. 8 years, 6 months ago
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