Comments on: Watch: The New Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘After Earth’ Starring Will & Jaden Smith Crash Lands

By: Monty

Monty — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

Fell asleep halfway through the trailer.
No thanks.

By: Superzoom

Superzoom — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

The over earnestness, the grandiosity, the ultra cheesy dialogue and the inexplicably false acting… This is "The Last Airbender" all over again. I thought it was a good idea for Shyamalan to step away from screenwriting, but he is now listed as one of the screenwriters on this movie… and it shows.

By: Big willie smith

Big willie smith — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

It should be called After Earf.

By: CARY

CARY — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks that Will Smith gets killed in the landing and later it turns out that his son has been talking to the ship's AI or imagining the whole thing up?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

Like Hal Hartley, M. Night Shyamalan's films have a stylized style of dialogue. Watch all of his movies, and you'll notice characters speaking in hushed tones, filled with pauses, and no contractions. The restrained acting from both Smiths seems pretty consistent with that.

I'm looking forward to this because it puts front and center a theme of Shyamalan's that he's yet to make the primary focus of in a film–children seeking validation from their elders. Supposedly the two primary influences on this flick are Alien and Pather Panchali–meaning I'm sold.

By: Stephen B

Stephen B — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

Is he doing a Morgan Freeman impersonation? Are they BOTH doing a Morgan Freeman impersonation?

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:30:23 +0000

This looks beyond awful, like everything M. Night has done. I'll be watching Oblivion instead. And what the hell kind of accents are they speaking in?