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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) rated After Earth (2013) in Movies

Aug 22, 2019

After Earth (2013)

2013 | Action, Sci-Fi

4.9

(16 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Premise is interesting. (1 more)

Keeps you on your toes at times.

It's a bit boring at times. (3 more)

Will Smith's not really a presence as much as he should be.

The character progression is non existent with them all.

I don't mind either Jaiden or Will Smith, but feel like this wasn't suited too them. They felt restricted.

Will Smith

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As Will Smith is a household name, more often than not you know him in some kind of comedy role, if not he has more presence on camera to show his true acting range. For a character that is hardly seen, I don't think this role suited him. Jaiden suited the character to an extent but when it came to the ghosting part, he was able to ghost so quickly, he was terrified like 10 minutes ago. He doesn't gradually learn to be brave it just happens which isn't true to his character. I actually don't mind watching this film, it has it's good bits. The relationship between them is clear, the father/son role definitely suits them (sounds obvious but not always the case with father/son actors). They manage to put a strain on their relationship in the film as opposed to in real life they are seriously close. The actual storyline is good, noticed how other films after (and perhaps before but I haven't seen any that came before) about monsters being blind but can sense smell, heat, touch and in this case, fear. It also had an underlying worldwide issue - earth turns on humans. Which I'm not surprised with the way we have treated it. I actually remember saying after watching this in the cinema that we really ought to start being more caring to the world. You never know it might happen!