Unbreakable I enjoyed until the closing text, Signs until the twist.
Totally OTM. I'd argue that first 2/3rds of Signs was the best thing he's ever done. Of couse, I haven't seen a single thing he's done (outside of YouTube compilations of the "best" of The Happening) since I walked out of The Village.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
did you end up crossing the interstate
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
just throw in IMMORTALITY
You're forgetting the $cientology connection. Jaden's been anointed L. Ron's new host body.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 April 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Jaden Smith played the most annoying movie kid in the history of cinema in The Day The Earth Stood Still. After 15 minutes i was thirsting to see his character get murdered.
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
lol co-writer Gary Whitta is the guy who did The Book of Eli... this is going to be spectacularly bad. I'm sensing Battlefield Earth levels of shittiness here.
― I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha that piece of shit Gaz Whitta. He used to be an editor for PC Gamer and had these horrible columns. How did he become a fuckin big time screenwriter. how.
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
and yeah I bet this is going to be a totally weird combination of Scientology stuff and M. Night's born-again shit.
― I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
wait wait I remember him from PC Gamer
who is he hypnotizing into thinking he can write
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Fortunately I parked on the right side of it, but it was so obvious what was coming that I realized I didn't need to sit through one of the worst-acted movies ever.
This is, he did, at one time, have some decent ideas but he should have never have been allowed to direct them.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
add in the worst elements of 'i am legend'
― omar little, Monday, 4 April 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
lol I don't even remember Adrien Brody being in "The Village", I was too busy wishing death upon Bryce Dallas Howard
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
you should see the scene in lady in the water where Bryce tells M Night that his work will inspire a great leader but he won't be alive to see it. serious drama.
― da croupier, Monday, 4 April 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
So the twist will be...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, April 4, 2011 4:19 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Jaden is the father
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, April 4, 2011 4:19 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark
cannot stop lolling
― how do I Mothman a ho? (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
someone just pointed out to me how Philly-centric Will and M are. Can't believe I missed that.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
The Fresh Prince of the Forbidden Zone
― Ned Raggett, Monday, April 4, 2011 8:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
irl lolz
― Godspeed HOOS! Black Steendriver (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i take people translated as data's "it's a madhouse" and raise him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3czMMsE-dU
― butterfield earth (get bent), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9MxTRspXpQ
(did you really want to talk about will and jaden?)
― butterfield earth (get bent), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Why did they name Willow after her father and Jaden after his mother? The eventual Scientology bodyswap also going to have tranny elements?
― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 10:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Jaden really freaks me out. All of his dad's stone-faced petulance without any of the charm.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Armstrong Just Don't Understand
― i get less play than an 8 track (San Te), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
what....NOOO
― Packie Bonner (Local Garda), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Five bucks says M. Night uses stock footage from "Batteries Not Included..."
― i get less play than an 8 track (San Te), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry just have to repost...never fails to make me lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmytj56Tck&feature=related
― Packie Bonner (Local Garda), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
never seen the Smith kid and have no plans to. Haven't seen an M Night since Unbreakable.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
(in case you forgot about Morbs' street cred)
― i get less play than an 8 track (San Te), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
forgot about drm
― i'm on the reichstag, baby, I was bahn this way (m bison), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
no, old man who picks time-wasting carefully
xp
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
They should film hours and hours of footage of Will and Jaden now, then Will solo against a blue screen, and then in 30 years Jaden in front of blue screen, and then make the first half of the movie Will and Jaden c. now and then the second half current Will interacting with future grown Jaden.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought that kind of delayed filming was the secret how they were going to end LOST. I was wrong.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/first-full-synopsis-for-m-night-shyamalans-after-earth-revealed
“In After Earth, one thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (played by Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai’s craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.”
― da croupier, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
Totally read rescue bacon there.
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
oh god
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
earth surviving until 3000 is like the most optimistic doomsday scenario ever
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
Cypher Raige!
― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
"a young boy navigates an abandoned and sometimes scary Earth" kinda makes me laugh more than anything else
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
Fucking WOW.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
It's sometimes scary, generally quite pleasant. Lots of peace and quiet.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
"okay Will, now get this... you play a CYPHER, but you are also full of RAGE"
― your petty attempt at destroying me is laughable (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
Nova Prime is almost as lol as Cypher Raige
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
found out that will smith is a scientologist. or is he??
― now all my posts got ship in it (dayo), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
the twist involves xenu
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
The twist is gonna be that they were actually on Nova Prime all along
― aspiring barkitect (silverfish), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
there was heavy speculation/implications in 2008-2010 but when that died down i wasn't sure if that meant he wasn't really becoming a clam after all or it just wasn't an exciting story anymore (xpost)
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah my friend mentioned it after tomkat blow-up. I read the story of xenu out loud to them and I think I have the sniffles now (hope I don't die of pneumonia etc.)
― now all my posts got ship in it (dayo), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
Will Smith is dogged by gay rumors and rumors of his marriage falling apart. Factor in his Cruise-like Hollywood ambition, and a renewed dedication to secrecy, and it all certainly makes him a prime candidate for Scientology by proxy.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWLV5Ad0vs
this is me after hearing about this movie for the first time today
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
i wish good things on will smith (i don't know why, i just like him), but this sounds awful
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
General Cypher Raige
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
I await Armond's challopsy rave review.
would you settle for the bright, reputable Matt Zoller Seitz?
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/after-earth-2013
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 June 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Ebert's remaining atoms of consciousness somewhere plotting murder.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 June 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
Some of Shyamalan's images echo classic movie tales of survival and madness in nature: "Aguirre: The Wrath of God," "Jeremiah Johnson," "The Searchers," "The Naked Prey," "The Edge."
This review is hazardous, I think I damaged my left eye from the eyeroll this sentence induced.
― ...also i'm awesome (Nicole), Saturday, 1 June 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
Hate Roeper, but even he has some good zings:
This movie is “Take Your Kid to Work Day” to the extreme.
As for the plot, I guess recycling remains in vogue centuries from now. There’s so little here we haven’t seen done previously, and done better.
(If we have the knowledge and wherewithal to evacuate an entire planet and transport millions if not billions to another galaxy, why can’t we figure out a way to save our own world? It seems cheaper.)
“After Earth” is a film without wit or sparkle. At times the special effects look so cheesy that you wonder if they’re going to pull back and show members of the crew rocking the ship or working the strings on puppets.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
TBF i have no stake in whether this film is good or bad. i'm glad that MZS has a different take on it. i don't know that i'm ready to spend $10 to find out whether he's right.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
but you could say that of most movies. i haven't actually seen more than one or two new movies in the theater over the past three months. i think the last one was "barbara," which was a disappointment to me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Some of Shyamalan's images echo classic movie tales of survival and madness in nature: "Aguirre: The Wrath of God,"
Movie critic kismet - this is from The Onion AV Club:
Austere, roomy compositions—courtesy of Peter Suschitzky, the longtime David Cronenberg cinematographer who also shot The Empire Strikes Back—frame Jaden Smith’s character against vast backdrops of swaying foliage; during certain stretches, After Earth looks more like an elaborate Werner Herzog homage than a big-budget sci-fi flick.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Word is that Now You See Me film is beating it this weekend. (And the new Fast and Furious still beating both.)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 June 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
― ...also i'm awesome (Nicole), Saturday, June 1, 2013 1:26 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
i dont see why shyamalan would be incapable of quoting the searchers
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 1 June 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I'll put up with a lot of junk in return for some herzog knock-off shots.
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Sunday, 2 June 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
does this film feature 5min long shot of Will Smith hypnotizing an iguana y/n
― Mr. Scarf Ace is Back (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 2 June 2013 00:50 (ten years ago) link
the audience sat in polite fear
+1
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 June 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
mzs is usually wrong imo
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
dude loves to heap elaborate praise on seriously mediocre shit
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
he is certainly a fan of hyperbole
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 01:41 (ten years ago) link
seitz is a really good & thoughtful writer.
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 06:36 (ten years ago) link
Wow, this is SO BAD. Not even worth watching on an airplane. I gave up shortly after the ship crashed. Like, nothing that happened had any meaning whatsoever. There are no stakes. I could not possibly care what happens to anybody in it.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 4 January 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 May 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
SET IN THE YEAR 3000
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 16 May 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link