From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    T987654321  wrote:   
      
   > After Earth   
   > 2013  PG-13  100 minutes   
   >   
   > A thousand years in the future, Gen. Cypher Raige and his young son, Kitai,   
   > crash-land their crippled ship on the long-abandoned, desolate Earth. With   
   > his father near death, Kitai sets out to find a beacon that will save them   
   > from certain doom.   
   >   
   > Cast:Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Kristofer Hivju, Gabriel   
   > Caste, Zoë Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo, David Denman, Sacha Dhawan, Lincoln Lewis   
   > Director:M. Night Shyamalan   
   >   
   >   
   > Fail.  This movie has a lot of good idea, and the fx and cinematography are   
   > well done.  Even the father/son survival bonding plot isn't that bad.  But   
   > the acting, oh help.  Both Smiths have zero emotional depth, specially Jaden   
   > who goes thru the whole film in a state of petulant anger.  Finally the   
   > details break down; the alien monster wouldn't last five seconds against a   
   > marine with a machinegun (but in the high tech future there are no guns),   
   > there's a bird that um yah, and Kitai has to climb a volcano to get above the   
   > ionosphere.   
   >   
   > Worth watch if you can get past the dialog.   
      
   Agreed, empty and emotionless story that culminates with a five second   
   action scene which is 100% predictable.   
      
      
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