Sony is hopeful that its “After Earth” could sell as much as $38 million worth of tickets, which is a poor start for a $135-million movie with Will Smith, but other estimates say “After Earth” could barely surpass $30 million. Though some box-office prognosticators say “After Earth” should win the weekend, the odds favor Vin Diesel and his muscle cars, which should gross about $40 million in their second weekend of release. My colleague Amy Kaufman, who’s usually infallible at these sorts of calls, says that’s almost a certainty. Will it lose to the second weekend of “Fast & Furious 6” at the box office? Nowhere in evidence is the gifted ‘Sixth Sense’ director who once brought intricately crafted set pieces and cinematic sleight-of-hand to even the least of his own movies.” The critics, who have been excoriating the film, say the director’s touch is nowhere to be seen in “After Earth.” Reviewing the film in Variety, Scott Foundas said, “Though he shares screenplay credit with Gary Whitta, Shyamalan is clearly a director-for-hire here, his disinterest palpable from first frame to last. Although the director’s films sometimes feature sci-fi twists (“The Last Airbender,” “Signs”), “After Earth” is more of a genre film than anything he’s made before. There are no major plot twists, as there was in Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense,” and because the film stars a 14-year-old, the acting isn’t likely to attract comparisons to the filmmaker’s best-known works. Even though Will Smith is in the movie frequently, Jaden Smith is its star. The elder Smith’s character is in constant contact with his son, but the movie is very much about Kitai’s journey Cypher doesn’t even leave the spaceship while they are on Earth. So Kitai must travel 100 kilometers to recover a homing device that will ensure their rescue. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) and Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) are the only survivors of the accident, but Cypher has two broken legs. The film’s action is precipitated by the crash of a spaceship on Earth, a millennium after the planet became uninhabitable. The movie’s trailer suggests that Will Smith and his 14-year-old son, Jaden, share equal screen time. In his book “Dianetics: The Original Thesis,” Hubbard writes, “A Clear is relaxed in a fully conscious state, untroubled by aberrated fears.” An iconic image in “Dianetics” is an erupting volcano, which also plays a prominent part in the conclusion of “After Earth.” Said Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers: “ ‘After Earth’ merits comparison with 2000’s ‘Battlefield Earth,’ John Travolta’s godawful film tribute to the sci-fi novel by Scientology founder L. Some of that plot mirrors Hubbard’s teachings, which focus on overcoming fear. It is a product of thoughts you create.” Human characters in “After Earth” are detected by alien creatures by the fear they exhibit, and can survive only by relaxing. At one point in the movie, Will Smith’s character says, “Fear is not real. Some Internet banter has noted the similarities between the movie’s plot, dialogue and imagery with the teachings of L. Night Shyamalan was satisfied with the theatrical cut.Here’s a primer on six issues the movie raises.ĭoes it really feel like the story is about Scientology? The deleted footage was never released as director M. However, the movie was largely re-edited after performing poorly at test screenings, and any actors that were playing the role of Nova Primates were either reduced to extras or cut out entirely from the final cut. The original cut also provided more backstory related to the decline of Earth. The original cut of the movie focused more on the origin story of the Nova Prime, the S'krell alien race that attempted to take Earth over with their monsters Ursas. Also, did you know that the majority of the film was re-edited before its final cut? Will Smith's After Earth was highly edited? Even though the movie was highly anticipated and was made on a huge budget the movie received negative reviews from the critics. It was the second time Jaden Will Smith appeared on screen together as father and son after their critically acclaimed movie The Pursuit of Happyness. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote it with Gary Whitta, based on an original story idea by Will Smith. After Earth is a post-apocalyptic action film which was directed by M.
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