They missed out the other turkey that even turkeys avoid, starting Will Smith and son Jayden..... The appalling After Earth, based on the equally appalling Battlefield Earth. Makes Plan 9 from Outer Space look like Casablanca by comparison. Another Scientology based loadabollox that sank without trace, and that unlike the legendary city of Atlantis, noone is looking for it.
That's the problem with so many films, great effects, chi and costumes; shame about the thin plot, childish story and acting more wooden than a fencepost. It's ALL about the whizz bang effects to hold the attention of an increasingly dumbed down audience where the story is reduced to "messages" .
They missed out the other turkey that even turkeys avoid, starting Will Smith and son Jayden..... The appalling After Earth, based on the equally appalling Battlefield Earth. Makes Plan 9 from Outer Space look like Casablanca by comparison. Another Scientology based loadabollox that sank without trace, and that unlike the legendary city of Atlantis, noone is looking for it.
ReplyDeleteI watched that - great special effects, at least!
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem with so many films, great effects, chi and costumes; shame about the thin plot, childish story and acting more wooden than a fencepost. It's ALL about the whizz bang effects to hold the attention of an increasingly dumbed down audience where the story is reduced to "messages" .
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