I always though Will Smith just needs to let his kids find their own way

As a zoologist, I also wanna point out how stupid a pack of animals would be to attack a giant predator's nest who is much larger then them, and even continue the assault after multiple of their pack are killed - and then just leave the baby birds behind without eating them. No animal is that stupid.

As a person who has seen several documentaries on Scientology, the obvious themes present within this movie pretty much make this more of an advertisement for Scientology promo to me than anything else. Especially considering the fact that one of the core principles in Scientology is that fear and all other emotions are caused by a ''reactive mind'' that one can ultimately get rid of or suppress. Anyone else notice this ?.

Fun fact: the movie was once a simple camping story. Father gets hurt and son goes for help. The son faces his fears against a BEAR. This is probably why they used the name URSA when they ruined the entire premise and turned it into this science fiction nonsense.

"The toast landed... jellyside down!" -- Yeah, Devil was a real step up alright. It should also be noted that they don't simply track humans by smelling their fear. They smell their fear AND NOTHING ELSE.

5:02. You'd think that, but I'd like to point you to a line from The Last Airbender: "My brother and the princess became friends right away." You do not "tell" that much in books, a medium that lends itself much more to telling. Think about it. Imagine if you were reading The last Airbender, the novel, and it was written from the first person perspective of Katara. at one point she writes the following: "As we stood before the council I caught a glimpse of Sokka starring at Yue. After the council was disbanded, my brother and the princess became friends right away, while me and Aang went with master Pakku to begin our training." Compared to: "As we stood before the council I caught a glimpse of Sokka starring at Yue. After the council was disbanded, my brother turned to me and said "Hey, I'm going to go talk with the princess." before rushing after her. I saw her smile as he introduced himself, and they began chatting as they walked together. I turned around and me and Aang went with master Pakku to begin our training." By the description of the actions that Sokka and Yue have done, I established that they were becoming friends very quickly. I will admit, I'm not the best writer in the world, but even i understand that the best way to establish character and relationships is by telling the audience what they do, not who they are. And Shyamalan is getting paid to do this crap.

Now that should be a internet meme. DENIED SIT DOWN! come on. who is with me?

The twist is there is no twist.

Google's Auto-translation called Cipher "Diaper." Life is complete.

After 'DENIED SIT DOWN' we both smirked at the EXACT same time.

When Jayden's character says he wants to work with his mom...I like to imagine that is was actually Jayden telling Will that. That makes me smile thinking that

Funny how a big flaw in After Earth is how there are absolutely no signs of civilization, and a big flaw in Battlefield Earth is that there's too much and its completely unaffected by the 1000 years that passed

Even in Battlefield Earth, the characters stumbled upon the remains of the human civilization built long before the movie's setting. And that never happens at all in THIS movie?!

"What in God's holy name are you blathering about?!" LMAO, that was a great cut!

Fear is a stimulus that gives a burst of adrenaline for the 'flight-or-fight' response. It gives an advantage in dangerous situations.

Reflecting another commenter, Jayden's acting was pretty alright in The Karate Kid remake. He has a lot more to learn as an actor, but under the right direction, he's not that bad. That film also had some very good acting from Jackie Chan, particularly when Jackie's character is emotionally upset in the 'student teaches the master' scene.

i haven't laughed this hard in a long while. You're a genius sir! the accent comment and how the ursula hunts are howlarious details. This is the future, right? So surely they have the technology to create a HazMat suit that already exists today - has existed for atleast a decade if not more...

I like this better than the nostalgia critic version.

3:56 can Shyamalan say Marty Stu? "Everything on this planet is designed to kill humans." Clearly Shyamalamadingdong hasn't been to Australia. Also is Jaden starting to turn more and more into Hayden Christensen?

Mrs. Rage, can Cipher come out to play?

There will never be a Will/Jayden movie better than 'The Pursuit of Happiness.'

I request a Cinematic Excrement review of Noah

This is a story all about how, My ship got torn and turned upside down, So if you got a minute just sit right there, And I'll tell you how we made the worst film of the year...

Much better then The Nostalgia Critic's review.

Cypher Raige:One of the missing member of Youngblood.

Cypher Rage, the little known brother of Johnny Quest villain Ezekiel Rage, was always unnoticed, hence the nickname Cypher. :D

"I like it but I think it's something bad". Huh, that's what my wife said. :)

Admiral Raige, Space Ranger Corp. About to retire. "I'm getting too old for this ship."

that tidbit with tyrion was frigging hilarious

Hilarious episode. I loved all the jokes. So glad I never saw this movie. Your review will suffice. Keep up the work, can't wait for the next one!:D

"That's what you get when you use AT&T" -- I wholeheartedly agree with that.

I saw the trailer for this movie, and decided not to even bother with it. I'm glad to see that my decision was justified. You do good work, Sean. I've been a close follower of you since Eragon; which is still one of my favourite reviews. As KZfaq reviews go, you're probably my favourite next to Doug Walker (a.k.a. Nostalgia Critic). Keep it up. A sequel? Oh please say it's The Sea of Monsters! Please! I have never thrown my 3D glasses at a screen before, but that film brought me damn close.

You are literally the only person I have heard call Jaden Smith a good actor.

I just realized something... if these guys have remote probes for observation, why don't they have remote probes that can pick up things or operate simple machines? I guess what seems to be a light military ship wouldn't really need a probe like that for much other than basic repairs, and I could understand that Cypher and Katai probably wouldn't be able to jerry-rig one to fly out 100 km and continue to maintain contact with the ship. Still, it seems like something that would be a useful emergency tool.

This movie was destined to be a failure: Will Smith is a great actor, and while I not agree on your views of Jaden being a decent actor (I consider him a very mediocre actor) I agree that he can hone his craft with time. But that's not an excuse on this movie sucking: Will is SO vain and desperate on trying to push his son to become a star who forgot how make a quality film. But the movie just sank when Will hired Shamblezan as a director to suck any energy or potential left. I can say this movie might be worst than The Last Airbender: There, I said it, and I'm not taking it back. I grew to hate this movie at the rate it became one of the worst movies I've ever seen. While the Last Airbender was made out of laziness and not understanding the source material, After Earth was the product of pride of Will Smith and his whole family. Many people will disagree with me, but everyone we can agree this movie sucked bear balls.

Smeghead, since you reviewed two of Shymalan's worst films, do you think you could tackle "The Happening?"

2014: "I for one welcome the coming apocalypse" 2020: Yeah, might wanna reassess, mate

No...Cypher Rage sounded like a bad 90's comic book character.

"Show, don't tell". Didn't you remember anything from The Last Airbender?

I never knew about the first draft. That actually sounds like the basis for a good story! So...why the whole scifi thing? And it just occurred to me: Earth is still perfectly viable. Life is flourishing. The atmosphere is less breathable, but they clearly have means to overcome that! So WHY are they bothering with fighting hostile aliens who clearly have superior technology when they can just go back home? I think giant birds and monkeys are a little less threatening than genetically engineered monsters, guys!

Fun fact: Will Smith considers this as his worst movie.

I got this confused with Battlefield Earth. Is that a bad sign?

Alien monsters that smell our fear? Sounds like a game of Mad Libs.

I love you and i love your videos :3

The ship was "deathproof" but you needed to be in the kid's seat and strapped in for it to take effect. =P

It is a crime that nobody has put Denied Sit Down over will smith slapping chris rock

A father/son camping trip gone wrong might have actually been a decent movie.

Jaden Smith has only one expression throughout the film

This movie was also accused of promoting The Church of Scientology.

12:58 lol... now I see why he didn’t get “promoted to the rank of ranger (sir)”... What kind of ranger wouldn’t know the functions of their gear and the meaning/purpose of something as significant as the entire color of the suit changing? He’s said to be an excellent student in the classroom... I would imagine he would know about every weapon, gadget, and gear. Imagine someone looking to get into the marines saying they didn’t know the purpose of their gear. So this just confirms Katai is slow, and the only reason he’s made it as far as he has is nepotism

So in short: Ursa’s are pretty much the poor man’s version of the Grimm from RWBY but instead of being attracted to negative emotions, they are attracted by fear. I believe I gave a decent summary for the Ursa’s in this movie

18:46 lol, you just made a mouthful of beer shoot out of my nose!

I remember my reaction to this movies first trailer. " oh this doesn't look to bad" then directed by Shamilon appeared on screen, " oooooohhhh this is going to suck!" yeah after what he did to the last airbender I have no fate in the man. I mean my mom (who has never seen the original show) hated the movie, and she thinks twilight is as good as Harry Potter!!

It's got to be Grown-Ups 2. Gotta get the mandatory Sandler film outta the way! lol

Cypher reminds me of my father, a master at 'ghosting', well I've only seen him do it once.

Damn. I found this channel 5 years late. Story of my life 😭

WELCOME TO ERF. You nailed it.

I've figured out the accents!!! They are from Cartmanese, like in South Park Cartman. It dawned on me when the kid was yelling about "What did you want me to do" blah blah. All I could think was "sweet," said how Cartman says it. Respect may authoritah!

I'm not one to give M. Night a pass (ESPECIALLY for the travesty he called the Last Airbender), but for this movie I'm willing to overlook his "contributions". In fact, when I saw this, I had no idea M. Night was even involved until after when I looked it up on IMDB. I see this trainwreck as the Smiths fault. First they tried to get the daughter a singing career (Whip my hair back and forth should be considered a war crime) and then they tried to make the son into an action star. UTTER FAIL. And Will Smith is such a charismatic actor, but you wouldn't believe it by watching this movie. They tried to make Jayden look good and only succeeded in making him look like a whiny little piss-ant and Will look like talking cardboard.

You know there should have been a twist at the end. That the other distress beacon was broken too. Or alternatively the Ursa hit him so hard him beating the Ursa and getting off of earth was just a delusion caused by his brain injury. Yeah think I'ma go with that.

Kitai makes Bella Swann look intelligent.

It would actually be pretty cool if Kati met other humans on Earth. Let's be honest here. 7 billion people on this planet. I highly doubt a quarter of that was actually able to leave Earth. There had to have been humans left behind. Since we're animals ourselves wouldn't it make sense that those left behind evolved to survive such harsh environments over the millennium? It would give credit to "everything has evolved to kill humans." You definitely got it right Smeg. This was a huge wasted opportunity.

I would have though that the functionality of the suit would have been day 1 lesson 1 of his advanced ranger training. Especially a trainee who thought he was 'ready'.

PG13 with that ragdoll death scene shown over and over to make sure your kids get traumatized, well, ok then..

Snicker... Nova Prime? Really? They settled on that, not knowing that Nova Prime was the rather Xenophobic Prime who became NEMESIS Prime... certainly not a guy you wanna annoy by taking his planet. :) (sorry, Transformers reference)

Suggestion for next review having seen the Nostalgia Critic's review: Food Fight.

Here we are 6 years later and this finally got recommended to me, thanks YT!

Wow, I never thought the inflamed amygdala would give off a distinctive odor... thanks for that scientific insight that seemed to come right out of bright of day, M. Night Shamaylan!

I wonder if Trey Smith, wonders why dad isn't handing him a movie franchise?

Is it me or do I have a feeling Smeghead is much more convenient than Nostalgia Critic??

oh GOD that explains the dog scene in Walking Dead :(

thank you! someone bought this for me and I still have not watched after Avatar, but an almost half a movies worth review is perfect! lol

Jesus, even this comedy review is harder than hell to watch.

Firefly!

Let me guess: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters!

Yes..Percy Jackson 2 confirmed.!!

I feel so bad for people who think Hollywood losers are the only ones who make pretty moving pictures on the magic picture box.

I like that "smelling our fear" thing. I never saw the movie.

I just learnt that Shyamalan will be working on The Last Airbender 2 after his movie Split. Please, can we make a petition or something to erase him from existence??

I have to admit, i giggled when Jaden said "i like it but i think it's something bad" ... it was kinda funny

This movie kind of reminded of the Star Trek episode where Quark and Odo (who could not shapeshift at this time) crashed on a random planet. Most of the equipment got destroyed in the crash and the emergency transmitter got damaged, so they have to carry it to a mountain to work. The entire episode is just carried by two characters in ridiculous makeup bickering and it is an entertaining episode.

Well done Sean, well done :D

Still some of your finest work, Sean...😉👍

Shyamalan hit rock bottom and said, "Someone get me a shovel!"

Earth looks pretty nice to me. Green and lush.

Clementine! Now I want to see Smeghead review the game.

First comment! I love cats

27:04 Jaden: I want to work with Mom. Will: Me too. I’m debating if that was an line in the script or just a conversation between Will and Jaden that was recorded by mistake. Between her roles in the Madagascar films and Girls Trip, I think Jada is single handedly supporting the entire Smith family.

I need to say this: The movie established the atmosphere is unbreathable. So, what the hell are those plants all around producing?!! For anyone who paid attention in science class, you'd know that plants produce oxygen. But if the air is unbreathable on earth, then all the plants would be dead ant the land would be desolate, making that whole thing believable, yet they're clearly green and vibrant throughout the movie!

I prefer M. Night Shamalamadingdong. Everything bad about the story in this movie can be summed up in this little fact: Will Smith is a Scientologist. (This also explains Jaden Smith's moronic tweets.)

Glad I watched this before I saw the movie Recommendations: -The Village -samurai girl

Oh? Now I know who to thank for that traumatizing, never-playing-this-again Walking Dead dog part.

I really hope it's Percy Jackson 2. It was terrible but at least it had a few funny lines in the beginning.

Deep down, I knew After Earth was gonna bomb. What's worse is that it was directed by Shyamalan! So glad I never saw it.

Cinematic Excrement, can you review the film version of A sound of thunder.

Yeah, Jaden Smith is a pretty decent actor (I liked him in Kung Fu Kid, aka. the Karate Kid remake with no karate in it), but he's INSANE. (Just check out his Twitter account.)

I laughed way too hard at the 19:20 ski

Definitely should have stuck with simple storyline

i like the theory that signs, the happening and after earth are a trilogy

shamzberon love it