And the pre-Hobbit trailer deluge continues... Yes, this is the second 'people roaming around desolate Earth' trailer we've seen in 72 hours, but this is still a pretty solid looking trailer. The scale looks appropriately large, and it looks to present naturalistic images that we've never seen before. As with the golden age of M. Night Shyamalan trailers, this gives away little about the film aside from the very basic plot. The voice over is arguably trying to hide the fact that Jaden Smith has much more screen time than Will Smith, which makes sense from a marketing standpoint. Jaden Smith already stood toe-to-toe with Jackie Chan in one of his finest performances, so the question now is whether Jaden Smith has the natural ability to anchor a film all by himself ala Will Smith in I Am Legend. Of course the secondary question is which M. Night Shyamalan came to work. If it's the guy who directed Haley Joel Osmont to an Oscar nomination, then Jaden Smith will be just fine. If it's the guy who directed the various young performers in The Last Airbender, then there is cause to be afraid. Yes yes, fear is a state of mind, and I still believe that the Shyamalan who directed The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable is still alive. We'll find out for sure when After Earth opens on June 7th, 2013. I still haven't given up on him...
Scott Mendelson
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