After Earth ***

I feel bad for the bad press this film got it was not deserved. Yes I only gave it three stars but that does not mean I didn't enjoy the film because I did. I like pretty much all of M. Night Shyamalan films he is an amazing director I feel people don't get him.  He is a very deep thinker and unfortunately it does not sometimes translate well to the viewers or they just don't get it. It's sad that in today's times movies have to spell out everything not leaving us to use our brains and actually think about what we are watching. as a society we have become use to everyone dumbing it down for us. So on that note I feel bad for Mr. shyamalan for getting bad press for making us think and pretty much being black listed by movie goers just because his name is attached to a movie. After Earth is a very complex movie you see Will Smith go through a huge array of emotions while still keeping up his military persona while also trying to keep himself alive. He did an amazing job as an actor in this movie. His son Jaden Smith unfortunately didn't do so well he really needs to learn to project and enunciate his words because in the being narration he did I couldn't understand at thing he said. Also his acting was a bit weak that could not be all his fault I believe it also had to do with the writting that at times was horrendously cheesy and his blow ups at his father were ill timed. A friend and I were discussing this movie and feel that Jaden's character should have been a daughter not a son to give that vulnerable  strength a little more depth and also make her achievements greater. The special effect and the monsters are really cool and impressive.I appreciate when someone can come up with new ideas and looks for monsters. But if you have seen this movie you will also notice that the deserted earth almost looks like the Jurassic period there are no crumbled buildings or any signs of human life at all except some cave drawings. So wouldn't it have been an awesome twist if they actually landed on earth in the past instead of future and they had to meet up with early man and then in turn are able to fix all of our mistakes so we would never have to leave earth in the first place. just and idea......It was an interesting idea for a movie with many facets they just were not executed well or should I say thoroughly .It's still a good movie that keeps you entertained and you want to watch it till then end to see what happens. It's just when you get there your let down a little bit.

Oblivion ****

Oblivion was surprisingly entertaining even though the story was not very in-depth. It was fast paced and visually stunning. The house pods and vehicles were very different and neat to look at. The ending was a pleasent surprise that made you leave feeling good and I'm glad that the ending made sense for once. I hate when they just end it. I like that they put some thougt into it. But I have to say character developement was lacking and I'm a huge stickler on that. I understand Jack was an astronaut and the people who feel from the sky were his crew but there are a lot of holes here.....Like when he ejected the pod of sleeping people were they really floating around for 60 years? I thought he said they were set for reentry and wouldnt the pods battery die killing them all before 60 years even came about? How did that little beeping code bring the pod down? I don't know about these things but for me this is far fetched even for sci-fi. As for the aliens unfortunately you never really see them. All you know is they came to our planet for energy. But were the aliens robots or little men you never see riding in triangular vehicles? If they were robots why did they need our water? I guess they could be farming it and turning it to energy maybe another thing they could have answered. But as a whole I was entertained and I did find it fun to watch. It was a unique approach to the alien invasion genre and defiantly appreciated.