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Another Cool Photo of Jaden Smith Inheriting an Acting Career

Posted by Superheidi | Wed, February 15 2012

M. Night Shyamalan's new sci-fi movie After Earth stars rich megamillionarestar Will Smith AND his son Jaden Smith.

Here's the plot of the film: After a crash landing, a father and son explore an alien planet, which is Earth "one thousand years after humans abandoned it."

Two totally hip dudes, father and son, crash on a planet; their tricked-out, sweet-rimmed aircraft made of solid gold, studded with mega-space-future-bling, totally destroyed. None of their dawgs in site to save them. Trading bad urban-inspired one-liners even though Smith has never been anywhere "urban" since he left Philadelphia in 1990.

Isn't it sad that his first son, Willard Christopher Smith III, who he had with Sheree Zampino in 1992, didn't get the same break that Jaden gets? After dancing with daddy in Smith's 1998 single "Just the Two of Us," poor little Willard was dropped like a hot potato for the more "marketable" Jaden (also, I'm sure mommy Jada wasn't going to waste the family's precious money and fame and glory to make that OTHER bitch's son famous).

After Earth will probably be out this June 2012. Here's the new photo that sites like FirstShowing and /Film are calling "cool" and drooling over:

Why are they so excited? Shyamalan sucks, I think we can all agree. At least he didn't write it; Gary Whitta, whoever that is, did.

I'm so sick of kids being groomed to be megastars by their horrible parents. What, it isn't enough that Jaden Smith is going to grow up with his one private bank account of $75,000,000 to do with what he likes when he turns 18? No? He has to be forced upon us, shoved in our faces and forcible, artificially crafted as a "star" when the kid is anything but (I mean, even Cirroc Lofton had more sincerity, and he had almost none).

Anyway, isn't it weird how Emma Roberts went from a normal girl in high school in Los Angeles to a rich and famous movie star? I bet it has nothing to do with the fact that Auntie Julia Roberts made a few phone calls.

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Wed, 02/15/2012 - 15:57

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Fuck M. Night Shyamalan.

Wed, 02/15/2012 - 16:12

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Being that Will is from my neighborhood, I can't really hate on the guy who made it off our block--after that, all we got is the Roots, Rocky (who's, yes, fictional. I'm sorry...very fucking fictional) and food that will cause heart failure from just smelling it. But I can understand where you're coming from when the offspring of movie stars immediately get that "break" due to the success or power name of their parents, and I can especially understand it being very frustrating for aspiring actors barely making rent in L.A. watching these people jump ahead everyone in the audition line. It's the way it goes, I suppose.

Shamalan, on the other hand, has increasingly been annoying since Unbreakable, but for some reason I will continue to watch his films (and that's not because he's also a local). Maybe it's more like a "I'm-going-to-watch-this-because-I-want-to-see-how-he's-gonna-fuck-it-up-this-time" kinda thing.

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Wed, 02/15/2012 - 17:13

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zwillis wrote:

Shyamalan, on the other hand, has increasingly been annoying since Unbreakable, but for some reason I will continue to watch his films (and that's not because he's also a local). Maybe it's more like a "I'm-going-to-watch-this-because-I-want-to-see-how-he's-gonna-fuck-it-up-this-time" kinda thing.

I know what you mean. I haven't actually seen the last few, but I always hope the next one will be the one that isn't complete dreck.

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Wed, 02/15/2012 - 17:27

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Cash Bailey wrote:

Fuck M. Night Shyamalan.

Yes...and fuck this too:

I thought Sixth Sense was passible, and I haven't seen The Last Airbender, but I've seen everything else from the man (even that movie with Rosie O'Donnell) and i can't even believe people give him money to make movies. He is a rare blend of incompetence, incredible ego and pretension. I even flipped through that book about the making of "Lady in the Water", which tried to be an exalting puff piece, but comes across as a hatchet job of a monster ego. There would be shit like "M. Night's assistant brought him a bottle of Aquifina water when he specifically asked for Poland Spring. He screamed at her, and rightfully so; in her small way, she was an enemy to M Night's grand vision". AND THE WRITER IS DEADLY SERIOUS.

So, I don't suscribe to the notion that M. Night used to be good. I think he just got lucky with one movie which played to his very few strengths and hid his weaknesses, and it was also carried by Haley Joel Osment. Having said that, he amuses me in an anthropological sense. I am hoping for a lunatic pile of annoying horseshit on the level of The Happening.

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Wed, 02/15/2012 - 17:43

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Oh good, with Smith & his mini-me we can look forward to double the scenes containing epic dialogue, such as "Awww hell Noh", or "You betta belee dat". Two Smiths & a Shyamalan should make a real nice shit stew....I can smell June from here.

Wed, 02/15/2012 - 18:51

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Rocky is real!!

As for this movie, I'll watch it.

Wed, 02/15/2012 - 22:08

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Gore Gore Girl wrote:

Rocky is real!!

As for this movie, I'll watch it.

Why are you supporting everything that is wrong with Hollywood?!

Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:03

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Never mind.

Thu, 02/16/2012 - 14:22

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You know I admit I kind of like his movies well the earlier ones at least. I do like "Unbreakable", and I know people are going to judge me, but I did enjoy "Lady In The Water" as well. But he has made some serious stinkers, and I just don't know if I could put myself through "The Last Airbender" while "The Happening" was his latest effort and well that one pretty much sucked too. God everything about that movie was so bad, I guess the idea is somewhat interesting, but the execution of that was so beyond terrible. I guess "Devil" was ok and entertaining, but I didn't watch all of it. I have heard though people thought it wasn't as bad as his other films. As if "not as bad" is a compliment these days.

You know I have to admit when I was reading the basic story of "After Earth" a while back it sounded interesting. But as soon as I started to read who M. Night was going to cast in it I was like "Nevermind!" lol

I did happened to see "The Karate Kid" (not by choice, but my friend at the time had to see it) and it was so horrible. The only thing I kind of enjoyed was Jackie Chan trying to play a serious role. I haven't seen all of his movies when he was just doing Asian cinema, but I'm intrigued to find out I guess. I just couldn't really get into the comedies he did here. But man I just really detest taking a classic film like "The Karate Kid" and only remake it just because you want to put your little darlings in it because you think they are good. The only thing I kind of liked that Will Smith and Jaden did was "The Pursuit of Happyness." But I think its because maybe he was still young and didn't think anything of it. Of course now that's not the truth, "I'm going to become a big star like my mommy and daddy!" Plus I also saw him in the remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" which again not that great. I don't know if it was just the role that required him to be such an "ungrateful annoying brat". But he made that film that much more unbearable because he was just so over dramatic with the character it was getting to become a caricature. So now I just don't really care to see him in anything if he wields that type of acting. Again I don't know him personally or the Smiths, but again like so many others I hate being forced to accept these precious darlings because mommy and daddy want them in everything because they are so awesome!

I'm glad Terry McMillan said the same thing, and of course she got shit for it, and removed it to play nice of course. I agree with her though and I think she said what I think most people want to say.

http://necolebitchie.com/2011/01/27/author-terry-mcmillan-thinks-that-willow-jaden-smith-are-getting-pimped/

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The Smith children already act like child stars. There’s an arrogance in their demeanor and behavior. I find it incredibly sad. It feels like the Smith children are being pimped and exploited. Or, they’re already hungry for fame. What about 4th grade?

A lot of A-list movie stars shielded their children from the Hollywood-world until they were old enough to decide. Look at those who didn’t. Look at Lindsay. Phoenix. To name but a few. They miss out on childhood. It’s more important than fame.

These kids don’t already know what they “love”. Total bullshit. They’re not prodigies. They think Hollywood is real.

Why don’t they do a remake of The Little Rascals and call it a day? Or, come up with an original film with some ethnic pride. Come on.

Okay. I’ve said enough about the Smith children. I’m not debating about them. It’s just my opinion. People can justify anything, though.

In 4th grade my son came home complaining that the kids in his school said I was famous and rich. I told him that was not true. That some of my books were popular but not everybody liked them. That we could afford a vacation. “Oh” he said, and went back & repeated it. I wanted him to think of me as his mother. He didn’t read any of my novels until he was 15. He only read 26 pages. Was bored.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everybody. I raised my son. I’m not wasting another minute worrying about how Will & Jada are raising their kids.

P.S. I loved the Karate Kid.

Read more: Author Terry McMillan Thinks That Willow & Jaden Smith Are Getting Pimped | Necole Bitchie.com

Although I'm not that familiar with Terry McMillan work, but I admit I kind of like "Waiting to Exhale" although she has said some controversial things and in her books. I agree with her mostly on the Smiths and their children. It annoys me that just because their A-Lister's kids we shouldn't have an opinion or we are being mean. Personally if I think the work they put out isn't so great I don't feel I should be forced to adore them. I love how my friends were like "You are being mean!" no I'm not I'm being truthful. They maybe nice kids after all I don't know them, all I do know is I thought the remake of "The Karate Kid" was terrible and Jaden Smith didn't help it at all. I'm not saying we shouldn't encourage kids to do what they enjoy, that goes for every kid out there. But, just because you are a kid of a famous person doesn't mean everything you do is Oscar gold or Grammy award-winning. Personally I don't think "Whip my hair back and forth" is amazing song. When I hear it I just want to bash the radio in.

Also Rock is a real person, Rocky Marciano is a boxer if that's who Gore Gore Girl was referring too. Plus lots of other boxers coincidentally go by that name as well. I wouldn't doubt it if they got it from the movie or maybe they didn't. They are out there though.

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The character Rocky (at least in the 1st film) was inspired by both Rocky Marciano and Chuck Wepner, so it's not uncommon that people think the character was based on a real boxer's career. There was the Wepner/Ali fight, which was the inspiration for the big fight in the first film, but the two aren't close enough that you could say that Stallone (as the writer) took a page from history and just changed the names.

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I'm sorry to get some of ya'll off track with the Rocky thing. I know the inspirations behind the character, but the story is fictional. I was more referring to the silly folks in my town who think Rocky Balboa is a physical Philadelphia treasure. And the fact that he probably gets more respect then a real Philadelphia box, say Joe Frazier, kind of irks me--so that's what I mean by "not real." But, hey--I like the movie. Let's see...how to get off this topic...hmmmm...so...how 'bout that Shia Labeouf?

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zwillis wrote:

Well I'm aware the story is very much fictional, but I remember Stallone did talk bout Rocky Marciano on a doc about the movie "Rocky". But this was eons ago, when I was 12 I think and it was on tv. I was just thinking about that just for the sake of mentioning there was a boxer named Rocky in real life. I know the story of "Rocky" is pretty much fictional. So anyways I honestly don't know if I could see another M. Night film.

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Gore Gore Girl wrote:

Never mind.

Sorry...I should have included a smiley there. I was only goofing around.

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The kid isn't being done any favors growing up in Scientology either.

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