The story opens with a B-movie sci-fi prologue - kind of like a Starship Troopers without its tongue planted in its cheek. The story trajectory is so obvious that one of Shyamalan's cheesy surprises would have been welcome, but the director is stuck in Last Airbender mode and that's not a good thing. The characters are emotionally neutered the average viewer won't care about them. This time around, Shyamalan's trademark third-act twist is missing in action - as is anything resembling competent storytelling.
Night Shyamalan has fallen so far from grace that Columbia Pictures elected not to use his name in the marketing of After Earth. If the lions and eagles in After Earth had looked remotely believable, maybe I wouldn't have occasionally entertained the idea that this big budget misfire was intended to be a parody. When it comes to bringing animals to life on a computer, someone should have consulted Ang Lee. Outside of some nice visuals, it's impossible to find a reason to recommend the film, which feels overlong at 100 minutes as it plods through a tiresome adventure quest that sends a boy out into the wilderness on his own in a hostile environment prowled by bad CGI animals and stupid plot contrivances. Night Shyamalan, "After Earth," scheduled for release next year by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures, is the first major motion picture to be shot using Sony's groundbreaking F65 CineAlta™ digital production camera.The sad truth about After Earth is that not only is it difficult to find things it does well, but there are numerous examples of outright incompetence dotting the landscape. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The latest film from the production company Overbrook Entertainment and acclaimed director M. The workshops, beginning in March, are designed to educate qualified directors, cinematographers and other film industry professionals. In response to the strong interest in Sony's new F65 CineAlta™ camera from the filmmaking community, Sony Pictures Studios plans to host workshops on digital workflows supporting the F65. With 16-bit Linear RAW file output capability, the F65 creates the gateway to an end-to-end 4K file-based mastering workflow. The F65 camera's unprecedented 8K image sensor, with approximately 20 total megapixels, offers higher image fidelity than any other digital cinema production camera. The result is sure to be a unique and visually immersive entertainment experience for the movie-going consumer." "The combination of an innovative moviemaker and a script with incredibly high production values will test the limits of this camera and its powerful feature set. "This movie is the perfect first project for the F65," said Alec Shapiro, senior vice president at Sony Electronics. Approximately 400 units were pre-ordered, and several other high-profile productions are also planned to be shot with the F65. In January 2012, Sony began worldwide deliveries of the F65 camera to meet the incredibly high demand from production professionals. It really is a camera for the future and I'm going to use it again on a number of films." "As soon as I did testing of the F65, I was immensely impressed by the amount of detail it captures, by its incredible flexibility, from low lights to high lights, and its great contrast range. "The F65 is like a great leap forward," said director of photography, Peter Suschitzky.
Shyamalan commented, "I couldn't be any happier with the F65, which is amazing since I'm a 'film guy' and I thought I'd die a 'film guy.' It's a digital media that's warm and has humanity in it which is obviously the most important thing to me." Night Shyamalan, "After Earth," scheduled for release next year by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures, is the first major motion picture to be shot using Sony's groundbreaking F65 CineAlta™ digital production camera. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The latest film from the production company Overbrook Entertainment and acclaimed director M.