There are a
lot of promising science-fiction films scheduled for release next year, the two
most exciting being Cuarón´s Gravity
and Bloomkamp´s Elysium, however this
past week we have gotten trailers for After
Earth and Oblivion. Both films
seem to contain a post-apocalyptic vision of Earth, as well as some major star
power in the form of Will Smith and Tom Cruise, as well as being released just
a little over a month apart.
After
Earth is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, which marks his first film since his
critical and financial failure, The Last
Airbender, and could potentially make or break his career, considering the
downward slope he has been on since The
Sixth Sense. It is the first time he directs a film he didn’t write himself
and with Will Smith as producer he won´t get as much freedom as he usually
gets, which is probably a good thing… still got to admit I think this looks
pretty bad.
However I
have to say Oblivion looks far
superior in my opinion, that’s not to say this doesn’t have potential to be
atrocious, because I think it absolutely does; yet it has potential to be great
as well. When comparing the two trailers, this seems to be way less cheesy and
could be quite epic. Besides Morgan Freeman looks pretty damn awesome as the villain
(?). I am not a huge fan of Tom Cruise, but I can get past it if the rest of
the movie is good.
Be sure to
check the trailers out and see for yourself which you are more excited for.
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