Originally posted by Q99It is most assuredly not M. Night's fault.
Jaden already had Karate Kid.The director is at fault. His view is that if you have a famous actor, you should have them do something other than what they're best at. He viewed Bruce Willis as an action guy, so no action- that worked in Sixth Sense. However, the Smith's best traits are being *likable*. Take that away and...
After Earth was horse shit, and it's easy to blame that on M. Night, but that was Will Smith's baby. The bulk of the blame rests on his shoulders.