[scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?
http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is to this critic, at least a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.
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It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship money too much to say it to their faces. Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year- old really has the haters foaming.
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ahar...@earthlink.net I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with Karate which is a Japanese thing. It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu? All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet! I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else. Amy It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship money too much to say it to their faces. Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.
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This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the movie. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib wrote: > > > > ahar...@earthlink.net > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and > I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with > Karate which is a Japanese thing. > It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of > Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell > tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too > stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu? > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful > ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film > Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I > bet! > > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else. > > Amy > > > It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship > money too much to say it to their faces. > > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like > "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. > Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred > towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. > > What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep > hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the > majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. > > > > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: > > > > http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ > > What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, > who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that > audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, > loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of > the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who > hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least > — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that > Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the > movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters > (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my > review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the > haters foaming. > > > > > >
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Cant go wrong with jackie chan. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the movie. > > > > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html > > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib wrote: > >> >> >> >> ahar...@earthlink.net >> I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers >> and I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with >> Karate which is a Japanese thing. >> It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of >> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell >> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too >> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu? >> All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful >> ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film >> Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I >> bet! >> >> I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else. >> >> Amy >> >> >> It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but >> worship money too much to say it to their faces. >> >> Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like >> "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. >> Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred >> towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. >> >> What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep >> hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the >> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. >> >> >> >> On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: >> >> >> >> http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ >> >> What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, >> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that >> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, >> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of >> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who >> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least >> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that >> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the >> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters >> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my >> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the >> haters foaming. >> >> >> >> >> > > -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?
I hated the idea too. But, damn, the execution was amazing. This is a GREAT movie. --- On Mon, 6/21/10, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 10:44 AM This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the movie. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ dawnoftheseraphs .html On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib wrote: ahar...@earthlink. net I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with Karate which is a Japanese thing. It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu? All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet! I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else. Amy It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship money too much to say it to their faces. Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: http://movie- critics.ew. com/2010/ 06/18/why- the-hatred- for-jaden- smith/ What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.
Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?
Some of it is just racism. Others are just hating because they are jealous. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: > http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ > > What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, > who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that > audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, > loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of > the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who > hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least > — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that > Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the > movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters > (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my > review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the > haters foaming. > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
