I feel bad for everyone that worked on this film, one spoiled rotten brat wrecked the entire thing. It's his dad's fault he's been unleashed on the American public the way he has. Must we continue to suffer or can he just retire already?

The kid was toxic. I found it hard to believe that the alien actually GAVE us a second chance because of him.

Keanu is the master of the expressionless look, perfect for an emotionless alien. I am being serious given the gravity of the situation.

I was amused by how they portrayed our military. Our Sec. Of Defense, played by Kathy Bates, was bafflingly hostile to a very benign first contact when diplomacy would have been most useful and we were outmatched. But later when military force is justified, we use the same weapons that failed so miserably the first time. And this is after we move the jumbo robot to an isolated location. How about using one of our many tactical nukes? This would have actually worked because Keanu disables the robot bug swarm with an EMP and our nukes generate EMP's.

So our military pisses off the aliens and then never uses our best weapon; great job guys :-)

I closed my eyes and thought about this whenever the kid spoke. This was still an entertaining enough movie to watch.

It's not a bad movie. Keanu Reeves is great, Jennifer Connelly is great as usual, the real problem with the movie is Jaden Smith, he is just a toxic blob, perhaps one of the worst actors in the history of Hollywood.

Nobody should ever hire him, nobody should ever allow him within a hundred miles of a film set, every word he utters, every scene he's in is toxic and unwatchable just like After Earth. Every project he is involved in is diminished by his presence and extreme lack of charisma. An iguana has more screen presence than he does.

The same with virtually everything else he's done the kid has an unbelievable lack of talent. Considering his father and how talented he is one has to wonder how how does a son of a talent like Will Smith fall so far from the tree.

Avoid Jaden at all costs, avoid anything he's in, anything he does, he's is utterly unwatchable.

If you are able to get past the Jaden roadblock, the film is fun.