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The reason Jayden was so annoying is...


The reason Jayden Smith is so annoying in this movie is not because he's a child actor. Nor is it because he is black. Nor is it because he happens to be Will Smith's son.

It's the fact that he's a snobby little stuck up disrespectful ass of a child. You know the type of child who needs to be spanked some sense into? This is the type of child that will grate on anyone's nerve whether in a movie or in real life. And to be honest i don't even blame the kid as it's mostly 99% of the time the fault and complete utter failure of the parents. These kids have parents who don't know how to properly raise a child--to raise a child to be respectful and have some basic goddamn decency and manners in civilized society. Again in real life this would be a torturous affair to be subjected to bear witness. And unfortunately in this movie we are forcefully subject to this abomination of cringe the whole way through. Of course no one's going to like this "character".

What can we take out of all this? Do society a favor and please raise your dang kids straight for the love of God. Don't be a pansy. It takes guts and action to be an adult childbearer. Otherwise don't have kids.

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Word!

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Way overthinking it. The only reason he is annoying is because the writers made his character say and do extremely stupid things.

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You're right.

But he's also so annoying because he's actually a really GOOD actor. You can't just be that annoying. You have to work at it. He got it down right.




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A-MEN!!!!!! You read my mind...... However, I take it a step further as to how Jaden Smith COMPLETELY BUTCHERED a potential great movie! The ONLY REASON why he was cast in this movie was for one simple reason: to make the SJW's happy! He SUCKS as an actor and his character did NOT fit into the movie at all....... There's ZERO CHEMISTRY between him and Jennifer Connelly and I could sense that she had to endure the torture of sucking up to an annoying child of Will Smith, who serves no purpose in an otherwise great movie! Same thing as INDEPENDENCE DAY..... WILL SMITH and his annoying ghetto character COMPLETELY BUTCHERED an otherwise great movie! I do agree that Will Smith IS a good actor, unlike his PRIVILEGED yet annoying son; especially when he IMPRESSED ME in "I am legend" movie, where his character was much more serious....

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I don't think I've liked him in any of his films. He seems to always play a character who is a smartass and full of annoying attitude. Maybe that one film where Will Smith and his son crash land a spaceship and Will is injured in the ship while the kid goes out on the mission in the bare elements (I can't recall what this was called), it has been a while but I don't think he was an annoying ass in that.

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