1. Jaden Smith
I'm sorry, but I'm just not a believer in the Bieber-buddy. Much like he did in the remake of The Karate Kid, Jaden continues to display emotion via a constant expression which borders between "who farted?" and "I'm sowwy". Battle to battle, discussion to discussion and moment to moment, Jaden simply looks like a frightened child confused by everything and everyone. Again, I grasp that he's supposed to be naive until the final frames where he "grows into a man", but the constant expression of frightened inquisition becomes tiresome and further renders his personality one-dimensional. What really made my gears grind themselves to dust, however, was his voice. As if speaking like an extra on the set of Django Unchained, Jaden slurs and mumbles his way through dialogue and expository narration. I found it incredibly difficult to understand the fourteen-year old as he utterly lacks the enunciation of his father and blends his vocabulary into an indecipherable whole. I honestly had no idea what the villainous aliens were called until Will Smith addressed them. While he states "Ursa" bluntly, the first description of the beast Jaden gives goes something like this, "Andthat'swhenthaursacameand'attackedever'oneandtheycouldlit'rallyseeansmelly'fear". Later, Cypher states "If we don't activate the beacon, we are going to die. Repeat what I just said" to which Jaden states, "If we don't activate the beacon. . . We gon'die". Where Will Smith has remained (for the most part) a stalwart icon for Hollywood's ever-dwindling positive side by avoiding many of the pratfalls similar celebs alongside him were so accustomed to, Jaden has already become marked by his immense hubris and self-glorification (just watch his "Coolest" video... Then again, don't). He shows slight possibility as an actor, but first, he needs to get over himself and learn to embody a character--not just poorly recite lines and look as if he just lost a rap contract to his ol' buddy Justin.