Movie Reviews -  The Day The Earth Stood Still

April 12, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Tyler Richardson said ...

Some Ol' BULLSHIT this movie was boring as hell.

March 01, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Joey said ...

Aaargh this movie pissed me off! I'm gonna give it a very low Rental, the original was a masterpiece and this was a flat, uninteresting pass at a remake. Sure, the special effects were great, and it offered some interesting ideology (that is if you're 12 years old) but the acting sucks so bad and they should've made gort look more modern if anything...

January 11, 2009 at 3:43 AM, atomicbeauty said ...

Well I've never seen the original, but I thought the movie had some good concepts and metaphors like the sphere's being arks and the alien being born with placenta and all, lol. The lil kid was getting on my nerves though, the part where they were at the grave of his father it would of been good if the dad would of come out like a zombie, lol. And as for Keeanu he is forever with a blank stare and emotionless, in every single role he portrays so no shocker here... I actually thought his character was supposed to be that way and that it was a good role for him being that that's the way he is. I would give it a Low Matinee, because of the special effects.

January 02, 2009 at 2:01 PM, bijan said ...

matinee

January 01, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Pac-man said ...

This shit right here is one of the worst movies of there year,staight up.. with the exception of Jennifer Connely the acting was non-existent.. I like Reeves but would someone please give his ass a role where he isn't wherin' a fuckin' suit and lookin' like past roles..i thought his ass was gon do some matrix shit or possibly excersise some demons... and im glad someone felt the way i did about Jayden even if that was what the role called for... but in a nutshell this was a big ass let down for me 'cause i thought that this was gon be some good shit..one of the last movies of the year and this could have been a last of the year bang for '08

December 25, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Scott Martin said ...

Damn Korey. Hope the rest of your trip went better than that movie.

December 20, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Christy Carter said ...

STOP MAKING REMAKES.

December 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Javier said ...

i totally agree with korey, that the movie started good but then just fucked up in the end. ill give it a rental for the beginning of the movie, and some ole bullshit for the end. p.s. can ppl stop making remakes, please.

December 17, 2008 at 3:00 AM, the_curator said ...

lol @ the mcdonalds part. Yeaaa I had no interest in seeing this movie at all. Not surprised to hear it's pretty bad.

December 16, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Andi McCool said ...

Hey, great review as always guys! I also can't stand all those shitty remakes of classical films.

December 16, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Dade the Mad said ...

The best way I can describe this film is hollow. There's a great shell of a movie here, a fun premise, strong concepts, the building blocks for what could be a good film. The first 20-30 minutes of the film got my hopes up, it builds up the the start of world tension, the confusion and awe of seeing an alien being arrive at our doorstep very well. This build up then leads to what should be the real substance of the film, and thats where it's lacking. What should have followed in my opinion is intelligent and thought provoking dialogue concerning the nature of man and his relationship with the planet. Is man a benefit or plague on the planet? Does man offer long term benefits at the cost of short term pain? Is it moral to wipe out one species for the survival of the others? The film needed to build up a case for Klaatu's actions, then build up a strong counter argument that convinces us and Klaatu that humanity deserves another chance. It does neither unfortunately, rushing us to a conclusion that is just as hollow and emotionless as the film. Instead of focusing on the global theme the movie focuses on the human drama of Connolly and Smith, but it doesn't even use that effectively. There's a point in the film where Reeves and Smith are left together in the woods, this was a perfect time to have the child work as a metaphor for humanity, scared and alone, prone to brash actions to defend itself, but capable of learning. It even felt briefly like they thought to do this, but before the idea gets off the ground the story rushes past it and moves on to the next scene. The film just feels like a wasted opportunity to tell a convincing story. John Cleese's brief scene with barely 4 lines of dialogue exemplifies this.

December 16, 2008 at 1:08 PM, filthgrinder said ...

I hated this movie. The only good thing that came out of this is that the remake will give the original some new publicity and hopefully attract younger movie goes to the classics. Hell, I will even go out on a limb and say the effects on the classic is better than the remake. The whole movie felt like a TV show. Not to mention all the TV actors in it, and god awful editing! Shit, I think calling this a TV movie is insulting to TV....I take it back, this crap is a YouTube movie...