Not a great film but I just listened to this interview with him here (you to right click on it to open the link) and doesn't sound like he takes it too seriously which is a good thing.
The day the earth stood still
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captain_charisma1
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Just home from seeing it today.
Best I can say is "Mostly Harmless". Bland.
If you've seen the trailer you've seen all the highlights, especially all the visual effects - there ain't much else to see.
I'll have completely forgotten I've seen it tomorrow, because it has nothing memorable about it. Hope I don't forget it, though, wouldn't want to waste my money on it when it's released on VHS tape - sorry, I mean 8mm film, which is where it belongs.
Best I can say is "Mostly Harmless". Bland.
If you've seen the trailer you've seen all the highlights, especially all the visual effects - there ain't much else to see.
I'll have completely forgotten I've seen it tomorrow, because it has nothing memorable about it. Hope I don't forget it, though, wouldn't want to waste my money on it when it's released on VHS tape - sorry, I mean 8mm film, which is where it belongs.
Well I thought it very good - thought provoking and followed the original films format even down to the robot Gort.
In the 50s film mankind was warned to mend its war like ways -- nukes etc, or suffer the consequences with electricity being turned off for 24 hours as a warning - hence the day the world stood still title
In the 50s film mankind was warned to mend its war like ways -- nukes etc, or suffer the consequences with electricity being turned off for 24 hours as a warning - hence the day the world stood still title
In this version are we to assume that he could only save mankind by turning off electricity permanently – Keanu Reeves... Klaatu making the comment along the lines of I can only stop it with sever reprocusions
We went to see it last night against my better judgement.
It comes across like a made for TV movie.
Really, you'd have thought that we'd have seen some real destruction of man-made achievements before the aliens buggered off. How come, for example, the truck could get disintegrated but not the factory it was driving past? Because the budget wouldn't spread to it?
As someone else has said: plodding with an anti-climatic ending.
It comes across like a made for TV movie.
Really, you'd have thought that we'd have seen some real destruction of man-made achievements before the aliens buggered off. How come, for example, the truck could get disintegrated but not the factory it was driving past? Because the budget wouldn't spread to it?
As someone else has said: plodding with an anti-climatic ending.
Keanu Reeves stars, giving the kind of torpid performance that lesser beings can only approximate by necking a hundredweight of Temazepam. The lights are on at the top of the spaceship, but there's no one at the controls. - Peter BraRABhaw in the Guardian. He gives it one star.
christina !!!
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Extremely disappointing, not a patch on the original version!
I just got back from seeing it myself. I knew the reviews for it were mixed though I do look forward to hearing what Dr Kermode made of it. I doubt he was dancing with joy over it.
But no, I went to see it with an open mind. I have a soft spot for the science fiction alien invasion genre and from the trailers and the movie posters I thought that I was in for a bit of harmless fun.
And having got back I think that's what we got. The spheres were definately overhyped. What happened to the endless and total destruction of the cities and global landmarks; the city sized spheres that the posters promised. They were big but not massive.
Reeves was wooden as a spoon, so I got what I expected there. To be honest, he was well suited to Klaatu. So the basic premise of the story aliens have come to save Earth from us because in our own human nature we destroy the earth and ourselves. So I thought it was amusing that the aliens sought to plan our destruction in
of all places.
The action was fast paced, the script okay. Perhaps it would have been better to have made this a TV movie or even a series, I don't know. The expensive CGi was certainly impressive and perhaps with Reeves inclusion in the cast the only thing that justified this screenplay its big screen status.
I enjoyed what I saw and I do believe that it's a movie worth seeing and worth making; just not worth the hype.
But no, I went to see it with an open mind. I have a soft spot for the science fiction alien invasion genre and from the trailers and the movie posters I thought that I was in for a bit of harmless fun.
And having got back I think that's what we got. The spheres were definately overhyped. What happened to the endless and total destruction of the cities and global landmarks; the city sized spheres that the posters promised. They were big but not massive.
Reeves was wooden as a spoon, so I got what I expected there. To be honest, he was well suited to Klaatu. So the basic premise of the story aliens have come to save Earth from us because in our own human nature we destroy the earth and ourselves. So I thought it was amusing that the aliens sought to plan our destruction in
McDonalRAB
The action was fast paced, the script okay. Perhaps it would have been better to have made this a TV movie or even a series, I don't know. The expensive CGi was certainly impressive and perhaps with Reeves inclusion in the cast the only thing that justified this screenplay its big screen status.
I enjoyed what I saw and I do believe that it's a movie worth seeing and worth making; just not worth the hype.
I was very disappointed. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as the original, but I was at least exopecting that it would retain the central point of the story, i.e. the bit which the title of the film refers to. If I hadn't seen the original film, it would have been very confusing because there was no purpose in the whole thing.
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i havent seen it, but when i saw it advertised im like , oh yay another remake of a classic film, so i pretty much knew it wasnt going to be any good,... an heres the kicker, i didnt know Keanu Reeves was in it till later so that just cemented my belief it was going to be bad.
stripedspider
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I thought it was entertaining enough, just the ending let it down - too much of an anti-climax.
...and another thing,
...and another thing,
with the impending end of all human life on Earth, the President couldn't even make an appearance - he was too busy doing something else???
Racceee Girl <333
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What a piece of crap that was, Reeves should play Pinocchio.
Littlechickenman
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tbf I think that would be realistic. Any sign of
impending doom and they'd ship him to a underground bunker. For all the government knew, Klaatu could have assisinated him. More realistic than Independance Day anyway, with the Pres flying fighter jets and kicking alien ass!
Despite all my reservations about this remake I was seriously considering parting with some of my hard-earned wonga this weekend, but now having read the thoughts of those posters who've been and seen the thing I think I'll save my dosh. It sounRAB about as good as I originally expected!
supermillie37
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I'm not sure he could pull that off. Pinocchio was able to become a real boy eventually. Keanu will always be wooden.
mussolini_linguini
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Started very well, but gradually went downhill after the first 45 mins or so.
I thought the child actor was superb, actually. The plot was more of a problem.
I thought the child actor was superb, actually. The plot was more of a problem.
Рoppy Seed ♥ ♥ ♥
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It was average at best. It started out okay, but once those first 20 minitues come and go the film just gets annoyingly poor, so much so I was actually waiting for the film to finish.
Not really great at all :/
Not really great at all :/
lovepinkkx17
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Having read the posts I've decided to wait for the DVD and have just bought the original movie to watch again.