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Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
9813 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.09/4 |
# of Ratings: |
130 |
Genres: |
Sci-Fi, Drama |
Rating: |
PG-13 |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/12/2008 |
DVD Release: |
04/07/2009 |
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Director: |
Scott Derrickson |
Actors: |
Jennifer Connelly
Keanu Reeves
John Cleese
Jon Hamm
Jaden Smith
Kathy Bates |
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Plot Outline:
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A group of extra-terrestrials arrives on earth to stop mankind from their destructive behavior, even if it means wiping out the human race.
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Owens Film Reviews 09/30/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2/4 |
This was a major dissapointment as the original was amazing and i could not bring myself to like this film. it was in my opnion the only film that Keanu Reeves was not any good in. The only thing this film had going for itself was that the Effects were very very good..But that is it to be honest with everyone, i dont really know what else to write about this film really...a major major dissapointment |
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mitchellyoung 04/14/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
There are some beautiful special effects, but the core of this film is watered down and the result is, ultimately, boring. The plot kind of plods along without much direction and a sleepy Keanu Reeves as the lead doesn't help matters. |
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myfaja 08/10/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
1/4 |
Keanu Reeves is still a wooden as ever (heh heh, wood), but it's more appropriate now due to his character. I think Jennifer Connelly was poorly cast and the kid isn't that great either. So far I already don't like the cast. I don't like the fact that the alien who has come to help us find peace, is doing something that would harm people. That's like a flower polluting. Plus the special effects weren't that great, they were like millions of flies and a giant ball, barely any variety. I don't immediately put down movies because they're remakes, I have hopes. I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Clash of the Titans looks good. So I don't like this movie because I just don't. Not just because I liked the original. |
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11/11/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Klaatu Barada Keanu |
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Forgetting the bland performances, the humdrum special effects, and the prosaic direction, this film still manages to be almost shockingly bad just on the level of how it tackles some of the admittedly interesting ethical conundrums it sets out to explore, mainly because it mistakes its solutions to these problems as foreshadowing an advancement in human evolution when really they would just mark the beginning of an arduously prolonged and humiliating end for the species. And even though I love the original, don’t think that I regard this film with pronounced vitriol just because it isn't an exact replica of that classic. I’m perfectly willing to admit that that film had its problems, and I'm even willing to admit that I found Keanu Reeves’ Klaatu a lot more interesting than Michael Renni... |
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1/4 |
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02/03/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"The Day The Earth Stood Still" by Yojimbo |
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An alien visitation is treated with suspicion and aggression by the American government, leading to the decision that the Earth must be saved from destruction by the human race. A remake of the 50s classic by the same name, TDTESS is an invasion with eco message story about being responsible with the planet...or else. Keanu Reeves is adequate as the otherworldly visitor, but I couldn't help thinking that he based his entire performance on Arnie's in Terminator 2. The rest of the film is split between a bunch of explosions as the usual collection of stereotypical US jarheads try to blow the aliens up (seemingly for no reason other than to supply some fireworks for the trailer so morons will part with their 10 bucks to see it), and Jaden Smith essentially going "Arewethereyetarewethereyetar... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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12/27/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Well, Keanu Reeves' Robotic Acting Worked... |
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I haven’t seen the 1951 version by the time I wrote this review so I’m not going to compare the 2008 version to that one. That said, it’s interesting to me how Keanu Reeves can be so good at playing robotic characters (like Neo in “The Matrix” franchise) but so bad at playing real people that are supposed to be emotionally crippled or conflicted (as Alex Wyler in “The Lake House” and Detective Tom Ludlow in “Street Kings”). I thought he was effective here as Klaatu, a humanoid whose role is to determine whether the human species need to be obliterated in order to save the Earth. He was creepy, convincingly powerful, and had a definite sense of purpose. He claims that if the Earth dies, everything else will perish along with it but if all humans die, the Earth and everything that it nurtur... |
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2/4 |
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It is very interesting to me to see this movie being remade. It doesn't look a whole lot like the original (much darker). With Reeves as the lead it could be decent (not because he is a good actor but he could be good for the role). I typically hate remakes, but this might surprise. |
09/13/2008
2:02 pm CT
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