The Day the Earth Stood Still
It was probably incredibly easy to cast the always-wooden Keanu Reeves to play the dispassionate alien Klaatu for this botched and completely flubbed remake of what is considered a classic, not only of the science fiction genre, but of film in general. With the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” Hollywood once again looked to its past in an attempt at mining some creativity and turning it into dollar signs. Creative license for sure, since they couldn’t even seem to keep the basic premise of the Earth standing still intact.
The special effects seemed to be the only thing the directors and producers worried about. Be damned with the story and with the plot. Characters? Who needs characters, they’re just backdrops to the big scary robot and mysterious glowing spheres which have apparently been hidden around the globe since the 1920s observing the human race and the condition of the Earth.
“Your planet?” Klaatu asks of the Secretary of Defense, played gamely by Oscar-winner Kathy Bates, despite a script with the dimensional diversity of a piece of drywall. Of course, the director made Bates play it clueless. As if anyone intelligent enough to serve in the White House… oh, wait… never mind…
Any way, that gets us to the… female lead… played by Jennifer Connelly. Who tries, she really tries, to bring some life to this character, as a spunky and respected astro-biologist. They keep the idea of her being a single mother, with a deceased soldier husband.
But this film team manages to lose the humanity of the relationship Klaatu developed with the boy in the original film – which was one of the prime driving factors in the original for Klaatu to change his mind and give the human race another chance to clean up its act. And they give the audience a little boy who is so mouthy and unlikable that if in Klaatu’s position, would have caused any sentient being of any species to accelerate the plans to eliminate the human race from the planet, instead of halting them.
All in all, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” is so awful in direction, its script, and its plot, that no amount of “gee whiz” CGI animation can save it.
10 Cool Facts about Daniel Craig
As the new James Bond is out soon I have compiled a list of Daniel Craig facts
1. One of the many actors considered to take over James Bond from Pierce Brosnan. He officially accepted the role in October, 2005.
2. Was the only member of the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) cast to be a huge [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still
It was probably incredibly easy to cast the always-wooden Keanu Reeves to play the dispassionate alien Klaatu for this botched and completely flubbed remake of what is considered a classic
Hellboy movie facts + Hellboy 2 trailer
1. Director Guillermo del Toro for years considered this film a dream project and had always wanted to cast Ron Perlman in the lead, but could never secure a budget or studio approval. After the massive success of Blade II (2002), del Toro was offered Blade: Trinity (2004) or Hellboy, and though he briefly considered [...]
Alan Partridge The Movie 2009
Thats right Alan’s Back!
I remember hearing on British Radio 1 in a Steve Coogan interview that after he had made his second series of “Saxondale” that he would begin work on Alan Partridge “The Movie”! Now i’ve had many discussions about british comedy and Alan is certainly near the top if not on top - [...]
Christian Bale to Play John Connor
As the rumors have been confirmed:
Christian Bale will play John Connor
He has signed up to make 3 Terminator films
He liked the script
All movies will be set after Skynet launches their attack
The studios have not commented if Arnie will be in any of them
10 Facts About Madonna
Her videos “Justify My Love” and “What It Feels Like For A Girl” were banned from VH1 & MTV. “Erotica” (1992), though not banned, was only played after midnight on MTV.
Unanimously condemned by the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for pulling a Puerto Rican flag between her legs in an October 26, 1993 concert.
Her daughter [...]
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