The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by Scott Derrickson
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Actor: Jaden Smith, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Keanu ReevesDirector: Scott Derrickson
Brand: REEVES,KEANU
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Producer: Erwin Stoff
Producer: Gregory Goodman
Producer: Marvin Towns Jr.
Producer: Paul Harris Boardman
Writer: David Scarpa
Writer: Edmund H. North
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-04-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Terrible re-make
Summary: 1 Stars
The original 1951 version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" really drew me in -- I forgot I was watching a movie. While watching this version, all I could think was, "how much left-wing politics can they cram in to one movie?" The plot of this re-make didn't make sense, and the ending didn't make sense. All in all, this re-make was just terrible. Watch the original instead -- it's much better.
Summary of The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 7-APR-2009
Media Type: DVD
Impressive special effects are the key selling point for this big-budget remake of Robert Wise's classic 1951 science fiction parable about an alien visitor who delivers a chilling ultimatum to the leaders of the world. Keanu Reeves, who seemed ideal at first blush but ultimately turns into another case of miscasting, steps in for Michael Rennie as intergalactic watchdog Klaatu, who with his robot Gort (now super-sized), promises global destruction unless the powers that be unless drastic measures are undertaken regarding the Earth's environmental issues (or so one assumes). Jennifer Connelly is largely wasted in the Patricia Neal role of scientist/single mom assigned to study Klaatu, who offers a somewhat chilly father figure to her son (a grating Jaden Smith). Connelly isn't the only fine actor in the cast left standing idle while director Scott Derrickson's effects team constructs eye-popping scenes of wholesale mayhem; Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Rob Knepper are all adrift in the aimless script by David Scarpa, which never even fully explains why Klaatu is so bent on blowing us to smithereens. That lack of focus, as well as the B-movie quality of the dialogue (say what you will about the effects in the Wise version, but the film was polished from top to bottom), all help to cement what science fiction fans have been muttering about the film since its inception; the original film needed no high-tech updating --Paul Gaita
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