Day the Earth Stood Still - Freeper Review w/ Spoilers

My seething mind | 12 Dec 08 | Moi

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...and if an Alien who looks like Keanu ever lands here, I am following him directly into that spaceship, come what may."

Uh-Uh, Girlfriend!! Follow Mel. ALWAYS follow Mel...

[Dallas59]

A chick flick.

[Radix]

"1) I never saw the original, so this isn't going to be a comparative essay. "

Stopped reading right there!

[cripplecreek]

In the end, all I can say is that the special effects were alright, the film was alright, the pacing okay, and if an Alien who looks like Keanu ever lands here, I am following him directly into that spaceship, come what may.

A perfect lady my butt. LOL

I intend to see it eventually but I don't disect movies for political meanings too much.

[JohnEBoy]

The original is so good, I can’t even think this clinker can come close. I notice it has a tomato meter reading of 24 percent ... not a good sign. Most of the tomato reviews complained about how long and boring it was.

[TheWasteLand]

In the end, all I can say is that the special effects were alright, the film was alright, the pacing okay, and if an Alien who looks like Keanu ever lands here, I am following him directly into that spaceship, come what may

Not that I've seen this, but I suspect your Keanu goggles have blinded you to the craptacularity of the movie.

As a male, you might think I can't understand this, but I can. You see, I myself have a pair of Beckinsale goggles that made Underworld much better than it otherwise would have been.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yeah. I could watch him watch paint dry.

[yarddog]

To be honest it sounds just about like what I expected, extremely PC. About the only surprise is that the star isn’t a minority of some kind.

The original was a bit PC too and I also thought it had a bit of Communist flavor to it. Despite that the original was a pretty good movie. Not in the same class as “Forbidden Planet” but not bad.

[ETL]

[rellimpank]

-—I saw the original when I was ten—it was a piece of anti-U S propaganda made by people the House Unamerican Activities Committee missed-—

[combat_boots]

Klaatu verada nicto, Gort.

[MrPiper]

First of all, yeah, it's an environmentalist message

Nuff said. I won't waste my time. Thanks for the heads up.

[A_perfect_lady]

There is a nice little scene in a McDonald's where Klaatu talks to a deep-cover alien (an old Chinese guy) who has been here for 70 years observing us, and they speak in Mandarin. Over on IMDb, a couple Chinese posters admitted that Keanu's Mandarin was pretty good.

In the scene, the old Chinese guy tells Klaatu that we're incapable of change, but he loves us anyway and will stay here and die with us. Of course, Keatu's reaction is a blank, "Okay, whatever" stare.

But anyone who's watched Keanu give interviews knows that he's as squirmy and juicy as hot blueberry pie in an earthquake. Why he turns into a slab of cold pork when cameras roll is a mystery for the ages.

[TonyStark]

the movie proceeds with the assumption that everyone knows The Danger We Are In

Blech. Everyone is wrong. The danger we are in proceeds from a specific group: Collectivists who have a history of genocide. If the stupid movie wanted to follow its own message, the alien would have encouraged Democrats and Islamists to continue on course, and wipe out humanity by extinguishing energy sources, rational thought, and reducing the population to 7th century modes of operation. If left unchecked, they will be responsible for the extinction of intelligent humanity.

[printhead]

They’re original for a reason.

[Brett66]

It's our capacity for love that is our salvation.

Yeah, that's the most unoriginal and trite Hollywierd cliche' of all, think I'll skip this.

Now if they surmised thermonuclear weapons were humanities salvation.............

[Roscoe Karns]

[bmwcyle]

Keanu can’t act.

[iowamark]

You need to see the original. It was on AMC today. Really very interesting. Mild political propoganda by today’s standards.