The Day the Earth Stood Still – Review

Hmmm… A classic being re-made… Not unheard of in this day and age.  The Day the Earth Stood Still was a fantastic science fiction movie of the 1950’s starring Gort, the killer robot who, let’s face it, was pretty amazing looking for his time.

And now it’s been re-made….

STORY

Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) arrives earth to judge humanity’s role in the universe. He ends up getting shot, and is interrogated by the US military. Seeing humanity’s reaction towards him, he judges that humanity is pretty much evil, so he uses Gort (The big robot that looks like Cyclops from the X-Men) to exterminate life on earth. It’s all a matter of time till Earth is destroyed. Can anyone change Klaatu’s mind about Mankind?

Cast and Characters

Keanu Reeve’s is no Michael Rennie (The original Klaatu), overall i was somewhat disappointed with the Day the Earth Stood Still, it has so much more potential and yet it has so much to lose. Keanu Reeve’s, i will admit, was pretty flat and monotonus in the way he spoke. It was incredibly irritating hearing him talk. Strangley enough the only character that had any dimension to his character was Jacob, Helen’s (played by Jeniffer Connelly) stepson who you seriously wanted to strangle every time he spoke. Seriously, you just wanted to be given the oppertunity to slap that kid!

FINAL THOUGHTS

Personally i thought the original was fantastic (As is the opinion of many). If you’ve not seen the original, i’d recommend going to see this. If you’re like me and have seen the original, it was terrible. I’d recommend this if it came out on DVD or Blu-Ray however, so keep your eyes out when that comes about.

Final Rating

** out of *****

Doc Allan