Rated: PG-13
Released: 2008
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
Format Watched in: Blu-Ray
Some Science Fiction remakes work better than the original. It has a lot to do with the advance of our technologies in visual effects that can drive the movie to things that were unheard of when the original was released. It also takes moving the story to places that they couldn't do when the original was made. The original Day the Earth Stood Still managed to captivate audiences and try and carry it's message that is still relevant now. Sadly the remake is just mind numbingly boring and lacking any advancements from the original. Reeves should be perfect in the role of an emotionless alien sent here to destroy earth because we are squandering our resources and are horrible people, and honestly he kinda works. However instead of the cast elevating their performances above his so it comes across that we have a reason to live they actually come across as even more boring and lifeless than Reeves. Let me say that again - THE REST OF THE CAST IS BORING WHEN COMPARED TO KEANU REEVES. Maybe if something happened in this movie it would have been better but for the first 95% of this movie absolutely NOTHING happens, then once you are begging the Gort to kill you things start actually happening but you don't care in the slightest and are mostly just excited to see these horrible people die so you can stop watching this horrible movie. This movie is why remakes are hated and feared by the people. This movie made me hate Jennifer Connelly and I can never forgive it for that. I will say that whomever it was that edited the trailer deserves every single award that they give for trailer editing, because that trailer is for a movie I want to see. However this movie isn't it.
Rating: F
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