The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

The Day the Earth Stood Still started out as an interesting remake of the 1951 Sci-Fi classic, but then it became a preachy PSA for environmentalism. The heavy-handed message overshadowed most of the good qualities of this film. At least Keanu Reeves' wooden style of acting lent itself well to his role.

I don't write reviews, but jaden smith in this movie is legit the worst thing I've ever seen. It's horrifying

All this movie does is push an anti-human extremist view of environmentalism. This is sickening. The aliens who push humans back into the dark ages are portrayed as intellectually and morally superior to humans as opposed to the fascist villains they are. That is the biggest factor that makes this movie awful.I guess the acting and cinematography are good. Of course, having Keanu Reeves does degrade the acting quality, but maybe the rest of the actors are okay. I don't remember anything about the score. So, I can't comment on that.Seriously, don't destroy brain cells watching this.

I've seen this film a couple of times and that's more than enough. I've probably seen the original a dozen times and I'll happily watch it again. The difference between the 2 films is very simple - the first was good and this remake is rubbish.Special effects, dramatic music and a few explosions can never compensate for a poorly scripted, poorly directed and poorly acted storyline, and a film full of implausible and unexplained nonsense. The ludicrously aggressive and jingoistic vice president is a parody, as are the arrogant military types who pop up from time to time. The gaggle of scientists that's brought together at the start seems to be pretty much superfluous to the rest of the story, as it's only the good looking girl (surprise, surprise !) who plays any prolonged part. The utterly unnecessary child is, presumably, included for box office reasons only, as his part could have been equally well played by a furry animal. As a whole, it's hard to imagine what audience this was made for, or what audience it would appeal to.As others have written before, the characters have no warmth and engender no sympathy. They all seem to be doing little more than 'going through the motions'. Indeed, if I were Klaatu, I'd want to wipe them all out too.I suppose that one day, someone will make a good film, one with a sensible story, good script, good direction and real acting, and without the special effects, flashy cinematography, constantly shifting scenes and portentous music. One day.