The Day The Earth Stood Still
POSTED BY: FutureMrsFIllion
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 20:23
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I liked it. Could have been a little more fleshed out, but I greatly enjoyed it. I will admit to NOT being a fan of the original.
Please I will pretty much watch anything Mr. Reeves is in.
Anyone else see it?
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I knew it was a bad idea from the start, and having seen it, I can now confirm that this remake was AWFUL. Having recently seen the original recently, the comparisons are night and day. The original was stripped down, subtle and masterfully made. The remake was overblown, ham fisted and poorly cobbled together. Replacing nuclear war with environmentalism and turning Gort into a swarm of nanites does not make you relevant in today's culture.
Complete waste of time and resources. And on my worst of list alongside 10,000 B.C., THE LOVE GURU and THE HAPPENING.
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Reginaroadie! You did not like 10,000 BC. Sarcasm.
I suspected what you wrote about this film.
I have the original "3:10 to Yuma" and then wasted my money seeing the remake. They had an armour plated stage coach. Did anybody think all you had to do was shoot the horses. No. They blow it up. Why? Because you need explosions. What's a film without explosions? If they remade "King of Kings" they would find a way to blow something up.
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I can accept the fact that there are some films that are in dire need of a remake, but this ain't one of 'em. Regina is right, the original had everything you needed to tell the story, it did not need a fancy CGI makeover. I won't be going to see it and won't be looking forward to the dvd.
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Same here. I'm planning on re-viewing the original again soon.
What we need is ORIGINAL scifi.....big hint for Serenity 2.
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Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
The remake was overblown, ham fisted and poorly cobbled together. Replacing nuclear war with environmentalism and turning Gort into a swarm of nanites does not make you relevant in today's culture.
Oh well, as FMF said, it has Keanu in it, so I will rent it when the time comes....
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Kind of weak how Klaatu suddenly changes his mind after seeing the kid crying at his father's grave. It's bad enough they wimped out on the ending but at the very least all of mankind's creations should have been removed. Not just the technology, everything.
Did anyone else find it humorous that Keanu gave a speech about humanity ruining the planet? I remember another movie he was in where a certain agent wearing a similar suit spouted off about humans as a virus. Kinda ironic.
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It really isnt bad, although SNGATE is right that the wussed on the ending. It does end too abruptly, but I liked it. There are a lot worse movies that I have liked so whatever. As I said before I hated the original. thought it was seriously boring so I am not invested in it.
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Quote:I already heard that speech in Seagal's On Deadly Ground.
Originally posted by singate:
a speech about humanity ruining the planet?
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From the looks of it, seems like its based on the concept that mankind is destroying the planet, and is somehow separate, or not of the Earth. The line where Neo, i mean Klaatu, says " YOUR world ? ", all indignant like, as if humanity didn't evolve here, just like every other life form.
Spare me the attitude.
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