Neeli-BlogsThe Day the Earth Stood Still (Remake)
January 10th 2009 04:14
This felt more like time standing still in this failed attempt to remake the Sci Fi classic movie the Day the Earth Stood Still. The director attempts to make us care for the characters at the start of the film creating a back story and an emotional arc of Jacob Benson’s father having died and the emotional connection between his step mother Jennifer played by Jennifer Connelly. But the movie just falls flat with a slow moving plot and many opportunities for intense action sequences are missed. Some of the casting decisions are absurd with John Cleese having a minor and insignificant role and Kathy bates was miss casted she did not fit into the movie at all. Keanu Reeves was the only highlight of the film working his best with the poor material he had he brought a vulnerability Klaatu with his performance actually evoking sympathy and having the audience care for the character. John Hamm was a long way from his outstanding work on Mad Men and was let down by a slow paced script. It was disappointing to have the central alien enemy Gort on screen for a limited amount of time with too much focus on the stereotypical military response, Gort could have been used to create intense battle sequences against the military that were sorely missing from this movie. Another failed attempt at a remake of a classic film.
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