The Day the Earth Stood Still
Oh, I’m sorry. I just woke up because this movie made me fall asleep for the past two weeks.
I am Keanu, I am an alien, I am terrible.
Remakes always get me started off on the wrong foot. I probably shouldn’t have preconceived ideas going into a film, but if you are “remaking” a film, then there is going to be an expectation. This film failed in all ways.
Aliens come to Earth and they are here to save “the Earth”. It takes Jennifer Connelly half of the movie to come to the obvious conclusion that the 65 times Keanu said he was here to save “the Earth”, he wasn’t saying he was here to save the people. What brilliant writing?
Honestly, how much do these big shot Hollywood screenwriters get paid? Am I saying I could do a better job? Well, let me put it this way, I’m terrible at writing dialogue, so I could do at least as good as these clowns.
This movie is just a cluster-bomb of overdone special effects that are supposed to wow and awe me. Guess what Hollywood? It’s 2009. You are going to have to come up with something new if you want to wow audiences. We’ve seen CG. We understand the concept of motion tracking. Do something new. This constant stagnancy of special effects is pissing me off.
Look at Twister for instance. That movie came out 13 years ago, and is comprised of basically the exact same CG objects. Motion tracked 3D computer generated objects that interact with practical set objects. In 13 years, this is as far as we’ve come?
The Day the Earth Stood Still is just another hullabaloo Hollywood blockbuster that is trying to capitilize on the fact that people will go to a movie because they hear it’s a special effects experience that one can’t miss. Well, in the case of this film, miss it, you aren’t missing anything.
