Page 1 of 1
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:32 pm
by dANdeLION
I haven't seen the remake yet, but I plan to this week. I just watched the original again, and in a fit of curiousity, I looked up the original short story to read so I could judge which version of the movie is truest to the source. Here's the link to the story:
thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/bates.html
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:03 am
by danlo
BIG post...looks like good reading though. I'll get back to it when I can...(wow that was some weird board antics...my avatar appeared under your post and not on the side...
)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:32 am
by Worm of Despite
Good job dAN, you broke KW. Might try that for the Arch of Time next...
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:37 am
by matrixman
Cool, it's The Day dANdeLION Broke The Watch!
I just wanted to be part of this special thread.
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:05 am
by lurch
..Thank god for hollywood screen writers...now if they could just re-write this thread...
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:17 am
by Worm of Despite
This thread is better than most Hollywood screen-writing. BA-ZING!!
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:14 am
by aTOMiC
I knew dAN had the will but I didn't know he had the power. I'm getting scared.
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:29 pm
by lurch
...AAh!..somebody must of said the magic words,," : Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! "
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:21 pm
by Worm of Despite
Anyway, now that we're back to normal: the remake is crap. Crap, crap, crap. Mega crap.
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:46 pm
by dANdeLION
Yeah, but is it better or worse than the 1951 version?
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:07 pm
by Rigel
We saw it on New Year's Eve and it's no better or worse than the original (Remember, the original didn't exactly have much going for it).
Actually, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Reeves's acting was the worst part of the movie (followed closely by Kathy Bates's). Other than that, though, it was enjoyable in a one-off way.
Then, last night, we watched the 1984 version of "A Christmas Carol," the one with George C Scott, and I was surprised by the thematic similarities. Both stories are essentially about being given one last chance to change your ways... in "A Christmas Carol," it's an individual man who has been asked to change, and in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," it's the whole world, but it's the same idea.
It's funny, though, that in explaining the movie to people who've never seen the original, the aliens always come off as the bad guys. After all, they show up and say, "Resistance is futile. You WILL die."
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:29 pm
by Rigel
Oh, and I was amused by their interpretation of "Gray goo." It's almost as if someone heard an explanation of Nanobots as "little robots that eat everything and make more of themselves", and then based everything in this movie on that statement.
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:46 pm
by matrixman
Honestly, I've never seen the original film in its entirety, and can't say that I have a burning desire to.
I might still see this remake, because it has Jennifer Connelly.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:56 am
by Rigel
Ah, Jennifer Connelly... worth watching in anything
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:14 pm
by JazFusion
All interest in this movie ended with me seeing Keanu's stupid face. I kept hearing "Excellent dude!".