The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still was exactly what I expected it to be. Hollywood's attempt to convince the public that we are slowly but surely killing our planet...I worried that the film makers were going to take the original simple story and warp it into some kind of propaganda, which is in fact what occurred. I was disappointed by the translation between the original film (one of my favorite black and whites...) and this new special effect charged film.

As far as the acting goes, Keanu Reeves plays a great emotionless (one faced) alien. He was no Michael Rennie but what can you do? Jennifer Connelly certainly looked beautiful, but when does she not? And of course, you can't get much cuter than Jaden Smith. The chemistry between Connelly and Smith was believable through out the entire movie; right up until the part when they were suppose to love each other.

For the most part there weren't too many redeemable qualities about the movie and there wasn't anything that really set it apart from the original (besides the special effects, which were definitely pretty). Maybe I'm being harsh but I got exactly what I expected, which wasn't good things.

I would vote on "no go" and if I was recommending The Day the Earth Stood Still, I would definitely say, sit through the 1951 version, in black and white and with it's 50's special effects. I was more impressed with the original.