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The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - AAA - 04-10-2009
I won't talk spoilers. But it was not what I expected. I was hoping for more of an update to the original. I think it took a different path. Similar, but not the same.
Any opinions?
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - bazookaman - 04-10-2009
a different path?
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - decay - 04-10-2009
Station!
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - zero - 04-10-2009
So crates!
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - kanesa - 04-10-2009
bad movie
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - lazydays - 04-10-2009
I enjoyed the movie.
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - graylocks - 04-10-2009
the original DTESS is my brother's all time favorite movie. (why? - i don't know but it is what it is.)
he was really looking forward to the remake and was sorely disappointed.
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - Racer X - 04-10-2009
Dude, you Melvin'd Death!
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - wickedsteve - 04-10-2009
[spoiler=The basic premise for first contact]
In the original the aliens had to deal with Earth because we could be a threat to their civilization with rockets & atomic bombs.
In the remake they wanted to save Earth from humans because only a handfull of planets in the galaxy can support complex life.
[/spoiler]
I can't decide which is harder to swallow, but at least the SFX were better in the new film.
[spoiler=And I liked] And I liked how they already had spies living among us.[/spoiler]
Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 - mlfrank - 04-11-2009
I have a long time affinity for the original, liking it better than most other sci-fi movies. I must have been around 7 when I first saw it (10 cents!) and what probably grabbed my attention was more an identification for the boy.
I wonder how many others like the original better because of this kind of identification more than the actual dynamics of either movie?