The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008

[AAA]

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?

[bazookaman]

a different path?

[decay]

Station!

[zero]

So crates!

[kanesa]

bad movie

[lazydays]

I enjoyed the movie.

[graylocks]

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.

[Racer X]

Dude, you Melvin'd Death!

[wickedsteve]

[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]

[mlfrank]

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?