The Day The Earth Stood Still
2008, dir. Scott Derrickson. Stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm.
1 hour 45 minutes.
Saw this Sunday night with Paddy. Had a can of Coke Zero.
I bought the original, classic, actually good version of The Day The Earth Stood Still on blu-ray last weekend, and it included a free pass to see this remake. So I didn't pay, and yet I still felt ripped off. This film is just stupid. Keanu Reeves looks awful. It's over, buddy. Did I say the film is stupid? It's not laughably bad, because that I can find entertaining. It's dull, boring, tepid. It's one thing to be subtle, it's a wholly different thing to just be vague and ambiguous for the sake of covering up your own lack of interesting ideas. Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates, you're both Oscar winners. Act like it. And by that I mean, ACT like it. I don't even know what to say.
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I'm seeing this tomorrow. I have a feeling that may be exactly how I will feel BUT I am still hoping that I will get a laugh or two. The trailer had me giggling a bit, so I'm alright with plunking down $4.20.
Also, Keanu gets infinite chances with me. I forgave him for Johnny Mneumonic, Chain Reaction, Sweet November, The Watcher, Street Kings...you get the idea.
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