The Day the Earth Stood Still

I'll review the original later. This film was everything the original was not; preaching in a manner verging on the didactic and very unbalanced in portrayals that were unrealistic and very generic stereotyping. Not Keanu's fines hour…...

Good movie

Fifties classic really badly remade. Here they had the chance to remake it with new special effects and could have used the proper ending but they bottled out just like they did in the 50s. The original robot still gives me the creeps but this modern one is instantly forgotten. The film is really badly put together with not a second of suspense and third rate special effects. As ever for the American public the director deemed the original ending too scary/not feelgood enough and bottled out. The real ending was that all humanity on all planets were the slaves to their robot masters who would obliterate any race who stepped out of line. On a brighter note, the dude from Point Break is in it and I love Point Break!

Possibly three stars in fairness. Special effects are more than passable, and the classic story line worth watching unfold .... BUT, what on earth is the REALY annoying precocious child doing in it ? A renter, don't buy !

In my opinion this is the worst film ive ever seen. Yes the idea of it seems interesting but it isnt filled with enough juicy content to keep you interested and hooked. Very slow paced and lost track of what was going on because i was so bored! Terrible!

Keanu is great in this. Quite slow-paced but unreservedly brilliant in many ways.

It may have some good ideas and wether some want to consider it thought provoking or not it failed as a movie in my opinion.... ach it was just utter crap.

I found the film ok to watch, it's not something I would pay again to see. But on the otherhand it was a good film to watch first time. I recommend it to people who are seriously into Ski-Fi films.

I have been really disappointed at the cheap all glam/glitz special effects movies that has been coming out lately, made for quick bucks, for this one I'd recommend you keep your wallet firmly in your pocket. Basing my opinion on the original this for special effects yes this is not bad, G.O.R.T is a decent version here, but the storyline is loose, and makes too many assumptions, at most the entertainment value is skin deep, too but for me this is a flim flam of a remake that uses special effects to sell itself. The film is all too brief, like the Speilberg remake of War of the Worlds, I was disappointed when I saw these in the cinema. If you bought this you'd feel cheated at the £6.99 price tag, I'd recommend waiting till this is less than a fiver before parting cash. The last reivew I saw was mincing about Keanu Reeves, for the actors in this film the storyline probably lets them down as much as their portrayal of this film lets us down, I don't think this was a good film for Will Smith's son his disrespect to Jennifer Connelly was embarrassing, I thought her role was strongest of all, next to Kathy Bates. I gave this 2-stars, 1 for the movie, 1 for the special effects.

Enough said