THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (2008) - PREVIEW 

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Scott Derrickson
Rated: Unrated
U.S. Opening Date: December 12th, 2008

This remake of the beloved 1951 sci-fi classic about an alien man and his robot who come to earth in a saucer-shape spacecraft is said to star Keanu Reeves as the man. In the original film they tell the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

According to the latest news reports this version will remain true to the original movie and Jennifer Connelly has singed on in the role played by Patricia Neal in the original.

Now was there anything to suggest in director Scott Derrickson’s CV to suggest that he is ideally suited to remake The Day the Earth Stood Still, a 1950s film justifiably considered to be a classic of the genre? Were the studio execs at Fox so impressed with The Exorcism of Emily Rose that they thought, “Hey, let’s give this guy a chance to make a new version of that cool 1950s flick we saw on the telly the other night”?

At least the previous sci-fi classic to be remade by Fox had Tim Burton (Planet of the Apes) — but remember what a pointless mess that movie still turned out to be? Didn’t the Fox suits learn anything?

Yes, we here at SciFiMoviePage.com think that remaking a beloved classic such as The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the worst ideas in the history of bad ideas. Why bother remaking a classic flick if there are so many great unfilmed sci-fi stories out there? By remaking a classic you just come across as arrogant and misguided – just what was it that made you think that you can do a better job than an acclaimed director like Robert Wise? — but if you turn some obscure SF novel into a nice movie everybody will love you for it.

Anyway, Klaatu says nikto to this remake!
 

Note: Release date has been moved from May 2008 to December 2008.

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