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LaidBack4Life

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AMAZING CG ! Absolutely fascinating :-) Story was so-so imo. But still watchable.

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Posted jun 3, 2009 4:45 am pt

therockstop

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I thought this film was ok at best. Just not a storyline that I liked, it seemed pretty dull.

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Posted apr 19, 2009 2:33 am pt

quiksilver9774

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A pretty decent film that is not a must-see but do not overlook it either. Keanu Reeves, who plays Klaatu, performs his role extremely well actually making you think that he is in fact an alien. The basic plot is that Klaatu arrives to Earth to...
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A pretty decent film that is not a must-see but do not overlook it either. Keanu Reeves, who plays Klaatu, performs his role extremely well actually making you think that he is in fact an alien. The basic plot is that Klaatu arrives to Earth to tell the people that they will be exterminated because they have been screwing up the planet and it (not the people) needs to be saved. Of course, then the humans try to find a way to stop this from happening and that is how the movie is. There is nothing really great about this movie (the special effects are pretty cool) but it is a movie to watch and be entertained if there is nothing else to do.

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Posted mar 18, 2009 3:01 am pt

Cryostorm1313

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Rent It - "An interesting remake of a cold war classic, that fails to have the same gravity." As remakes go, you could do much worse than this. The updates and modernization fit and do well in most instances. In the end what makes the...
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Rent It - "An interesting remake of a cold war classic, that fails to have the same gravity." As remakes go, you could do much worse than this. The updates and modernization fit and do well in most instances. In the end what makes the film feel flat is the message they covey has little impact. With out the cultural climate of the Cold War, it's hard to sell the theme to a more jaded modern audience.

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Posted feb 26, 2009 1:39 pm pt

delta_116326

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Containing such things as no character development and a whole lot of senseless special effects i have to say its a failure as i have personaly seen its inspirational film and original.

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Posted jan 24, 2009 11:36 am pt

westcoastwillam

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I liked it great effetcs the acting was decent liked the plot but I never saw the first one so maybe it sucks compared to that but stand alone i think you have to see this movies in theatres

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Posted jan 5, 2009 11:23 am pt

gruffi40

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This kinda made me think of 'Hancock' in the idea that it seemed like it would be far better. It was very special effects dependant and had little dialogue. Some of the dialogue they did have was pretty effective. Also, in the general idea of the...
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This kinda made me think of 'Hancock' in the idea that it seemed like it would be far better. It was very special effects dependant and had little dialogue. Some of the dialogue they did have was pretty effective. Also, in the general idea of the movie, I think it is arrogant of us to think we cankill the planet. Mother nature kicks our butt on a fairly regular basis.

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Posted jan 5, 2009 7:52 am pt

amr_ali_medicin

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just watched the movie,as expatriot said not that good,but what to say ,i like sci-fic.!
it tells us any way some morals ,of not fighting,... or we will destroy the eath or ourselves.
may be some parts in the movie was good,but iam...
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just watched the movie,as expatriot said not that good,but what to say ,i like sci-fic.!
it tells us any way some morals ,of not fighting,... or we will destroy the eath or ourselves.
may be some parts in the movie was good,but iam against the resrruction part as its Gods power.

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Posted jan 1, 2009 8:20 am pt

expatriot

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Not so very good. A bit muddled in fact. Some beautiful shots and imagery and overall, decent acting (though not impressed with Jaden Smith), are let down by a storyline that just doesn't live up to the expectations. It tries very hard, too hard,...
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Not so very good. A bit muddled in fact. Some beautiful shots and imagery and overall, decent acting (though not impressed with Jaden Smith), are let down by a storyline that just doesn't live up to the expectations. It tries very hard, too hard, to be profound, like some say the original is, but ultimately fails to make an impression on the audience

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Posted dec 14, 2008 10:18 pm pt

• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  This contemporary remake of the science-fiction classic knew what it was doing when it cast Keanu Reeves, the movies' greatest stone face since Buster Keaton.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  Surprise! The remake is not a heresy. It's a decent enough stab at being what the old movie was to its time, following the same basic plot, full of respectful references to its model, updated with a gallery of fairly imaginative special effects.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
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  The one unforgivable crime committed in this remake is the lack of the original's most famous line of dialogue: "Klaatu barada nikto." Would it have been so tough to squeeze that in somewhere?

  by Marc Mohan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
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  I can't explain the film's main problem without giving plot points away; suffice to say that, after decades of watching Earth, Klaatu's team of observers has missed a crucial event you and I witness every day. I can tell you about the secondary problem, though: too much money.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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  An entertaining rethink of the 1951 classic.

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  Passed my popcorn-movie test. Using the vast, expensive technology of a big studio production, it roused enough cheap energy to drive me to eat a bag of popcorn fit for a circus animal and wash it down with a quart of Diet Coke.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
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  Just because the new The Day the Earth Stood Still is green, though, doesn't mean it's dull. If anything, there's a lot more mayhem and destruction this time around.

  by Rene Rodriguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  A remake that does not disgrace the original, this is sufficiently different to stand alone and just as relevant in its concerns - as well as succeeding (arguably better) as a thriller. And after this performance, are we sure that Keanu Reeves is really human?

  by Helen O'Hara | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
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  For most of the way this ecofriendly fantasy is pleasantly clunky, and Reeves, whose expressive range here is slim to none, is perfectly cast as the alien.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  Like the big shiny sphere at its center, the film is fairly pretty, but there's no real sense that there's anything inside it.

  by Tasha Robinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
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  Although the new version, which stars Keanu Reeves, is likely to make audiences pine for the meta-irony of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," it's not a complete failure.

  by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
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  The problem here is that there are no big ideas.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  All this is presented in an expensive, good-looking film that is well-made by Scott Derrickson, but to no avail.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, confining his usual two-and-a-half-note vocal range to half that.

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
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  The story, an updated version of the 1951 classic about a portentous extraterrestrial visit, feels musty and derivative, and not only because it's a remake.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »