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Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on December 01, 2008, 09:20:28 am
This topic is NOT about:

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/39880/The-Day-The-Earth-Stood-Still-Poster.jpg)

This topic is about:

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/39880/daytheearthstoodstillposter.jpg)

Are you enraged yet, Roman?

Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(2008_film)

Cast:

Plot Synopsis:

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. Klaatu himself already has a negative opinion of humans, and when barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides they shall be exterminated so the planet – with its rare ability to sustain complex life – can survive. It is up to Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) to convince Klaatu humans are worth saving: but it may already be too late.

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Just another CGI pumped floppy rendition, or something worth seeing? I'm really really skeptical on this although I don't think I've ever seen the original. This seems to be flying pretty low under the radar and I've only recently begun seeing previews for it.


Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 01, 2008, 09:24:31 am
This looks like it could be a great movie, can anyone tell me if the original is worth watching or will it just spoil the new one?
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: AdderallApocalypse on December 01, 2008, 09:37:16 am
This movie looks awesome, i've actually been anticipating it's release since earlier this year.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: headphonics on December 01, 2008, 09:44:34 am
gonna blow
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: AdderallApocalypse on December 01, 2008, 09:58:27 am
Does anyone else think "Sin from FFX" when they watch that trailer, BTW?
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Lars on December 01, 2008, 11:38:58 am
oh man I thought this was about the original. Which is a really cool movie!

oh well I remember watching a teaser or something quite some time ago for this one and thinking it's probably not gonna be worth watching...
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Vellfire on December 01, 2008, 01:22:13 pm
Looks like it's going to be nothing but special effects, especially since the dialogue is like this (don't have the exact quote but it still makes my point):

"THIS IS OUR PLANET!!!!"
"No. It is not."

A++++++ great dialogue guys :welp:
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: big ass skelly on December 01, 2008, 01:54:43 pm
A role perfectly suited to keanu reeves' talent
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: crone_lover720 on December 01, 2008, 02:52:52 pm
quote=esiann]something about keanu and gort[/quote it was really true.

Quote from: Omcifer on December 01, 2008, 09:58:27 am
Does anyone else think "Sin from FFX" when they watch that trailer, BTW?
:welp:
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Kaworu on December 01, 2008, 02:59:18 pm
*sniff sniff*
what's that smell?
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 01, 2008, 04:19:05 pm
I can't wait to see this.


I have always had a soft spot for special effects galore-type films. The Day After Tomorrow was an absolute gem for me.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 04:50:27 pm
Quote from: DurTahar on December 01, 2008, 01:22:13 pm
"THIS IS OUR PLANET!!!!"
"No. It is not."

A++++++ great dialogue guys :welp:

the funny part is with a better actor the first one would say that line and the second would just look and smile and it would be a bit creepier but keanu is so bad at emotion I'm sure they had to add this line.

Quote from: Yeaster on December 01, 2008, 04:19:05 pm
I have always had a soft spot for special effects galore-type films. The Day After Tomorrow was an absolute gem for me.

WHAT
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Standard Toaster on December 01, 2008, 04:53:30 pm
Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 01, 2008, 04:50:27 pm
the funny part is with a better actor the first one would say that line and the second would just look and smile and it would be a bit creepier but keanu is so bad at emotion I'm sure they had to add this line.
i don't think thats true because the character is SUPPOSED to be wooden. its the perfect role for him
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 04:55:09 pm
Quote from: Standard Toaster on December 01, 2008, 04:53:30 pm
i don't think thats true because the character is SUPPOSED to be wooden. its the perfect role for him

even then how about just *cocks head to side, looks clearly puzzled*

spock did this, basically it's such a hilarious line cooked up because obviously 1. soundbite 2. keanu wouldn't be able to convey confusion or arrogance without it.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 01, 2008, 05:18:12 pm
Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 01, 2008, 04:50:27 pm
WHAT


I like to see shit blow up/get destroyed. It's fun.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: CorporateGreed on December 01, 2008, 05:27:35 pm
Quote from: Yeaster on December 01, 2008, 05:18:12 pm

I like to see shit blow up/get destroyed. It's fun.

Seconded.

Also, I clearly don't care about cheesyness. I'm going to see this film, and I'm probably going to like it.
Just like cloverfield. Just like every other movie that is not a parody.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 05:31:37 pm
i agree i like to see shit get blown up *destroys both of your houses, a pox on your houses*
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 05:37:46 pm
oh god...the cold is coming.

RUN

HURRY

WE HAVE TO OUTRUN A TEMPERATURE CHANGE!

CLOSE THE DOOR AND USE THAT TINY FIREPLACE TO KEEP ABOUT SIX PEOPLE ALIVE FROM SOMETHING THAT FROZE HELICOPTER (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel#Jet_A) FUEL (http://www.purvisbros.com/aviation/avgspec.htm) WHILE IN THE AIR!
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 05:42:26 pm
for clarification, the highest point for fuel to freeze is -47 degrees C.

human blood freezes at -.52 degrees C. that's .52, not 52.

god this is even a minor complaint, we're talking about a movie where apparently the earth just creates storms to recreate an ice age for no reason other than some vaguely defined global warming which a dick cheney lookalike scoffs at, you should all be fucking ashamed of yourselves for eating horseshit, since Roman might still be on break I'm gonna take the opportunity to tell you you suck at watching movies.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 01, 2008, 06:09:21 pm
I loved the day after tommorow, I dont pay that much attention to the specific details.. As long as it looks good and the story is sound enough for me then its all good.

Pidgeotto I bet your the type who watches a Superman movie and concludes that a body with . . . a surface gravity of 10,000 in/sec squared would have a mass of 6 x 1033kg ..., which would be 3,000 times the mass of the sun... My best friend is exactly the same, he cant enjoy a movie for what it is.. cant watch sci-fi around him otherwise he wont shutup about all the scientific errors lol

Not having a go at you, I just find it funny.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 06:28:29 pm
no superman emits a biomorphic/electric field that allows him to exceed some physical limits such as gravity and allows him to lift larger objects without shearing them in half by extending the field around them BITCH DO NOT QUESTION MY SUPERMAN KNOWLEDGE this is how he caught lois lane instead of cutting her in two.

but this isn't nerd thinking dude, there's a scene where people run away from a cold wave you previously saw freeze moving vehicles out of the air and kill off half of britain (and all of this is ignoring HOW DO YOU RUN AWAY FROM TEMPERATURE) and then they survive by closing a door and lighting a fire. and it's all based on the premise that earth decides to rebel against humanity. film is by creator of independence day and godzilla. roland emmerich's overall rating on rotten tomatoes is a fucking 20% and his highest rated film is the patriot at 62%. the film's anti pollution message is completely wasted by having all the disasters occur within 24 hours and in a horrible twist was cited by many republicans as evidence of global warming hysteria.

how do you watch movies that have no purpose other than to insult your intelligence? I spend a ridiculous amount of time on forums but at least I might accidentally learn something. watching shit like the Day After Tomorrow (do you all realize how fucking ridiculous this is btw) or this shitty remake wastes everyone's time. and this bullshit "oh I'm entertained by pap", whatever man. you can watch Gone Baby Gone, Blazing Saddles, Kung Fu Hustle, any of thousands of actually entertaining movies, instead of throwing money away at shiny special effects. this bullshit "oh every movie doesn't have to be intellectual we need to rest our brains" came from the anti-intellectual movement angry that they couldn't justify why they watched anything so it's automatically every movie is either too smart or a brain rest movie.

no one's asking you to watch Synecdoche instead, even I need to take a break from being awesome all the time, but that doesn't excuse watching shit like this or Twilight. fuck even Role Models is better than this shit and that's a movie starring Sean William Scott and a sassy black kid.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on December 01, 2008, 06:34:40 pm
the day after tomorrow was a masturbatory shitfest i don't understand how you can watch something that is blatantly, inherently stupid and just think 'oh well you're overanalyzing'

protip: superman is an invincible superhero. the day after tomorrow was a movie that had ice storms that could freeze a helicopter whole in midair and it took itself seriously.

if the ice storms were superman i don't think steel would be arguing here

edit: god dammit steel posted before me again
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Kaworu on December 01, 2008, 06:36:31 pm
ID4... the movie where every line of dialogue is a fucking soundbyte.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Ryan on December 01, 2008, 06:43:13 pm
i love nerdy shit about natural disasters but even I hated the day after tomorrow. it was just so silly. :(

like when the main dude swims through the unfrozen water (? everything outside froze almost instantly you'd expect water that was only 20 feet from the outdoors to be frozen too, or at least so cold it would have killed him if he were in it that long) talks on the phone for like 10 minutes. he even becomes submerged. that and the fact that apparently a wooden door and one fire can keep away insanely cold temperatures that froze metal and jet fuel instantly.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 01, 2008, 07:51:04 pm
TDAT was an entertaining flick, that's why I liked it. It was everything I expected it to be. I don't think it was bad at all. It had some issues, but every movies does.

ETA:

Quote
Laura Chapman: I'm fine ... s'can't sleep ... My mind keeps going over all those worthless Decathlon facts.
Sam Hall: Mm.
Laura Chapman: 'S pretty stupid, huh?
Sam Hall: No, it's alright. I guess you just haven't had time to adjust yet.
Laura Chapman: How'm I supposed to adjust, Sam? Everything I've ever cared about, everything I've worked for ... has all been preparation for a future that no longer exists. I know you always thought I took the competition too seriously ... you were right. It was all for nothing.
Sam Hall: No, no ... No I just, I just said that to avoid admitting the truth.
Laura Chapman: The truth about what?
Sam Hall: ... About w-why I joined the team ... I joined it because of you.


Wow. I forgot how cheesy this movie was.

Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Kaworu on December 01, 2008, 07:55:52 pm
it was entertaining?
It was really boring dude. Terrible ridiculous exposition >SFX shot > bad acting > SFX shot > SFX shot > SFX shot > brain kills self.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 01, 2008, 08:03:42 pm
SFX shot = me entertained ;)
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on December 01, 2008, 08:07:31 pm
nope dont mind plot, dont mind effective exposition, dont mind characters...just give me some explosions and im satisfied!!xD

sometimes u just need to TURN OFF UR BRAIN...
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on December 01, 2008, 08:18:39 pm
I'm tempted to continue making fun of you, but really dude?

horseshit like this is a staggering waste of cinematic talent and resources, i don't understand why you would want to SUPPORT this kind of shitty movie instead of going to see something that's not all about explosions.

seriously i have nothing against BIG EXPLOSIONS AND SFX SCENES (die hard is my favorite action movie, no country for old men had some spectacular cinematography and sfx scenes, raiders of the lost ark had one of the most memorable special effect scenes in all of cinematic history, hell, star wars is great and it has some memorable scenes which rely almost ENTIRELY on special effects to wow the hell out of you) but if there is NO REDEEMING QUALITIES TO THE FILM other than oops look its sf​ thats pretty badass xD why would you want to spend money to see it? why would you particularly want to see it at all?

do you not see the difference between an action-adventure movie spectacle that's actually good like raiders of the lost ark and the stuff emmerich pumps out? movies like this have no good acting, they certainly don't have memorable characters, they DEFINITELY don't have well-written plots, and most of all they lack any kind of charm

jesus, and then there's all the movies which are about SO MUCH MORE than entertainment. you're the type of guy who walks out of No Country For Old Men thinking that it could have used a couple of big explosions or that you really wanted to see Moss battle the Mexicans in a big gunfight.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: DoctorEars on December 01, 2008, 08:24:52 pm
Quote from: stern_gupples on December 01, 2008, 08:18:39 pm
you're the type of guy who walks out of No Country For Old Men thinking that it could have used a couple of big explosions or that you really wanted to see Moss battle the Mexicans in a big gunfight.

That would ruin the movie so much.

Anyway, this is a pretty fucked up argument but I do agree with all of the guys disagreeing. That movie was complete crap, and I really like action movies with good SFX and action and stuff but seriously. That movie is just BAD.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 01, 2008, 08:26:56 pm
Im the type who enjoys any movie and no it doesnt have to have explosions or great SFX... true not all movies with them are good e.g. the newest Indiana Jones movie sucked ass for example. Some people like sci-fi some like romance I like a little of everything not always in one movie.. I simply look for the good parts in a movie whether thats just a SFX shot or a funny comedy scene ect ect *shrug*. I will even go as far as to watch a movie for a specific part even if its a 2sec shot e.g. the part in Superbad when McLovinn shows the other guys his new ID card or the ending of Transformers when theres that huge fight between them all.

Were all different which is a good thing.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Kaworu on December 01, 2008, 08:35:06 pm
TDAT, ID4, Godzilla, WOTW05 etc etc have no redeeming qualities though.
There's a difference between liking something and knowing whether it's bad or not. A movie can be bad. It's not just opinions.
Like I read Star Wars Novels. I know they are amoung the worst books ever written(do you really want an essay about how shit they are?) but I still read them. Like I visibly cringe wgilst reading some shit about shoto lightsabers and light whips and Sith living spaceships and all that pure unfiltered shit.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Lyndon on December 01, 2008, 08:37:47 pm
haha I actually like like ID4. It brings back memories of my childhood. Also I fucking love Goldblum in it. But yeah it is well cheesy, but a guilty pleasure none the less
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Warped655 on December 01, 2008, 09:06:27 pm
Yeah they are all guilty pleasures for me.

So, while I enjoyed them, would I want more of them to be made? NO. We don't need anymore of these films. Will another be made anyway? yes. Will I watch them? probably, but I'll also probably just end up pirating them rather then seeing them in theaters.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Roman on December 01, 2008, 09:11:43 pm
I'm not enraged because I haven't seen the original movie, but my general rule with remakes is that I try to watch the original first.  I'm really in no rush to see this but I'm probably going to rent the original sometime soon.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Roman on December 01, 2008, 09:14:07 pm
Also SHIT BLOWS UP movies are great but that doesn't mean they have to insult your intelligence like The Day After Tomorrow did!  That's not entertainment man that's just a sign that somebody doesn't give a fuck.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 01, 2008, 09:22:59 pm
The original at least had a message... I bet this will be just mindless entertainment. I'll watch it.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Miek on December 01, 2008, 09:31:51 pm
Quote
Kung Fu Hustle

man I just watched this like two days ago. I wanna watch it again now.

I'm all for special effects in movies but the movie still won't do anything for me if the rest of it is shit. kung fu hustle would have still been pretty entertaining on its own merits (although the fight scenes wouldn't have been so over-the-top and that was admittedly half the charm (there is something to be said for a movie in which guitar(or whatever that was)ists can use music to chop things in half)) but as far as movies go I will not accept something that's just LOOK AT THE PRETTY THINGS for an hour and a half.

man, when I first saw this I thought it looked kind of interesting until I remembered that the original story was some fairly anticlimactic piece that was mostly STRAIGHTEN OUT AND FLY RIGHT OR MY ROBOT AND I WE WILL GET MAD. I've lost a lot of my faith in screenwriters lately (okay well except for things like dark knight) and I'm not confident about the sort of liberties this guy would take to turn the original into something that fits the action-movie bill -- the story I recall was more a talky than anything else, and this seems like it's based on that in the same way the Cheaper By The Dozen films were based on those books. I haven't seen the original Day The Earth Stood Still movie so I dunno for all I know it might have been pulled off well in the past and might be in for another skillful rendition, but I also take keanu reeves as a bad sign.

dude can only emote, like, BEING PENSIVE and BEING MILDLY APPREHENSIVE. he does a good "ted" theodore logan, but he's not doing that anymore.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Farren on December 01, 2008, 09:34:03 pm
I'm going to watch this if there isn't anything better coming out and hope that it isn't too terrible.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Miek on December 01, 2008, 09:36:37 pm
oh, wait, this movie is going with an ENTIRELY ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE?

that's it, it's going to suck. hollywood can't pull off this hippie shit without sounding campy and hypocritical (at least not while they're still paying their actors in Hummers and cans of CFC.)
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 01, 2008, 10:29:03 pm
if you think this is bad, look up 2012, his next movie.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 01, 2008, 10:30:54 pm
Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 01, 2008, 10:29:03 pm
if you think this is bad, look up 2012, his next movie.

Wikipedia says it will have john cussack in it, so it's automatically crap
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Farren on December 01, 2008, 10:56:13 pm
whats wrong with john cusack? I like him.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Roman on December 01, 2008, 11:15:43 pm
Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 01, 2008, 10:29:03 pm
if you think this is bad, look up 2012, his next movie.

man roland emmerich you can't fool me


Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 02, 2008, 01:22:01 am
Quote from: Coxswain on December 01, 2008, 10:56:13 pm
whats wrong with john cusack? I like him.

He's a bad actor that plays the same character in every film he is in, also I hate the way he looks and his voice
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: King of Spooks on December 02, 2008, 01:31:29 am
My body is...

John Cusack is the best.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Dark Angel on December 02, 2008, 02:48:13 am
I'm seeing this movie at the midnight showing. Eat it.

I'd like to leave it at that but I think the truth will hit even harder. I'm seeing the midnight showing so I can see the preview for Dragonball ASAP (in theaters). I don't care about "turning off my brain" but fuck you, I like what I like. Get over it.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Miek on December 02, 2008, 02:58:55 am
"they wouldn't"

that is great.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 02, 2008, 03:08:28 am
QUICK EVERYONE! THAT GUY THINKS OPINIONS ARE BASED ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN GUT FEELINGS! LET'S TRY AND CLAIM A HIGHER GROUND ANYWAY!
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Standard Toaster on December 02, 2008, 03:40:02 am
i like how that movie is like GOOGLE SEARCH: 2012 and the fourth result is NO DOOMSDAY IN 2012
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: the bloddy ghost on December 02, 2008, 03:42:28 am
he's just upset because he has no guts.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: dragonx on December 02, 2008, 03:51:46 am
hey guys the man from earth was an awesome movie


this movie will be just as good
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 02, 2008, 04:10:29 am
btw that superman example is one of the worst massy could have chosen because it's what every physics kid ever likes to say HEH SUPERMAN WOULD HAVE BROKEN HER NECK. Superman's been around since 1932. it's been going on for 76 years and you don't think someone has written a comic book explanation for almost all sorts of wacky comic shit?

shoulda gone starwars WHY DO LASERS MAKE SOUND if you want the real nerd argument.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Mongoloid on December 02, 2008, 06:42:12 am
everytime i see the trailer for this in the theatre I cringe. I haven't seen the original but that line "if you die, the earth lives," just makes me want to bash my skull in for making absolutely no sense and trying to hook people into seeing a movie that will probably not make sense in it's entirety either.

I really do try to give every movie a fair chance despite their trailers and ratings and reviews and stuff, but the only thing about this movie that appeals to me is the Wolverine trailer at the beginning that is not going to be released online (even more bait).
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on December 02, 2008, 08:02:24 am
Quote from: Roman on December 01, 2008, 11:15:43 pm
man roland emmerich you can't fool me



hahaha HOLY SHIT
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 02, 2008, 09:23:55 am
Am I the only one who wants to watch 2012 now?

Although the Tibet monk guy running towards the temple at the end of a mountain top has been done way too many times but did you see the awsome SFX shot :P
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Farren on December 02, 2008, 09:40:05 am
Quote from: Mongoloid on December 02, 2008, 06:42:12 am
I haven't seen the original but that line "if you die, the earth lives," just makes me want to bash my skull in for making absolutely no sense and trying to hook people into seeing a movie that will probably not make sense in it's entirety either.

how does this not make any sense? the movie is about an alien that takes the form of a human to find out whether or not humanity should be eradicated because the planet is dying and they aren't taking care of it or some shit.

I didn't even know the movies plot but after watching the trailer and hearing that I could pretty much figure it out.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: headphonics on December 02, 2008, 10:52:32 am
Quote from: Coxswain on December 02, 2008, 09:40:05 am
how does this not make any sense? the movie is about an alien that takes the form of a human to find out whether or not humanity should be eradicated because the planet is dying and they aren't taking care of it or some shit.

I didn't even know the movies plot but after watching the trailer and hearing that I could pretty much figure it out.
making sense does not save it from being an awful line and yeah, soundbite garbage
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Hundley on December 02, 2008, 12:59:55 pm
Quote from: Standard Toaster on December 01, 2008, 04:53:30 pm
i don't think thats true because the character is SUPPOSED to be wooden. its the perfect role for him
i see someone hasn't seen the original!!!!!

seriously though keanu reeves could have worked as klaatu if he played the role as SOME DUDE and not NEO......
but that is not the case and it would be outrageous to expect a hollywood filmmaker to possess that kind of creative foresight.


anyway yeah, i don't think i came closer to bashing my head in over a remake as i did when i found out about this. usually filmmakers are not so staggeringly unaware of their surroundings but every year they manage to dig that hole of critical human failure deeper and deeper.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Ryan on December 02, 2008, 01:04:11 pm
can't wait to see the new citizen kane starring jim carrey and orlando bloom or some shit.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 02, 2008, 04:30:56 pm
Emily: Really Charles, people will think-...
Charles Foster Kane: - -what I tell them to think *puts on shiny green riddler hat*
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Ryan on December 02, 2008, 04:36:30 pm
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Farren on December 02, 2008, 08:02:02 pm
Quote from: headphonics on December 02, 2008, 10:52:32 am
making sense does not save it from being an awful line and yeah, soundbite garbage

oh yeah I know but "???????????????? WHAT DOES THISTM EAN I ODNT GET IT???????"

is pretty dumb
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Mongoloid on December 03, 2008, 06:23:45 am
Ok Jennifer Connelly's life vs. the planet earth was what i didn't get

rewatching it I got it

sorry to upset you
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 03, 2008, 01:59:11 pm
Quote from: stern_gupples on December 01, 2008, 08:18:39 pm
I'm tempted to continue making fun of you, but really dude?

horseshit like this is a staggering waste of cinematic talent and resources, i don't understand why you would want to SUPPORT this kind of shitty movie instead of going to see something that's not all about explosions.

seriously i have nothing against BIG EXPLOSIONS AND SFX SCENES (die hard is my favorite action movie, no country for old men had some spectacular cinematography and sfx scenes, raiders of the lost ark had one of the most memorable special effect scenes in all of cinematic history, hell, star wars is great and it has some memorable scenes which rely almost ENTIRELY on special effects to wow the hell out of you) but if there is NO REDEEMING QUALITIES TO THE FILM other than oops look its sf​ thats pretty badass xD why would you want to spend money to see it? why would you particularly want to see it at all?

do you not see the difference between an action-adventure movie spectacle that's actually good like raiders of the lost ark and the stuff emmerich pumps out? movies like this have no good acting, they certainly don't have memorable characters, they DEFINITELY don't have well-written plots, and most of all they lack any kind of charm

jesus, and then there's all the movies which are about SO MUCH MORE than entertainment. you're the type of guy who walks out of No Country For Old Men thinking that it could have used a couple of big explosions or that you really wanted to see Moss battle the Mexicans in a big gunfight.

Okay, please don't assume you know my taste in movies.

I can watch and enjoy absolutely anything. I was in the tenth grade the first and only time I saw TDAT, and I liked it. It had faults, I never said it didn't, but I wanted to see action and I did, and so I was pleased. It's hardly the worst movie ever made like some of you are making it out to be.

I didn't say it was my favorite movie of all time (or anywhere close) or the greatest piece of cinema ever created. All I said, was that I liked it for what it was, mindless entertainment. There are a variety of movies made for everyone. If someone doesn't prefer movies like NCFOM, it doesn't mean they have better or worse taste than you, it's just not what they're into.

I mean, if I'm gonna pay $10 to see a movie, I wanna have fun, damn it. If it's long, and slow, and boring, I am going to acknowledge everything good about it...I'll just never in my life want to see it again.

Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on December 03, 2008, 03:56:29 pm
i wasn't responding to you. i was responding to massy2k6
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 03, 2008, 11:23:57 pm
Oh.

*feels stupid*
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Puppet Master on December 04, 2008, 12:21:28 am
The new one has the most boring poster in the world, and it looks even worse when it's right next to the original.

They just don't know how to make posters anymore.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: The Dude on December 04, 2008, 12:40:46 am
I thought this movie was about a spaceship that lands, an indestructible robot, and all that.

So where's the fucking robot?!?
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: esiann on December 04, 2008, 01:40:31 am
um... i think it's pretty obvious
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Cho on December 12, 2008, 01:00:39 am
I keep seeing commercials for this and they have this really crappy looking CGI robot in them. We're talking Sci Fi channel original movie level CGI here. I find that troubling.
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Post by: Lyndon on December 12, 2008, 02:37:16 am
Anyone else noticed that they fucked up the date on this movie? The end of the mayan calendar and proposed end of the world is 21st December 2012 not the 12th

I wonder why they chose a date that is obviously quite similar :/
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Standard Toaster on December 12, 2008, 03:31:11 am
Quote from: Lyndon on December 12, 2008, 02:37:16 am
Anyone else noticed that they fucked up the date on this movie? The end of the mayan calendar and proposed end of the world is 21st December 2012 not the 12th
yea but who would launch a movie on a sunday?
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Post by: DS on December 13, 2008, 02:54:00 pm
This movie was shit. Good thing I didn't have to pay for it.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Parker on December 17, 2008, 09:07:13 pm
"I think you should let me go."
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: JustRob on December 17, 2008, 09:46:47 pm
yeah i saw the ad in the newspaper and i was actually shitting myself thinking that aliens had finally descended upon earth and came to destroy the world and take my life. then i searched google and found out it was actually a movie

uh maybe ill watch it but aliens scare me
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 17, 2008, 10:28:04 pm
Quote from: DragonSlayer on December 13, 2008, 02:54:00 pm
This movie was shit. Good thing I didn't have to pay for it.

It wasnt great but I think it was worth the watch. Jennifer Connelly looked great in it and that alone kept me entertained, felt a little cheated with the ending.. not sure why but felt like they could have expanded it a little more, maybe allowed us to see the impact on our race from what occured in the end.. trying to be carefull with my words, dont wana spoil it for anyone.
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Post by: something bizarre and impractical on December 17, 2008, 10:39:38 pm
Quote from: Massy2k6 on December 17, 2008, 10:28:04 pm
It wasnt great but I think it was worth the watch. Jennifer Connelly looked great in it and that alone kept me entertained, felt a little cheated with the ending.. not sure why but felt like they could have expanded it a little more, maybe allowed us to see the impact on our race from what occured in the end.. trying to be carefull with my words, dont wana spoil it for anyone.
You can use [ spoiler ][ /spoiler ] tags.

Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: big ass skelly on December 17, 2008, 10:41:29 pm
Quote from: Massy2k6 on December 17, 2008, 10:28:04 pm
Jennifer Connelly looked great in it
:D sign me up
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Post by: Lyndon on December 17, 2008, 11:01:48 pm
haha the product placement in this movie kept me entertained.

Seriously though, I'm getting tired of these really preachy 'save the earth' movies. They're so unsubtle that they feel like a extended government infomercial
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Roman on December 17, 2008, 11:15:57 pm
Quote from: Massy2k6 on December 17, 2008, 10:28:04 pm
It wasnt great but I think it was worth the watch.

Massy if you keep saying this about every movie you see I'm going to explode in my seat and ruin my couch.  Don't make me ruin my couch.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on December 18, 2008, 02:16:46 am
I was thinking the same thing about Mass2k6 before my internet came back. It wasn't great but entertaining.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 18, 2008, 01:18:20 pm
Quote from: Roman on December 17, 2008, 11:15:57 pm
Massy if you keep saying this about every movie you see I'm going to explode in my seat and ruin my couch.  Don't make me ruin my couch.

lol... no dont explode, normally if I find a movie which isnt worth watching I wont bother posting it.. I suppose thats why every movie Ive mentioned on here is "worth a watch"  :laugh:

Ill start mentioning movies which arnt worth talking about from now on lol.. promise  :woop:
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: DS on December 18, 2008, 05:14:56 pm
I seriously don't see a single redeeming factor about this movie! I'm usually pretty easy to entertain and not overly critical but this movie was just waste of time. :(
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Standard Toaster on December 18, 2008, 05:38:43 pm
Quote from: Lyndon on December 17, 2008, 11:01:48 pm
Seriously though, I'm getting tired of these really preachy 'save the earth' movies. They're so unsubtle that they feel like a extended government infomercial
normally i'd agree but this is actually a really old movie that was remade, and i haven't seen either but i think the plots are pretty much the same??
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: esiann on December 18, 2008, 06:03:21 pm
that doesn't change anything though. the original was a save the earth/down with nukes/world peace movie, i have no idea what this one is but it's probably similar since the world is not saved and nukes and violence still exist and people seem to have a problem with this
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 18, 2008, 06:16:25 pm
apparently they were afraid of getting fox news et al riled up so they never actually say WHAT earth is doing wrong and how the love of a mother and child will stop it.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: esiann on December 18, 2008, 06:31:07 pm
if we could all just love one another maybe our streets would be littered with diamonds too.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 18, 2008, 10:35:28 pm
Quote from: esiann on December 18, 2008, 06:31:07 pm
if we could all just love one another maybe our streets would be littered with diamonds too.

Not diamonds but maybe a few less corpses.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on December 18, 2008, 11:07:19 pm
The earth wasn't doing anything wrong, only people were. Probably playing too much videogames.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: AdderallApocalypse on December 20, 2008, 01:01:57 am
Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 18, 2008, 06:16:25 pm
apparently they were afraid of getting fox news et al riled up so they never actually say WHAT earth is doing wrong and how the love of a mother and child will stop it.
I saw this movie today, and there was just too much that was not answered, and that bothers me. It never says where the alien race is from and how they actually know about earth. Also, in the beginning when the alien race They never really explain much about the aliens, just that they want to save earth from being destroyed by humans. Also, the acting in the beginning of the movie was laughably bad, but it became tolerable as the movie went on. I didn't think this movie was horrible, but I wouldn't say it was good or great either. I thought it was alright, probably even more so to me because I enjoy plots that deal with alien races coming to earth.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: The Dude on December 20, 2008, 02:09:30 am
Quote from: DragonSlayer on December 18, 2008, 05:14:56 pm
I seriously don't see a single redeeming factor about this movie! I'm usually pretty easy to entertain and not overly critical but this movie was just waste of time. :(

That's what I gathered from the commercials.
The other reason for not seeing this movie is that I didn't end up seeing Quantum of Solace in theatre. If that's true, there's no WAY I'd pay for this tripe rehash-for-the-sake-of-lack-of-any-better-ideas movie
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Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2008, 02:19:40 am
The original didn't explain anything about aliens either omcifier because it was not the point

Hey they never say what is inside that brief case in pulp fiction that bothers me!!! They don't say how the flux capacitor works in back to the future!! Too many unanswered questions...
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 20, 2008, 03:05:21 am
the briefcase is on purpose, the flux capacitor is not a plot point but just a device to go back in time, and the aliens in the original were explained as being part of a galactic concensus that earth had to be examined as they had developed nuclear power and could be a threat to both their planet and others.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2008, 03:18:21 am
But it did not not explain where they are from
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on December 20, 2008, 03:19:53 am
yeah okay split that hair if you really think omcifer wanted to know PERSEI 6 or some stupid shit instead of a more general where.
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Post by: Lyndon on December 20, 2008, 02:13:00 pm
I don't really think its important where they came from. Besides, Keanu says that Earth is out of a handful of planets that can support life. So we're either to assume that they live on one of these planets or just travel through space on some type of ship policing the universe.

Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Rye Bread on December 20, 2008, 02:20:03 pm
So basically is this just the original with the whole nuclear weapon concern being replaced by standard heavy-handed environmentalist message?
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: DS on December 20, 2008, 04:39:27 pm
Quote from: Omcifer on December 20, 2008, 01:01:57 am
Also, in the beginning when the alien race
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Massy2k6 on December 20, 2008, 06:10:26 pm
Quote from: DragonSlayer on December 20, 2008, 04:39:27 pm


Awsome I didnt notice that... thought they took him as well. So did the original continue on living or die there? Cause wouldnt the original have said something to someone about what had happened if he remained alive.
Title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Post by: Yeaster on December 21, 2008, 12:40:54 pm
Saw this last night/earlier this morning. I thought it was okay. It wasn't bad, but it was too dry, and aside from the (very few) action scenes, nothing about this movie was memorable.

And they gave Smith's son too much screentime. His acting was typical of a kid actor, so that didn't bother me, but the character itself was useless. We only needed to see him twice:

1) When his mom dropped him off with the neighbor at the very beginning
2)

Otherwise than that, he wasn't needed. We were probably "supposed" to love him, but I felt indifferent. He was just there.