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The day the earth stood still
« on: December 09, 2008, 10:35:00 pm »
Opens this weekend in my area of the world.
Im going to have to wait until later, we are having company Christmas party this weekend in Nashville, Tn.

Anyone planning on catching it? Looks like it will be good.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 11:12:56 pm »
I think I'm going to be too big a fan of the original to be able to enjoy this one.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 05:31:47 am »

i have never seen the original. so i will definitely see this. always funny to watch keanu though:

dracula: are you, like, count dracula?

matrix: you mean we are, like, living in a machine?

day the earth stood still: im, like, here to destroy the earth.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 08:05:38 am »
Don't forget "Whoa"...   ;D

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 09:29:15 am »
Don't forget "Whoa"...   ;D

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 01:12:48 pm »
No, no, no, we already established on this forum that Whoa must always come from the Matrix, not Bill and Ted.


Maybe you did.  I vote for Bill and Ted.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 01:50:21 pm »
I'd like to see it, but once again they go and release new trailers that show spoilers.


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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 02:09:59 pm »
I'd like to see it, but once again they go and release new trailers that show spoilers.
I don't think they're too worried about spoilers when it's a remake of a classic that everyone should of seen (and if you haven't seen it, then go rent it.  definately worth it.)  ;D

Gort, Klaatu Barada Nikto.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2008, 12:54:48 am by AtomSmasher »

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 02:18:30 pm »
Looks stupid. Will wait for DVD.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2008, 12:53:26 am »
Early reviews are looking really bad:  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1193610-day_the_earth_stood_still/

It's always sad when they butcher a classic.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2008, 09:55:33 am »

Jesus... you read some of the comments on that rottentomatoes page and want to smack those people.  I wonder how much effort it took those people to come up with such pretentious commentary.

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As it becomes clear, too early in the game, that Klaatu's executioner's song is really a didactic bluff, 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' loses its urgency and much of its raison d'être.

 :banghead:  STFU and just give it a rating, dillhole.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2008, 10:24:28 am »
You read an Ebert review lately?  I knew the dude was sick, but I thought he had gotten better but his reviews were just getting more and more and more and more batshit each week.  Then I found out he's incapable of speaking now, and it made a little more sense.   :-\

He got busted reviewing a film he had not seen. He just saw the preview and deemed that enough to review the whole film.

Why would anyone still listen to him?

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2008, 01:08:24 pm »
Really? I guess I didn't pay close enough attention to an article about a has-been reviewer that noone pays any attention to anymore. Good thing we have Chad's replacement to keep us up on things.  ;)

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2008, 01:17:59 pm »

Hey now, I have no idea where to even find an Ebert review.  I'd have to google it.  I'm not exactly their target audience, anyway, since I practically have to watch stuff like this through an eyepatch with a parrot on my shoulder.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2008, 01:20:54 pm »

Hey now, I have no idea where to even find an Ebert review.  I'd have to google it.  I'm not exactly their target audience, anyway, since I practically have to watch stuff like this through an eyepatch with a parrot on my shoulder.

LOL... took me a minute to get that...   ;D

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2008, 01:29:20 pm »
...I don't get it. What did I miss?

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2008, 01:41:06 pm »
Ah, okay. Damn I am dense sometimes.   :banghead:

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2008, 04:06:56 pm »

Hey now, I have no idea where to even find an Ebert review.  I'd have to google it.  I'm not exactly their target audience, anyway, since I practically have to watch stuff like this through an eyepatch with a parrot on my shoulder.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2008, 04:19:17 pm »
I dont get it...you're a butt pirate?

That is EXACTLY what I kept initially thinking! I figured there was a thread around here somewhere I missed.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2008, 04:21:38 pm »
I dont get it...you're a butt pirate?

Damn.  Damn.  Damn.   :banghead:

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2008, 03:21:15 am »
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Re: The day the earth stood still
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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2008, 05:12:46 pm »
Early reviews are looking really bad:  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1193610-day_the_earth_stood_still/

It's always sad when they butcher a classic.

Didn't they "update" it so it has something to do with global warming or some other such scam?   :afro:

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2008, 07:53:03 pm »
Early reviews are looking really bad:  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1193610-day_the_earth_stood_still/

It's always sad when they butcher a classic.

Didn't they "update" it so it has something to do with global warming or some other such scam?   :afro:
OH NO, tell me they didn't !
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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #24 on: December 13, 2008, 04:04:07 pm »
Early reviews are looking really bad:  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1193610-day_the_earth_stood_still/

It's always sad when they butcher a classic.

Didn't they "update" it so it has something to do with global warming or some other such scam?   :afro:
OH NO, tell me they didn't !


Sorry, they did:

"In 1951, during the height of the Cold War, Klaatu was preaching nuclear disarmament. This made sense since, if humans took their nukes into space, it could threaten other species. The remake, though, dumbly makes Klaatu's message a green one: He and the coalition of interstellar communities he represents value our planet as one of the few inhabitable places in the cosmos and they can't risk humans ruining the environment."

http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/D/Day_The_Earth_Stood_Still/2008/12/12/7723301-sun.html

I'll pass.  Already got suckered in by "The Happening" and left the cinema quite pissed off.   :angry:

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2008, 11:09:31 pm »
Looks stupid. Will wait for DVD.

That's a good plan. My wife and I just got back from seeing this movie... we should have gone and seen the new 007 movie like she originally wanted to.  :banghead:

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2008, 03:22:48 pm »
Thanks for the info. I may wait for the DVD now myself.
The reviews for it havent been kind.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2008, 08:14:41 am »

I'll pass.  Already got suckered in by "The Happening" and left the cinema quite pissed off.   :angry:

I liked that one. Of course I also turned a blind eye on 'the message'.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2008, 09:15:52 am »

The Happening would have been so much better if it had actually wrapped anything up.  All those effed up suicide sequences didn't pay off to any type of reasonable plot climax.  It was just a nicely produced snuff film.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2008, 01:30:35 pm »
Thanks for the info. I may wait for the DVD now myself.
The reviews for it havent been kind.

Your welcome. The problem with this movie isn't the acting (Will Smith's kid did a really good job and Keanu did about what you would expect from him... minus a "Whoa!")  The plot was the same as the original mostly. The script though was totally lame and weak and really killed what could have been a very good movie.

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #30 on: December 15, 2008, 05:50:16 pm »

I'll pass.  Already got suckered in by "The Happening" and left the cinema quite pissed off.   :angry:

I liked that one. Of course I also turned a blind eye on 'the message'.

I even liked the message.

"Pave over all the parks and cut down all the trees."

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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2008, 03:22:53 am »

The Happening would have been so much better if it had actually wrapped anything up.  All those effed up suicide sequences didn't pay off to any type of reasonable plot climax.  It was just a nicely produced snuff film.

yeah, i liked 'the happening', but wasnt astounded by the plot. m. knight shanana has run out of ideas. but some of those deaths were disturbingly convincing. like the jeep crash. that was freaky. so un-hollywood, no lead up. very realistic...


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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2008, 06:00:57 am »
Saw it a few days ago. The plot was so illogical. They take a scientist on a secret mission and to show how important she is, they close down the highway as they speed her along in a car  :o Never heard of helicopters?  :banghead: The way that the US military handled the case reminds me of a certain PinballJ though  ;) I haven't seen the original but I will certainly do now because it just has to be better.
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Re: The day the earth stood still
« Reply #33 on: December 26, 2008, 09:40:02 pm »
well, i saw this last night. i took all the above criticisms on board, but i still liked it. and what i'd forgotten about was that it has jennifer connolly in it. i hadnt realised how many movies id seen that has her in it until i saw 'the labyrinth for the first time a few months ago. i like jennifer  :)

oh, and i noticed in the credits that the guys who made my 'the master' (or shmokes kills dick tracey) statue, did some of the special effects. they also did lord of the rings...

i'd give it a 3.5 out of 5
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