This much reviled retelling of the original 1951 version wasn’t as bad as I had feared, perhaps precisely because I wasn’t expecting anything more than what I got.
At any rate, The Day the Earth Stood Still is fairly well written and reasonably well acted, even though both Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly never seem to emote too much to me (I still can’t fathom that Connelly has won an Oscar – especially that year - while, say, Annette Bening still hasn’t). Thankfully, Kathy Bates and John Cleese do an excellent job in their very limited supporting roles.
The plot: alien spheres land in Manhattan and other parts of the world, triggering guarded reactions from humanity that slowly turn violent. While trying to figure out what the aliens want from Reeves, their representative, Connelly discovers an ugly truth.
The movie doesn’t lack effective action sequences and the visual effects are top notch, so I would recommend it if you’re into sci-fi, especially if you haven’t seen the original and therefore cannot make any comparisons.
Grade: 6
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