Bakpoh Movie Review --> The Day the Earth Stood Still

Klaatu: If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives.

This should give you a clue on wad the movie is about......

Went to the PC fair today and caught the movie since we had some free time on our hands(mostly i wanted to see the movie, sorry if u guys didn't enjoy it...)

First things first, the facts:

Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Directed by: Scott Derrickson(The Exorcism of Emily Rose)

Main Cast:
Keanu Reeves(The Matrix) as Klaatu
Jennifer Connely(Blood Diamond) as Helen Benson
Jaden Smith(Will Smith's son) as Jacob Benson

Movie Runtime: 103 minutes

Rating: PG 13(Not violent enough if u ask me....)

The Plot:

This movie is a remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. The movie starts off with a giant extra-terrestrial sphere landing amidst the city. An alien lifeform, Klaatu(Keanu Reeves) emerges from the sphere and the first human to make contact is Helen Benson(Jennifer Conelly).

Apparently, Klaatu is here to destroy the humans as it is deemed necessary for the earth's survival. It is now up to Helen to persuade Klaatu to change his mind and save the humans from extiction.........

My Thoughts:

An above average movie in my opinion but opinions will be divided. You either like it or you hate it. It's actually quite and enjoyable sci-fi movie for me though not as exhilirating as alien invasion movies such as Independence Day. The movie is not your typical alien invasion movies with epic battles between the humans and the aliens. It's more one sided to be honest(humans totally got pawned....). But it does make you think.....are we the ones killing earth? If so, can we change our ways in time? With global warming increasing at such an alarming rate, we just might kill earth and perish together with it.....only thing is, in the real world, there wont be aliens to give us a second chance.....

Klaatu and his shiny sphere........

Moving on, the acting is quite good, not great though. Keanu Reeves makes quite a good alien with his expressionless face. Some of u might disagree with me saying he acts like a log for the whole movie but give him a break.....aliens are supposed to be cold and expressionless. Jaden Smith's acting was also quite impressive.....he's got lots of potential. As with any 21st century movie, the CGI was nice too......

The bottom line: If you are looking for a movie to watch at the cinema this weekend, might as well watch this movie rather than some other cheesy teenage vampire love story movie such as Twilight....this is much more worth it!

Bakpoh Rating: A not to shabby 7 out of 10(this might be biased abit coz i quite like Keanu Reeves movies)

And as usual, the trailer for your viewing pleasure.....