The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

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I spent part of this afternoon watching one of my favorite classic sci-fi movies, The Day the Earth Stood Stillday-earth-2 (1951).  It’s message is clear, and I believe it’s much more relevant today than when it was first released back in 1951.  The movie screams of 1950’s science ficition and sure, the plots got a few holes.  But if you just suspend reality for a bit, you will never forget this movie.  I know there is a remake coming out soon but I’m not interested.  Mainstream Hollywood is too focused on special effects and this is not a special effects type of movie.  Plus, the thought of Keanu Reeves playing Klaatu makes my stomach turn.

So if your inclined, check out The Day the Earth Stood Still. . . before current day Hollywood destroys another classic.  (I hope I’m wrong)

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One Response to “The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)”

  1. cnickthomas Says:
    December 1, 2008 at 7:14 pm | Reply

    Cool, I love the original classics also and agree with you on remaking this classic film. I did not realize you are a fan of classic Sci-fi. Cool. Netflix has a pretty good selection of Classic Scifi films including this one. I happen to catch, “The Time Machine” on TCM this weekend. Have you ever seen, “On the Beach”, “Failsafe”, “Dr. Strangelove”?

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