The Day the Earth stood Still !

mjosef · « **on:** 24 Nov 2008, 11:36 pm »

http://www.thedaytheearthstoodstillmovie.com/
Wow, saw this preview at the new Bond showing...this looks gooooood.
Neo is back

I love the premise: For the Earth to survive, the earthlings must die.

I am reserving my seat at the Imax theatre.

Bigfish · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 Nov 2008, 11:43 pm »

Quote from: mjosef on 24 Nov 2008, 11:36 pm

Wow, saw this preview at the new Bond showing...this looks gooooood.
Neo is back
I love the premise: For the Earth to survive, the earthlings must die.
I am reserving my seat at the Imax theatre.

When is the release date because I too want to see this one?

Ken

mjosef · « **Reply #2 on:** 24 Nov 2008, 11:49 pm »

12.12.08

Scott F. · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 02:08 am »

Yep, looks pretty cool. My wife and I saw the trailer. She looked at me and said "What was that all about?". I told her it was the remake of the 1950's classic and I promptly rattled off that Michael Rennie played Klaatu and the robots name was Gort. My wife looked at me, shook her head and called me a geek.

satfrat · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 02:12 am »

Quote from: mjosef on 24 Nov 2008, 11:49 pm

12.12.08

12.12.08,,,,, in IMAX!

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 02:48 am »

Keanu Reeves? How about Bruce Willis? Just kidding. My day to be in the ointment.

mjosef · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 04:58 am »

Yeah Robin....IMaX

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 05:08 am »

The trailer....

ltr317 · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 05:20 am »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 25 Nov 2008, 05:08 am

The trailer....

Jennifer Connelly, yum.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 05:25 am »

And.....the 1951 trailer..... scary...

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 12:35 pm »

Quote from: ltr317 on 25 Nov 2008, 05:20 am

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 25 Nov 2008, 05:08 am
The trailer....

Jennifer Connelly, yum.

Speaking of this lass (beautiful, huh?), here's a little personal filmography of her early years. First noticed her in Once Upon a Time in America. Mesmerizing beauty at a very young age. Later, in a comedy wherein she gets locked up in a grocery store overnite with the clean up guy. Stunningly yummy in that. Later still and 20lbs lighter, Don Johnson fell hard for her in The Hot Spot (no wonder) and around the same time a cute movie called Rocketman in which you couldn't take your eyes off of her. Regained the weight and was featured in Mulholland Falls. Lost the weight and appeared in Requiem for a Dream which was a dismal, ugly movie (think she was looking for some acting cred by this time) and House of Sand and Fog, good picture and a hit with the critics. The rest, as they say, is history.

ltr317 · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Nov 2008, 05:44 pm »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 25 Nov 2008, 12:35 pm

Quote from: ltr317 on 25 Nov 2008, 05:20 am
Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 25 Nov 2008, 05:08 am
The trailer....

Jennifer Connelly, yum.

Speaking of this lass (beautiful, huh?), here's a little personal filmography of her early years. First noticed her in Once Upon a Time in America. Mesmerizing beauty at a very young age. Later, in a comedy wherein she gets locked up in a grocery store overnite with the clean up guy. Stunningly yummy in that. Later still and 20lbs lighter, Don Johnson fell hard for her in The Hot Spot (no wonder) and around the same time a cute movie called Rocketman in which you couldn't take your eyes off of her. Regained the weight and was featured in Mulholland Falls. Lost the weight and appeared in Requiem for a Dream which was a dismal, ugly movie (think she was looking for some acting cred by this time) and House of Sand and Fog, good picture and a hit with the critics. The rest, as they say, is history.

Thanks for her filmography. I've seen most of the movies you mentioned, and she is fetching in every one of them. The movie where she is locked up in the grocery store is called Career Opporttunities. She is even more beautiful in person than in film. I saw her in front of Patische, a trendy and popular restaurant in Manhattan's meat packing district about 7 or 8 years ago. She was holding a baby stroller, and she was with two guys. One of them was the photographer David Dougan, with whom she was involved with at the time. Seeing her there just took my breath away. She wasn't wearing any makeup and her natural beauty was radiant. Everyone who walked by was awestruck by her beauty. Their eyes bulged and their mouths dropped, as did mine. A photographer friend of mine, who has photographed her, told me it's really hard to get her to look better on camera than off. Having been in fashion photography for awhile, I know what he means. Having seen a lot of beautiful people in fashion, I don't get too excited unless it's someone exceptional. The flat image of a photograph or in film, with the right lighting and angle, will usually make almost anyone look better than in person. There are exceptions, and Jennifer Connelly is one of them. It is very difficult to capture her three dimensional beauty in a two dimensional plane. When I see her in movies or in photographs, even though she looks beautiful, but it doesn't do justice to her real live beauty.

mjosef · « **Reply #12 on:** 1 Jan 2009, 09:58 am »

I went in expecting more, came out somewhat underwhelmed. Felt like they rushed the second half to a "happy" Hollywood ending, and edited out parts of the first half.
It was not truly IMAX.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

martyo · « **Reply #13 on:** 1 Jan 2009, 11:37 am »

Jennifer Connelly: 6 stars out of 5(Also enjoyed her in Blood Diamond and A Beautiful Mind)

The Day the Earth stood Still: 2 stars out of 5

anthony a. · « **Reply #14 on:** 2 Jan 2009, 06:54 am »

she is definitely hot, but i think she was too thin in this movie. house of sand and fog she looked awesome.

Browntrout · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 11:25 am »

Junk film. The lass can't act, Keanu never could act, boring. Total and utter rubbish.

sts9fan · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 01:44 pm »

Guess you never saw Point Break...

Browntrout · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 03:58 pm »

I have seen point break and don't remeber any great acting from him. My opinion of Keanu is he is cast in roles that require chair leg like properties, in that one about the devil he plays an inhuman lawyer, in my private idaho he plays an inhumuan rich kid, in the Matrix he is an inhuman/half deity which makes relating to people difficult, and in this film he plays an inhuman alien who's job it is to eradicate the human race. I noticed this trait in his career a while ago. Any films where he has played a highly emotive sensitive character who has great powers of artistic expresion?

srb · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 04:02 pm »

Quote from: Scott F. on 25 Nov 2008, 02:08 am

Yep, looks pretty cool. My wife and I saw the trailer. She looked at me and said "What was that all about?". I told her it was the remake of the 1950's classic and I promptly rattled off that Michael Rennie played Klaatu and the robots name was Gort. My wife looked at me, shook her head and called me a geek.

Good thing you didn't quote the line "Gort, Klaatu barada nikto" (Which you probably remembered, too!). That would have sealed the deal.

Steve

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #19 on:** 9 Dec 2009, 05:39 pm »

Quote from: Browntrout on 10 Nov 2009, 03:58 pm

I have seen point break and don't remeber any great acting from him. My opinion of Keanu is he is cast in roles that require chair leg like properties, in that one about the devil he plays an inhuman lawyer, in my private idaho he plays an inhumuan rich kid, in the Matrix he is an inhuman/half deity which makes relating to people difficult, and in this film he plays an inhuman alien who's job it is to eradicate the human race. I noticed this trait in his career a while ago. Any films where he has played a highly emotive sensitive character who has great powers of artistic expresion?

Oh, that's stinging. Yeah, he's plastic alright, and the movie stunk.