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1951
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The tale begins when a mysterious spacecraft lands near the White House, frightening the residents of Washington, D.C.  A pair of alien beings, Klaatu and Gort, emerge from the spacecraft, and are immediately fired upon by a soldier.  Klaatu, despite his injury, announces that he has a very important message for all of humankind.  The message, however, cannot be delivered until all of the world's leaders agree to meet with him.  The extra-terrestrial's request is denied, and he is sent to a hospital to recover from his newly acquired injury.  Soon, Klaatu escapes and takes refuge in a boarding house where a widow and her son take pity on him.  Seen by many as a political, religious and humanitarian effort, the film is based on Harry Bates' story, "Farewell to the Master," and features a thoroughly eerie soundtrack from longtime Alfred Hitchcock collaborator, Bernard Hermann. 
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© 1951 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1979 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
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LEW IRWIN
The Day the Earth Stood Still is the kind of movie that studio executives call critic proof. It needs to be, since most of the reviews are unmitigatedly awful. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times does allow that the sci-fi story "is presented in an expensive, good-looking film that is well-made by Scott Derrickson, but to no avail." The plot, he says, "stands still," too. A.O. Scott in the New York Times even pays it a left-handed compliment. It "could be worse," he writes. And Ann Hornaday comments in the Washington Post: "It's not a complete failure." But most critics have nothing at all to admire about the movie. "A good portion of this sci-fi disaster movie is unintentionally comical," writes Claudia Puig in USA Today. "And the parts that aren't funny are just plain dull." Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal remarks that the movie "is as cold and blank as the expression on [star Keanu] Reeves's face." And referring to reports that 20th Century Fox is planning to beam The Day the Earth Stood Still to Alpha Centauri, Ty Burr in the Boston Globe remarks, "Man, are we asking for it."
Reviewed by: quintusIX on 2/24/2008 12:04:40 AM
gort is my favorite character in this thing (which is not at all in color)...i always regard it as unfortunate that patricia neal interferes with him so much in the story...there is no way to give it a rating, except as an antique curiosity, but i prefer it ahead of anything you're likely to find here in dubbed kungfu.
LEW IRWIN
The Day the Earth Stood Still is the kind of movie that studio executives call critic proof. It needs to be, since most of the reviews are unmitigatedly awful. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times does allow that the sci-fi story "is presented in an expensive, good-looking film that is well-made by Scott Derrickson, but to no avail." The plot, he says, "stands still," too. A.O. Scott in the New York Times even pays it a left-handed compliment. It "could be worse," he writes. And Ann Hornaday comments in the Washington Post: "It's not a complete failure." But most critics have nothing at all to admire about the movie. "A good portion of this sci-fi disaster movie is unintentionally comical," writes Claudia Puig in USA Today. "And the parts that aren't funny are just plain dull." Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal remarks that the movie "is as cold and blank as the expression on [star Keanu] Reeves's face." And referring to reports that 20th Century Fox is planning to beam The Day the Earth Stood Still to Alpha Centauri, Ty Burr in the Boston Globe remarks, "Man, are we asking for it."
Reviewed by: quintusIX on 2/24/2008 12:04:40 AM
gort is my favorite character in this thing (which is not at all in color)...i always regard it as unfortunate that patricia neal interferes with him so much in the story...there is no way to give it a rating, except as an antique curiosity, but i prefer it ahead of anything you're likely to find here in dubbed kungfu.
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Reviewed by: quintusIX on 2/24/2008 12:04:40 AM
gort is my favorite character in this thing (which is not at all in color)...i always regard it as unfortunate that patricia neal interferes with him so much in the story...there is no way to give it a rating, except as an antique curiosity, but i prefer it ahead of anything you're likely to find here in dubbed kungfu.
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