129 out of 134 people found the following review helpful:

utter rubbish

james calow from brighton. uk, 11th December, 2008

Just got back from the cinema- what a steaming pile of poo. Just get the original and enjoy, this new version is charmless, dull and has more green screen shots than the phantom menace.

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53 out of 56 people found the following review helpful:

like sci-fi, then watch it... !

A Customer from Bristol, 14th December, 2008

'fires lasers out of his wrists...' really!  If we're to be expected to have faith in these reviewers giving us a accurate account of what to expect from a movie, then we're expecting too much from this reviewer!! Early on in the movie it is made clear that the character Klaatu has the ability to manipulate electro-magnetic energy, such as elctricity, communication signals and following on from that the laser guidance devices that the military use in their weapon systems.  Not a feature of the original but a nice touch non the less, I won't go any further or it might be a spoiler. So, reviewers, just because you don't understand something, please don't spoil it for others.  Apart from this, it's always difficult to remake a movie for a new audience but there is always the possiblity that it might be good. I enjoyed the movie, I hope you do too.

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28 out of 31 people found the following review helpful:

The day the earth stood still

A Customer from Barking, 21st December, 2008

i just hope that this version of the film is as good as the one that starred Micheal Rennie i do hope so because even with the speical effects that they had years ago this film was really GOOD.As i have yet to see the new version of The day the earth stood still i have only given it a 3 star rating will change this if i think it is a better film.

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24 out of 28 people found the following review helpful:

*** May contain spoilers ***

try before you buy!

A Customer from Crawley,UK, 14th December, 2008

It seems Trading Standards have no control over being mugged at the movies, or mislead with false promises with all the hype. What hollywood has not grasped yep, is that Consumers have rights and are entitled to REFUNDS.

The 1951 movie was timeless and ripe for the CGI now available. This should have been a good/great movie.
Just because it has Keanu Reeves in it, does mot make it a Matrix grade movie.
Just because the 1951 movie was way ahead of its time (and both of its time - the cold war) does not mean that Hollywood can turn gold into lead.
This time the propaganda is 'Global Warming' versa 'Commies under the bed'.

So this story is a vehicle for whatever agenda you might have, from the Cold War to Global Warming.
On the plus side, the sub narratives are real good. Like little sketches in their own right. It still presents the view that the USA thinks it speaks for the rest of the world and that the UN is irrelevant. It does hold up some truths that you cannot ignore. I just wished it has a European director or pandered to the 90% of the brain dead yanks. Maybe the sub-narratives accommodate the ‘thinking American’ .
There are some nice touches where the robot turns into a swarm of nano-bot locus to wipe the world clean of the infestation of humanity. This represents a nice mental image to hold when you are stuck in an over developed town such as Gosport with failing infrastructure that really needs to be wiped off the planet. So when I am stuck in the 30min queue to leave the town(6miles) I san see the point of this movie.

This movie is a good vehicle to help those with eyes to see that our current path is not sustainable. Whilst I hate overt preaching, that this movies leaves you with is some questions for you to answer. Yes the movie could have been better but it seems the writes had a lot to get through. Whilst it is a long movie it is over in a flash.
If the price of a movie ticket is nothing then this movie is worth watching, if you are an environmentalist then see it.

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disapointed

kizamiwarrior from , 20th November, 2009

Always normally prefer remakes of old movies, but in this case i preferred the original, this movie is very good and has some cool effects in,and is well worth a rent, but seen better remakes.

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DULL

redtaff from from Neath, 19th November, 2009

Once again Keeanu Reeves showed his whole range of acting skills ranging from wooden to constipated !! the first half hour kept your attention but the more Mr Reeves came into the storyline the duller the whole sorry mess became ! is there no beginning to this man's talents?!!? A TOTAL WASTE OF TWO HOURS OF MY TIME, THE ORIGINAL IS FAR SUPERIOR !!!

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Tys from , 17th November, 2009

Chilling. Thought provoking. Insightful. Disturbing. Enjoyable. Glimpse.

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Could do better.

Kaeno from , 15th November, 2009

Although the start was promising and the concept was interesting, the ending was very typical of your Hollywood disaster style film, I'd been hoping for that little something that seemed to be building throughout, dispite the wooden Mr Reeves,but come the end, it didn't arrive, this left me feeling a little deflated and turned what could have been a good film into a standard run of the mill film.

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