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The Day Seattle Stood Still
Jan. 4th, 2009 11:31 pmToday went to see The Day The Earth Stood Still with Athena and Tassa. I'd heard it was a really bad remake, and it may have been; luckily for me it had been so long since I saw the original -- and I only ever saw it once -- that the differences and changes really didn't bother me.
Overall, though, I'd say it was a good movie -- and one that was slightly more true to the meaning of the message than, say, War of the Worlds was, though it suffered from some of the similar military-obsessive disaster-movie feeling. I'd even say that Keanu Reeves was a good choice for playing Klaatu; or at the least, it was a good choice for him; so long as he keeps on playing robots and aliens, he won't be called on to show actual human emotion.
On the way home from the movie it started SNOWING (!!) again. >E I am very displeased. As if work tomorrow needed another reason to suck... well, maybe everyone will stay home again. (More RAS calls, fun.)
Still haven't sent out thank-you-notes; am waiting for all my gifts from the holidays to reach here and have a chance to be put to use before I do so. I haven't forgotten!
Overall, though, I'd say it was a good movie -- and one that was slightly more true to the meaning of the message than, say, War of the Worlds was, though it suffered from some of the similar military-obsessive disaster-movie feeling. I'd even say that Keanu Reeves was a good choice for playing Klaatu; or at the least, it was a good choice for him; so long as he keeps on playing robots and aliens, he won't be called on to show actual human emotion.
On the way home from the movie it started SNOWING (!!) again. >E I am very displeased. As if work tomorrow needed another reason to suck... well, maybe everyone will stay home again. (More RAS calls, fun.)
Still haven't sent out thank-you-notes; am waiting for all my gifts from the holidays to reach here and have a chance to be put to use before I do so. I haven't forgotten!
