I've seen the remake, and come back to see the old version. I still think the old version is more worthy of recommendation. Although the special effects of the 1950s were a bit horrible, they were much more developed than the earlier German film "Metropolis". This issue cannot be divorced from reality. Speaking of stunt performance, I personally think that the "Space Odyssey 2001" ten years later is a perfect model, but there is only one Kubrick in this world. So in Washington, a rotating halo of flashing eyes fell falsely.
In fact, I am not concerned about this halo, nor the robots in the case—because children think they are fake—but the hypothetical proposition of the movie itself: human beings fight as they like on their own earth. Whatever you love, you can do what you love, and you can toss what you love, but there is one thing, that is, don't affect neighbors-aliens. In other words, if you affect me for your own reasons, I will kill you. Although this proposition is hypothetical, in real life, both individuals and countries all think and do so.
Of course, the Americans wanted the aliens to have a direct dialogue with the President of the United States, but Karatu was not satisfied with the vanity of the people. He looked for the United Nations and representatives of various countries around the world, because he said that the President of the United States does not Does not represent the world. I think this is the director's mockery of the US government. Yes, you think you are the savior of the world. Which one gave you this title? For this alone, director Robert Wise should receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The one that could directly compete with the United States was the Soviet Union at that time, so the film used a cryptic approach to show the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union: the high-level US invited Soviet leaders to Washington to discuss major plans. Ah, come to Moscow if you want to drive. As a result, the political alliance resisted the alien plan easily aborted. So the screenwriter gave the burden of salvation to scientists and all sectors of society. The tasks in the film were completed. It seemed reasonable, but in reality, it was frustrating: scientists are always easy to be used by politics, and good things can be done bad things.
At that time, only five or six years before the end of World War II, people all over the world saw the destructive power of war, which was actually the destructive power of politics. To develop nuclear bombs and develop armaments, everyone wants to grab food and land to be the king of the mountain and eat the earth as a cake. Just such a cake, you will eat more, but I will lose it. concession? No talk! Up to now, more than half a century has passed without change. I hit you with a spaceship, and you hit mine with a nuclear submarine. Anyway, something happened is not my responsibility. Earth people self-destruct? Love whoever!
Talking about it, I'm going to watch movies and talk less about politics. One last question, the old version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is worth recommending.
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