Today is not as good as before

Dannie 2021-12-08 08:01:38

Excluding the technical gap of nearly sixty years, this movie is much better than this year's remake of the same name.

The only flaw in the setting that damages the overall structure is that the military's alert to flying saucers is too weak (two hapless sentinels come and go). As for the final ideological declaration, considering that it was an era that had just bid farewell to World War II and entered the Cold War, even women and people of color are still striving for equal rights, which is understandable and understandable.

The characters in the 09 remake basically seem to suffer from some kind of mental illness, especially Comrade Keanu Reeves. The alien commissioner's actions are not making sense at all. The process of collecting intelligence and decision-making is too unprofessional, and Bush Jr. shouldn't be so careless and simple. I don’t know if the main creative team’s intention is to satirize the crazier world or what?

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  • Cristina 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    The first half of the film is very good, and the final statement is simply the "dark forest" theory. It has been buried for so long, but the explanation is not simple, and the aliens' investigation of the earth is not sufficient, and the sense of incompleteness is very strong.

  • Virginia 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    The music is really good, but looking at the movies from many years ago with the eyes of modern people, you can only shake your head with emotion. When it comes to describing aliens, people on Earth are too imaginative. In addition, did EVA borrow a certain line from it?

The Day the Earth Stood Still quotes

  • Helen: Now, you didn't really see a spaceship, but you thought you did.

    Bobby Benson: I'd never call YOU a liar.

  • Army physician: Their life expectancy is a hundred and thirty.

    [Army physician offers Medical Corps Major a cigarette]

    Medical Corps Major: [Major takes cigarette] How does he explain that?