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The day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
I'm still not quite sure what to think about this. I just got home from the cinema and there are so many bad things (and quite a few good things) going on, that I haven't yet been able to sort out my thoughts.
There doensn't seem to be much of an emotional core to this film. You'd think mankind facing it's extinction would have a bit more impact, but it just sort of falls flat.
I really like the intention behind the "invasion" and the chosen method of destruction. I especially like the fact that there is no "chosen one" to save the world, this story is egalitarian and for the masses... which is cool.
But the kid and the effects and the acting:eek:
Keanu is kind of perfect as an alien inhabiting a human frame, but the treatemnt of GORT is terrible.
6/10
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Francis Bacon
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