Mr Cutter and I went last evening to see this film. We are very glad we didn't spend any money (the screening was free - a perk of MrCutter's job) to see or rent this film.
It bears no resemblance to the original. The only thing that makes it watchable is Jaden Smith (really) and Jon Hamm and there isn't enough of Jon Hamm.
MrCutter calls Keanu Reeves the Kris Kristofferson of this generation because of his one note acting in this film.
The special effects are good but it's just another reason to blow stuff up. How any of these actors (including Kathy Bates trying to channel Donald Rumsfield) could say the majority of this dialog with a straight face is beyond me.
Almost as laughable was the audience afterwards. The audience was mainly twenty and thirty somethings who either not seen the original or had heard about the original. Those who had heard about the film proceeded to tell their companions about the original and mostly got the information wrong, including Gort's name. One young man called Klaatu, the keeper of Gork.
They, for the most part, seemed to enjoy the film while those of us of a certain age just shook our heads.
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 5:52 pm
by silentscreen
There's the old saying, "If it's not broke, don't fix it." That's very often true with orginals.
Words of wisdom from Klaatu:
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Posted: December 22nd, 2008, 12:00 am
by mrsl
It seems the words of lzcutter, especially her last sentence, and the old quote of silentscreen's pretty much illustrate the reaction to most (not all, but most), remakes, no matter what genre they may be.