The Day the Earth Stood Still DVD

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starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal directed by: Robert Wise

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Average Rating: Rating: - Classic SciFi I notice that most reviewers praise this movie and rightly so. When you consider this movie was made more than 50 years ago it is all the more amazing. The two star critic asked why only one visitor was sent, why to Washington, why not just the US and Russia as emissaries, why a robot to destroy, why threats if they don't change their ways... Well obviously you need to study what was happening in the world in 1951. It was only 5 years since World War II ended with Allies and Axis from many countries, and the US was becoming involved in Korea. The US was considered the strongest nation by most and with a eye to settle all international disputes. Therefore that would explain why the visitor came to US and where did you think the US capitol was Venezuela? I think Great Britain and many other countries would be offended why you think the US and Russia need be the only emisaaries. As for one man, with a robot like Gort why more back up, not to mention if more than one visitor they might accidently impart dissension amongst themselves, keep it simple stupid would be the best way to show their resolve to their message. Are you disappointed that it wasn't a woman. Was it not politically correct enough for you? Sorry it was made in 1951 in case you forgot. Espouting quotes from Lincoln and others has no place in critiquing this SciFi movie. You can poke fun at most movies of the 50s but here it is undeserved. This was unlike most B movies of the period and well ahead of its time. Trying to analyse the message well beyond the simple, you need to beware of the powers you carelessly use to war on one another, is all the message you need. Did you somehow miss putting us in the same position of us going to another planet that we might not do the same thing? Have you somehow missed the news and the message we are giving Iraq today? Perhaps you now realize the messages in this movie are indeed timeless. I along with most people look forward to picking up a copy on DVD. Rating: - what the world needs now from the director of"west side story"and the original"haunting"comes yet another masterpiece."the day the earth stood still",in my estimate,stands as one of the most compelling sci-fi movies i have ever seen.it takes an uncompromising stand against the violent nature of this planet,and brings a solemn warning from space"learn to live in peace,or be obliterated"warns an emmissary from what might be the "federation of planets"and a robot policeman of awesome proportions,possessed with the irreversable power to destroy all who donnot comply.i loved every minute of this movie.surprisingly,for the time period it was made,the script is very competent and credible.this movie may well have been a wakeup call as to what or who really is out there.good acting[michael rennie at his best]good directing,and the effects,though few,[dosn't take a lot of special effects when you've got a good story to tell]makes this movie,one well worth watching. Rating: - One of the greatest of the 1950s sci fi films Of all the great sci fi classics from the 1950s, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL might be the most remarkable. While many of the other films viewed alien arrivals as menacing threats to be responded to with force or as political parables on the threat of communism (both THE THING FROM OUTER SPACE of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS are examples), this film instead imagined an alien visitor as morally superior and more peaceful than human beings. Some have suggested, in fact, that Klaatu, played marvelously by Michael Rennie, was a Christ figure. In the film, he dies and is shockingly resurrected, and the name he adopts incognito is Mr. Carpenter. Furthermore, the message he brings is one of peace and the necessity of controlling our civilization's tendency towards militaristic aggression. None of these were widely expressed themes in 1951, when the film came out. The film is also remarkable for one of the great screen robots, Gort, played by 7'7 Lock Martin. I still remember as a child the awful terror of seeing his visor gradually open near the end as Patricia Neal strives to get the words "Klaatu barada nikto" out of her mouth, and the relief of seeing the visor gradually close. Unlike many other 1950s sci fi films, most of which barely came up to the level of B pictures, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL features a first rate cast. Very few films of the decade features any actresses remotely in Patricia Neal's class as a performer. Most were merely attractive manikins. Neal gives the film a strong female presence almost completely lacking in all other films of the 1950s, perhaps matched only by Dana Wynter in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Michael Rennie never had the kind of career that his talent would seem to have generated, but he imbued his performance as Klaatu with a deep and profound dignity. And the always memorable Sam Jaffe is a delight as the scientist Klaatu asks to act as an intermediary to the world's scientific community. A great movie, with a remarkable message that is still relevant event today.

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