The Day the Earth Stood Still Quick Review

This is the only movie I went out to see during the Christmas and New Years break. Nothing else looked real interesting. Maybe the new Bond film, but I can wait for it on DVD.

Oh, I'm including spoilers so if you haven't seen the film stop reading now.

-----Spoiler Alert!!!!! -------- You have been warned.
So the basic plot is an alien spacecraft lands in Central Park. We send all 4 branches of our military, the New York City Police, and the National Guard, all armed to the teeth and ready for action! An alien (Klatu, played by Keanu Reeves) and his robot pop out of the ship to greet us. Someone shoots the alien and the robot then takes out the assembled military. The shooting stops and the alien dude is rushed to the hospital and saved. The story goes from there.

The original short story starts the same way, but the alien dude doesn't live. The story is more about the mystery surrounding the robot and what happens to it after the initial incident.

In this version, the alien dude is here to serve judgement upon the human race. We apparently are going to destroy the planet, so a consortium of aliens has sent Klatu to do a quick review of things and take us out. This is where things start to get silly.

To "save" the earth, the aliens decide to take DNA samples of the all living species on the planet. Then, they proceed to destroy all life on the planet. lol. A very interesting way to "save" the planet.

In the end, Klatu is convinced that there is hope for us. So he proceeds to stop the planets desctruction half way thru. Thus leaving our female lead and her child alone and with no food, water, or transporation of any kind. And since the aliens apparently destroyed all our electronic equipment, no way to get any help. So their reward for saving the human race is probably starving to death or dying of thirst.

In addition, the end result of Klatu's actions would be the death of millions if not billions of people due to starvation, famine, and disease because of the complete destruction of human infrastructure. Real happy stuff. lol. I will not be purchasing a personal copy of this movie. :)