Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer: David Scarpa, Edmund North
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Keanu Reeves
One word Description: Redundant
Tagline: 12.12.08 is the day the Earth saw something else
Synopsis: A big alien orb thing lands in New York City and an alien walks out wearing a Keanu Reeves suit. The alien befriends a scientist and her annoying son and they help him on his mission to erase humanity.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a remake of a movie that was based on a book. So it is already well documented in our cultural lexicon and thus it is redundant to bring it back to the big screen. Redundant is a good word to use in describing this movie. In fact, I'll add it to the overview now. Every single second of this movie has been seen somewhere else. Alien robots destroying humanity, but the twist is something that has NEVER BEEN SEEN IN ANY OTHER MOVIE EVER. Get this, they are doing it to save the planet from us. If you didn't see that gem of a plot twist coming from about the time you bought your fucking ticket, you should go back to 8th grade and have your driver's license revoked.

This is a theme that is becoming all to prevalent in modern cinema. That human beings are somehow the antithesis of existence in the universe. It really seems like every other movie has a diatribe on how horrible the human race is. Have we become so masochistic that we want our entertainment to hit us on the nose with a rolled up newspaper like we just chewed its tennis shoes? Who really wants to sit through an hour and a half of being scolded on how naughty we have been to the planet? I can't blame Al Gore for all of this, although I can try.

Keanu Reeves plays Klatu, the alien equivalent of Jesus who can cure the sick, heal the dead, and turn water into suck. His task on Earth is to determine if the human race is worth saving. Unfortunately, he meets a child so annoying the Vatican would have given his mother a mulligan if she decided to abort him. Just when it seems like humanity is doomed to be disintegrated by metal aphids, a three minute conversation with John Cleese changes changes everything and humanity is spared. I know that may have spoiled the movie for some, but if you are actually excited about seeing this movie I just saved you from a crushing disappointment.