I love a good sci-fi movie as much as the next person, and I do have some favourites of the genre, Alien, Blade Runner, Empire Strikes Back, Metropolis and 2001:A Space Odyssey are wonderful movies, and like The Day the Earth Stood Still they not only have an influence on other movies of the genre and in general but also timeless classics in many more ways than one. The Day The Earth Stood Still has been a favourite since I first saw it and I still at 18 hold it in great regard. It still looks wonderful for its time, the effects and designs are wonderfully composed if purposefully simple and the cinematography is exemplary. Bernard Hermann’s score is tense and wondrous, the script is deft, Robert Wise’s direction is superb and while it has some solemn philosophical aspects and some heavy-handed symbolism neither of which are flaws in any way the story is compelling from start to finish. The acting is also impressive, Lock Martin is good as giant Gort but the real revelation is Michael Rennie’s authoritative, dignified and sympathetic Klatu. Overall, a sci-fi masterpiece.
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The Day The Earth Stood Still on DVD, Drama, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
The Day The Earth Stood Still on DVD, Drama, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
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The Day The Earth Stood Still, Travelling with mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from the boundless deep space, penetrates the Earth’s atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War-Washington, D.C. Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful intergalactic ambassador, Klaatu, emerges from the mysterious vessel accompanied by the silently dangerous robot of incomprehensible power, Gort, only to witness firsthand the earthlings’ hospitality. The sophisticated humanoid declares that he comes in peace; however, he needs to assemble the world’s greatest minds to hear his merciful warning and a definitive ultimatum. Is Klaatu the messenger of humanity’s doom?
STARS: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi | 1951 | Color
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You just can’t find better 50s sci-fi
