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Luminari · 01-01-2009, 02:09 PM

I saw it yesterday, it was terrible.. compared with the original. The kid in the movie is SO annoying all the way through and the bug swarm was stupid and unnecessary.

Thats what happens when you get a moron like Scott Derrickson to direct the remake of a classic. I read and interview with this guy about the movie and this fool actually said "Its Us VS Them" referring to the aliens (same old fear-mongering hollywood propaganda, Signs, Independence Day etc..)
The director of the film completely missing the key point of the whole film!
Benevolent human ETs with an envirnmental message - got turned into destroyer aliens with swarms of killer bugs!!! What a d%#k.

Apologies if you are reading this and I've ruined the plot for you.. but go rent the original classic instead.

01-01-2009, 02:09 PM	#20
Luminari Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,570	Re: "The day the Earth stood still" I saw it yesterday, it was terrible.. compared with the original. The kid in the movie is SO annoying all the way through and the bug swarm was stupid and unnecessary. Thats what happens when you get a moron like Scott Derrickson to direct the remake of a classic. I read and interview with this guy about the movie and this fool actually said "Its Us VS Them" referring to the aliens (same old fear-mongering hollywood propaganda, Signs, Independence Day etc..) The director of the film completely missing the key point of the whole film! Benevolent human ETs with an envirnmental message - got turned into destroyer aliens with swarms of killer bugs!!! What a d%#k. Apologies if you are reading this and I've ruined the plot for you.. but go rent the original classic instead.