the day the earth stand still be a stunningly inept remake of the 1950 classic of the same name . it one of those big budget film so unfathomably dull and inane and you wonder how it ever get make . whereas the original warned of the danger of nuclear armament and this modern update boldly chide u for be mean to each other and not take care of the environment . gee and hollywood and thanks for the swell insight . this christmas season hollywood teach u that people can sometimes suck and but only that special kind of film can suck totally . although the entire production be horrible from top to bottom and the inert direction of scott derrickson and the randomly asinine script from david scarpa bear most of the blame . the screenplay clearly go through arbitrary rewrite and perhaps after be focus group to death and and show not a single breath of imagination . around every turn and it waste opportunity and insult the intelligence of the audience and give u not one authentic character or moment to connect to . even when it think it be cool ( like the lame reveal that those alien sphere be actually arks try to save animal life before the world be annihilate ) the script fail miserably . one sphere that be show on the back of a pick up truck be attack by flame thrower in some foreign desert town inexplicably contain squid and because and well and the shadow of squid inside a giant sphere look kinda neat and that why . at least the script teach u one thing . apparently all you need to do in order to survive an apocalyptic robotic alien insect attack that devour everything in sight be to hide under a bridge in central park . the sad part of the film be how the director waste his talented cast . the always wooden keanu reef be perfectly choose to play the alien klaatu and but even he seem to be disbelieve the word that be come out of his mouth . poor jennifer connelly and an immensely emotive and allure actress and appear to be in physical pain or constipate for most the film and obviously stun she agree to star in this junk . kathy bates and john cleese apparently show up only for their paycheck and sleepwalk through their line and and at one pivotal moment where bat secretary of state attempt to show regret for some bad decision make and she actually appear to fall asleep in her chair . and then there poor little jaden smith and who appear bore to tear throughout the film and be give no direction from derrickson except when he be ask to cry on cue in the supposed emotional climax of the picture that leave me feel sorry for all involve . however and if anyone should be hang for this travesty and it the producer and who must have run out of money at some point and fill the gap in fund with some nauseating product placement . how else do we explain klaatu trip to mcdonald for an important meeting with another of his kind . the day the earth stand still be easily the bad film of the year . at least the happening have it accidentally humorous moment . this clunker offer no such relief . even the special effect be do in a lazy and unimaginative manner . it so awful and i be stun into stillness while the rest of the audience seem to shrug their shoulder .