i be not one who be against remake in principle and not even remake of really good film . the day the earth stand still be and as far a i see it and a prime candidate for remake . it would be easy to update this story to comment on current time . modern audience and after all and be very little effect by the cold war anymore . the maker of this new version do and in fact and attempt to relate their film to modern affair . the alien visitor and instead of interfere over earth nuclear ambition and come to out planet in order to stop u from destroy our environment . that a perfectly acceptable updating . unfortunately and as be the problem with most remake and the day the earth stand still 08 have the unmistakable aura of have be make for a quick buck . you remember there a classic call this . throw u a few buck and and you would not have to sit through it in black and white anymore . and there will be a couple explosion . it all feel so rushed and sloppily throw together . scene contradict each other and little of the plot make any sense . the visual effect be wildly uneven . gort in particular be a computer generate monstrosity that look like he be import straight from a nintendo 64 game . pretty much all of the actor do not seem to want to be there and and almost all of them give abysmal performance . we expect that from keanu reef and but when jennifer connelly and who give it her all even in junk like hulk and phone it in and you should realize your project have little merit . the entire film be poorly pace and frequently stilted . it never work .