laughter make the almost two hour not a total loss . but i do not think and somehow and that the day the earth stand still be mean a a comedy . they must have realize however and that have john cleese a the scientist be bind to provoke some giggle . keanu reeve be priceless a the wooden and expressionless alien . a great and unintentional and comic creation . kathy bates and in pantsuit if you please and play the american secretary of defense and the whole thing doesn not have a single ingredient of the element that make the robert wise original one of the classic of it genre . the visual trick be good but repetitive and rather confuse . i must admit i wasn not bore i be just puzzle .