first and foremost . i have not see the original . so this be an unbiased review from a person who have not see or think about see the original . now . let begin . the day the earth stand still start off well . it be pretty captivate and interesting . it hook you and slowly but surely draw you in . for about the first thirty minute i could not stop wonder what be go to happen next . the movie be move slow but still hold my attention . but after that thirty minute mark i realize that the movie be go nowhere . literally nothing be happen . the entire hour and a half that follow consist of nothing more than a car ride to the wood and a car ride to the city and some cheesy look orb spawn up out of the dirt and and some bug that eat stuff . if you throw all those thing together blend it up with a p1ss poor plot and about two cool cgi scene ( that be both in the commercial ) then you have this movie . and try a i might to figure out what be actually go on and nothing become apparent until about an hour and a half in when keanu talk about save the earth from human . first you think he be a bad guy and but then he say that hes go to save the world so you think he be a good guy and but then he kill someone so you think hes a bad guy again . but then he revive him . at this point you basically be just think wtf . this movie suck . i do not have a clue whether i should like keanu or not . i have to go to the bathroom and and i be go to have a hard time convince myself to return to the theater if i leave to pee . the acting be okay . the only scene which i think the acting be really good be the cry scene between jennifer connelly and jaden smith . it be do surprisingly well . other than that the acting be decent at best . evan keanu do not meet my expectation . his character be . flat . the first thirty minute of this movie have me expect something good . the next hour and a half leave me with a sour taste in my mouth and bore and and wish i be watch a different movie . the movie be simply bore . i understand that sci fi doesn not always have to be explosive . but something have to happen . and in this case and nothing do . final word represent boring .