i do not know about the earth stand still but i certainly have a hard time move after this one finish . i think i may have be in shock . i do not know they still make movie as bad a this . that me and i guess while the eternal optimist and think one day hollywood will see the error of their way . i be start to think there a great chance of alien land in manhattan though . you do not take a highly regarded classic like the day the earth stand still and update it for no reason other than to make a few buck . sure and you can pretend there be purpose while you can cash in on the current environmental crisis fear by insinuate that alien have come to earth to save the planet from the horrifically unappreciative human race . when you make a film with such disregard for quality though and you can not do anything to convince me that you actually care about what youre try to say . i will give hollywood this though while they have finally find the perfect vehicle for the now veteran hollywood actor and keanu reef . reef play klaatu and an alien in human form who have no capacity of express human emotion or understand the intricacy of human nature and interaction . it might as well say that at the top of reef resume so this be reeve in his element . honestly though and this be the first time i can say that reeve presence in a film have absolutely nothing to do with why it be unwatchable . you know you have a problem when dialogue be so bad that it even drag reef act down . in fact and have the familiar reef on board for this uneventful journey and alongside the strikingly beautiful and jennifer connelly and at least give u something pretty to distract u from the banality of the entire affair . klaatu certainly rock that three piece suit though . the earth be suppose to stand still on this particular day because alien have descend upon central park in a giant weather sphere of sort . it be a momentous occasion and one that could be the sign of the end of day . yet and in the day the earth stand still and panic hardly seem to be in the air . panic come from a fear of the unknown and an inability to see a solution to your problem but david scarpa script be so painstakingly obvious and formulaic that you can see right through to the end at all time . i hope i be not give anything away here but a if this film would finish with humanity extinction . and when the device use to create the melodrama be so laughably contrive ( who know that a white step mom and a black step son could have such hard time get along . ) and at least you have the special effect to revel in . mind you and when the special effect be even more ridiculous than the ensue melodrama in a big sci fi pic like this and what be there to keep you sit still and let along stand . you will never believe this but humanity and or at least the american government run portion of humanity and take immediate military action against the alien invader before give them the chance to make their case . this next bit be even more shocking . apparently and violence be not the answer to solve our problem . i swear and i learn so many hard life lesson watch this movie . perhaps the most important lesson though be that humanity will never learn . the day the earth stand still represent the same disposable and commercial interest that be the root of our environmental problem . yet and here be it preach against the very value that justify it existence . for that reason alone and i would consider this film to be one of the most hopeless ( and hapless ) film of the year . be essentially doom so i say you can take it and klaatu . earth be all yours . we clearly do not deserve it .