The Day the Earth Stood Still steers clear of politics, revisits existentialist SF
Scoot Derrickson’s The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connolly, may not be the best executed movie of the year, but it is successful in turning the idea of an alien with a message into a much darker, more immediate statement on life, loss and the possibility of transformation that comes with it.
The Day the Earth Stood Still opens in IMAX December 12
IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, John Cleese and Jaden Smith, will open domestically on December 12, 2008 in 123 IMAX(R) theatres, including 38 new locations equipped with IMAX’s digital projection system, [...]
