Klaatu barada nikto

Sunday, December 14. 2008

Klaatu barada nikto... The immortal phrase not uttered to save the world in the re-invention of the 1951 classic "The day the Earth stood still".

I was very much looking forward to the remake and have just returned from watching it at the BFI IMAX.

Warning: Spoilers...

Well, it's definitely different! Whilst the main characters are still there the story has been changed somewhat. The human race are no longer seen as a danger to other off-world civilisations, infact, the message from Klaatu is a carbon-neutral one, spouting monotonously that his race wishes to save the world as one of only a handful that support life.

Gort has endured the mandatory CG upgrade and is more impressive for it but seems to have lost something in the translation... He's not got as much presence as he had in the original (even though he is considerably larger in this installment) and doesn't make it all the way through the film. Infact he is responsible in part for killing Klaatu (yes! he dies!!) at the end of the film rather than saving his life - as he does originally.

I guess the powers that be decided something was missing in the original screenplay and made a few changes. Unfortunately (for me), from my point of view the original is fine as it is, a scene-for-scene remake of this film could have been my film of the year and maybe longer!

That said, if you can discard your hopes that it will be as good as the original and manage to appreciate it as a 'new' film, well, then I think you'll enjoy it!

Posted by Jonathan Cowper-Andrewes in Home at 03:46 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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