BOTTOM LINE: Decent, but unremarkable remake of the 1950’s sci-fi classic which pitches a quite wooden and uninterested Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu coming to save the Earth from its inhabitants.
THE GOOD: By and large this film makes the smart move of keeping the story from the original Robert Wise film intact, with the one change being a more environmental focus as opposed to the nuclear holocaust theme of the original (as befitting the times within which we live). As a result, the story itself is very strong. Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, an alien who takes human form and has the mission of saving the Earth. The humans initially take this to mean he has come to save humanity, but as Helen Benson (Jennifer Connolly) and her adopted son discover, he literally means saving the Earth from humans whom the aliens have judged to be killing the planet through our toxic ways. However, as Klaatu spends more time among humans, he discovers that we deserve a chance to rise above their own shortcomings and stops the impending destruction of humanity. As with the original film, there is a lot of social discussion about what humans are doing to the Earth and whether or not they deserve to keep the planet. There are also many themes around the good versus bad nature of humanity, which is best objectified by the character of Klaatu as he spends more and more time with the humans. A great example is a scene where Klaatu is listening to classical music and is entranced by it, remarking that it is beautiful. The film also manages to have its fair share of spectacular sequences before Klaatu puts a stop to the destruction. The film has a strong basis in story and theme and does a very good job of combining them with some grand images without becoming a CG overload of audio-visual stimuli.
THE BAD: The film is ultimately not that special. It hits all the right marks, has a good story and some great environmental themes, however it does not make any attempt to be anything more interesting than a late night TV movie. Keanu Reeves looks good as Klaatu but he looks bored out of his brains in the part, simply moving from one scene to another in monotonous fashion. There is nothing inspired in his performance. Jennifer Connolly fares a little better but not much. There are no dramatic highs or lows, but simply plot points. The appearances of the alien spheres could have been a creepy/wondrous moment, but instead, we’re treated to cross-cutting of the usual army scenes with tanks and fighter jets opening fire with news bulletins on how global markets are reacting to the alien presence (the latter is especially odd - you would think an alien arrival would stop market trading completely). By the time the end credits roll, you get the feeling you have not been taken on any sort of journey, but rather an exercise in uninspired technique, which is a shame given the strong story and themes at the heart of this film.
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I’ve seen Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story with a great John C. Reilly. It is a parody movie, a spoof of every musical biopic where John as music star Dewey Cox covers every musical style from Elvis to the Beach Boys over five decades. Dialogue and sequences are funny and goofy and the jokes never are boring. Since this is not exactly a review, I won’t tell more about the movie. What I would like to focus on is the philosophy behind the movie.
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Criss Angel Tricks
I have always been a huge fan of Criss Angel. The way he gets the crowd going, the music he creates, and most of all the illusions he performs.
And more often then not while watching Criss Angel I wonder “How does he do that?” And more importantly “how can I do that?”
For awhile I looked online, I found that some tricks (walking up a wall) cost a lot of money to perform, but I still wanted to have the ability to perform some of his simpler tricks, heck even some card tricks would be fine.
But it seemed Criss Angel tricks would be locked away from me forever, online I found some interesting and fun card tricks but they all felt a little stale, and a lot of other people already knew them. I looked for a long time but finally gave up and decided that I could never perform something like Criss Angel.
And boy was I wrong, while looking online I found a place that really had some great tricks! It had some nice tricks by Criss as well as some amazing tricks by David Blaine.
Now I am able to perform great tricks for my friends, I get applauded all the time and people at the mall love to see my tricks. I have even made some money on the side.
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Community Antenna Television is the grandmother of what we call cable television today. In 1948, John and Margaret Walson solved a big problem for their television set customers. Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, where John and Margaret sold televisions, is nestled in the mountains, and city residents had trouble receiving television signals from the three network broadcast stations in nearby Philadelphia.
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Have you seen the TV show “Scrubs”? It has won both an Emmy Award and Peabody Award. The show has been airing on network TV, since the fall of 2001. It continues a history of quality TV shows based on employment in the medical field. Interestingly, the comedy-drama is not named after a particular physician in the show, as other shows about the medical field, are. Instead, the title “Scrubs” refers to the common attire of medical personnel. Still, “Scrubs” is not the only TV show in which you can spot people wearing scrubs, such as cheap landau scrubs:
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Buying movie tickets has never been more convenient. Movie theaters across the globe have associated themselves with a variety of websites in hopes of making the movie ticket buying experience easier for the moviegoer.
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Everyday more people are ditching their worn out VCRs in favor of DVRs. This is a trend that is sure to continue well into the future, as evident by the dwindling supply of VCR’s on the shelves in the stores. However, one problem with the standard DVR setup is the limited space you have, especially when you get into recording your favorite TV programs in High Definition (HD). Well, you can actually record TV on your computer, and be freed from the space limitations imposed by he major cable / satellite TV providers.
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Is she really all that great looking? What is really so great about Stephanie Courtney? She is actually a virtual unknown until Progressive Insurance came out with a commercial. So now she’s the Progressive Commercial girl.
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I’ve just finished reading this year’s Christmas Radio Times to see what’s on TV this year and I have to say I’m left disappointed again. It’s almost as if all the main channels have given up on Christmas TV altogether. So is it really getting worse each year, and if so, why is this?
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There are many ways you could entertain yourself in Christmas season. There are some who are hardcore party hoppers, while others prefer to entertain themselves through food. For us homebodies, who would like to have a nice time with our family and stay indoors, there is no better entertainment than watching classic Christmas movies! In this article I will tell you about three of my favorite Christmas movies as well as why you should watch them!
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