The Day The Earth Stood Still

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Much of the incredible power contained in the original came from the astounding Bernard Herrman's score. There's no way the remake will be as good unless they re-shoot it scene-for-scene and shot-for-shot using the same score... but then again, sticking a wooden cut-out like Keanu Reeves in as Klatuu would destroy even Herrman's impact. I'm going to look at the trailer now (assuming whatever site hosting it even allows it to be viewed over this thrice-damned dialup), but frankly, I'm not very optimistic about this being very good...


EDIT: pioneervato's provided link to the trailer didn't work, but I found another site which did work. Ummm... I guess this will be another one in which I wait for the DVD and let the kids rent it because I'll not be paying for it. Music is ALL wrong and the film looks too big. It doesn't have the same sense of intimacy that the original one did. Looking at IMDB's listing (what there is of it), I like some of the casting. Cathy Bates and John Cleese are in this. If it were anyone bit Reeves in the lead, it might hold more potential appeal to me, but really, this just looks like another SFX laden gutless spectacular with a few familiar faces in the mix in the hopes that people will be distracted from the fact that this is just another Hollywood fireworks display with no brains.