The Day The Earth Stood Still

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Why can't anyone have an original idea.

It also did not help that Tom cruise was a part of that movie. Every thing he touches (with the exception of the first MI movie) has turned to crap.

I thought the first MI was crap, his War of the Worlds was mostly crap because of the endlessly whinning kids. I dug out the original WOTW right before halloween and watched it again. Crappy acting but a great film. It was the "Gone with the Wind" of SciFi films

If you have ever read the book, the best War of the Worlds movies just might be M. Night Shyamalan "Signs".

The problem with making The Day The Earth Stood Still starts with the fact it's a dated concept.