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Earth Stands Still For Jennifer ConnellyBy Josh Tyler: 2007-11-06 01:05:04
Jennifer Connelly has joined the cast of The Day the Earth Stood Still. In case you haven’t been following the bouncing CB ball on this one, yes, it’s being remade.
The remake comes courtesy of the soulless folks at 20th Century Fox, who have piled money at the feet of Keanu Reeves to star in the ruination of yet another classic. Scott Derrickson, who showed promise helming The Exorcism of Emily Rose will now toss that promise aside in favor of simply redoing someone else’s movie. Variety says that along with the luscious but increasingly underweight Connelly, Kathy Bates is in negotiations to join the cast. Jen is set to play the role of Helen Benson, a part played by Patricia Neal in the original 1951 classic. Kathy Bates is set to play an overweight old woman… we presume. Or maybe they’ll combine Bates and Connelly into a single person, thus creating an actress of perfectly proportioned body type. Since you’re reading this site, I’m going to go ahead and assume you are a smart person who has seen the original, seminal sci-fi film they’re redoing here. You remember it. Think a minute. An alien lands on Earth with his giant robot and tries to warn humans to live in peace lest they be destroyed. As you can imagine, being the warlike creatures we are, that message doesn’t go over well. The movie however did, and it’s now pretty much regarded as the science fiction film of the era. I’m sure the new version will have a fancy CGI robot and will mix in a lot of modernized relevance to update the movie to our era, but I’d rather pick up the black and white version than sit through the work of yet another filmmaker incapable of coming up with his own ideas. If Steven Spielberg couldn’t make a better War of the Worlds, what hope is there for the likes of Scott Derrickson? RELATED: jennifer connelly, remake, sci fi, kathy bates
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November 6th, 2007 at 14:23
It's easy to howl "They're destroying another classic!" But a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I watched the original "Day the Earth Stood Still." (I hadn't seen it in over 10 years; my wife hadn't seen it at all.) And you know something? It could do with a remake. Yes, I said it. It's a good movie but not at all a great one. Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal put in strong performances, and the film's message about Cold War paranoia remains effective. But Gort is laughably unscary, the supporting characters are uninteresting (except for the little boy, who clumsily disappears from the story by the last act), the climax is flat, and in the end one is left wishing there was a bit more to it.
In this case, the "more" will probably mean that the man-in-a-suit Gort will be replaced by a giant CGI fire-spitting death machine, and you'll likely see far more destruction than just a laser-vaporized tank, some rifles, and a couple of Army guards. I doubt, unfortunately, that you will find more heart or more wisdom in the remake. But that doesn't mean the original story is perfect - far from it, in fact - and couldn't be freshened up by a timelier update. Part of the joy and heartache of being a movie fan is the undying hope that some studio or filmmaker, somewhere, will surpass expectations and make a movie right.