In Reply to: The second badest film of the decade. Reeves in: The day the Earth stand still - posted by patrickU on February 14, 2011 at 09:54:21:
the original presented some very interesting and relevent ideas about ETs. It has been said that the original film was a socialogical experiment by the military to judge the public reaction to the idea of ETs visiting Earth.The remake was also particularly disappointing in that it portrayed aliens as evil, belligerent monsters again -- the standard take on them in the movies since Close Encounters. The original portrayed ET as more evolved and non-war mongering as opposed to man.
Edits: 02/15/11
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- Particularly disappointing given the decency of the original, moreover - barryb 14:10:44 02/15/11 (8)
- RE: Particularly disappointing given the decency of the original, moreover - patrickU 04:09:48 02/16/11 (6)
- RE: It's actually a warning ... - Jeff Starrs 10:05:39 02/17/11 (5)
- What particular paranoia of what era moved Welles? - Victor Khomenko 15:08:23 02/17/11 (3)
- RE: What particular paranoia of what era moved Welles? - Jeff Starrs 01:15:23 02/18/11 (2)
- You are missing the answer that is staring in your face - Victor Khomenko 06:08:01 02/18/11 (1)
- RE: There's no contradiction ... - Jeff Starrs 06:22:58 02/18/11 (0)
- RE: It's actually a warning ... - patrickU 10:53:18 02/17/11 (0)
- RE: Particularly disappointing given the decency of the original, moreover - Victor Khomenko 15:48:11 02/15/11 (0)