The Day The Earth Stood Still
Fri, Dec 19, 2008
This remake of the movie in 1951. In the original one a flying saucer orbits Earth, and lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. Klaatu steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, an indestructible robot steps out of the spacecraft and proceeds to melt all the weapons, including tanks. Later, the Earth comes to realize that Gort has used very little of his power to make this happen.
Plot
While lying on the ground, Klaatu orders Gort to stop, and is then taken by the military to a hospital from which he later escapes in order to learn more about this planet called Earth and its human inhabitants. He meets Helen Benson and her son Billy takes Klaatu on a tour of Washington, DC; and finally stops in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Klaatu reads the words uttered by Lincoln many years ago and realizes that there might be hope for Earth.
When they begin to suspect the alien man, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy and will destroy the Earth if provoked.
Klaatu is pursued and shot and killed by the military. Before Klaatu dies, he tells Helen to go to Gort, and say the words "Klaatu barada nikto." If she does not, Klaatu tells her Gort will destroy the Earth. Helen makes her way to the ship and finds Gort. As the robot moves towards her, she repeats the phrase over and over. The robot picks her up and takes her into the ship. It then retrieves Klaatu’s body and, through their alien science, resurrects Klaatu.
I think that this is a good movie although I have not watched it critics have given it a good rating but they say that the original one is better, but in many remade movie most of them are not better than the original one. I also haven’t seen the 1951 version. If they come out with a game for this movie I think that it won’t sell because the story is more content related rather than action related, there is a lot of action in it but not enough to make a game.
























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