The Day the Earth Stood Still

It was a weekday and I really felt that I needed to watch a movie - the Arien decides on the new Keanu Reeves movie - The Day the Earth stood still. I am totally against watching this movie. The Arien refuses to budge. He tries to make me like it by telling me that it is a remake of an old sci-fi film and that Will Smith's son is acting in it. I think I growled in response... Anyways, once the Arien's mind is made up - it is very difficult to change it and so I decide against my will to watch a sci-fi movie. What do I have against this movie b4 I even start watching: Firstly, I hate sci-fi movies. Secondly, Keanu Reeves has done way too many alien type movies and he looks pretty old in this movie - in the trailer tht I saw. I decided to watch 'cos I wanted to know who was Will Smith's son.

After watching more than half the movie - I was in total agreement with my earlier view - I do not like Sci-fi movies. For a change, the Arien called it Bakwas - Tht is indeed rare! Of course, he watched the movie till the end to see if there was a single saving grace :D I wud have liked to call Will Smith's son the saving grace - but the role was cliched and really after his role in "The pursuit of Happyness" - this was a major let down.

The movie starts as follows: Somewhere in the icy mountains of India, an alien spaceship that looks like a gigantic sphere, is sighted by an explorer, Keanu Reeves. The explorer moves closer to the sphere and makes contact - I am distracted by the pressure cooker's shrill whistle. When I return, Keanu is lying on the ground - asleep? fainted? Dead? no clue - the Arien does not answer! I realize tht he (not the Arien) has fainted and is gradually becoming conscious... he notices a scar on his hand. The next shot is at Manhattan - in Jennifer Connelly's class room. We are introduced to her son who calls her by name and generally does not seem like "goody two shoes". Well, Well, Well... tht is pretty normal - only he wasn't an adolescent yet.

All scientists, including Jennifer are summoned by the government as an alien missile is going to crash land in Manhattan within an hour. The alien spaceship - the same sphere - lands in a park in manhattan. An alien, Klatu, gets off and attempts to make contact with Jennifer who, suprises or surprises, is the only scientist close enough. Klatu is shot at and a giant robot kinda alien (GORT) disables the wiring of all the vehicles. Keanu is rushed into surgery with Jennifer holding his (its) hand.

I pick up my book - this is so bollywood ishtyle! Klatu looks like Keanu Reeves - you are told tht the aliens had come earlier to take a sample - if it was an old bollywood movie - there wud be a white hypnosis inducing circle used to signify flasback or rewind - that was thankfully not added - but you get the picture :D

There is more - Klatu recovers after a whole lot of Uggghhhy stuff is removed, including the bullet. He wants to speak to the UN and he is refused by a bureacrat (this is oh so India). He is then injected with truth serum - which Jennifer cunningly substitutes with H20 - and is then sent to take a lie-detector test - he escapes. He then goes to the airport and gets smne to call Dr. Jennifer and she comes to rescue him. There is more but this is where my story ends.... I got so bored by the very predictable turn of events tht I decided tht my book was a lot more interesting :D

If you would like to know wht really happened - catch the movie. Jes don't tell me that I didn't warn you :D