“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Review
The Day the Earth Stood Still, a classic parable from 1951 with the most poetic title in all of science fiction, was begging to be updated, and so it has in this new film starring Reeves and Connelly. The new Day has spectacular effects to back up its sermon (it was preachy then, it’s preachy now) about humanity’s failings and how those might annoy a universe that’s concerned we’re about to muck up the neighborhood.
But it’s only about three quarters of a good film, a solid thriller that loses heart and ends so abruptly as to make you wonder if the screenwriter didn’t simply go on strike and refuse to provide a finale…full story [OrlandoSentinel]
The best thing in the movie is Michael Rennie, who as the courtly extraterrestrial diplomat Klaatu exudes the sad yet deeply expressive charm of a haunted Peter O’Toole. In the expensive but plodding new remake, the spaceship – now an ethereal globe – lands in Central Park, and Gort isn’t so lovey-dovey; he’s like a super-tall, obsidian Oscar statue wreaking havoc. As for Klaatu, he’s now played by Keanu Reeves, who speaks every last line in a deliberately blank take-me-to-your-leader monotone that makes him sound like a kid imitating the rote sci-fi aliens of the ’50s Michael Rennie transcended. Reeves seems to be trying to wriggle out of the charge that he’s a flat actor by acting flat on purpose. But in The Day the Earth Stood Still, he is flat. And boring. And so is the film…full story [EW] Continue Reading…
Johnny Depp to Portray Salvador Dali
Johnny Depp is holding auditions to find screenwriters for the Peter Rawley-produced ‘Dali’ picture and he is going to depict Spanish painter Salvador Dali in the movie.
He is holding an open audition to seek for screenwriters as he wants the best possible script he could get. A source commented the scribblers audition saying,
“He’s open to working with anyone, from housewives to pensioners, if the script is right.”
All he needs now is a script. And apparently he doesn’t really care who it comes from, just as long as it’s good.
Depp is not the only Hollywood star set to portray the eccentric artist on the big screen.
Al Pacino and Peter O’Toole are being lined up to star in rival movies, ‘Dali and I: The Surreal Story’ and ‘Goodbye Dali’.
