Othinn1 wrote:

 

   Man, how many times has Keanu saved the world, or at least helped usher in an utopian age? O_o

Too many to count at this point.

mantra777 wrote:

Just seen this AND WILL WATCH IT AGAIN...   ... Great Movie and story. 

Although I have no Idea as to what the original 1951 movie was about other than that big robot popping out, this movie pique my interest into saving our environment AND our humanity... which I believe is what they are trying to suggest.

We are just passing through this planet anyways as it was NEVER ours to take.

The concept that we're on borrowed time is always an interesting one to visit in science fiction. As soon as I can get around again, I'll check it out.

Minor spoilers in the pros and cons below, nothing significant to the story.

Pros: 

Gort is completely awesome.  Steals every scene he's in.  Matrix fans will likely smile when they see what he's made of (not revealed until the third act).

Keanu Reeves is pitch perfect for this interpretation of Klaatu.  Except for Gort, he darn near carries the film.

CGI and practical f/x are for the most part pretty good.

It's not overly preachy with the environmental crap.

Pacing is great, it's not wall to wall action, it's more about tension and suspense, but you'll never get bored watching.  110 minutes seemed to fly by for me.

John Cleese.  Nuff said.

There's a scene which prominently features a Windows Bumptop (I still maintain that the beta incarnation is impractical for any business application).

Wolverine trailer was great.

Cons:

You will want to slap that kid within 30 seconds.  A spoiled brat who's insolence is solely attributed to the overused broken home excuse.  Plus he plays Wow, so he's fail from the moment he appears on screen. 

Sadly, WoW gets a good 30 seconds of screen time, some of it full frame(ish).

Much of the story only works if everyone in the movie is an idiot.  Why do people in movies always behave as if they've never been to the movies, watched TV, listened to the radio, or read any fiction?  Haven't these people seen ET or Star Trek?  Do the names Wells and Gibson mean anything to them? In the forties and fifties when this was all new territory, you can almost buy that someone is stupid enough to fire a gun at an alien, but NOW?  whiskey tango foxtrot

Way too many changes to the plot, changes that either didn't work or were unnecessary.  If you're going to futz with the plot, make sure you're doing something logical or leave it alone.  Hong's cameo is utterly pointless for instance, and there's one totally random and weird scene somewhere in the midsection which I have yet to figure out.

The score is forgettable, the cinematography nothing special.  That tracking shot of the two motorcycles in the T4 trailer is more impressive than any shot in this film.  More importantly though, the director is quite obviously inexperienced.

With the changes to the story, Kathy Bates' character's actions and dialogue make no sense.

There's a line missing from the script.....

It's easily not as good as the original.  On its own, its mediocre at best.  I'll never understand why they keep remaking good films into bad ones when there are so many bad films that could be remade into good ones.

nubious81 wrote:

This December one of the classic  scifi movies off all time is being Remade it starrs Keanu reeves and i have to say looks pretty good http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/t...till/large.html its been ages since i saw the oringal but i know ill deffintly be checking this out.

Does anybody know the song played in that trailer?

stewartdaniels1986 wrote:

It's easily not as good as the original.  On its own, its mediocre at best.  I'll never understand why they keep remaking good films into bad ones when there are so many bad films that could be remade into good ones.

 

It makes sense, but I think most production companies worry too much about deadlines and budgets than how good the quality of the finished project is. Besides, if you make an "ok" remake of an awesome film, people will most likely go see it  initially, which is that most of the companies are banking on to make their money back. :/

stewartdaniels1986 wrote:

You will want to slap that kid within 30 seconds.  A spoiled brat who's insolence is solely attributed to the overused broken home excuse.  Plus he plays Wow, so he's fail from the moment he appears on screen.

Sadly, WoW gets a good 30 seconds of screen time, some of it full frame(ish).

 

NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

This December one of the classic  scifi movies off all time is being Remade it starrs Keanu reeves and i have to say looks pretty good http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/t...till/large.html its been ages since i saw the oringal but i know ill deffintly be checking this out.

Does anybody know the song played in that trailer?

check this site they usally give out what songs are playing on trailers etc.

http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/...D&mid=30137

GoDGiVeR wrote:

stewartdaniels1986 wrote:

You will want to slap that kid within 30 seconds.  A spoiled brat who's insolence is solely attributed to the overused broken home excuse.  Plus he plays Wow, so he's fail from the moment he appears on screen.

Sadly, WoW gets a good 30 seconds of screen time, some of it full frame(ish).

 

NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

WoW is in movies now? Jeez. Celebrity Guest-Star commercials, and I've seen NBC sneak a few WoW clips into their shows, like The Office.

Oh god, the Call of Duty The Office episode. Haha.

nubious81 wrote:

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

This December one of the classic  scifi movies off all time is being Remade it starrs Keanu reeves and i have to say looks pretty good http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/t...till/large.html its been ages since i saw the oringal but i know ill deffintly be checking this out.

Does anybody know the song played in that trailer?

check this site they usally give out what songs are playing on trailers etc.

http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/...D&mid=30137

It's ok I found out it's called Imminent Impact by DistortionMX in that trailer, but they don't have anywhere to buy or dare I say it download (in a legal sense I might add).

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

This December one of the classic  scifi movies off all time is being Remade it starrs Keanu reeves and i have to say looks pretty good http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/t...till/large.html its been ages since i saw the oringal but i know ill deffintly be checking this out.

Does anybody know the song played in that trailer?

check this site they usally give out what songs are playing on trailers etc.

http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/...D&mid=30137

It's ok I found out it's called Imminent Impact by DistortionMX in that trailer, but they don't have anywhere to buy or dare I say it download (in a legal sense I might add).

Yeah, just FYI all the sweet music you hear in Movie trailers are actually owned/composed/written by corporate companies that will only "lease" said songs to play in the theatrical trailers. So it's not going to be something you're going to find on iTunes. So unless one of like 10 people in the United States decides to lend you their music for free, then the chances of you getting your hands on the song is quite low. It's actually a pretty big business, contrary to what a lot of people think.

Too bad, really. I'm a huge fan of trailer music, but there is only so, so little of it actually available.

Ballak wrote:

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

Denary wrote:

nubious81 wrote:

This December one of the classic  scifi movies off all time is being Remade it starrs Keanu reeves and i have to say looks pretty good http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/t...till/large.html its been ages since i saw the oringal but i know ill deffintly be checking this out.

Does anybody know the song played in that trailer?

check this site they usally give out what songs are playing on trailers etc.

http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/...D&mid=30137

It's ok I found out it's called Imminent Impact by DistortionMX in that trailer, but they don't have anywhere to buy or dare I say it download (in a legal sense I might add).

Yeah, just FYI all the sweet music you hear in Movie trailers are actually owned/composed/written by corporate companies that will only "lease" said songs to play in the theatrical trailers. So it's not going to be something you're going to find on iTunes. So unless one of like 10 people in the United States decides to lend you their music for free, then the chances of you getting your hands on the song is quite low. It's actually a pretty big business, contrary to what a lot of people think.

Too bad, really. I'm a huge fan of trailer music, but there is only so, so little of it actually available.

It's such a shame though. There must be only snippets of the full song in that trailer and I love that kind of music where it actually sends shivers down your spine with a single note. But unfortunately it's always in films and the song that you want is never in it's OST.

We can always hope though.

In any case I'll be sure to see it. I've never seen the original so I guess I can give a slightly less biased opinion although I am a fan of Keanu Reeves (since Bill and Teds excellent adventure of course) so I can't be that unbiased .

Pyraci wrote:

stewartdaniels1986 wrote:

It's easily not as good as the original.  On its own, its mediocre at best.  I'll never understand why they keep remaking good films into bad ones when there are so many bad films that could be remade into good ones.

 

It makes sense, but I think most production companies worry too much about deadlines and budgets than how good the quality of the finished project is. Besides, if you make an "ok" remake of an awesome film, people will most likely go see it  initially, which is that most of the companies are banking on to make their money back. :/

Yep, it's definitely business first in the film industry.

Proof the studio suits are money grubbing scum with the artistic insight of a doorknob:  They're remaking My Fair Lady and Keira effing Knightley is attached to play Eliza.  Poor Professor Higgins, indeed.

I just got back from it, and could call it forgettable at the very best.

Went to see this last friday.

Waste of time and money. For the first time in my life I actually fell almost asleep. I know I missed something, I'm certain it wasn't any better than the parts I did watch.

Syna wrote:

 For the first time in my life I actually fell almost asleep.

You have never slept in your entire life? D:

Anyways... I liked it.

Yeah that's right. Liked it.

MxO-PhanthomZtryker wrote:

Syna wrote:

 For the first time in my life I actually fell almost asleep.

You have never slept in your entire life? D:

DURING A MOVIEEEEEE