The Day the Earth Stood Still

December 14, 2008

Sobrang boring sa boarding house so I decided to watch the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still". I've seen the trailer somewhere and I thought this is an interesting movie to watch. Keanu Reeves, as "Klaatu" is the main character of the movie. He came to save the earth from the human race. Sabi nga nya, "if Earth die, you will die, but if you die, Earth will survive." Dr. Helen, portrayed by Jennifer Connelly, believed that we can change. Then naconvince naman nya si Klaatu. Sa ending, he sacrificed himself para madestroy ung mga ant-or-fly-like creatures na part ni Gort, ung parang robot. Hehehe..

My thoughts about the movie.. Hmm.. Medyo nagsisisi ako na pinanood ko to sa cinema. Sana bumili na lang ako ng pirated na DVD.. Nasasayangan ako sa pera ko.. E ang wala kasi masyado action.. Puro kwento lang din.. maganda naman effects pero walang excitement e.. Nakatulog nga ako e..

Here's the plot of the movie: (courtesy of wikipedia.com)

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can reverse the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. Klaatu himself already has a negative opinion of humans, and when detained by Regina Jackson, the United States Secretary of Defense, and barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides they shall be exterminated so the planet – with its rare ability to sustain complex life – can survive. At Klaatu's command, Gort turns into a swarm of nanites that destroy everything in its path. Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) finally convince Klaatu that humans can change their ways and are worth saving.^[5] Convinced by the two, Klaatu has them take him to the sphere in Central Park, warning them that even if he manages to stop Gort there will be a price to the human way of life. At the sphere, the nanobot cloud arrives before they can reach the sphere and they have to hide under a bridge. There it is revealed that Jacob has been infected by the nanites. Klaatu saves him, then sacrifices his physical form to stop Gort by walking through the nanites to the sphere and touching it. His actions cause the sphere to emit a massive EMP which fries Gort, saving humanity, but at the price of all of Earth's technology becoming useless. Afterward, the sphere leaves Earth. Jacob's last comment might hint that Klaatu did not die but rather was a part of the sphere's energy.