Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

hamikid Before I get started,I.\'m not sure if i'm spoiling but I put it in anyway. You know, just to be safe. Now, the story in this is film is on the better side, an alien invader comes down and will only speak to the world leaders. He, along with Gord (his alien friend) begin to walk around D.C, watching and learning. It shows modern people and the effect of said people WWII had on people (as evidence by the Arlington cemetery scene.) There's religious details in this film, I do love those! I am a man of philosophy if I do say so myself. But the problem I have, is a huge but under the radar thing. Klattu, at the end, says (and i'm paraphrasing here) "the universe needs peace, and if you use violence, we will respond with violence." Now, on the surface not to bad, but he's doing the exact same thing that Earth was doing in the cold war, which "coinicidentally" the movie was taking place in. So, in short, the hypocrisy of Klaatu took me out of a well rounded film, with memorable characters and lines. Overall, this movie is an amazing movie, one of the better ones to come from the 50's, I hope this helped and maybe shed a new light.

David MacPeek The movie was made one year before I was born. I remember seeing it for the first time when I was very young. It enthralled me. It still does. It installed a sense of the important of science and of the greater universe. It launched me in the direction of loving space and I ended up becoming a doctor. I am serious. It did exactly what a movie is supposed to do change our minds.

Weiming Sheng The Day The Earth Stood Still has its glamours in music, acting, and special effects; however, its various plot holes, blatant thematic message, and poor character design stop it from the rank of classics. On the bright side, the film certainly did well in its imagination and is very bold in depicting the alien. Some of the special effects and props are not very bad. Costuming is far from convincing, but would be quite impressive considering the time. My biggest problem with it has nothing to do with tech stuffs. The story is not good. Many films, new or old, indulge themselves in conveying the theme and completely forget that they are always firstly telling a story. This film tells an okay story, but its narrative devices are naive even to that time period. This is also a good example of a film forcing its theme out. You can see how the film is trying to urge humans to give up strives, but not in a subtle way like Gone in the Wind, but in a way that is said out by the main character at the end of the film. Overall, it is not a bad film, but not a good one. Just to add a small point, the robot has been noteworthy, and is kind of a pleasant surprise.

phill-01787 Flaw in the movie: Klaatu stayed in Room 306 of Walter Reed hospital. But when he later meets Professor Barnhart he says he stayed in Room 309. Just noticed this flaw having watched TDTESS for probably the 5,000th time since 1957. This film should be remade from the original... no new plot.