The Day the Earth Stood Still: A warning from out of space

‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is an amazing science fiction movie, which shows the destructive nature of humanity and its rigidness. The film is a remake of an old flick, which was released in 1951. This movie hit the worldwide theaters on December 12 2008. This mind-provoking movie is directed by Scott Derrickson. Its script is done by David Scarpe and stars Michael Rennie as klaatu, Patricia Neal as Helen Benson and Hugh Marlowe as Tom Stevens. The film, produced by Earth Canada Productions, Dune Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment, is doing good business on box office.

The story revolves around Klaatu and his robot GORT. Michael Rennie has played the role of Klaatu, which is an alien creature. His motive is to save the human genre by warning the nations worldwide against the global crisis. He meets the very renowned scientist Dr. Helen Benson, who refuses his request to address the representatives of the nations. Finally, Klaatu has to sacrifice himself for the sake of humanity in order to stop the severe devastation of GORT, which is a humanoid robot.

The flying saucer in the film seems to be original and heavy utilization of Theremin has given excellent sound effect that would keep you stick with your seat till the end of the movie. Till now, The Day the Earth Stood Still has rocked the US box office by doing a business of $48,366,989. This 1hour 50 minutes movie would tend you to think the bitter veracity of humanity.

Even after receiving all the critics, the movie has done a commendable job contrary to what was predicted. ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is a movie that is must watch for thriller and adventure movie lovers.