Movie Name:The Day the Earth Stood StillCast:Keanu Reeves, Jennifer ConnellyDirected by:Scott DerricksonShowing at:(Hindi)City Pride Satara Road, Fame Akurdi, (English) City Pride Kothrud, INOX, E-squareThe day the Earth stood still. An interesting word there, still. Like films being made on aliens invading the Earth, specifically Manhattan, to warn us, still. Like this film itself being an update of a 1951 version by the same name; the Earth is still around, so are we, still. Like how many times can the completely still Keanu Reeves replay Neo/The One of Matrix, still. Like it can still get wonderful actors like Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates to shore it up.There are hints of an overtone here, hinting at the general paranoia against aliens/ outsiders, leading to convictions without trials. And we humans are obviously very, very bad for Earth. However, this is not the film you need those lessons from.At one point, the “alien in human body” with the unfortunate name of Klaatu (Reeves) asks Kathy Bates in the unfortunate role of US Secretary of Defense Regina Jackson: “Do you speak for the entire human race?” She replies: “I represent the President of the United States.”
