Review of The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) by Mike T — 10 Jan 2015

A good but not great movie. For the simple hobbit folk, it's mind blowing. But really not as good as some of the best music and bands out there. Just a small-minded little green earth type "smart person" flick.

.. for Canadians and simple gardening folk... who don't own any video games, and enjoy the simple things. In that sense, it's a masterpiece. For a story, it's one of the best. The love for this is universal and is certainly better than the two Matrix sequels.

And those two sequels were masterpieces. It's a really huge, different & explosive movie that really is a little corny and isn't really the challenge I was hoping. Just leave out the negative attitude and this would have been one of the best movies I've ever seen, instead it's just decent.

It's just so haunting and mesmerizing and worthy of multiple viewings that I kind of loved it, even though irresistibility is not a trait I seek in movies in the modern era. So it's not perfect, nor is it a masterpiece or even a challenge, just hauntingly good eye-popping fun & wonder.

This was a wonderful masterpiece of brilliant storytelling and shocking, scary, eye-popping thought provoking fun. It had sadness, happiness, unbelievable colors and effects plus some 11 very memorable characters, I mean, yes it's kind of like a video game but it's still better art than a lot of stupid silly games and this really worked for me as a stunning, serviceable and shocking happy movie with some brilliant performances and even better storytelling.

The only wrong with this was that it wasn't goofy enough. It will benefit your dvd collection and be a great one that you will watch over and over again because it's perfect for anyones dvd collection, it will be a masterpiece in your movie madness collection - up there with the Mummy, the Incredibles, King Kong, the Matrix, the Abyss, Terminator 3, Mission to Mars and Jurassic Park 2.

Just incredible! Chills thrills spills and general nuttiness, warped colors, beautiful epiphanies and a solemn, somber tone that really worked for me-it wasn't perfect or a special movie but it was a lot of great storytelling and great gorgeous and creative coy humorless maniacal fun.