I’m going to interupt this semi-regular lull in posting for a quick movie review.
In particular, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” the remake of the old 1950’s classic.Â
I was expecting a train wreck, most of the normal crowd who join me at the cinema stayed home due to the same fear. But, you know what, it’s not half bad.Â
Sure, the whole things a bit one-dimensional and a little shallow all round but I see what they were aiming for. It’s nice that they can do a aliens-on-earth film without going all Independance Day and it’s also nice to see an American film just develop at it’s own pace without having to resort to the Sledgehammer-Of-Plot where somebody needs to explain everything for the thickos in the audience.Â
I particularly liked the ending, understated, open-ended and nicely abrupt. Very much not what I expected.Â
Worth seeing, probably not worth going to the cinema to see but certainly a DVD rental if ever I saw one, I’m curious to see if they had other endings in mind/filmed.Â
Expect some posting about what’s going on with my life, travel and career after I’ve aligned a few more ducks …