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Friday, December 12, 2008 12:00 AM

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"

This supremely lame update of the sci-fi classic, starring Keanu Reeves, is assembled out of bits of every movie where an unknown whatzit threatens our way of life.

By Andrew O'Hehir

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 08:50 PM

Needless remake

OK, I understand why some movies are remade. But if the original is a timeless classic I have seen before, I am not capable of avoiding a bias that will prevent me from enjoying the remake. But that's just me. Lots of people will feel differently. Plus, there are probably millions of younglings out there who have never seen the original, because black and white is so ancient.

All that being said, why is Keanu Reeves in this movie? Is he really going to play Klaatu? He lacks the acting chops, much less the gravitas, to pull off that role.

Oh, wait. I just thought of Klaatu first. But that's wrong, isn't it.

Reeves is just perfect to play Gort.

—farnsworth Read farnsworth's other letters

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