Day the Earth Stood Still

The Bottom Line: Ok to watch when there isn't anything else to do.

Review: Guess I had this confused with War of the Worlds when I started viewing it, but quickly remembered the story once that 900? tall robot sidled out of the space ship. This was released in 1951 is one of those grainy movies full of causes and sincere...

Review: ...Was the day I first saw this movie. Now 39, I am wowed by it every bit as much as I was at 13; ever since then, it has shared top billing in my list of favorite movies with "Forbidden Planet." It has good characterizations, decent special effects...

The Bottom Line: ?

Review: One of the big debates about intelligent life on other planets is why such life hasn t come to visit us, or at least why it hasn t made itself known. It might be better to ask what would happen if it did. If an alien did make contact with humans,...

The Bottom Line: A must-see movie for fans of anthropology or science fiction, whichever you choose.

Review: One of the benchmark films in the history of the science fiction genre, and one of the most popular films of all time all over the world, is THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL(1951). The title itself is enough to give one pause: What does it mean to say...

Review: 'THE DAY' wasn't an ordinary Day, not for the Earth, and not in the enduring and cliche-ridden Sci-Fi drama genre. The premise of the film is often over-simplified as: Alien arrives to bring Peace to the Earth and force an end to our...

The Bottom Line: Totally plausible and engrossing

Review: The wonderful thing about the magnificent sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is that it's about so much more than it's about.

On the surface, it's about Klaatu (Michael Rennie), a visitor from a planet a few million miles...

The Bottom Line: This classic stands the test of time. As relevant today as it was when it showed on the silver screen.

Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still. (1951) Directed by Robert Wise

"Gort! Klaatu barada nicto!" Helen Benson.

When this movie was made, Patricia Neal, who played Helen Benson, thought it would be another schlocky flying saucer B movie...

The Bottom Line: It used the backdrop of what seemed silly science fiction and, instead, turned its audience on its ear with an intelligent warning of war and the ultimate cost.

Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still not only stands the test of time, it's required viewing for any and all who read, watch and want depth to be the factor to great science fiction.

A gigantic saucer descends from the brightly lit sky hanging...

The Bottom Line: A good suspenseful and a classic from 1951.

Review: This is the movie of an alien from another planet that has come to Earth to proclaim a message. What that message is, is unclear until the very end of the movie. But between the time of his arrival and his parting, he is able to see what mankind is...

The Bottom Line: A movie worth viewing! Who can forget the classic line, "Klaatu Barada Nikto".

Review: I can remember when I first watched The Day the Earth Stood Still. The story riveted me, and the robot was spectacular!


Brief Plot Synopsis

The world is in a panic. A spaceship has landed in Washington, DC, and an alien...