The Day The Earth Stood Still

So I went to watch The Day The Earth Stood Still in IMAX yesterday. I was eagerly anticipating this movie since it looked pretty good from the trailers and the story seemed pretty interesting. I refrain from ever reading any advanced reviews so that I can watch a movie without being influenced by someone's opinions. I did the same for The Day The Earth Stood Still. After watching the movie I feel that it's an average movie. It wasn't spectacular but it wasn't horrible either.

The movie started with an interesting premise and it was missing the suspense factor. A lot of times viewers are left just waiting and wondering about what will happen next. The story moved a long with little explanation about why things are happening the way it is. All the audience gets is that the aliens have come to save Earth from humans.

The Day The Earth Stood Still did have some pretty cool special effects. Unfornately the cool visuals were very limited and so was the action. There was a lot of talking that didn't help move the story along. Another issue I found was the religious themes throughout the movie. Mentions about arcs, THE flood, imagery of crucifixes, etc. did not really help the movie at all. If the theme was woven into the story more solidly, it would've been an interesting overtone to the entire film.

It was a good movie just to watch in leisure. I wouldn't go watch this again in the theater and maybe won't get the DVD of it either. Watch it when it premieres on network television.