Day the Earth Stood Still

Pros: The story, the message, the performances, the score-all of it
Cons: Where is Gort when you need him?

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Where do you start with a movie as old and as germinal to all science fiction movies following it as The Day the Earth Stood Still? The thing that surprises me is that I don’t think...

Pros: Classic story, with great acting and for-then good special effects.
Cons: The suitor.

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 ...

Pros: Timely political message. Great performances.
Cons: Pacing problems in the 2nd act.

Now here's a movie that jumps right out of the time period in which it was made. The Day the Earth Stood Still is structured like a classic 50s paranoia sci-fi thriller, but it has a much deeper meaning than that. Director Robert Wise has cleverly ...

Pros: terrific music score, great acting, the robot, special effects still hold up
Cons: pacing sometimes slow, uneven sound in spots, no chemistry between Neal and Marlowe

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 ...

Pros: Story, Acting, Cinematography, Score
Cons: None

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

As a child of the 1950s/60s, this movie will always be a classic to me, simply because in that context I can remember the real terror and panic that overcame people whenever they had a passing thought of...

Pros: Well-done sci-fi anti-war/persecution allegory, essential viewing for propellerheads and the like
Cons: Sometimes draggy and a little obvious

Actually, Robert Wise's "Day the Earth Stood Still" is a pretty entertaining sci-fi/Cold War artifact that still stands up to viewing today. My first acquaintance with the movie was as a five-year old watching this on The Late Show on Channel Two back ...

Pros: The story, the direction and the message.
Cons: None.

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 over a ...

Pros: Had a message to spread
Cons: We still don't heed it

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...

Pros: Sci-fi, aliens, funny one-liners, kept me intrigued
Cons: Dated, black & white, mixed messages

Yea the message here was lost on me. I see many people talking about the 'peaceful' message while I heard only 'the Earth will be destroyed'. How is that peaceful? The Day the Earth Stood Still is a science fiction movie set in the late '50s it ...

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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, what ...

Pros: That's a neat looking robot.
Cons: Well... I guess I can think of a few.

I knew that I was going to hate The Day the Earth Stood Still from the moment that enlightened otherworldly visitor Klaatu opened his big, stupid mouth. I’m sort of amazed that this boring piece of Mystery Science Theater fodder movie has ...

Pros: Excellent sci-fi movie, on all counts
Cons: 50 years later, we still haven't gotten the message

The wonderful thing about the magnificent sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is ...

Pros: Brilliant, timely landmark of a science fiction film.
Cons: Peace...or else.

Although the bulk of alien-invaders-from-space movies had yet to come in the Fifties, a decade for which the science fiction sub-genre reached unparalleled heights, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) stands as a brave and high-minded...

Pros: Wonderful old science fiction film
Cons: None

This black and white classic is a fine science fiction film with a wonderful message. The Day the Earth Stood Still may not stack up to the high technological science fiction films of today, but for a film in 1951, it's is a very good film.
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Pros: story, direction
Cons: costumes, script, score

One of the most beloved of 1950s science fiction films, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" has become a cult classic. Much discussed and praised, its reputation often prevents legitimate examination of its many flaws.

It was directed...