I'm a fan of science fiction. I remember the times when the bbc would show blake 7 on sundays and i wondered why they chose the day i needed to be in church to show my favourite sci fi series. But then there was always star trek and Dr. Who.
These days i hardly watch any tv so i don't follow any sci fi series and heroes season 3 just ended so my weekly series consumption has been reduced to watching the anime bleach which just reached its 200th episode and going strong.
Without giving too much away, the day the earth stood still or "the movie" is quite interesting. I'm sure if i read the book my brain would have been more creative to draw the mental images it needs to draw to make the movie more exciting. In case you didn't get me, i just said the movie is quite boring. Yeah there are shootings but nothing action-y if you get what i mean. I think match of the pengiuns had more action that this movie, i didn't feel any high point or low point. It kind of reminded me of Quantom of Solace which was bland to say the least but at least i didnt sleep while watching it which is more than i can say for Madagascar Return to Africa. I guess i was too tired or the movie really sucked.
The movie was interesting indeed. If you believe that we evolved as part of a once primitive lifeform then it makes sense. If you believe we were made by God then the movie is just another escape from boredom this holiday season because we are not answerable to some advanced civilisation some where out there in a world outside of yonkers... They do not decide if we live or die and they do not exist as far as i am concerned. But we are answerable to a superior being who one day will decide the fate of not the earth alone but its inhabitants and the choices they have made with respect to his Son Jesus and thats the truth, even though for some it might be an inconvenient truth but its the truth regardless.
What did i learn from the movie? Nothing much really. It didnt excite me, it didn't educate me, it sure didn't entertain me so i'm kind when i give it a 2.3 out of 5.