Today’s Trailer of the Week shows I’m not the only one to think climate change is the biggest threat to humanity since the atomic bomb. The Day The Earth Stood Still suggests that even if we’re bound for catastrophe, at least doom gives filmmakers a new reason to bring out the aliens again.
Starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, the film’s a remake of a 1951 epic about a visit from strange men wrapped in foil, who warned the world of the dangers of atomic bombs. (Duh). Now they’re back, to warn us of another threat to, well, everything. Here’s what Keanu has to say: “The first one was borne out of the cold war and nuclear détente…
“The version I was just working on, instead of being man against man, it’s more about man against nature. My Klaatu says that if the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives. I’m a friend to the earth.”
Just for fun, here’s the original film’s trailer:
And here’s the new one, a bit scarier, but ultimately with some comic moments too:
Good to see Jon Hamm (Don Draper from AMC’s Mad Men) looking at home on the big screen.
