Tuesday, 1 September 2009

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Finally got round to watching this film last night. It was fascinating, its not a great film, its OK. But the ideas in it are fascinating.

The basic synopsis is that a collection of alien civilisations send a representative to assess humanity and judge whether they should be wiped out in order to save the earth. Needless to say things don't go well.

One of the most fascinating scenes is when Keane Reeves character meets with the long term undercover alien to get his assessment on humanity. Despite his damning summary of mankind he does not want to leave choosing instead to die alongside mankind because he loves them.

Inevitably it is love that wins the day but I don't want to ruin the ending.

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