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*Pro: Original was one of the best sci fi movies OF ALL TIME.

*Con: Keanu Reeves.


Anyone hear anything? I was initially thrilled at the prospect. Then I saw K Reeves name. Then Frazzled was sad

Is that the one with the guy from "Matrix" in? If it is then it looks good, if its not, then you can all send me virus's.

Yes, it is, and thats the sad thing.

Xav wrote:Is that the one with the guy from "Matrix" in? If it is then it looks good, if its not, then you can all send me virus's.

Yes, it is.

As for Keanu Reeves, if they insist on continuing to cast him in stuff, it needs to be more roles like this. The only thing he can do well is the dead pan, near lifeless arsehole/alien/stoner/whatever(in other words cast him in roles where he gets to basically play himself). As long as the role doesn't require any emotion other than perhaps extreme excitement(Bill and Ted), he's perfect. I used to not like the guy, but he's grown on me since I found out he knows he's not a good actor and is surprised they keep offering him the parts they do.

But the original part, unless he's playing the robot, was not unemotional.

Looks realy good, havnt seen yet because it isnt out yet in the UK.

I used to have absolutly no problem with Keanu Reeves until I saw Revolutions.

He was ok in Constante but it was just a bad film.

Xav wrote:He was ok in Constante but it was just a bad film.

Never say that to a fan of the Hellblazer comics(because Reeves is neither blonde nor British) unless you want an earfull.

It got some pretty crappy reviews on aint it cool news, beware of some WTF !HOLLYWOOD ! spoilers if you click


Oh Hollywood ! You rascal you !

Whoa...

Once again I ask, How many tones of Coke ship to hollywood a day?

Platuan4th wrote:Never say that to a fan of the Hellblazer comics(because Reeves is neither blonde nor British) unless you want an earfull.

But he does smoke at least!

warpcrafter wrote:Whoa...

Unfortunately that's easily my most quoted movie line. Shame.

I was with Frazz on this, was interested then Keanu blew it away. But now I'll probably see it. Go fig.

- Salvage

Xav wrote:He was ok in Constante but it was just a bad film.

How dare you filthy filthy heathen.

Die in a fire!

Comes out day after Chrismas here in Australia.

Keanu Reeves is okay in the right situation. Will Smith was originally talked about for The Matrix, and in an interview down the track he complimented Reeves on his approach to the role and conceded he would have ruined the movie if he’d been given the part. He said Reeves didn’t try to dominate the movie, something Smith was trying to do at the time.

And that’s where Reeves is pretty good, when there’s a lot of spectacle and incident around him, and he’s able to underplay his own part to shift the focus elsewhere.

So if this is remade into a big spectacle movie, it could work well enough, and the internet fan rage for failing to follow the original will be very funny. On the other hand, if they try to follow the original closely they’ll end up with a movie that’s badly dated, and a miscast lead actor.

After watching the IMO horrible remake of War
of the worlds a few years back,I am dreading seeing how Day the earth stood still is handled.
I know that in the cases of both films the remakes have much better FX,unfourtunatly thats all they had.
I can only pray that if World War Z is made into a film neither Tom Cruise nor Keanu Reeves will make an apperance.....unless they are bieng eaten.

Platuan4th wrote:

Xav wrote:Is that the one with the guy from "Matrix" in? If it is then it looks good, if its not, then you can all send me virus's.

Yes, it is.

As for Keanu Reeves, if they insist on continuing to cast him in stuff, it needs to be more roles like this. The only thing he can do well is the dead pan, near lifeless arsehole/alien/stoner/whatever(in other words cast him in roles where he gets to basically play himself). As long as the role doesn't require any emotion other than perhaps extreme excitement(Bill and Ted), he's perfect. I used to not like the guy, but he's grown on me since I found out he knows he's not a good actor and is surprised they keep offering him the parts they do.

Remember that time when he played an FBI agent going undercover as a surfer?

That was awesome.

malfred wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

Xav wrote:Is that the one with the guy from "Matrix" in? If it is then it looks good, if its not, then you can all send me virus's.

Yes, it is.

As for Keanu Reeves, if they insist on continuing to cast him in stuff, it needs to be more roles like this. The only thing he can do well is the dead pan, near lifeless arsehole/alien/stoner/whatever(in other words cast him in roles where he gets to basically play himself). As long as the role doesn't require any emotion other than perhaps extreme excitement(Bill and Ted), he's perfect. I used to not like the guy, but he's grown on me since I found out he knows he's not a good actor and is surprised they keep offering him the parts they do.

Remember that time when he played an FBI agent going undercover as a surfer?

That was awesome.

Remember that time he played a gay prostitute?

That wasn't quite as awesome.

Random Fact: I turned on HBO tonight and the Zion rave scene / Keanu sex scene from Matrix 2 was happening. Sadly I was unable to turn away from the writhing and/or general awkwardness ...

- Salvage

I hated the remake of War of the Worlds, so I'm not too inclined to see another one.

I didn't even like the old TDtESS (bad acronym?), so I don't think I'll be missing out.

"Violence is bad! People are violent and it's bad. If no one was violent it would be good."
Thanks. What an important message. :S

I just came from seeing it, and it was a big letdown. The whole premise was too vague. I read in an article about it that Keanu Reeves actually went to greater lengths than usual to be "Extra Wooden" for this role. Is that the most hilarious thing in the world or what? The coolest part is the nano-locust swarm. Sort of a Stargate sg-1 replicator thing but better executed.

warpcrafter wrote:...The coolest part is the nano-locust swarm...

Oh god, tell me they didn't go Biblical? Did Klaatu promise the death of all first born males?

dogma wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:...The coolest part is the nano-locust swarm...

Oh god, tell me they didn't go Biblical? Did Klaatu promise the death of all first born males?

Nope, just a little bit of lack of imagination.

Well the original film had very strong allusions to Christ. Enough that it was forced to change a story element to keep from possibly offending people. So it's not a surprise that there is some biblical elements to it.

I think Keanu seeks out those messianic figure roles anyway:

1. Ted Theodore Logan
2. Buddha
3. Neo

Buddha isn't messianic. O_o

reds8n wrote:It got some pretty crappy reviews on aint it cool news, beware of some WTF !HOLLYWOOD ! spoilers if you click


Oh Hollywood ! You rascal you !

Luckily, I tend to avoid Ain't It Cool, as ever since it claimed Blair Witch Project was great, I've been incredibly dubious about the movie reviewing capabilities of an obese Orang-Utan.....

Ahtman wrote:Buddha isn't messianic. O_o

Hehe, closest I could get to a trifecta.

Ahtman wrote:Well the original film had very strong allusions to Christ. Enough that it was forced to change a story element to keep from possibly offending people. So it's not a surprise that there is some biblical elements to it.

Really? I never got that from the movie, though I also haven't seen it since I was 12. So that's almost certainly got something to do with it.