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Feb 09, 2016Derringer rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Travelling at warp-speed (that's 4000 mph.) and taking a 5-month, 250 million mile journey to get here, The Day The Earth Stood Still's story has Klaatu, the very distinguished and cool-headed alien, arriving in Washington, DC in order to deliver his dire, top-priority message to all of us naughty-naughty Earthlings. After being observed for many years by other outer-planetary civilizations, it has been determined that (through the discovery of atomic power) we Earthlings, with our unbridled destructiveness, have become a very-very serious threat to the overall peace and security of the other planets which exist in this endlessly vast universe. Klaatu must now address all nations of the Earth and somehow convince one and all to cease with these violent ways, or else face some mighty devastating consequences. You can bet that if Klaatu's firm words of warning can't induce us Earthlings to reconsider our ways, then, believe me, Gort, the all-powerful robot, definitely has his own special brand of persuasion that doesn't take "No" for an answer. Trust me - In spite of its obvious flaws, The Day The Earth Stood Still is, without question, a classic Sci-Fi/Thriller that's really worth a view.... And "Klaatu barada nikto!" to you, too! P.S. - This film's 2008 remake was an absolutely despicable desecration of the highest order.