He[Reeves] wasn’t trying to over-act in The Day The Earth Stood Still, and honestly I can’t imagine too many other actors in his role. In watching the special features for the film, I actually got a lot more respect for Keanu Reeves based on his professionalism and approach to getting this movie made.

*smiles and sips her opium tea*

Baby steps... soon they will see the light. Hopefully.

Do you know how hard it is to type with one hand?!? I twisted my wrist and now I can't move my fingers w/o a lot of pain. :(

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Why opium tea?

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because of Nick Cave ;)

... which confirms my theories/suspicions about the script polishing process.
I still like the ending that we got to see, though.
... so the script that got leaked on the net was Derrickson's rewrite ? hmmm.

http://www.davidcake.com/2008/12/johnny-utah.html

http://nextround.net/2008/12/keanu-reeves-and-the-lost-art-of-bad-acting

drat fishes :(

The day we’re finally named movie execs at a major studio our first matter of business will be to green light a project starring Keanu and Nic Cage as federal agents attempting to thwart a terrorist attack on the Hawaiian Tropic Pageant. It’s gonna be a new classic.

... now THAT is something I'd like to see ;) :D

http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2011/01/unmaking-a-classic-movie/

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Michael Rennie’s original Klaatu is an ambassador with a simple message: kill each other all you like but if you come anywhere near us with your weapons we can end you in a moment. Even after he’s been shot twice by humans — the second time requiring a full Christlike resurrection from the dead — he’s willing to get back into his spaceship and leave peacefully, having done nothing destructive to the planet beyond powering down machinery for a few minutes.

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Keanu Reeves’s Klaatu is the Ultimate Suicide Bomber, sent by some alien Osama bin Laden.The New Klaatu claims to want to save the earth — but he makes Hitler look like a nice guy

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P.S Besides, I haven't met any alien who was more alien than him. His "alienness" is unsurpassed so far :D

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And no one thinks that Klaatu is a positive character.

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After reading a few of that writer's articles ( and browsing that site I found out that the man is a sci-fi writer, screenwriter, journalist, etc) I think I'm getting a vague idea of where he's coming from, so to speak. That doesn't mean I will agree with him.

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Besides, I haven't met any alien who was more alien than him.

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Besides, the way people react to this movie tells more about themselves than about said movie ;) :D