As is to be expected, the original is on a much smaller scale than last year's version. No huge flashy effects or anything like that. In fact the entire movie is mostly dialogue. The core story mechanics are the same as the remake, it's the characters and situations which are different. Overall, the first one is better for a variety of reasons.
Klaatu is fucking awesome. He was pretty good in the remake too though in all fairness. I just love how different he is from the usual alien visitor in these movies. He's a little more compassionate here than he was in the remake, but he's still a bad ass who would blow up the earth in a second if we don't get in line. Then he and Gort would go to other planets and pick up some chicks, cuz that's how they roll.
Gort was so much simpler here. He spends most of the movie just standing there. He certainly isn't turning into huge bugs which I thought was ridiculous even before seeing this version. Plus Will Smith's son wasn't around to piss everybody in the audience off. Again, he's going to the new Karate Kid! Terrible, terrible! Why not just cast Eddie Murphy as the new Freddy Kruegar, or Miley Cyrus as a new Hannibal Lecter?! It makes about as much sense Hollywood!
Anyway I'm getting off track. I kind of wish I had watched this one first before seeing the remake. I would rather be judging it off of the original, instead of the other way around. It's easy to see where this one got it's reputation though. I can't say I loved it, but I definitely enjoyed it and look forward to watching more of the classic 1950's science fiction movies in the coming weeks.
7.5/10
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