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Years and Years (2019)
Brilliant drama as only the Brits can produce.
Every scene is thought provoking and memorable. Every character engaging.
Writing, acting and production are all top shelf.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Utter Drivel
Possibly the worst movie I have seen this century. No, that is not fair to all the other movies... This is absolutely the worst movie this century.
All the other condemning reviews sum it up except that I would like to add...
The original 1951 movie was based on "Farewell to the Master", a short story by Harry Bates, and while the 1951 movie deviates from the path of the story, it must be said that this movie 'fell' off the path, rolled down a ravine and crashed into volcano. If this movie was called anything other than 'Day The Earth Stood Still', there is not a person in the world who would make the link back to Farewell to the Master (and Harry would be happy about that).
It is nothing more than a self indulgence by the creators.
If you really need to find a way to spend two hours. Read the original short story.
Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
ONE OF THE VERY FEW MAGICAL MOVIES I HAVE SEEN
Although I saw this film many years ago, and I have seen it only once, the memories are still strong and I often think back to the feelings and thoughts it thrust upon me. Too few movies I have seen in my life stay with me very long...this on one that has.
I am not sure if this was written a stage play. The fact that it only has one location suggests that it was. The characters are complex and have so much depth that I am almost sure it was. They have not been written as characters to be placed over a story, they are the story.
I saw this movie late one night. Maybe I was tired. Maybe I was on a low. Maybe I was open to suggestion. Who knows? But. When I saw this movie, it stirred so many feelings within me, opened up my mind to so many thoughts and questioned so many things not only in my life but in the world in general that it could not have just passed without making it's mark.
If you like to watch movies that make you truly 'think' and which take you inside them...sometime to places you do not wish to go, then I whole heartedly recommend this one.
Take something away with you from this one and the world will be a better place....and you will be a better person.