The Day The Earth Stood (Still)

Hey everyone!
Birthday celebrations really kicked off today! I won't bore you with the ins and outs; I've got something else to bore you with instead. But suffice to say, I got lots of cool stuff, including Sims 3 which I'm just installing, I've had an awesome day doing pretty much nothing apart from hanging out with the gang, and eaten an awesome cake with raspberries in. I cooked dinner, and as if that wasn't enough, I had a quiet night in and watched a movie! What follows, rather than being an intricate description of my day, is a small-to-medium-sized review of that movie, "The Day The Earth Stood Still".

Hokay... Let's get the bad things over and done with first, then I can end on a positive note as usual. My mainly main problem is the end. I mean, I know it's supposed to be mysterious or whatever, but there are some fundamental problems I have. For those who haven't seen it, there's nothing really to spoil. Typical alien disaster movie; a few important things (ish) are destroyed, lots of Americans die, but in the end they save the day. And THERIN is the problem. Why is it with these movies everything has to turn out happy and smiley in the end? I mean, I know there are some which break the rules, but the plot was way too formulaic. If you thought Iron Man was predictable, just wait till you lay eyes on the pivotal "main character has change of heart" twist which has been old and boring ever since Return of the Jedi. And, at least if the world can't end, you could surely wipe out America.
Not that I have anything against the Americans in general (Georgia!), and I'm sure some fo them are great people. Thing is though, all the Americans in this movie are behaving like typical Americans confronted with the unknown. Aliens land on Earth - Should we say hello? Should we try to make reasonable conversation? Should we listen to the warnings of what is likely a much more intelligent race than our own? NO! Let's shoot it, lock it up, drug it, interrogate it, ignore all its advice, and act surprised when the world ends. Does the Dalek ring any bells?
Aaanyway. What happened to the animals? Did they get returned? What happened to the squids? Imagine a world with no squids! No animals, for that matter! And, by the looks of it, no electricity either. I'll be very honest. I thought that as endings go, it was a bit naf. It was an attempt to be mysterious, but in the end it was just formulaic.
So, with the bad things out the way, let's see what was goood... Cripes, it's harder to write about the good things than the bad. Well, I spose the graphics were pretty funky. The same greyish tint that all good sci-fi movies have. It must have been awesome in 3D, those spheres looked rather disturbing. Like the one from Doctor Who. I'm making a lot of analogies here! And I spose, considering it was based on a relic from the dawn of time, they did an alright job of "coolifying" it. Tell you what though, I'd want to see War Of The Worlds now, to see how it compares. And Cloverfield for that matter. Ah well, I'll add them to my list!

Not very in-depth, I know, but to be fair it's so formulaic, there's little you apply to this one movie in particular. Whilst on the subject of movies, however, they released the first picture from Iron Man 2 during my absence, and it looks like they're due to introduce a FOURTH suit! This one, although out of focus in the pic, looks to be more lightweight and (I hoped never to have to say this with Iron Man) garish. Cripes, bring on 2010, so I can banish all my fears about what otherwise sounds like an awesome sequel.
Not much else to report today, so I'll sign off now and play Sims.
Goodbye!

Jack