There is no doubt that the advent of technology in cinema is making remakes of cult classics irresistible. However, sometimes the point of making a remake, as in the case of The Day the Earth Stood Still, is hard to understand. This is about aliens that want to warn us against the perils of environmental degradation. Hard to discern for example why a seventy year old resident would miss the conclusion about the UN not quite being the forum for speaking to the leaders of the world. The nanoworms bit was delicious, but other than that there is very little gong for this movie sixty years on. If you are concerned about man and his impact on the environment, watch a dystopian movie like Children of Men and feel duly scared
