“The Day the Earth Stood Still” is one my favorite movies.  Of all time!

So why in the world would Keanu Reeves be chosen to play Klaatu?  If anything, he should be Gort, the robot.

But Klaatu?  Gimme a break.

Okay, I’ll admit there’s the tiniest of possibilities he can pull this off, but that is such a minuscule percent of the whole that it’s almost not worth mentioning.  Klaatu (originally played by Michael Rennie) is stately, refined, equal parts magnificently approachable and eerily standoffish.  Reeves?  Ha!

I will of course see the film.  I own the original.  But like the remake of “The War of the Worlds,” I suspect I’ll be so disgusted that I’ll have to toss up a lung just to get through it.

Keanu Reeves as Klaatu!?!?  WTF!?

Now’s when we need to be saved.  Say it with me: “Klaatu Barada Nikto.”

Talk about confusing asshattery with acting… or diarrhea with depth.