Day the Earth Stopped, The

Thomas C. Howell likes to make his own version of other movies. He created a WAR OF THE WORLDS movie, and a sequel, that weren't watchable. Just awful.

When THE DAY THE EARTH STOPPED started, and it said "A Thomas C. Howell Movie", I grimaced. I could've stopped it, but didn't.

This one is a blatant copy of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. All the important bits are the same. The alien is a hot chic. GORT has been replaced by a pretty cool looking robot. It could've been Robototech's SDF in robot configuration.

This is, without a question, a B movie, but a decent one. I sort of enjoyed it.

The two flaws that bubble to the top:
Thomas C. Howell is probably around 50. He plays what appears to be a private in the army at the beginning of the movie. He has the baseball cap on, tilted back on his head, like he just signed up a couple weeks ago. He's kind of ignorant about things that are going on. That was a mismatch.

The second one is the birth of the child. The child came out weighing about 20 pounds and as clean as a whistle. We have a newborn; she weighs 7 pounds. I can hardly put her on my shoulder. This movie's newborn was sitting on his arm.

Don't rush out to rent it, but if you like crappy sci-fi, it's a good one.