Audiences flocked to see Keanu Reeves sci-fi remake “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” this weekend, making it Hollywood’s top grossing movie with a $31 million debut. The movie updates the 1951 tale of an alien and giant robot enforcer who visit Earth with a warning about the consequences of humanity’s destructive nature.
“It’s a visually stunning movie with timely issues everybody on this planet can relate to,” said Fox distribution exec Chris Aronson. That’s all fine and good but the question I’m sure on many minds other than mine is: When did Keanu Reeves start becoming relevant again?
This is a guy who was a God with the popular Matrix movies; perhaps, when considering all components, sci-fi’s finest trilogy of films ever. But since then, other than starring in mindless, shoot-em-up action films with T.I. and The Game, we haven’t heard much from Keanu. So best wishes to Keanu on revitalizing his career back to its iconoclastic Matrix status.
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