Comparative Analysis: The Day the Earth Stood Still

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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Movie Analysis “Your professor was right. At the precipice, we change.” The Day the Earth Stood Still were to films based on the same topic: preserving and taking care of the Earth. Although each movie had the same genre, characters, and underlying theme, there were many different aspects to each movie. To begin with, the graphics and setting of each movie are completely different. The 1951 version takes place in Washington D.C during the spring, and the movie is in black and white. The 2008 version takes place in Manhattan, New York during the fall leading into the winter, and the movie is in color. In 1951, there were movies made in color, but I believe that the movie was in black and white

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