Compare And Contrast The Day The Earth Stood Still

There are two versions of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 1951 version, directed by Robert Wise, and the 2008 version, directed by Scott Derrickson. These two films compare and contrast with one another and create a more detailed story. In the 1951 version, the whole movie is in black and white. In the 2008 version, the movie is mostly in color, besides one part of the movie. The color in this version shows the worst effect of humanity. The difference between society and history between the two versions is that in the 1951 version society didn’t really matter whether someone was popular or not, it only matters if someone had a good job. In the 2008 version, society is not as chaotic as it is in the 1951 version. The history behind the 1951 version became an eventful time during the Cold War. …show more content…
The role of women became a insignificant thing during this time. Women are known to work, take care of the children, and to clean. Women are just there as wives. During the scene when the army fired at Klaatu the second time, Helen is the only woman around Klaatu and nobody became aware of Helen. Also, during the end of the 1951 version, Helen leaves the spaceship first, and no one became concerned that she is missing at the time. Everybody became more concerned about Klaatu and the spaceship. The difference between history of now and then is that the army only had white soldiers and there were barely any black men during the movie, in the 1951 version, and nobody died, but in the 2008 version, many people had died during the movie. In the 1951 version, technology is not the same that the U.S. has today. The army trucks and guns are not as technical as they are in the 2008