The Day The Earth Stood Still - It's only on the brink that people find the will to change

"Only at the precipice do we evolve."

[therookie]

I find it crazy how people call Keanu's performance emotionless. That's kind of the point. He was playing a character who wasn't suppose to, initially, have connections to humans. No ties, nothing to give him a bias when he sets GORT loose, but, like the other guy, at McDonald's, he develops emotions and connections.

[NeoRipshaft]

"You stole my space car, and killed my space dog."

"oh."

[Behemoth_Rogue]

"it's only at the precipice that we change."
This one sentence is the answer to so many problems that we have.

[stevenbrown]

This scene made the movie for me. I would have loved a longer interaction between them

[JustSomeRandomIdiot]

Why can't we have more sci fi like this? Two intelligent characters discussing things and being interesting on an intellectual level, not just (often anyway) mindless action and big budget 'ooo wow' moments..

[TechratD]

Seeing John Cleese playing a serious character feels so weird, but he did a great job. :)

[joebatimore]

We treat the world as we treat each other..fact of life

[JediPhoenix]

John Cleese is a comedy god, there's no disputing that. But watching scenes like this really, REALLY make me wish he'd do dramatic roles more often.

[IntheSip]

This scene is why I’ll never forget this movie.

[fudalefu]

“Only at the precipice do we evolve… this is our moment. Don’t take it from us”

[BlondeManNoName]

_"When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form -- or a species -- will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap."_ ~ *Eckhart Tolle, * A New Earth

[Bruno-G]

This is exactly how smart people should react to an alien "I have so many questions to ask you"

[leonsantana]

“I knew it from the start, humanity was getting rather silly”

[mixmaster]

“It is an undeniable, and may I say a fundamental quality of man that when faced with extinction every alternative is preferable”-Dr. Lenard Church

[alexzubanov]

“Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good... so far so good... so far so good. How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land!” It's from a film La Haine. When we finally do land it might be already too late to evolve...

[lothean]

This line is so great. It was once said that the wars of the future will be over resources.
And it's in mans nature to destroy himself

[srinugrohoprahastono]

"But only at the brink that people find the will to change." The face Keanu makes was full of emotion at that point.

[jkm]

This reminds me of something in a book I read. We have to meet our material, cultural, and spiritual needs. Right now our material needs are advancing much faster than our cultural and spiritual needs. Basically we are not ready for any future developments, food, energy, medicine, technology, etc until we further develop our culture and spirituality. It's like balancing a triangle on a pin. Of one sine grows to large too fast, it all comes falling down

[Nubenhoofer]

I find myself replaying this scene over and over in my head more and more recently. Boy, I really hope John Cleese is right...

[JESUSisComingBackSoon-uepc]

"It's only on the brink that people find the will to change" - this is so true...I hope one day, that day, the whole humanity will!