The Day the Earth Stood Still

I just finished watching the Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves and I have to say the beginning was more intriguing then the ending.  The climax of the entire movie ended after you found out Reeves was an alien.  The Secretary of State woman was just a moron.  Honestly, lets capture an alien even though we do not know it’s intentions.  Then the boy, Will Smiths son who is actually a really good actor for his age had a horrible role.  He caused the world to end because he had to call the cops on Reeves.  As a result nothing good happened: his mother got captured, two helicopters were blown up, and thousands of people died.  And the whole blah blah talk about we can change as a society.  We might as well listen to Barack Obama for the rest of our “hopeless lives” right?  I just don’t see any point in this movie.  It’s just another alien movie that is trying to compare to Men In Black, Independence Day and Signs.