Duuuudes! It's got Jennifer Connelly in it! What more do you need?
I liked both versions of War of the Worlds. I could've done without Tom Scientology in the lead.
This new version of TDTESS will be similarly "updated" and CGI-ified, but I will probably like it, too. Keanu will probably do a decent job as Klaatu, but I can think of other people I'd rather see in the role.
But hey... think of it like electronic ignition and fuel injection... different than what came before, but not necessarily worse.
And with Jennifer Connelly!