War of the Worlds

[Assassin]

I went to see it on opening day. man, a fucking awesome movie. whats i really like about the movie is that it doesnt have a real plot, yet it's still such ana amazing movie. the portrayal of human emotion under such circumstances is simply amazing. and i have to say, dakota fanning is an amazing actress.

the best part about the movie was how disturbing it could be, even though it isn't meant to be a scary film. i especially liked the part when they're in the basement hiding, and cruise looks out the window and sees teh spray of blood in the air. and also, when fanning is by the river and sees the body floating by....fucking amazing acting.

i suggest u all go see it (especially if ur high...makes it that much more creepy). definately a great sumemr movie.

[Sensei Jon]

I just got back from it. I thought it had its moments but wasn't overly impressed. I'd go into why I wasn't impressed, etc etc, but I really don't want to ruin it for others. The effects were good and the movie well done, but I just didn't really some of the things that they did.

[Knives122]

well I got to see this movie while I was in Hawaii last week(which reminds me: I need to make a thread on that eventually)(also on opening day), and it was alright. One of the things that annoyed me(but at the same time made the movie good) was the fact that they explained ABSOLUTELY NOTHING(for ex: how did Robbie(the son) survive the flaming tripod of death while everything else died) ; which made alot of sense we werent seeing this movie from some scientists with all the answers perspective, we where seeing it from a dads point of view who had no idea what was going on. Which both helped and hurt it.

a couple of things that I thought were funny/strange things I noticed in the movie:
1. Funny: The people in the river, that first one made me my dad and many other people in the theater laugh, then even more started coming.
2. Strange: The whole Zombie like scene when they were driving through the crowd(i dont like zombie movies)
3. Strange: If the lightning bolts knocked out all electrical devices(any thing of that sort) how was there a guy filming the first tripod arrival.
4. Cool: (yeah I know, but this was cool) The Heat Rayss(thats what they were called in the original book), they were amazing, I was wondering how the aliens were going to kill the humans, and that was the perfect way(other then the red weed valley(which was amazing and shocking at the same time)).

Overall it was an alright movie, if I had to choose I would've just waited to get the DVD in 6 months, and would've saw Batman again. On the bright side though I did get to see the King Kong trailer so its all good.

[Assassin]

true, there were quite a few things that werent explained, but u have to remember, the movie isn't really about the invasion, its about how ppl react when put in an "end of teh world" situation. the mass hysteria, every man for himself type scenes is what the movie was all about. like the car scene when cruise is trying to get his daughter out, and everyone is trying to get the car without even caring about a little girl stuck inside. looked at from that prespective, this movie really is a masterpiece...imo anyway.

and yes, those heat rays were awsome. ppl just exploding into dust...amazing.

[Jessper]

I thought this movie was great, about half way through I realized that the feelings were conveyed wonderfully as I was anxious and scared during some of the scenes with the Tripod's but not like a boo scared more like scared for the family. It was cool all in all =P

[intense]

the movie has its special effects such as sound, picture, etc etc... however i hated the ending... the ending was more of a "wtf?????" ending... like cmon!... they just died just like that!... i and because of the ending, i didnt like the movie much. It did give me suspense and thrill from the actions scenes and stuff though. OH... another part of that "wtf???" ending is how the son lived!... they should have just kept him dead or soemthing

I dont like the movie much, but I just bought the book "War of the Worlds" by H.G Wells... hopefully the books is gonna be better than the movie... hopefully ill finish this in like 3 days.

[kooshi]

War of the Worlds was an interesting movie. Yeah, there were some parts that killed the movie, but otherwise, it was great. Me, I don't get scared or freaked or any of that stuff very easily, so I found it a little funny when I heard other people in the theatre gasping or giving a little scream, those kind of stuff. The only part that made me slightly...... "sick" was seeing the land with all those guts and veins everywhere. It was a little too much for my tastes.

[Astronopolis]

i was just pissed that speilburg changed so much from the book yet kept the same ending. bleh

[kAi]

THE BIGGEST WASTE OF FUCKING MONEY EVER!!! DON'T SEE THIS AT THE MOVIES!

If you've seen Batman Begins, watch it again instead, forget this piece of crap that only as a few things that were good about it.

OTHERWISE THIS WAS COMPLETE FUCKING GARBAGE!!!

[Hellraiser]

Do the aliens look cool? I'll watch it if they are.

[Knives122]

not really, think of the Independence Day aliens with bigger heads and a mouth, and very slender bodies, basically they looked like frogs on steroids.

King Kong on the other hand looked amazing [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[kAi]

Yeah, the trailer for King Kong looked awesome, then what appears? OMG!

[Jaredster]

The special effects for King Kong look really really bad though.

[basey44]

kai what are you smoking, this movie was awesome. i loved like all of it except for robbie living and the god damn end, i fucking hate the end. you'd have thought that the aliens would have some kind of space suits or something, or at least got immunised, jeez. it seriously wouldve made more sense just for the aliens to win and have all the humans die.

i thought the effects were really good, everything blended together really well, also i was happy when tom cruise (forgot his character name :confused[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] realised he had to kill that guy. it wouldve been so much easier if he hadve killed him earlier though

[The Heretic Azazel]

Is this even worth downloading?

And it couldn't be worse than SIgns. Come on..

[XwingRob]

I enjoyed the movie. Of course the whole getting killed by diseases thingy was sorta silly. I mean it's just that when HG Wells made this, the whole concept of containment suits didn't really exist. But it's possible the aliens came from a world with no bacteria lifeforms.
The only thing I didn't care for was the kid surviving. But I watch Gundam SEED, so I guess I'm use to people surviving certain death situations.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
Now, as for the camera working after the EMP blasts well... don't EMP blasts only affect electronics that are ON? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear that's how it works. So therefore, the camera was off completely when the emp blasts happened.

[basey44]

yea im not sure about that emp thing, lol better get an expert in here

The only thing I didn't care for was the kid surviving

really? i quite liked how how managed to run over the hill, through a wall of fire and past am army of tripods. THEN was able to run to Boston

[Lefty]

Yeah that was the one part I really hated as an audience member as a filmmaker is, impressed but also disapointed about few major flubs they had.

[badass]

The special effects were impressive, but it wasn't enough to make the movie unshitty. The only reason I didn't just leave the theatre right away is because I was really hoping I'd get to see Dakota Fanning get killed later on in the movie. God damn that bitch is annoying.

[masamuneehs]

Just like almost every highly touted movie in recent memory. "Director: BIG SHOT HERE. LEad actor: BIG GOSSIP HEADLINE GUY NAME HERE. Crazy special effects! Remake of the original classic that should just have been left alone! With a small kid freaking out! Comes another shitty Hollywood rehash that we will try to trick you to see by bribing all the movie reviewers!"

War of Worlds was excellent in its own day. Back when humans really would have been totally fucked in the ass by aliens was its setting, and it inspired great terror in Orson Wells' radio presentation of it precisely for that reason. Even with special effects and whatnot, this movie is just out of date to really be appreciated when presented as modern cinema. PErhaps if they stressed the setting, or had it in black and white, it would have worked better.

Go rent Independence Day instead of wasting your time on this film.