WAR OF THE WORLDS

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Before I saw this film, I had heard conflicting reports as to it's quality. Some people said it was a heap of shite, some people said it was a masterpiece.
I went with my girlfriend to see it, and I must say that I was not disappointed. Although the creaming of the blonde kid was annoying, it was more than offset by the amazing scenes and tone of the film - this isn't your typical hollywood worship of American might, you get a real feeling that the extinction of the human race is at hand.
It's also fairly faithful to the book, the martian (Although their origins are never made clear in the film, I am assuming that they are Martians) tripods are amazing, the braying noise they make is genuinely chilling, the presence of the Red Weed is stunning, and even the Black Smoke makes a very brief appearance, in the form of a fertiliser made from the bodies of humans.

All in all, a very good film.

What are your thoughts?

[FriedFrog]

I saw it on Friday and really enjoyed it.

I've never read the book, so thought it was a good 'human case study', too. I thought it was particularly vicious when they were in the crowd with the car, but very true aswell.

Great effects and the tripods were fantastic. From the moment it first rears its head, there is a continued sense of menace from them through the whole film.

Tom Cruise played a great part, as did the two kid actors. The bloke in the cellar was quite scary, too.

So, yeah. I loved it, would definitely recommend it. Not a let down at all.

[bed_of_nails]

I definately enjoyed the movie.

I do not think they brought the homeworld of the aliens in question due to the fact it is now obvious there is no advanced life on mars. It is hard to convince a crowd of people that an alien that can never exist is scary I think :)

[Redmau5]

Well it seems you all rate it very highly, and as my girlfriend wants to go and see it, i'll probably see it soon. Although I have heard from another friend that's it's a crock of shit, i guess i'll have to find out for myself.

[iwwobblie]

It was pretty good for a big hollywood movie,which I usually hate.The aliens looked like big troll dolls though.

[bed_of_nails]

Originally posted by [email protected] 3 2005, 06:22 PM
It was pretty good for a big hollywood movie,which I usually hate.The aliens looked like big troll dolls though.
Are you crazy?

[Jersey Devil]

*WARNING: Possible spoilers*


I went to go see Cinderella Man and they were not showing it and I got stuck watching this with my cousin. I would not recommend it. The characters have no depth what so ever. Half of the movie is jokes on Cruise. The little kid seems smarter then Cruise throughout the movie. You don't even get to know them at all, it is like ten minutes of them talking and the film introducing the actors and then all of a sudden these aliens come out of nowhere. Then after that, the rest of the film is basically the aliens killing everyone. They even put the retarded "lullaby while something bad happens" in the movie. What is sad is that Orsen Welles' name is tainted by this movie. I was expecting much more from Spielberg, I was wrong.

Devil Movie grade scale:

C- (It would have been lower, but I gave it this because it at least gave me something to do while eating popcorn and a soda)

[iwwobblie]

>>>>>Are you crazy?

Possibly,but I thought the aliens' faces looked like the troll dolls. :P

[bed_of_nails]

Originally posted by [email protected] 3 2005, 08:10 PM
>>>>>Are you crazy?

Possibly,but I thought the aliens' faces looked like the troll dolls. :P
When they remaster the movie in 20 years they will have to replace the aliens with troll dolls.

[RABBIT - THE - CUBAN - MILITANT]

i thought it was aite.. its probably the only movie where i though Tom Cruise did a very nice acting job .. but the ending was rushed it could have easily been a three hour movie but it wasn’t so they had to rely on Morgan Freedman’s voices rushing an expiation ..meh it was probably a C- (im Canadian so i don’t know the letter marking system so i think that’s a 65%??)


PS. .. shouldn’t they have killed off his son ?.. they would have been better then that kid randomly appearing in Boston ahah that was dumb

[Clarksist]

I went to go see Cinderella Man and they were not showing it and I got stuck watching this with my cousin.


Cinderella Man was so terrible that AMC is granting refunds on the tickets if you disliked the movie. Holy-fucking-shit that must be terrible.

I saw War of the Worlds because my friend was gonna pay. It was as bad as I suspected. A plot dragged along without any actual intelligent transitions.

Batman Begins > Anything coming out this year.

[bolshevik butcher]

I think it looks really good, but trailers always make things seem good.

[»Evolu†ion«]

batman begins any good? or should i say any story?

[Anarcho-Communist]

I have the record to "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" that my dad got in 1978. It's a really good record. I thought this was a "War of the Worlds" thread not other movies, start your own thread about it.

[novemba]

Go see batman instead of this.

It was alright, but I wasted money(it was my turn to sneak my bud in) and I felt like nothing was accomplished in the movie.

It is the best big budget alien movie I've seen though, but a little dissapointing for steven speilberg. I was into it when I was watching it, but it did nothing for me afterwards...

[Anarcho-Communist]

The "Batman" directed by Tim Burton is the best one. Jack Nicholson is a great actor.

[Roses in the Hospital]

Jeff Wayne's musical will always be the definative version. I was really disappointed when I came to read the book...

[Black Dagger]

I saw this two days ago. I really loved it... until the end, what a cop-out. If not for the ending i would have ranked this higher than the Batman movie, but the ending and the 'god' rhetoric at the end irked me :P

[Invader Zim]

The little kid seems smarter then Cruise throughout the movie. You don't even get to know them at all, it is like ten minutes of them talking and the film introducing the actors and then all of a sudden these aliens come out of nowhere.

Well done, you have missed the entire point of a very simple adaption of a very simple book. The book makes it quite clear that humanity had no prior warning about the possibility of an alien invasion, that is the entire point.

Points to note, the book has no child, was set in England and was better than all the other adaptions, both film and radio.

[YKTMX]

until the end, what a cop-out

I disagree. That was the ending Wells used and, to me, is a very plausible one - better than the usual bollocks about "us" somehow cracking their million years more advanced technology.

As for the movie, I thought it was excellent. Nice to see a working class hero in the movies for once! The machines were impressive (they made noises, not like the usual quiet/floaty things you usually get). I can't believe it was only given a 12A cert because I felt some of the scenes were totally graphic and disturbing. Speilberg was deliberately playing up the 9/11 thing (notice Cruise with the ash on his face a la the faces covered after the towers fell). I also saw a bit of a nod to the Holocaust, especially in one scene, I forget which, where people wer being massacred while music played in the background, like the scene in the Krakow Ghetto in Schindler's List.

Cruise was fine, Tim Robbins was excellent (he also did well to get the line "Occupations never work" Haha) but the real star was Dakota Fanning who was really extraordinary - expect an Oscar nomination for her, and maybe for Speilberg if he's lucky. I'm afraid not for Tom though, bad luck son.


Anyway, excellent Hollywood movie!

[Black Dagger]

That was the ending Wells used and, to me, is a very plausible one - better than the usual bollocks about "us" somehow cracking their million years more advanced technology

I would have found, 'Aliens wipe out humanity' a more plausible ending myself- but that kind of ending is not very 'hollywood'.

[che's long lost daughter]

I didn&#39;t even try seeing it. Everyone I know who saw it were all disappointed. ALl they could comment about was, great special effects <_<

[poster_child]

That kid was so annoying. He seriously should have died in the end. As if he would have made it.

The ending was rushed for sure. There were absoloutely no clues that this was going to happen, and left some of the people I went to see it with confused.

Other than that, it was a pretty good movie. Definately entertaining.

[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

The effects were good, and the tone, the atmosphere was done well. But the plot holes and the way they threw everything together to make it "work" was horrible.

[Lord Testicles]

Good sepecial effects. thats about it. It betrayed the book and there were holes in the plot everywere for example, according to the movie the aliens buried there machines in the earths crust millions of years ago when man was first starting to walk the earth, so why didnt they populate the earth back then?

[Commie Rat]

as with most movie book adaptaions, the book was better

[bolshevik butcher]

It was awful&#33; It was typical holywood shit.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Originally posted by Clenched [email protected] 3 2005, 03:25 PM
It was awful&#33; It was typical holywood shit.
Well I&#39;m sorry it wasn&#39;t up to your high artsy-fartsy standards. :rolleyes: Maybe you&#39;d prefer some obscure French film in black and white?

If want typical hollywood shit, then look no further than Independance Day (A movie I enjoyed despite it&#39;s cheesyness)

I hate cultural elitists. <_<

[RedStarOverChina]

Originally posted by NoXion+Oct 3 2005, 02:19 PM--> (NoXion &#064; Oct 3 2005, 02:19 PM)
Clenched [email protected] 3 2005, 03:25 PM
It was awful&#33; It was typical holywood shit.
Well I&#39;m sorry it wasn&#39;t up to your high artsy-fartsy standards. :rolleyes: Maybe you&#39;d prefer some obscure French film in black and white?

If want typical hollywood shit, then look no further than Independance Day (A movie I enjoyed despite it&#39;s cheesyness)

I hate cultural elitists. <_< [/b]
I dont think its only the cultural elitists who are against boredom and repetitiveness. Lets face it...Hollywood is a old dog thats running out of tricks. Nothing new ever comes up. I think North American public is settling with hollywood cause they dont realize that there are terrific movies made outside hollywood. ( :o gasp&#33;)

I just saw a Korean film, Old Boy. It&#39;s the best film I&#39;ve seen in years. Download it. You won&#39;t regret it.