War of The Worlds - Steven Spielberg

[dakidski]

Excellent movie! I am just thrilled and humble that I have been able to watch such a masterpiece. So far this is the best movie I have seen this century. I think this movie has appeal to all oldschool science-fiction purists, but the "cgi-fest generation" with their unholy love for the bastardized cross-genre mix of scifi&fantasy may not comprehend it. This could furthermore be the best remake of any movie ever.

I watched this movie in a drive-in movie theater in an abandoned gravel pit, whose setting further enhanced this this movies incredible tension. I was so psyched up that I speculated if a tripod would rise from behind the silver screen and destroy us all.

Spielberg is up there with Orson Welles and Hitchcock, Sir; I bow in the dust for thee.

Ps. See this flick in at a drive-in and bring plenty of popcorn and soda. Optional: bring a hot chick.

Am I the only one who liked the sound the aliens would make when they would come out the ground?

When you hear it , it's like a phycological truma in your head because you associat the sound to death, hopelessness and devestation.

I wholeheartedly agree, best 'monster' sound ever. If the devil had a fog-horn, this is the sound it would make.
They also use the sound to rally their troops and signal impending attacks.

Did anyone catch how grammatically incorrect most of the narrating was?

My only gripe about the intro/outtro narration was that it didn't make a whole lot of sense. First of all the narrator told us the aliens had "no emotions", next he tells us that they are "envious" of the human race? I don't know, but I always thought "envy" was a human emotion?

[Dolemite]

To be fair, ID4 is largely inspired-by/ripped-off of the original WotW novel and film.

No kidding. But there are a lot of people out there that never experienced the novel/50's film, so they'll probably end up comparing WotW to ID4.

[Rumpy]

I would have liked to have seen more kinds of ships. That's really my curiousity more than anything. And keeping with the family for whe whole movie is what kept this from being like everyother alien invasion movie. One of the smartest decisions they made. Was it 2 hours long? It seemed like it was an hour 45 because after at least 10 minutes of previews my showing didn't start until about 8:55/9 and the credits were rolling at about 10:45. The build up for the ending could have been done better. It seems like the movie spans about 3 or 4 days and the ending just really felt rushed. All this drama and then literally the next scene the tides turn. Anyone else get the impression that the tripods were people powered? The whole pick 'em up and hold em before sucking them into the ship was weird.

[B-Ri]

Anyone else get the impression that the tripods were people powered? The whole pick 'em up and hold em before sucking them into the ship was weird.

wait so they werent supposed to be? I thought thats what they were, and thats why they sprayed shit everywhere, the waste from the fuel :X

[Zerohero]

wait so they werent supposed to be? I thought thats what they were, and thats why they sprayed shit everywhere, the waste from the fuel :X

I thought it was a combination of nutruition and fuel. They eat humans and used them for fuel. I could be wrong though.

[Dolemite]

Hmm...I thought the red stuff they were spraying out was ground-up people. You know, as fertilizer for the red viney stuff.

Did the granade scene remind anyone of the Hoth battle in Empire Strikes Back when Luke blows up the AT-AT?

[Zerohero]

Hmm...I thought the red stuff they were spraying out was ground-up people. You know, as fertilizer for the red viney stuff.

Did the granade scene remind anyone of the Hoth battle in Empire Strikes Back when Luke blows up the AT-AT?

No but I thought that was going to be the way the movie was going to tell how we can beat them and I almost got mad lol.

[EvilMog]

Hmm...I thought the red stuff they were spraying out was ground-up people. You know, as fertilizer for the red viney stuff.

Thats the impression I got. The Aliens trying to make the planet look like their own maybe?

The movie is still a giant cock tease.

[Dolemite]

Thats the impression I got. The Aliens trying to make the planet look like their own maybe?

Yeah, I assume that the red viney stuff was some type of terraforming agent. You know, like the Tiberium in Command And Conquer.

[Glass Joe]

I completely agree with Grave, a second viewing of batman would of been money much better spent. I also think after the begining, which I thought was really good. His relationship or lack of with his kids and the start of the invasion was all cool. Then the movie just got really boring to me and then ended so fucking shitty that it does ruin the whole film. If that is how the book ends, then I guess it's not speilberg's fault but war of the worlds just sucks in general. I mean planning for a million years, do some fucking research. I'd give it a 5/10, completely average hollywood blockbuster, yawn.

I agree with this. I think the movie was pretty crummy. The story is cool and Cruise did a good job acting the part. My biggest complaint was all the completely rediculous shit that went on. The biggest offender being the house and neighborhood getting laid to waist to the point of a fucking jet liner airplane being in pieces all over the yard and surrounding properties. It didn't even look like any houses used to be there it was so destroyed. Then they get in the minivan that was right out front and it is unscathed not to mention has a clear path to drive out. WTF??!?! This movie was full of completely unbelievable shit like that and it ruined what was good about the movie.