I think I'll watch "Mars Attacks!" instead. At least the laughs in that one are intentional.
Well, I'm a relic from the '50's and I'm going tonight to see the Spielberg extravaganza. Will let you know tomorrow what we thought.
In the meantime, did you read that Tom thinks "we're not alone?"
It's not a remake of the 1953 film. It's another adaptation of the novel.
Thanks for the review, but your nit-picks are kinda nit-picky. If one goes to a movie about an alien invasion expecting 100% logic, it's gonna have no aliens! Where's the fun in watching Cruise sit around talking about aliens for two hours? :)
I'm going to see action and such. I don't expect logic from Spielberg movies. Private Ryan had some of the most laughable "logic" in any war movie, yet millions love it (I love some parts of it, disliked it overall).
What do you think John Milius would have done with this film?
I did enjoy the old movie, but this one sounds like typical New Hollywood. I also have a problem with Tom Cruise as any kind of Action Hero – he reminds me of a Spoiled Wimp Kid.
Joyce Kilhawik (sp?), of Boston's channel four news says the movie works 99 per cent for her, terrifying, great effects, but the ending is ludicrous, and the audience laughed outright. Writing in last scene is dreadful. Gross miscalculation. She's very disappointed.
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So did you pick up on the political subtext that some are seeing in the film? I think O'Reilly was going to mention something about this on his show today. The word is that Spielberg is insinuating that we should just roll over instead of fighting the terrorists (who are of course the aliens), that things will work themselves out without a big fight. Did you see this message in there?
Hollywood's remakes are never as good as the original.Special effects are just a crutch for a bunch of no talent actors and a way of making the movie long enough to show.With so much special effects the new movies are nothing more than adult cartoons for the simple minded.
Where did you get the stupid notion that Robbins was a pedophile? Can't you even leave your bigoted nature toward his politics out of this discussion?
He was insane from his ordeal. He simply made a comment on the basement stairs to Dakota Fanning while Cruise was sleeping that if anything happened to her dad, he'd take care of her. Cruise woke up and heard it and put her away from Robbins because he was unstable. That's all there is to that.
IMO, Cruise was not necessary for the success of the movie. It could have been an unknown. But Tom Cruise was adequate.
The star in the movie was the visual story itself.
What movie did you go and see?
Ray is told to drop his gun while one is pointed at his head...because the guy wanted the minivan. Unless I turned my head and missed it, his gun was never shot at anyone.
Just as in the book, earth's own bacteria makes the tripods vulnerable.
All in all, the movie gets 2 thumbs up from DCPatriot.
That, and $1.25 gets you a 16 oz. coffee at the 7-11.
So what activated them?
Oh, wait. I know.
It's all Bush's fault!
Good grief. Then what the heck are mass murdering Martians?!?
Does Tom get an alien beard in this movie?
I just saw it also...Pretty much concur..Why NJ of all places?. BTW..I'd say this just about guarantees that MI3 will never get made...
There is another 2005 remake of the classic with C. Thomas Howell as the main character. It is so far from the original novel that the movie went straight to DVD, bypassing the theaters.
Too bad they didn't consider the script. It should have gone straight into the trash can before they waisted any money on production.
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Hollywood has become so devoid of new ideas that all they seem to be able to generate are remakes and remakes of remakes. And they wonder why their revenues are in freefall.