Posted on 06/29/2005 6:02:40 PM PDT by zook
Just as long as they don't sent any Aliens to Gitmo!
By the way, do we have any weapons to stop the aliens or we helpless as is the case in most of these sci-fi movies.
Thanks to all for the replies. I should have understood the initials based on their tech application.
I guess having 3 kids and a country house has taken its toll on my movie trivia knowledge!
I haven't forgotten it.
To Americans' credit, hardly any other society would have reacted the way Americans did on 9/11.
But WOTW paints a different scenario. There's only somuch even the most cohesive, self-confident society can take. And when that snaps, the besest parts of human nature come to the fore.
That's the way it's been since the Fall. Nothing un-Christian in recognizing that.
He was grandpa at the end.
No kidding? It seems like some posters believe Cruise did a decent acting job on the character. Of course, I was never a big fan of Cruise to begin with.
I enjoy a good sci-fi movie every now and then, but this one doesn't seem worth it to me. Some of my friends have seen it. One enjoyed it, but the others claimed it was so, so--nothing to rave (or rant) about. The old 1953 version of War of the Worlds was a pretty good film for its day.
Spielberg still makes an incredible movie and TV series now and then--regardless of his leftist politics. His most recent film isn't calling out to me to spend the time or bucks. Maybe...just maybe, I'll rent it in the future.
If you rent it and watch it on a regular TV, I think you might miss out on a lot of its power. I saw it for $5.50 at a matinee. For me it was a good investment!
"He was grandpa at the end."
Oh! They should have given him something to say like, "In *my* day when aliens invaded..."
:)
Yeah! Or, "Not this @#%& again!"
Why it doesn't work. (1) The cliched dysfunctional family: egotistical father, rebellious annoying son (see "The Day After Tomorrow"), (2) No story, no "War", just repetitive hiding from aliens with Dakota Fanning screaming a lot, (3)Tim Robbins' character: One moment he says, "They've been planning this for a million years! This isn't a war! It's an extermination!" The next moment he says, ""We're the resistance! We can kill them!" (4)The ending. In both the Wells book and 1953 classic, the Martians' world is dying and they pick Earth as their best hope for repopulation, so their demise by bacteria is plausible and unexpected. In this version they'd been "planning this for a million years" with their war machines buried here forever, so you'd think they would have figured out that annoying microbe problem. (5) Tom Cruise is a one-note lightweight.
"I'm going to see the Pendragon film first,"
I too was looking forward to this one.
But I saw it for sale at walmart. Not a good sign.
I checked internet movie database and the feedback is awful
I had high hopes for it now dashed. I saw some pictures of the so-called FX. Horrible. I mean really bad.
Too bad. I wish that someone else had the big budget instead of spielberg and cruise and did this great classic work properly. Oh well, it will probably be decades before another person gets a shot at it properly.
Well, I liked Dark Star, so horribly mae films don't necessarily turn me off!
I liked Dark Star too. Very creative on little funds and very funny.
Good luck on the pendragon WOTW. I will pass. There are some others out there, a C. Thomas Howell film and Jeff Waynes CGI musical version coming up. But not really want I want to see.
I wish that someone who loved the book and wanted to stay true to it had the shot at it this time like Spielberg got to have. Im Spielberg weary, i dont like Cruise or Robbins. Im tired of Spielberg using screaming children in peril to work the audience, I just have to pass on this one.
I really want to see the Thunderchild taking on a War Machine someday done properly.
oh well, I got Batman done properly this year, I am grateful for that.
What's the minimum age? I heard that it's kind of violent.
Like "Blackhawk Down?" That would work for me. But I heard it gets hokey or sappy in the second half.
and,.....'Bug Out!'........incoming!
Maranatha!
Gal. 4:16 for sure!
It's PG 13, and I wouldn't say it gets real sappy. Obviously there are heart tugging moments. But they're surpassed by the action.
But I will say that it's a very strong PG 13. Near the border of R because of what they usually call "thematic content." But no F-bombs.
Americans have more courage and resilency then any Hollywood liberal can dream off.
Do not forget that diaster not only brings out the worst in man, but also the best.
Hollywood wants you to think only of the worst.
Hmm, Joyce Kilhawik of channel 4 Boston news said most of the film was really scary, but the writing at the end was lame and the audience actually laughed. She liked 99 per cent of the film, but was ultimately disappointed.
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