war of the worlds

[allis-challmers]

I went and saw the new Tom Cruise move war of the worlds yesterday. I didn't like it very much; I thought that the ending was really dumb and the whole movie was about a divorced dad finally getting along with his kids. Basically it was a chick flick with expolsions.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='allis-challmers' date='Jun 30 2005, 09:54 PM']I went and saw the new Tom Cruise move war of the worlds yesterday.  I didn't like it very much;  I thought that the ending was really dumb and the whole movie was about a divorced dad finally getting along with his kids.  Basically it was a chick flick with expolsions.
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Chick flick with explosions? Sounds like an Iggy flick...

[iggy]

HEY! it doens't have to be a chick flick with explosions... you can have either alone and have it earn brownie points

[Brother Adam]

SOunds like it is not faithful to HG Wells version

[Apotheoun]

To be faithful to the H. G. Wells book it would need to be a period piece that takes place around the end of the 19th to the early 20th century.

But I'm sure the special visual effects are beautiful.

[Paladin D]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='Jun 30 2005, 10:15 PM']But I'm sure the special visual effects are beautiful.
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Very.

[Apotheoun]

So are the aliens from Mars?

[ForHimAlone]

I think I'll be skipping this one. I was listening to our local Catholic radio station, and it was been given good reviews at all. It souds a little too gory for me, too!

[iggy]

I heard that in the book, it all ends in a church. They decided that they did want the movie to be subject to a church or something of the like.

[Ash Wednesday]

I have no interest whatsoever. I see enough of Tom Cruise with his idiot behavior and silly grinning in the press.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='Jul 1 2005, 11:46 AM']I have no interest whatsoever. I see enough of Tom Cruise with his idiot behavior and silly grinning in the press.
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me too i'm so tired of tomkat

[Fixxxer]

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hehe

[inDEED]

Saw it today...

Me and wife weren't big fans of it...Special effects rocked, howevever...

Spielberg actually does a VERY good job of staying true to the story...Maybe that's why I was so bored with it...

Much bigger fan of Independence Day & Signs...

Tom Cruise was real good in it...as well as Dakota Fanning...

I'd give it a 5/10....

My .08 cents.

[DemonSlayer]

I saw it today, I thought it was pretty good, a bit slow in parts though, and the ending wasn't that great..

Edited July 5, 2005 by DemonSlayer

[sarah]

the ending was really disappointing.
anticlimax

[Apotheoun]

I liked it overall.

[justin165243]

I loved the movie! The special effects were awesome!

[Philippe]

movie was aight. ending was horrible therefore movie was bad

[traichuoi]

i couldn't believe the son was still alive...really made me mad actually...

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='traichuoi' date='Jul 8 2005, 11:54 PM']i couldn't believe the son was still alive...really made me mad actually...
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That was rather bizarre, at least based upon the explosion that occurred right after the boy ran over the hill. I also found it strange that the townhouse in Boston was untouched, and the people in the house were all immaculately dressed, as if nothing had happened.