OT: WOTW

AMF · #1 July 3rd, 2005, 01:32 AM

Ok, so, I am not a big fan of Tom Cruise or hollywood style sci fi usually...but War of the Worlds is a good movie.

that is all.

Alarik

Captain Kwok · #2 July 3rd, 2005, 02:18 AM

I really enjoyed the Alien Tripod units, especially all details like the noises they made and their heat rays.

The movie itself was quite exciting and for the most part I had no qualms about it.

Randallw · #3 July 3rd, 2005, 02:32 AM

I thought it was good, however though the ending is true to the story, I had some difficulty with it.

SPOILER

Ok, when HG Wells wrote it the ending was revolutionary, but these days you'd expect highly advanced aliens to consider such things.

EaX · #4 July 3rd, 2005, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Randallw said:
I thought it was good, however though the ending is true to the story, I had some difficulty with it.

SPOILER

Ok, when HG Wells wrote it the ending was revolutionary, but these days you'd expect highly advanced aliens to consider such things.

i didn't read the book, and yes the movie was great but i expected another ending.... as Randallw said "you'd expect highly advanced aliens to consider such things", but yes the movie was great

Cipher7071 · #5 July 3rd, 2005, 03:54 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I did see the 1950's version, and read the original. I say it usually enhances the experience of seeing movies based such classics if you've done the reading first. That is, unless the movie version stinks, in which case there is no help.

Emperor Fritsch the Dense · #6 July 3rd, 2005, 11:15 PM

I was talking to my father today about this movie, he was very suprised and disappointed by the ending of the movie. I read it when i was a kid and im glad they kept the ending. I have kids myself now so i cant wait till it comes out on DVD.

Hunpecked · #7 July 5th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Randallw writes:

"...but these days you'd expect highly advanced aliens to consider such things."

As I recall, H. G. Wells himself explained this. His Martians were so old and so highly evolved that they had pretty much forgotten their primitive origin. Since they didn't have to deal with such things on their own world anymore, they couldn't even conceive of such things on other planets (specifically, Earth).

Captain Kwok · #8 July 5th, 2005, 04:28 PM

Another point to consider is that with the plethora of things here on Earth it'd be quite near impossible to protect against all of them.

dogscoff · #9 July 6th, 2005, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Hunpecked said:
Randallw writes:

"...but these days you'd expect highly advanced aliens to consider such things."

As I recall, H. G. Wells himself explained this. His Martians were so old and so highly evolved that they had pretty much forgotten their primitive origin. Since they didn't have to deal with such things on their own world anymore, they couldn't even conceive of such things on other planets (specifically, Earth).

For some reason I'm reminded of http://www.moviepunks.com/?id=43

narf poit chez BOOM · #10 July 6th, 2005, 03:16 PM

Well, the thing is, most people don't want a story where the aliens conquer us. Even though it's more logical, it's not a happy ending. People want happy endings.