Indeed. They didn't even try to explain the whole "let's watch the aliens spray bloody stuff that turns into plants everywhere" thing. That was kinda disappointing, but I still enjoyed the movie despite some leaps of logic and plot holes here and there.

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Oh, and I disagree! You fool! :p If the aliens hadn't all caught colds and died like little bitches, then they would have exterminated the human race no problem. I mean, can you think of any way the humans could have stopped the aliens? And no, that cheap shot that Tom did with the grenades doesn't count! It doesn't count, I say!

I had a chance to see it tonight, unfortunately I passed it up. My three good friends who went said it was really good and lately they've been critical of a lot of the movies I've liked that I've seen with them. So I'm hoping to make up for the mistake by seeing it tomorrow or sunday.

Simply put i loved this film.

The fact it was more about the survival of humans and what they would do if something like that happend instead of Rambo style lunatics fighting off the aliens (which apparently lots of people wanted...theres hollywood for ya) is why i loved this film.

Even if Tom Cruise has been werid lately i still think hes a great actor and he was great in this film.What really pissed me off is people who give bad reviews to this film for the stupidest reasons...like somebody hated the fact Dakota Fanning was screaming alot,yeah i'm sure most 8 year old girls would be much calmer in the face of a full scale alien invasion.Sure there was a few odd bits in the film but it was still great and the aliens were known about but still mysterious which seemd cool.

But when people call this film,dissapointing,flat or even boring just seems pathetic and shows you how much people have been warped by hollywood films(i.e Star Wars,Batman Begins,etc)and they always expect the hero to be some ass kicking machine that pwns everybody in sight but the moment the flim shows humanity and about a normal everyday guy trying to save his family then most people don't care cause there aren't any lightsaber guys in it that save the day.

wow,this post was longer then i wanted it to be but oh well thats all i wanted to say.

I disagree.
Though I probably won't call the film flat, boring, etc, if I did, it wouldn't be because of a lack of arse-kicking.
There are tons of wonderful films that are not action films, that are not boring.
Then again, I'm not going into this expecting an action extravaganza.

I'm not saying ALL films are like that but MOST big budget box office hit films are expected to be like that and i'm not saying EVERYONE wanted a action extravaganza in War of the Worlds but from the reviews i've read,thats what alot people were bitching about and complaining that it wasn't like Independence Day or Rambo fighting aliens.Then there were some totally biased reviews that hated the film soley on the fact Tom Cruise was the star.

And some of the people's expectations for films are just insanse,Steven Speilburg had 10 weeks to film the movie and 10 weeks to edit it...so if people got what they wanted they'd probably end up with some 2-bit alien bashing movie that would have ended up WORSE that what they thought War of the Worlds is now.

Just saw it: Really brilliant film. This is made up of brilliant scene after brilliant scene. I choose to ignore the sub-par ending and minor plotholes. :)

Man, I was hoping that movie was gonna be better than it was, but I was disapointed. Some things just... yea. :fuzzle:

http://img289.echo.cx/img289/340/waroftheworlds5dn.jpg

War of the worlds/half life 2/facepunch studios edited picture i found.

I'm glad you actually went to see it instead of continuing to bitch with opinions based on nothing.

I talked to someone today at school who said if you've read the book it's disappointing, but then other people said it was still good.
To the people that have read the book, what did you think?

King Kong is going to be so much better...

Based on nothing? Whatever, idiot.

I considered reading the book once, but then I remembered trying to read The Time Machine. Yeah... after that, I never had much interest in reading anything by H.G. Wells.

OOH, just went to the bookstore. There was a copy of War of the Worlds illustrated by Edward Gorey. :fuzgrin:

I just saw it. I almost cried, seeing groups of people dying at once. But the movie does that to you, which is why it's so great.

King Kong is for furries.

I'll probably see it tomorrow, so I can stop criticising something I don't know about.

Wow, I know what you mean; there was so much emotion flowing through me as I watched scene after brilliant scene. I don't really have anything to add that no one else has said, but I agree that so many scenes were strikingly powerful and the imagery was fantastic.

I need to see the old one now for comparison and such. I'm glad I read through this thread; I didn't get the plant growing stuff until now. I remembered someone in the movie saying the people were being sprayed like fertilizer, but I didn't know it was meant literally. And I thought the weird vines were just some alieny invasion byproduct. Silly me. Thanks to whomever explained that.

You honestly think analysing something you haven't seen or heard based on contributing factors is a good thing?

Dakota Fanning was on Leno last night and she's 11 and she's talking like she's like 21 or something. It was soooo annoying. but man can that girl scream!

I saw 'War of the Worlds' a week back and was mightily impressed with it. Well, bits of it. I did feel that the ending began to lag a bit, more so when you actually saw the Aliens, which is poo. But the beginning part where it came out of the ground was rather freaky (probably more so to me 'cos i put myself in a characters position, and just imagining that incident happening is scary-biscuits!).

I did think the Hollywood ending was irritating though -
"I'll let you go Robbie! I have to trust you! You may die as you would if this was real...but...because the Hollywood studios want to make people feel happy when you leave the cinema...you won't!"

Oh and i didn't put 'Spoiler' there 'cos it isn't, anybody with half a Brain cell knows what was going to happen concerning the characters and family members at the end of the film.

At least he didn't turn the aliens into Al-Qaida...

I saw it. Wasn't impressed, bad directing, stinky plot, annoying actors and characters. Just wasn't impressed. Cool looking machines though.

Gave my sister and i the chance to simultaniously say 'You know when you've been tango'd' without talking to each other prior. Genius.

Sweet Jesus in Satan land, that girl PISSED ME OFF. Such a 'tween'. And she screamed, too.

I would've liked the movie, if it wasn't for that screamy little bitch. :rant:

I don't know about you guys, but I would have been running around with soild lederhosens, giving Mariah Carey a run for her money.

Does she even have money anymore?