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?