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Experience the terror and desperation of an alien invasion in the 2005 disaster movie 'War of the Worlds'. Starring Tom Cruise as a dock worker named Ray Ferrier, this remake of the HG Wells novel of the same name was directed by Steven Spielberg with the help of George Lucas' company, Industrial Light and Magic. The story follows Rey Ferrier, a divorced father of two, who is trying to save his relationship with his children. After his ex-wife drops them off, a series of lightning strikes shuts down the power grid. This turns out to be the immediate precursor to a worldwide, terrifying, and brutal alien invasion. The DVD version of the movie was released in the same year and features a Full Frame display format.
I have read the H.G.Wells book a few times and hve a working knowledge of the authors vision.There have been a few remakes(including that awful 60's version)
and this one probably best displays the books idea.
I am no Tom Cruise fan by nature,but he does a good job in this story.
The graphics in this movie are really good and the sound department did a nice job of contrast in dynamics.
Most importantly is this movie,after a bit of a slow start,really has a plot that involves you in the character's fate.In the era of computer graphics movie makers seem to forget the story is still the reason a movie is embracing.I think Tim Robbins does a great job in his role and Dakota Fanning really was the gem in this movie.
"War Of The Worlds"is justifiably violent and carnage is commonplace.The ground does get painted red.The aliens are,well,"alien"(strange and unusual).
Brutality is not surprising.
To me Morgan Freeman does a master job at narration and the director's start and finish are absolutely brilliant.Read full review
This was the third or fourth remake of H.G. Wells classic War of the Worlds. This is the 21st Century version,and it is nicely done with updated 2000 technology. The story hasn't changed much, it is still the same as before when out of nowhere the planet Earth is attacked by alien creatures from Mars. Their goal is to occupy our planet and make it theirs. We were to be their food. Attacking with machines that they buried in the Earth centuries ago, we are helpless against their Death Ray, and couldn't attack them because of their electronic shielding. Everywhere they went, a voracious red weed grew like crazy. It was the rout of humanity. But as mercy would have it, the tiniest creatures on the planet prove to be the most powerful, as the invading Martians fell victim to all of Earths germs and viruses for which they had no immunization.Read full review
Okay, for special effects, yeah the movie is great.
If you want to pay to listen to a little girl scream her head off for 2 hours the movie is great(that really got annoying). Come on, Dakota Fanning is a better actress than that, give her some lines.
Seriously, the movie started out great. It had an awesome premise. It lost it's luster when the only car that just so happened to work was the one that Tom Cruise and his kids jumped into when the aliens attacked. Of course they are like one of the only ones in their town to escape. Then they get to his exwife's house and the only thing to eat is what he brought in his PenzOil box...Hmmmmm.
The movie did keep moving but the inconsistencies ran amuck in this movie. Definitely not a movie that I plan on rewatching anytime soon.
One other good thing is that ending was rather heart warming AWWWWW pitter pat went my heart.Read full review
Although I'm not really a Tom Cruise fan, I thought he did a pretty good job in this movie. He portrayed his character, the divorced, single, irresponsible, lousy father to a tee! And by the end of the movie he grew up and learned what was really important.
I loved the action and the special effects. I'm a big fan of the original movie but the things they can do these days just make it so much better. What I didn't like was the way his ex-wife came off as thinking she was so much better than he, so upper crust. Hey, she married him and had two kids so there was something about him she liked! But I guess they meant for her to be like that.
I had seen the movie at the theater but I wanted to buy it because I know that there's so much you don't see or remember when you see it just one time. I've watched it twice now and I've picked up something I missed each time! I highly recommend it if you're a sci-fi fan.Read full review
I like this version of War of the Worlds because it follows the original story that H. G. Wells wrote. I decided to buy it because I had seen it once before and decided I wanted it in my collection.
I did not like the idea that the Martains were buried in the earth and activated by lightening. Any life-form intelligent enough to cross the voids of space certainly wouldn't be lame enough to bury themselves in the earth and wait for activation.
This movie has great special-effects and is loaded with action.
Although this movie was good, I still rate the earlier version of War of the Worlds with Gene Berry as the best - for its day and age it was awesome.