*** OFFICIAL WAR OF THE WORLDS THREAD ***

[venk]

All Discussion of War of the Worlds should go in this thread.

Release Date: 6/29/2005 Everywhere.


Cast
Tom Cruise - Ray Ferrier
Justin Chatwin - Robbie Ferrier
Dakota Fanning - Rachel Ferrier
Tim Robbins - Ogilvy
Miranda Otto - Mary Ann Ferrier

Official Web Site

IMDB Page

Rotten Tomatos Page

Yahoo Movie Page

Trailer

 

[venk]

I'm really looking forward to this movie since I LOVED the 1953 version.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Not to stray off topic, but when did aliens steal Tom's brain?

but I will run to see this movie anyhow

 

[yankeesfan]

I hope it's good, but there are no early reviews out for this movie even though it has been released in Japan and Britain already (for a week). You know what that means...

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
I hope it's good, but there are no early reviews out for this movie even though it has been released in Japan and Britain already (for a week). You know what that means...

uh oh......

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
I hope it's good, but there are no early reviews out for this movie even though it has been released in Japan and Britain already (for a week). You know what that means...

Spielberg usually makes good stuff...

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
I hope it's good, but there are no early reviews out for this movie even though it has been released in Japan and Britain already (for a week). You know what that means...

Those countries have had the premiere. not the general release yet (next Wednesday)

Paramount has forbidden reviewers from publishing until then.

 

[opticalmace]

saw it last night....
two thumbs way up. spielberg is a giant.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
I hope it's good, but there are no early reviews out for this movie even though it has been released in Japan and Britain already (for a week). You know what that means...

There are a ton of reviews up on the frontpage of DrudgeReport.

VARIETY RAVE FOR 'WAR OF THE WORLDS'...
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: ALIENS IMPRESS, BUT LACKS HUMAN IDENTITY...
EBERT: 'BIG, CLUNKY, CONTAINING SOME SENSATIONAL SIGHTS'...
LA DAILY NEWS: THRILLING, BUT REMAKE EVENTUALLY RUNS OUT OF AMMO...
NEW YORK TIMES: 'REASONABLY ENTERTAINING RENDERING'...
LA TIMES: 'RIVETING AND RELEVANT'...
SAN JOSE MERC: 'A PICTURE WITHOUT A THOUGHT IN ITS PRETTY HEAD; NOT END OF WORLD, JUST WISH IT WERE BY END OF MOVIE'...
AP: DISJOINTED AND EPISODIC, ALIENS LOOK 'BEGGED, BORROWED AND STOLEN FROM EVERY RECENT MOVIE'...

 

[BrokenVisage]

Read a highly descriptive and well written SA review on it an hour ago, the OP seemed to be really impressed with how it turned out.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

Spielberg usually makes good stuff...

 

[nick1985]

Ebert gave it a 2 stars.

 

[pclstyle]

friend of mine saw it just a few hours ago (released in hk 12 hours before us). "it was soooooo disappointing. tom cruise looks like he had too many botox injections. the little girl screams for 2 hours. and once you see the aliens, you're going to keel over laughing"

 

[m2kewl]

WOOHOO!

boss gave me the rest of day off....going to see now!

 

[purbeast0]

So do you all think this movie is going to be REALLY REALLY crowded? I'm not sure if I should book tickets online, because I can get there about 45 mins early, but at the theatre I go to its usually pretty crowded on opening nights. but this whole wednesday thing is throwing me off ...

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
So do you all think this movie is going to be REALLY REALLY crowded? I'm not sure if I should book tickets online, because I can get there about 45 mins early, but at the theatre I go to its usually pretty crowded on opening nights. but this whole wednesday thing is throwing me off ...

Suburban Cleveland theaters are all empty

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: purbeast0
So do you all think this movie is going to be REALLY REALLY crowded? I'm not sure if I should book tickets online, because I can get there about 45 mins early, but at the theatre I go to its usually pretty crowded on opening nights. but this whole wednesday thing is throwing me off ...

Suburban Cleveland theaters are all empty

well this is alexandria, va, right near DC. typically the movies are very crowded on a big movie opening, like sold out a few hours in advance. but since its wednesday I'm not sure how to play this one.

cause if i go there, i can get the 2 tickets for $14 w/student discounts. if i pay online, its like $20 for two tickets.

however i think i'm going to play it safer than rather be sorry.

 

[WT]

Do the aliens look anything like Oprah ??? That would explain that wrestling hold he put on her last week.

Ohh, and any movie that Cruise dies in=good.

 

[VIAN]

I just saw it. It was great. I usually don't like Steven Spielberg. There are the only movies that I like from him:

Cast Away
Saving Private Ryan
War of the Worlds

This movie was cool though. From beginning to end. And Cruise gave an excellent performance. The movie gets right to the point and stays there till the end. No other movie had as many explosions.

I feel it's a mix between Signs and The Day After Tomorrow. Really interesting story and the characters are built up quite well.

But I also agree with this:
"Yet for all its technical beauty, there's something lacking. It often feels a bit like Spielberg phoned the film in or at the very least painted it by numbers. This has a lot to due with truncated character development, but extremely abrupt ending doesn't help much, either. In fact it feels as if somebody told Spielberg that he was running over budget and out of time and needed to end the picture quickly. As a result we're left with the cinematic equivalent of an 18-wheeler braking for an elephant stumbling across the middle of an expressway. The ending's abruptness only adds to the overall feeling of incompleteness and ultimately causes the film to be devoid of any lasting resonance. There's a feeling left hanging in the air that suggests the whole thing would have worked better as a 3-week mini-series event. This would certainly have allowed for greater character development and a hell of a lot more of the eye popping alien destruction." ~ign

 

[chuckywang]

I saw it today. It felt less like a science fiction adventure movie than it does a movie about a guy becoming a better father in the middle of a crisis.

 

[dderidex]

So.....is it 'full-price' worthy? Or, matinee? Or $3 beer-and-pizza theater worthy?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: WT
Do the aliens look anything like Oprah ??? That would explain that wrestling hold he put on her last week.

Ohh, and any movie that Cruise dies in=good.

Who said he dies?

 

[Baked]

That bunny sig's sooo cute, I'm gonna steal it.

 

[Krk3561]

Anyone else who can't stand Dakota Fanning? Seriously I don't know what it is about her but I can't stand her.

If it was legal I'd smack her.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
Anyone else who can't stand Dakota Fanning? Seriously I don't know what it is about her but I can't stand her.

If it was legal I'd smack her.

You can smack your mom, she's legal.