<div class="IPBDescription">pretty dang good *Spoilers likely*</div> A pretty good movie all things Tom Cruise aside. While not directly drawing from the book, it contained a surprising number of references and lifted characters. What did you guys things of it?
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I haven't seen it: I hope to do so tomorrow.
Everything it was previously lacking, which was....everything.
By continuing to make and remake movies from his books, Hollywood has plans to hook a turbine up to H.G. Well's grave so that he can power the entire city of L.A. while he spins in his grave.
Seriously, the guy wrote 3 good book, and they've managed to make 9 crappy movies out of them...
I saw E-Th33ph, too. :o
I know: his agent must weep himself/herself to sleep each night.
I'm sure he has lots and lots of crisp $100 bills to use as tissues...
Even having read the book, the ending felt a tab abrupt and forced. My friends who hadnt read it had no idea what had just happened.
it was decent at best : great acting , great special affects , good story for the most part but the ending did seem forced and alot of things were left unexplained
like for one thing i still dont get why the aliens died and why their shields went down
it was decent at best : great acting , great special affects , good story for the most part but the ending did seem forced and alot of things were left unexplained
like for one thing i still dont get why the aliens died and why their shields went down <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Isn't it because our water? They drank our water and our water had something in it that killed them.....or maybe the crows at the end of the movie really did pwn them? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
By continuing to make and remake movies from his books, Hollywood has plans to hook a turbine up to H.G. Well's grave so that he can power the entire city of L.A. while he spins in his grave.
Seriously, the guy wrote 3 good book, and they've managed to make 9 crappy movies out of them... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
lol qft
The aliens lacked an immune system. So any exposure to any human disease would kill them (Even the common cold) Microbes and Virus's killed off the alien invaders.
And the red weed was IIRC the plant that gave Mars its red colour. At least it was in the audio version.
By continuing to make and remake movies from his books, Hollywood has plans to hook a turbine up to H.G. Well's grave so that he can power the entire city of L.A. while he spins in his grave.
Seriously, the guy wrote 3 good book, and they've managed to make 9 crappy movies out of them... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But you said that already...
it was decent at best : great acting , great special affects , good story for the most part but the ending did seem forced and alot of things were left unexplained
like for one thing i still dont get why the aliens died and why their shields went down <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Isn't it because our water? They drank our water and our water had something in it that killed them.....or maybe the crows at the end of the movie really did pwn them? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
From the musical (one of the BEST MUSICALS OF ALL TIME WOO!) which is the only form of the story I can remember (although I've heard the original play and I *think* i've read the book at some point), they all catch a cold and die because they don't have any immunity to it. Or some other Earth bound virus.
Or maybe the crows are just really, really vicious.
The red weed, although only briefly mention is simply a Martian plant that’s red.
Two interesting points however. The Martians themselves were definitely not as I had pictured them, they were quite agile.
Additionally, it is never specifically said anywhere that they came from mars or that they were Martians. There was the fade-out with the stoplight at the beginning, and established plotline, but it was never actually said.
This film does contain my new favourite moment from any film ever though: The railroad crossing scene. I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it, but that just made me feel so good, it worked so well.
QFT
And seriously, after that Signs fiasco with the water, you'd expect aliens to do some freaking research on the planet they're about to invade.
Yes, Spielbergs' War of the Worlds lacked hover without flapping.
Heheh.
Dont use that as a reason not to see it man! I dislike Mr Cruise, but this is certainly my fave film with him in. He does really well in it I think.
Kinda disapointed that they didnt use the classic "heat ray" but instead some kind of disintegration beam
hell i still liked it even though that little girl wouldnt shut her goddam mouth... and the son should have stayed dead.. didnt wanna see him again...
some people will put down anything if it doesnt go exactly as they want it to... ¬_¬