War of the Worlds

[SoDak Bronco]

Just got home from War of the Worlds. I won't give much away, but I thought it was a entertaining, and the special effects were out of this world! This is one of top movies I have watched this year. So if you want to go on a wild ride, def. go watch this movie, its worth the money.

SoDak

[DarkHorse30]

I'll wait 6 months and rent the vid.

[Atlas]

Were going this weekend. Looks real good.

[bpc]

Atlas, something looks good but i'm not talking about the movie. Good lord.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Were going this weekend. Looks real good.

Tom Cruise is a great..................**** that, who's in your avatar?!?!

[Hulamau]

It was great fun, kind of like the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan meets the T-Rex from Jurrasic PArk. Those Alien tripods even sounded like a cross between the Tiger tanks in Private Ryan and the T-Rex when he's pissed off!

The special effects were so good they didnt seem like special effects or CG at all.

[Pat Bowlen]

I heard the ending is a real letdown, like most of his movies.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

I have mixed feelings about seing it. I remember seeing the 50's version when I was a little kid. It scared the crap out of me. I am reading the book to my kids right now. They are loving it.

[Tredici]

Originally Posted by Pat Bowlen

I heard the ending is a real letdown, like most of his movies.

Yeah. That HG Wells should've done a better job way back when. Guess he didn't have much of an imagination after all.

[Pat Bowlen]

Originally Posted by Tredici

Yeah. That HG Wells should've done a better job way back when. Guess he didn't have much of an imagination after all.

The best script in the world in the hands of a poor director is useless. I'm not saying Spielberg is a bad director, but I think that most of his films have weak endings. Content is irrelevant sometimes when you're talking about direction.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Originally Posted by Pat Bowlen

I heard the ending is a real letdown, like most of his movies.

Kind of like our first round playoff games as of late, Patty.

SSJ

[Dr. Broncenstein]

I just cant bring myself to spend money to fund that crazy little bastard.... at least, without being able to illegally keep a copy... I'll wait 'till netflix has it.

[sirhcyennek81]

bothers me. aliens spend millions of years planning our destruction, only to get to earth, and get the sniffles. you would think they would have figured that out.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Originally Posted by sirhcyennek81

bothers me. aliens spend millions of years planning our destruction, only to get to earth, and get the sniffles. you would think they would have figured that out.

I liked how their tri-pods had been buried under ground for years in major cities (and if you believe Tim Robbins' character, thousands of years), yet none were ever found by humans in the process of building those cities. Full of plot holes, and the ending sucked.

Terrible movie.

[Pat Bowlen]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

The ending sucked.

Thank you.

[Traveler]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

Terrible movie.

Thank you! I said something similar in another thread.

[ClevelandBronco2]

Originally Posted by Dr. Broncenstein

I just cant bring myself to spend money to fund that crazy little bastard...

What's so crazy? Scientology is all that crazy?

That there was an interplanetary federation ruled by Xenu that was overpopulated by trillions of people? That those trillions were called in for fictitious "income tax audits" that turned out to be a front for psychological evaluations? (That's why Cruise insists that he knows the history of psychiatry. The rest of us have been deluded into believing all that Freud/Jung hokey.)

That the trillions were then paralyzed and shipped to earth and piled at the foot of volcanos? That hydrogen bombs were then set off inside those volcanos, thereby eliminating the interplanetary overpopulation problem?

That the few survivors were herded into theaters to be indoctinated with false memories that included Moses, Abraham, Jesus and Muhammed? That the dead aliens became Thetans who glom onto the living and that we must be cleansed of their presence? That we are all decended from that doomed alien race?

That Tom Cruise, John Travolta and that fat chick who does the Jenny Craig commercials have come to the conclusion that a middling, drug-addicted sci-fi writer was given the charge of selling his tripe to the general public? That that drug addicted writer didn't die at all but just moved along to do further research?

What's so crazy? All of it?

Yeah...

[Old Dude]

You've got to admit, though, it would be pretty cool if Rosie O'Donnell and Brooke Shields turned out to be agents of Xenu...

[Crushaholic]

Ugh...the last movie to openly include Scientology principles was that awful John Travolta crapfest Battlefield Earth...or whatever it was called...

[anthonypacino]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco2

What's so crazy? Scientology is all that crazy?

That there was an interplanetary federation ruled by Xenu that was overpopulated by trillions of people? That those trillions were called in for fictitious "income tax audits" that turned out to be a front for psychological evaluations? (That's why Cruise insists that he knows the history of psychiatry. The rest of us have been deluded into believing all that Freud/Jung hokey.)

That the trillions were then paralyzed and shipped to earth and piled at the foot of volcanos? That hydrogen bombs were then set off inside those volcanos, thereby eliminating the interplanetary overpopulation problem?

That the few survivors were herded into theaters to be indoctinated with false memories that included Moses, Abraham, Jesus and Muhammed? That the dead aliens became Thetans who glom onto the living and that we must be cleansed of their presence? That we are all decended from that doomed alien race?

That Tom Cruise, John Travolta and that fat chick who does the Jenny Craig commercials have come to the conclusion that a middling, drug-addicted sci-fi writer was given the charge of selling his tripe to the general public? That that drug addicted writer didn't die at all but just moved along to do further research?

What's so crazy? All of it?

Yeah...

SWEET CHRISTMAS!! That is some crazy ****!!!

[Tredici]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco2

What's so crazy? Scientology is all that crazy?

That there was an interplanetary federation ruled by Xenu that was overpopulated by trillions of people? That those trillions were called in for fictitious "income tax audits" that turned out to be a front for psychological evaluations? (That's why Cruise insists that he knows the history of psychiatry. The rest of us have been deluded into believing all that Freud/Jung hokey.)

That the trillions were then paralyzed and shipped to earth and piled at the foot of volcanos? That hydrogen bombs were then set off inside those volcanos, thereby eliminating the interplanetary overpopulation problem?

That the few survivors were herded into theaters to be indoctinated with false memories that included Moses, Abraham, Jesus and Muhammed? That the dead aliens became Thetans who glom onto the living and that we must be cleansed of their presence? That we are all decended from that doomed alien race?

That Tom Cruise, John Travolta and that fat chick who does the Jenny Craig commercials have come to the conclusion that a middling, drug-addicted sci-fi writer was given the charge of selling his tripe to the general public? That that drug addicted writer didn't die at all but just moved along to do further research?

What's so crazy? All of it?

Yeah...

Or you could try reading the ramblings of Joseph Smith while he wandered the dessert. -- Not meaning to offend the Mormon population but it could be said that reads of classic craziness, too.

[Tredici]

Of course, the burning bush, parting the red seas, turning blood to wine. These are all rock solid principals to build a faith on...

[Rock Chalk]

Originally Posted by sirhcyennek81

bothers me. aliens spend millions of years planning our destruction, only to get to earth, and get the sniffles. you would think they would have figured that out.

The biggest problem with the plot is that humans havent been around for "millions" of years. No evidence anywhere supports time periods even remotely close to that.

So, if they had been "planning" for a million years, why didnt they just immigrate here before we ever evolved?

Further, if they die from a disease I find that truly incredulous. Virii and bacteria evolve with all other forms of life on any given ecosystem. Alien biological systems would in fact be, alien, to virii and bacteria and the ODDS of one being able to infect some alien species is pretty damn slim. Its one of the reasons scientists dont "think" that there is a biohazard risk if and when humans ever do visit planets already occupied by multi-cellular life.

Though, the possibility is there, its slim. Mars Attacks had a much better way of killing off the enemies. Just play some Hank Williams Sr.!

[Old Dude]

Originally Posted by AlecRaenos

.... Though, the possibility is there, its slim. Mars Attacks had a much better way of killing off the enemies. Just play some Hank Williams Sr.!

But think of the collateral brain damage that would cause to the surviving humans.

[Rock Chalk]

Originally Posted by Old Dude

But think of the collateral brain damage that would cause to the surviving humans.

Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.