War of The Worlds

[Necronopticous]

That's a positive, and a negative... equals... a negative.

I would say something like this would be an additive property rather than multiplicative. In your logic, a movie with two horrible things and no saving grace would be a positive. Now that we've established that, it lies on whether the positives are greater than the negatives, which I think they full and well are. Beside, when I said I hated the ending, I didn't mean (SPOILER)the way the aliens died, since that is consistent with the book and fine all the same, but rather (SPOILER)the way that everyone who should have been dead was alive and how the family looked like it just woke up on Christmas morning when everything around them was trashed.

I really loved the movie, there were very few things that I thought needed improvement.

[Shauna]

but rather (SPOILER)the way that everyone who should have been dead was alive and how the family looked like it just woke up on Christmas morning when everything around them was trashed.

Yea, I mean, that bit confused the hell outta me. I mean... (SPOILER)The whole of Boston was totally wrecked, and they look like nothings happened to them. And how the son survived...

Yea, I hated that too...

[Boosk]

Was every sentene there an exclamation?

nope but i am very excited about the film!(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Kagga

[Sunny Rabbiera]

Okay just got back from the film and I must say that I liked it for the most part... but it was lacking something that the 1953 film had...

as a person who has not only read the book, but also have an audio of the Orson Welles 1938 broadcast, seen the 1953 film and proudly owns a copy of Jeff Wayne's awesome Musical I must say that this film was good... but it was missing something: a better lead up to the invasion and not end it on such a happy note...

In the ORIGINAL story the aliens arrived in large cylinders and we got to see how they arrived here...
but we are supposed to believe they hid their ships beneath the ground and they arrived in lightning?
I think Spielberg should have given more elaboration.
now true to the book Spielberg did end the film with (SPOILER)the aliens dying of viruses, but its after this is where I think most people were teed off...
that Tom Cruises "son" [Robbie] miraculously survived the ordeal on the hill during the middle of the film, it was like "oh joy the aliens died of a virus, and look Robbie survived!"
GAH!

was this a good film though? yes
was it true to the book? a bit more then the 1953 film
did it have good special effects? yes
was it better then the 1953 film? no

sure the 1953 film had its flaws, but what makes it better is the lead up to the story and it handled the ending better as well, also the blasting of the tripod at the end of the film seemed too ID4 in the new Spielburg film.

was the 1953 film true to the novel? not 100% but I can understand that
did it have good special effects? for its time, yes
was it better then the new film? you bet your ass, though it still had its flaws.

still in the end I say this: if you dont like the new film or the 1953 fim, then pick up the book... it is lightyears a lot better then anything Hollywood can <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> out

[Shoden]

the 1953 version bored me too much sure it followed the story but the character and alien images were all wrong and again the setting was wrong

[Sunny Rabbiera]

well is almost the same thing with the new film...

and nither film was set in victorian England, or did the aliens looked like what they did in the book...

I am sorry but what you said is a poor excuse for disliking the 1953 film, outside it was made before 1990 as I KNOW most people of this age dislike the films of old

[Shoden]

i've sat through it all the images of the setting and the aliens were rubbish it was all old fashioned terror you just didn't seem to be lifted by it i'm saying it's only fairly good i'm reading the book and the 1953 version had the better intro of the aliens but wasn't as traumatic. I can only comment on a film i've seen all the way through

[GooeyToast]

Hmmm....

I still wanna check it out.

Maybe I'll see it when it goes to the dollar theater.