War of the Worlds [Spoilers]

[Dorienne]

I enjoyed this movie very much. I saw this about a month ago with some of my family (me being the only chick...Oye) The parts that needed to be suspenseful were suspenseful to the max, and the way it was put together was great.

Sure, some parts were unrealistic, like when Ray and his family got away from the water attack without being noticed, and how Robbie survived. But it was extremely well done. One of the most action- and suspense-filled movies I've seen.

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Didn't anyone else catch this yet? I'd been looking forward to it for months and went immediately after work this afternoon.

I can't say that it was great; not even good. It feels like using that sort of adjective to describe the horror and terror I felt while watching this movie is absurd. Without a doubt, War of the Worlds is the scariest movie I've ever seen.

I've read a handful of comments elsewhere on the 'net from people that were less moved by the movie. Unusually, I can't fathom how they were not absolutely terrified by some of the imagery and implications in this movie.

**SPOILER**
I went to see Land of the dead first, so this movie was a comedy[not literally though] to me. Anyways, the story was definitely lacking and they could've added more specific elements to it. The first part of it was interesting with a lot of suspense, but it started to bug me half way through because it was all about staying away from the laser beams and keeping his daughter safe. There was very little about the creatures and about no explanation to how, when or where they formed/came from. As Corey said, the end of the movie was just bleh, cant explain. Overall, I didn't like it - I guess because its different and in a normal movie you'd expect the hero to physically fight against the enemies which was not there a whole lot in this movie and it would include the discovery of new elements and such.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I can see why many people did not enjoy this movie. However, I think those who have read the book, or heard the radio broadcast, or seen the 1953 version of the movie appreciate what Spielberg made (a modern adaptation). I think the only reason it ended like it did was because Spielberg didn't want everyone to run out into the streets and kill themselves. He wanted some kind of catharsis at the end of the movie to bring the mood up a bit more than just "oh the aliens died from diseases the end."

Robbie's survival should have been explained at least in brief detail. The whole entire hillside is engulfed in flames so it would have been cool to have seen how he didn't die there.

The movie was intense but not horrifying. I think there are more horrifying movies to date that are based on actual events.

And yes, that's how the book and movies have all ended. The aliens had no immunity to our everyday diseases and die. So I guess if you're unhappy with that ending, take it up with H.G. Wells.

I'm interested in seeing the Pendragon version of the movie which is supposedly very accurate in comparison to the book and is in the correct historical time frame as well.

[Bcahn836]

I just got back from seeing the movie, it was ok i guess. As previously stated there are some questions to be answered from the movie like robbies survival and such. Honestly i think i could have waited until it came out on HBO or something to see it. Oh well. . .

[brandy836]

I thought it was good. Some scenes were a bit unrealistic, like when Ray and his kids seemed to be the only ones to escape from the attack in the water. Unfortunatly, I had already read some of the spoilers, so I knew how it was going to end. I was surprised that Robbie made it back home, I thought that he got blown up in the attack where he and his father seperated. It was cool, but like Brad said, we would have done better to wait till it was on tv for free.