War of the Worlds, see it yet?

Rio_Kohitsuji · #1 07-11-2005, 12:37 PM

Okay, went and seen it over the weekend. I wil have to admit that it was an awesome movie. BUT, it's one of those movies that you shouldn't dwell upon due to the numerous holes in the plot and all. The graphics were awesome and I personally really liked the characters.

Oh, Dakota Fanning kicked everyone else's asses in performancs

moe.ron · #2 07-11-2005, 12:39 PM

I like the first half of the movie. Dakota is amazing. I hope she have a good agent and doesn't do a Drew Barrymore. The second half sucked major arses. The ending

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The fact that the son lived pissed me of.

winneythepooh7 · #3 07-11-2005, 12:55 PM

I can't stand Tom Cruise and due to his recent idiotic statements about Psychiatry I refuse to support anything he is in.

omegamcgee · #4 07-11-2005, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by winneythepooh7
I can't stand Tom Cruise and due to his recent idiotic statements about Psychiatry I refuse to support anything he is in.

That's silly. The movie isn't "The Life of Tom Cruise and to watch it you must believe as he believes". It's War of the Worlds, and he just happens to be in it. Way to hate someone for their beliefs. Maybe he thinks your statements are idiotic.

I personally really liked the movie. Dakota Fanning was great (I would scream my head off too if I were 11), and Tom Cruise was AMAZING. And the special effects? Rocked my socks. I read the book, and although it had less plotholes, seeing those aliens was...great.

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I was pissed off that the mom, stepdad, and grandparents were alive and clean, whereas Tom was dirty and had almost died several times.

kafromTN · #5 07-11-2005, 02:22 PM

Yeah how come the grandparents house& neighborhood only had leaves blowing around& no destruction as compared to the area the movie started in.

winneythepooh7 · #6 07-11-2005, 02:42 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by omegamcgee
[B]That's silly. The movie isn't "The Life of Tom Cruise and to watch it you must believe as he believes". It's War of the Worlds, and he just happens to be in it. Way to hate someone for their beliefs. Maybe he thinks your statements are idiotic.

Sorry but I am entitled to my opinion, especially because I am a Mental Health Professional and people that I work with often use statements like he makes as being justification for not being in treatment.

omegamcgee · #7 07-11-2005, 03:00 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by winneythepooh7
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Originally posted by omegamcgee
That's silly. The movie isn't "The Life of Tom Cruise and to watch it you must believe as he believes". It's War of the Worlds, and he just happens to be in it. Way to hate someone for their beliefs. Maybe he thinks your statements are idiotic.

Sorry but I am entitled to my opinion, especially because I am a Mental Health Professional and people that I work with often use statements like he makes as being justification for not being in treatment.

Yes, you are entitled to your opinions. And I am entitled to say that they are silly. The movie was good, in my opinion. If you don't want to see it, that's fine. I just think you're not seeing it for all the wrong reasons. It's not any of my business, but I thought I'd give my two cents (or my 7 dollars, the price of my ticket!).

AOIIalum · #8 07-11-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by winneythepooh7
I can't stand Tom Cruise and due to his recent idiotic statements about Psychiatry I refuse to support anything he is in.

I can't stand Tom Cruise to begin with. His idiotic statements over the past few months are reason enough for me to avoid ANYTHING he is in. Don't even get me started on his "knowledge" of mental health issues and treatments.

(OT--besides, he went out with one of my sorority sisters in HS and and those stories completely ended the Tommy appeal for most of us.)

MysticCat · #9 07-11-2005, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by AOIIalum
(OT--besides, he went out with one of my sorority sisters in HS and and those stories completely ended the Tommy appeal for most of us.)

Now you know you can't just leave that dangling out there without providing some details.

In my case it's not so much that I don't want to support anything he's in, but the fact that when I saw the trailer in the theatre a few weeks ago, all I could think was "crazy, crazy, crazy" during the whole trailer. I don't want to spend $8 just to keep thinking "he's crazy" the whole time.

AOIIalum · #10 07-11-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by MysticCat81
Now you know you can't just leave that dangling out there without providing some details.

Okay, I can share:

Our young Tommy Mapother attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville (all boys Catholic school, back in the day all the Catholic high schools were either all boys or all girls. He's still got family in Louisville and is related to some major attorneys in town.) He briefly dated one of my sorority sisters and she wasn't too impressed. Apparently he was a shy little thing back there, religious, not very charming, and left little enough impression on her that she couldn't believe it was the same guy in Risky Business or any subsequent movies.

CutiePie2000 · #11 07-11-2005, 05:48 PM

Even though Tom Cruise bugs me, I kinda liked the movie, especially the scary part in the cellar where the alien tentacles are chasing them. That part was GREAT!

CUGreekgirl · #12 07-11-2005, 06:07 PM

I was a little hesitant about going to see the movie because I don't like Tom Cruise and I thought I would be sitting there the entire time thinking about how crazy he is. But I was able to get into the movie well enough that I was concentrating on the character, rather than the fact it was Tom Cruise. I love the movie up until the end. They could have worked on a little better ending.

I have 2 questions- How was the son able to live?

What caused the machines to just die? I think they explaned it at the end, but I missed it.

AZ-AlphaXi · #13 07-11-2005, 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by CUGreekgirl
What caused the machines to just die? I think they explaned it at the end, but I missed it.

The aliens inside the machines were not immune to all the microscopic bugs and germs that we (ie earth creatures) have evolved to live with and tolerate

ASUADPi · #14 07-11-2005, 06:47 PM

Even though I can't stand Tom Cruise I wanted to see the movie, basically because the previews looked good. Plus, Steven Speilberg is an awesome director (former Arizonian and his wife is an ADPi).

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I too thought the fact that the son lived was a little lame. I also found it extremely hard to believe that his ex-wife and her parents were safe and sound in their lovely brownstone in what, Boston (or wherever the city was). It was just a little hard to believe that they didn't end up with a scrape on them.

Go Dakota Fanning. She really rocked in the movie. I think she has a much better head on her shoulders than Drew did at her age.

I must admit I did get scared in the movie but honestly it was mostly due to the music. Had there been no music the scenes wouldn't have been as scary. Especially the part where the aliens (did they not remind y'all of the ones from Independence Day?) were in the basement. Freaky.

James · #15 07-12-2005, 02:06 AM

If People relied on our EXs to be our character witnesses . . . I am not sure anyone would like us much . . .

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Originally posted by AOIIalum
Okay, I can share:

Our young Tommy Mapother attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville (all boys Catholic school, back in the day all the Catholic high schools were either all boys or all girls. He's still got family in Louisville and is related to some major attorneys in town.) He briefly dated one of my sorority sisters and she wasn't too impressed. Apparently he was a shy little thing back there, religious, not very charming, and left little enough impression on her that she couldn't believe it was the same guy in Risky Business or any subsequent movies.