War of the Worlds, see it yet? - Page 2

James · #16 07-12-2005, 02:09 AM

I don't think anyone has a problem with you not liking Tom Cruise we just wonder why it would impact your impression of a screen performance. They are seperate things.

Maybe actors, like all people, have odd personal lives when exposed to the media.

Most of our private lives would look messy under the same exposure. At least I hope so, or else y'all live some boring lives

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by winneythepooh7

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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.

Dvyne Evolushun · #17 07-13-2005, 01:42 AM

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

I saw it today & I didn't get that either AND can someone explain how that idiotic son of his escaped all of that mayhem & made it to Boston?

But, the special effects were great.
I read the book when I was in middle school (a loooong time ago

). I also remember my mother telling me that when it was 1st read in a radio broadcast it was so realistic that tons of frightened people panicked and called their local authority.

I always thought that V (harvesting humans... anyone else old enough to remember that series?) & Independence Day (esp. with the death ray) were fashioned after the book.

DZTUBAGIRL · #18 07-13-2005, 08:40 AM

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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.

oh my gosh I said the same thing about the aliens. Their head kinda pointed in the back. Oh yeah and I absolutely loved that movie. I didn't want to see it but I did and I am glad I did.

xo_kathy · #19 07-13-2005, 10:08 AM

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I don't want to spend $8 just to keep thinking "he's crazy" the whole time.

I was worried about the same thing, but it was same old action hero Tom we know and usually love.

My husband and I really enjoyed it - we thought it was suspenseful and the special effects were great. Although, as someone else said, don't dwell too much on the holes in the plot because then you start to not like it as much.

And regarding the death by virus thing - Hooey I say! They are smart enough to plant warships in our earth, build those ships in the first place, get here, etc. - they wouldn't think to put on a protective suit?!?

OH, and Dakota Fanning? All she did was scream? I didn't see any different acting than Man on Fire....

Lady Pi Phi · #20 07-13-2005, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by AOIIalum
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.)

I'm with you on this one.

Although I might catch it when it finally comes to The Movie Network since I won't be paying for it. I'm a fan of Spielberg's, but was never a Cruise fan.

texas*princess · #21 07-13-2005, 09:57 PM

To be pretty honest, I didn't want to watch it at first -- mainly b/c of Tom being such a media---hehehe you know what I want to say.... lately.

I ended up watching it last weekend and I have to say it was actually pretty good. Minus the last 10 minutes, I liked it. I seriously had a nightmare about running away from the "tripods" the night I watched it.. hahaha :P

aggieAXO · #22 07-13-2005, 11:37 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.

ditto to this, I would not support that midget with a 10 foot pole (unless I could stick it up his a$$)

Xylochick216 · #23 07-14-2005, 09:53 AM

I went to see the movie with high expectations on July 4th, and I was really disappointed. I have listened to the old one and seen the old version, so I was expecting this to be similar. I thought it was really good that they showed even his watch losing power, but I thought it was ridiculous that they got the car to work (and that the aliens didn't see it driving away and blast it), and that they guy's video camera worked immediately when the aliens came out of the ground. If I remember the old ones correctly, the aliens took the power wherever they were, which means that there should have been no lights, no ferry working, no cameras, no news vehicle working.

It felt to me like Spielberg rushed to make the film (which we all know he did) and concentrated more on big action and effects than on content.

And the crazy guy in the basement... wow. That was just odd.

Dvyne Evolushun · #24 07-14-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy

And regarding the death by virus thing - Hooey I say! They are smart enough to plant warships in our earth, build those ships in the first place, get here, etc. - they wouldn't think to put on a protective suit?!?

Weren't they consuming our blood? If so, you'd think they would've been smart enough to try one - watch that alien drop dead - then realize eating us was a bad idea.....

xo_kathy · #25 07-14-2005, 12:54 PM

I thought they were just using our bodies/blood for fertilizer? But maybe they were consuming. But, right, they would have been a little smarter about dealing with our germs!

Rio_Kohitsuji · #26 07-14-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by Xylochick216
I went to see the movie with high expectations on July 4th, and I was really disappointed. I have listened to the old one and seen the old version, so I was expecting this to be similar. I thought it was really good that they showed even his watch losing power, but I thought it was ridiculous that they got the car to work (and that the aliens didn't see it driving away and blast it), and that they guy's video camera worked immediately when the aliens came out of the ground. If I remember the old ones correctly, the aliens took the power wherever they were, which means that there should have been no lights, no ferry working, no cameras, no news vehicle working.

It felt to me like Spielberg rushed to make the film (which we all know he did) and concentrated more on big action and effects than on content.

And the crazy guy in the basement... wow. That was just odd.

I figured the electronics could work because they weren't in USE at the time the "lightning" happened. Like the minivan, it's altenator (sp?) wasn't even hooked in at the time. However, I'm still wondering how Tom figured that out *shrugs*

starang21 · #27 07-14-2005, 01:38 PM

i didn't like it

Dvyne Evolushun · #28 07-14-2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
I thought they were just using our bodies/blood for fertilizer? But maybe they were consuming. But, right, they would have been a little smarter about dealing with our germs!

I didn't get the blood thing - nor the thing with the veiny stuff that was growing all over the place.

moe.ron · #29 07-14-2005, 04:47 PM

I'm still pissed that the son lived.

dekeguy · #30 07-15-2005, 12:04 PM

From my point of view the movie sucked by comparison to the book. The original story, set back in the 1890's, was my favorite story when I was in grade school. Dad liked it too, and even named his sailboat "Thunderchild" after the Royal Navy gunboat that takes on the tripods and blows a couple of them out of the water before going down gallantly in the book.
Recommend you all read the original story which is a terrific book even after more than a hundred years since publication.