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Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

HOLY SHIT !
Call me a wuss but I nearly pissed my pants during a couple of scenes.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Stop it, I'll be watching it tommorrow night!

stvwrd · Joined: 31 Mar 2005

Is it showing in Korea yet?

astroboyfan · Joined: 19 Apr 2005

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

JAMZ · Joined: 18 May 2004 Location: Ori Station, Bundang

it was alright... dakota fanning just acts WAY too old for her age it's kinda creepy.... thought the lazer beam sounds were a little bit cheesy... i got more to say but dont want to spoil it for those who havent seen it

to be continued...

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

I watched it last night. Jules Verne was way ahead of his
time. Tom Cruise was pretty good. I felt the movie lacked
depth. Also the CAM I watched was missing the last 30 sec.
narration. Can anyone tell me why the aliens all died?

I thought Batman was much better.

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

Oops, you're right. Both good authors. Although H.G. Wells
wasn't as sexy as Dawn Wells (Maryann from Gilligan's Island)

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

OK, I finally got to go see it and....

OOoooooooooooh. Shocked

Good.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Wow! That's all I have to say about that! I watched it in the comfort of.....well...pm me if you want info. Great movie!!!

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

hey jamz....dude...that was a messed up movie. Just seeing your avitar sent chills down my spine again..... Shocked

Pulgasori · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: En Route to Daejeon

Nah, Nah, Nah, No!

I watched this with my GF at the theatre the day it came out and we both left the place unimpressed.

The lightening storms were cool and so was Tim Robbins. That's about it.
What was the deal with his son? They invest half the movie in this supposedly 'difficult' relationship with his son, but completely blow it off for what reason?

The 'Aliens' looked like something ripped from the original star wars. The ending was unsatisfactory and was delivered with no impact whatsoever....BUT, by that time I think everyone in our theatre felt that their 2 hour investment was sufficient, nobody wanted to sit through another 15 minutes of this tripefest so it was just as well that they ended it as abruptly as they did.

Go see Batman or Madagascar, they're both worth the won.

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Now that more people have seen it I can elaborate:
What I found to be really scary was the sound effects for the tripods (the booming foghorn) coupled with their appearance at night and coupled with the scenes of people fleeing in panic. The scenes that scared me were the ones around the Hudson Ferry- the crowds of people panicking, dumped into the water etc. gave me the willies. In other words it was the panic of the people that really frightened me. It was very well done.

Sure, the movie ended suddenly, but what do you expect?
It follows the plot of the book.

Yes, Tom and Dakota 'over-acted', and yes the sub-plot about the irresponsible father trying to find redemption with his family is lame, but you know what?
I find they didn't detract from the movie. I found it easy to let them slide by and they didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the movie.
It's almost like they were stuck in there for the critics, but if you didn't want to you didn't have to worry about it.

I wouldn't say it's a better movie than Batman begins but I would say that I enjoyed watching it more.