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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  awesome movie!!!!!!!!!Posted: 3/6/2009A review of War of the Worlds by snowfle0 War of the Worlds is the most awesome movie ever and I don't care what other people say because it is my favorite movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was this review helpful? Sign In 15 out of 31 users found this helpful  What a waste of life!Posted: 12/29/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Nuniestar0 I have to agree with everyone that said it was interesting in the beginning! Cuz yeah, I have to give it at least that much! The beginning kept me interested in the film, but then it very slowly started to fade away! But when the son ran over the hill that got BLOWN UP minutes later and then ends up in Boston unharmed in the end...GIVE ME A BREAK!! Oh and lets not forget how mom and grandma and uncle joe and aunt ruth were all in the house as well, all clean and unharmed too. Soooo the aliens just skipped over their block or something? PLEASE! Was this review helpful? Sign In 17 out of 35 users found this helpful Slap Her already, DAMN!Posted: 12/29/2005A review of War of the Worlds by ImHir And so it began, my one hour fifty-seven minutes and twenty-six seconds of torture. Time I can never get back, no matter how much Id like to. To be fair, I shouldnt really count the first 10-15 minutes as that was a segment that truly prepared me for the coming onslaught of bad ideas, no plot, bad-acting, stupid, insepid characters, annoying unnecessary dialogue, pointless decision-making, ineffective infusing of some sort of familial drama, and worst of all the misplaced screams of Dakota Fanning. Who I now hate. ALL because of this movie.
And why sit through ALL of it? Because how can you not? I mean surely its GOT to get better right? There HAS to be more credible acting and action. Something besides endless driving to....Boston? Walking and crying and screaming and ducking. This is War of the Worlds for crying out loud! (which I did) How can you F up one of the greatest scripts written? it ACTUALLY caused thousands of people to FLEE their homes! Albeit it WAS 1938, its STILL a great story! Add visual affects and so-called A-list actors and it should have been a rip-roaring good time! Instead it just RIPPED and I roared to either give Dakota to the aliens or slap her repeatedly until she SHUT...UP!
The uber-icky Sophies Choice moment when Cruise must decide to let his idiot son run off to fight laser-beaming aliens bare-handed or race to grab his daughter from the clutches of some weird woman with no point is another scene in which I was screaming, Die! Just let him DIE! Imagine my chagrin at the end, NONE of them are dead and little Ms. Fanning lives to scream in one final scene!
Had I paid eight bucks to sit through this garbage on film I think I may have incited a riot. Or at the very least run screaming from the theater pulling out my hair, gnashing my teeth and gauging my own eyes out. And can someone explain Tim Robbins creepy pedophile, -not so sure the aliens killed your family or you did-, minuteman, whacko characters point? Was this review helpful? Sign In 17 out of 29 users found this helpful  Well DonePosted: 12/29/2005A review of War of the Worlds by jcf410 I cannot believe the reviews written about this movie. People are complaining that the movie is unrealistic and that certain scenes are so hard to believe. This is a SCIENCE-FICTION movie! The movie is supposed to be unrealistic. Tom Cruise can out-run and out-smart the alien...soooooooo. If you would sit back and try to enjoy the movie I guarantee that you will be entertained. The special effects are great and it will keep you at the edge of your seat (unless your intent is to find all the unrealistic scenes and complain about them). I will admit that the movie does not deserve a Best Picture nomination, nor do the actors deserve nominations. You will enjoy the movie as long as you dont go into it with any high expectations of a Based on a True Story movie. Was this review helpful? Sign In 7 out of 24 users found this helpful war of the worldsPosted: 12/29/2005A review of War of the Worlds by FENIXX36 i really hate it when the critic either is asleep at the wheel out buying popcorn in the lobby all day-or was furnished a copy of the movie that was completely different from what us mortals had to sit through. it was positively one of the worst movies ever. and for them to plug it as the best that tom cruise ever did, he should be more than upset. the critics should be made to sit through a double feature of this one and ishtar for a week! Was this review helpful? Sign In 10 out of 26 users found this helpful The Worst Movie of the Summer!!!Posted: 12/29/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Julielynn_2 I loved the book, so I couldnt wait for the movie, especially with Speilburg as director. But this was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I found myself laughing out loud through most of it (so were many of the other people in the show who were unfortuanate to pay full price). Dont get me wrong, I was drawn in to the beginning. As the city started to blow up I thought this was going to be great! But just how many times can one person out run, out think, and out talk the enemy. It was just not believable. Poor Dakota Fanning just sat there and screamed throughout the entire movie. She is such a great little actress that this was not short of needing the name on the marquiee. Lets hope that from now on Tom Cruise stays where he belongs, off screen! Was this review helpful? Sign In 5 out of 11 users found this helpful  Not Spielbergs best....Posted: 12/28/2005A review of War of the Worlds by hmm422 but still, his worst is better than most others masterpieces. The world shattering event seen through a microcosm was done to better effect in Signs. Ofcourse, the family was more interesting too, which helped. The updating of the virus was better in Independance Day, also. I think it would have been better if Steve had set it in H.G.s day. Lets face it, Tom is Tom is Tom. He can add Top-Gun versus the Martians to his resume. Along with Top-GunHome Alone, Top-Gun Goes to the Races, Top-Gun the Bartender, Top-Gun the Pool-Shark, Top-Guns Special Brother, Top-Guns Irish Accent, Love Finds Jerry Top-Gun, Top-Gun in the Army, Top-Gun the Vampire, Secret Agent Top-Gun 1,2 and 3, and Top-Gun and the Agents of Tommorrow. His latest role, of course, is Top-Gun the Scientologist. In this one, hes a cocky young(ish) Scientologist struggling his way to the top of the L.Ron Hubbard Institute. Overcoming obstacles with seemingly ridiculous behaviour to prove hes got what it takes to be, what else? Top-Gun! Im more Scientologist than any of you! Was this review helpful? Sign In 9 out of 13 users found this helpful Better that the original and then some!Posted: 12/27/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Benthebuilder10 Folks you may not like the casting call on this film, but compared to the oringinal, and even the radio version of the story, Steven has definately out done himself. And once agian, he has been able to capture the very essence of mans instictions, and faith, and even mans monstrous deeds. It enlightened me, chilled me, but most of all it made me think, how would I react in a terrorizing situation? Would it bring out the best in me or the worst in me, because truly that is the bottom line. What would you do, how would you react? Would you think only of yourself, or fight the enemy, with all the heart you can muster, knowing why it is you have chosen to do so? Was this review helpful? Sign In 7 out of 20 users found this helpful WTF CAN PPL LIKE THIS?!?Posted: 12/21/2005A review of War of the Worlds by the-monzonater it was one of the worst movies that didnt make sense at all cmon people dont just say its good coz everyone else does, jeez Was this review helpful? Sign In 7 out of 14 users found this helpful Cruise and Spielberg Just doesnt work.Posted: 12/21/2005A review of War of the Worlds by UWHawke Its time. Steven Spielberg must sever all ties with Tom Cruise. Cruises summer of couch bouncing aside, he is singularly the most over-hyped actor in the business. Every movie that Spielberg has made with Cruise has come up short. The stories are good, but Cruise just cannot carry the role. This movie, although not the worst remake or adaption in cinema history, is pretty darn close. I felt nothing for any of these characters other than that of Dakota Fannings character. Dakota acts Cruise under the table, she is the power hitter here. The storyline was underdeveloped, the pacing was intermittent, and way too much emphasis was placed on the special effects. I wouldnt even recommend renting this movie, wait for it to hit broadcast television, and save a few bucks. Cruise has to go, he just has to go. Was this review helpful? Sign In 5 out of 18 users found this helpful War of the WorblesPosted: 12/18/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Paolo431 What a mess of undeveloped storyline, script and dialogue. SS you can do a lot better. I waited for the video release and wasted a BB coupon. Another confirmation why not to spend the dollars on the Movie Theater experience. Was this review helpful? Sign In 2 out of 7 users found this helpful A sorry Independence DayPosted: 12/14/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Hrshi_Miss I was eagerly waiting for this movie to come out but when I went to see, I realized it was a waste of time and money. The action started within the first 7 minutes before the plot had been developed and that was pretty much the whole movie. I wouldnt watch this movie again even if it came on TV. It was very weak. It was like a bad version of Independence Day. Steven S. can do better than this. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1 out of 6 users found this helpful cmon..Posted: 12/12/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Argo10000 Cmon Steven, YOU can do better than this! a real ass killer!! Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  War of the WorldsPosted: 12/9/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Anonymous Great Movie. one of the best in awhile.
original plotline
a new story.
very awsome movie
recomend for teens over 14
very suspensful
keeps you on the edge of your seat -litterally
my knees were shaking the entire time!!
but over all a great movie!! Was this review helpful? Sign In 2 out of 8 users found this helpful not the best but definetly not signsPosted: 12/6/2005A review of War of the Worlds by Cheetous4 to start off with.... steven could have given tom cruise a better script to read off of.... he didnt fight any one... he didnt use any clever lines.. and they didnt even show when he killed that guy... that was just a mix of Signs, day after tomorrow, close encounters, and independence day.... too much was done for too small of a plot... they come down years ago and end up messing up not knowing that there were going to be HUMANS in the future!!! oookay.... and to fertalize the earth with our blood?.. someone had too much time on their hands that wrote that script.... I hope it wasnt steven.. I have a good one about a kid who finds out theres an entrance to a world of knomes under a tree trunk.. serously... let me know... I can send it to you... Was this review helpful? Sign In | ||
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