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I've never read the book befor but can anyone enlighten me on the ending. I just grabbbed any old copy (it was watchable) and it cuts off right after Morgan Freeman says;
They were doomed from the start-
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What did stop them? Bird's? I thought it was some kinda bacteriaat least thats what i had heard. Also when there in that basement with that old guy did anyone else feel that the scene dragged on way to long, the aliens searched for like 10 minutes then went, and then another alien came for another 10 minutes.
After reading a review in a national newspaper claiming it to be the best action movie ever i felt as if i had been robbed. The fact that the sotry only follows Cruise means you don't get a whole sense of the battle (Which by the seems of the night and day timings lasted 1 night, hardly a hard battle was it
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No...in the book, it took place in the late 1800's, there was more than just tri-pods, there were also flying machines. And I don't think they sprayed human blood in the novel either.Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
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I've never read the book befor but can anyone enlighten me on the ending. I just grabbbed any old copy (it was watchable) and it cuts off right after Morgan Freeman says;
They were doomed from the start-
Also
Spoiler: Show
What did stop them? Bird's? I thought it was some kinda bacteria
After reading a review in a national newspaper claiming it to be the best action movie ever i felt as if i had been robbed. The fact that the sotry only follows Cruise means you don't get a whole sense of the battle (Which by the seems of the night and day timings lasted 1 night, hardly a hard battle was itSpoiler: ShowThey were stopped by bacteria which they didn't have any immunity to. I had the same copy as you but that's what Morgan Freeman was about to explain. The birds were just able to land because when aliens feel a bit ill they like to shut down their shields...
This is from the musical version but I think it is similar to what MF was going to say:
I agree with you about that basement scene. The movie was okay-ish up until then but it did lose a lot due to focusing on Tom Cruise & family. I wanted to see shit get fucked up, and I'm sure HG Wells would have wanted to see a large industrial country getting pwned.Directly the Invaders arrived and drank and fed, our microscopic allies attacked them. From that moment - they were doomed!
Last edited by MCHeshPants420; 07-04-2005 at 08:38 AM.
watched it
cool film the effects were wicked tom did some good acting
worthing watching
Colonel
Best movie of 2005, in fact it's the best movie that I've seen in a very long time, and it's well overdue. Definitely worth my money, I recommend everyone to see it. At first I was skeptic and thought it was a crappy movie with over the top special fx, but there's actually a good story here (if you haven't read the book, don't watch it, read it then watch, trust me on this one).
And for those that keep complaining about how the story only follows Cruise around and doesnt focus on the bigger picture, I dare you to try and make one that does, this movie was never meant to be an epic like LOTR (god i hate that movie[s]).
I was laughing my ass off when that Robbie kid was like: "was it terrorists?" and then Cruise said no and then the dumbass says: "was it from europe?"
Last edited by cpt_azad; 07-05-2005 at 06:26 AM.
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Okay i'll compare it to the first LOTR.
First off the whole storyline on LOTR is set arround those 10 characters (The fellowship + Gandalf), and its 10 characters. They are the main focus for the story and for what is happening arround the world. Also it cuts alot to the evil guys to show what they are doing and whats up with them.
WOTW stays on 3 characters the whole movie, none of them drive the story, you get to see very little of who they are fighting and get no real sense of what the enemy is. The movie goes suddenly from the whole of the human race being captured or destoryed (right after the basement/underground house scene) to them walking into a town populated by thousands and the war all but over.
So the 'war to end all wars' lasted less than 24 hours.
There was no indication till right at the end that what happened happened and how the certain side won. Infact i didn't even know the Aliens had shields under Cheese just said.
How on earth did it go from the end of the human race to, millions have survived, everythings cool. Also the film then continues to contradict science. There weakness was Bacteria, so apparently there was no bacteria in the group where they had been living for millions of years. Or when they first start popping up in that town where Cruise is, your telling me that all the destruction and the dust and rubble contained no bacteria.
I like Cheese wanted to see the film focus less on the family and more on mankinds struggle. Basically the whole moral of the film is that no matter what, if you love your family and you're american god will bless you and everything will be fine.
6/10 - Nothing more than a pro-american special effects fest.
Colonel
well for one thing, you are right about it being hella pro-american peerz. As for the whole "first person perspective" (ok before flame i know it's not FPS, it's like third person but focused only on 3-4 characters).
You must be blind, I saw the shields atleast 3-5 times in the movie, mostly during the whole hand-grenade incident.
As for the whole war being over in 24hours, I agree too, too short. I was hoping it would be longer, the movie was way too rushed, they should have released it in 2007.
But still, this movie is the best sci-fi this year, or possible ever IF it wasn't so short and they could show just a bit more of other ppl's perspective, even the aliens. The audio in this movie is the most brutal (in a good way) and hair raising sound I have ever heard in my life, every time those horns went off I had goosebumps.
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well for one thing, you are right about it being hella pro-american peerz. As for the whole "first person perspective" (ok before flame i know it's not FPS, it's like third person but focused only on 3-4 characters).
You must be blind, I saw the shields atleast 3-5 times in the movie, mostly during the whole hand-grenade incident.
As for the whole war being over in 24hours, I agree too, too short. I was hoping it would be longer, the movie was way too rushed, they should have released it in 2007.
But still, this movie is the best sci-fi this year, or possible ever IF it wasn't so short and they could show just a bit more of other ppl's perspective, even the aliens. The audio in this movie is the most brutal (in a good way) and hair raising sound I have ever heard in my life, every time those horns went off I had goosebumps.
Saving Private Ryan had better sound effects overall then this movie.
Best Sci-Fi ever? Alien? Best Action movie ever? Die Hard?
Releasing a movi in 2007 also does not make the time scale i the movie increase by 2 years just to let you know
About the shields, i saw them however never really registered them. For example Inderpendance Day we saw the Aliens had shields yes, then they talked about them having shields, then they made a plan to wide out the shields, then thy did the plane, in this you saw a shield or two then at the end of the movie when the bidget had run out they get Tom to point at some birds on an alien, even then he didn't mention the shields.
Before the end town fight you don't see the army fighting the aliens on a large scale. Maybe they should have showed the army trying to fight them, then finding out about the shields then all dieing.
Also thinking about it there wasn't one character (even a minor character) who was an ethnic minoraty.
Seeing as the book was based in my home town (Woking/Horsell) quite a rural area why they decided to shift everything to America and totally forget the rest of the world exists.
The only other country that featured/was mentioned was Ukraine, and im pritty sure most American's think thats a state anyway
How Cruise manages to survive everything also. When the plane crashes on his house, not only his him and his family perfectly fine, but his nice car survives without a scratch.
Colonel
damn good point.Also thinking about it there wasn't one character (even a minor character) who was an ethnic minoraty.
Another good point, like I said (and you said too) this movie is pro-american to the max. But it's still a damn good movie, I didn't say it was the best sci-fi ever (re-read post and look for the capatalized IF). And if they released it in 2007, then they would have a lot more time to increase showtime and add more things into it like going into detail how the aliens were defeated and overall make the movie longer and more coherent.The only other country that featured/was mentioned was Ukraine, and im pritty sure most American's think thats a state anyway
One thing that really pissed me off was how the hell did that Robbie kid survive, that really made the movie look like a cliched POS.
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at least thats what i had heard. Also when there in that basement with that old guy did anyone else feel that the scene dragged on way to long, the aliens searched for like 10 minutes then went, and then another alien came for another 10 minutes.
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