My one word review of the Tom Cruise extravaganza, War of the Worlds:
LAME
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Lame? No way. You have to realize the movie stayed faithful to the book, which came out in 1898! If you look at it from that perspective, it is pretty groundbreaking. The crappy part is how rushed and deus ex machina the ending is.
Maybe it's just been a really long time since I read it, but the only thing I remember that really matched the book was the ending.
Which seriously - Lame in the book, lame in the movie.
Although I do think it's funny that it wasn't the movie that stuck in the ridiculously improbable reunion at the last second, it was the book.
(And I couch every word I just wrote in the disclaimer that I have a horrible memory and am probably at least 90% wrong about the book. But I don't think so.)
One weird thing was how the family at the end looked like nothing had happened. No damage to their homes, and the guy was dressed up in a suit? wtf. Must be some symbolic thing, reuniting with them is finding peace and security, bla bla bla
5 comments:
Lame? No way. You have to realize the movie stayed faithful to the book, which came out in 1898! If you look at it from that perspective, it is pretty groundbreaking. The crappy part is how rushed and deus ex machina the ending is.
Maybe it's just been a really long time since I read it, but the only thing I remember that really matched the book was the ending.
Which seriously - Lame in the book, lame in the movie.
Although I do think it's funny that it wasn't the movie that stuck in the ridiculously improbable reunion at the last second, it was the book.
(And I couch every word I just wrote in the disclaimer that I have a horrible memory and am probably at least 90% wrong about the book. But I don't think so.)
I think if Dakota Fanning's blood ultimately killed the aliens, I would of gave it some extra props.
and if I gave anything away for other people how haven't seen it yet...
you obviously haven't been paying attention.
One weird thing was how the family at the end looked like nothing had happened. No damage to their homes, and the guy was dressed up in a suit? wtf. Must be some symbolic thing, reuniting with them is finding peace and security, bla bla bla
hidden meaning in a Tom Cruise movie? ugh.
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