Stream it now War of the Worlds 2005

 

This is a pretty cool movie, haven't seen it in years but interested in watching it again.

;hehe great thing, like it

Fantastic movie that delivers and thrills!

69/100. The War of the Worlds remake is pretty good, but not as good as I was hoping it would be. One of director Steven Spielberg's strongest traits as a director has been his incredibly well developed characters, especially the children in his films. What happened here? Actually none of the characters were appealing. It's probably not a good thing when you root for the alien's to win over the earthlings. I wanted them to suck up Dakota Fanning SOO BAD just to shut the brat's screaming. Tom Cruise's character of a deadbeat Dad was not exactly a character one would sympathize with, and his performance is very one dimensional.

Technically it is terrific. The special effects are first rate, very imaginative and well filmed. Truly amazing in that regard. But as with so many modern remakes of classics, it's all razzle dazzle and so little substance. The original is more than 50 years older than this version, and it still remains the best version. Great special effects are very entertaining, but you need more than that. A film has to have a heart and soul, and not just wallow in a superficial mix of technical achievements.

in this remake of the classic sic fi masterpiece it is a well put together film. tom crusie is brilliant as the leading man but the one how steels the show from him is the girl who played his dauagter. she alone adds that tone of realsitic fear and paranoia which would occur in a disater. the one thing the movie dose is make a small trubite to the oringial 1953 movie with scene like the leading characters traped in a fram house when an alien probe enters. effect wise its nothing that special but the walkers are cool to look at. 7/10

By far the best disaster flick ever made, no one is batter at showing you disturbing alien invasion sequences better than Steven Spielberg. This movie also shows you a graphic image of how an alien invasion would come down (if there were any aliens).

Later on in the day, I saw War of the Worlds. I missed the first 5 minutes though. War of the Worlds was wierd. were the aliens killed by the filth of pidgeons? they sure looked stupid though. And how the hell did the Emo kid get out of the blood bath?! I was very much confused by this movie. DAMNIT! Why did I have to miss the first 5 minutes!

Oh yea now I remember, I missed the first 5 minutes because the asshole pizza guy was late.

Ahhh, the film that spawned my 5 year(and still going) Tom Cruise obsession. Gotta give it something for that.
Pretty cool visually with a scene I didn't expect and definitely found the most emotional:
(Spoiler)
Tom Cruise realizes the guy he and his daughter are rooming with is crazy and plans to reveal them to the aliens. Tom Cruise makes his daughter hide and he then kills the man in order to survive. :O
An alright disaster film, but with a kind of disappointing ending. Jip-ish.

A thrilling and entertaining sci-fi disaster film.

Even though this film isnt as good as most of Mr.spelibelgs other fantasic thrill rides,this one is pretty fun.I like the action,i love the effects,and the acting is pretty good,plus its cool to see how everyone freaks out when the aliens come down and vaporize people.Also i love the reaction everyone has in it it makes it so much more real.Though this film is no "District 9" by how it deals with aliens in a real world setting it is maybe one of the best.SEE IT