Smoker2Buffalo Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Classic! BTW, where IS Jeff these days? 374567[/snapback] Awww come on, I meant the actual events in the book. Jeff is the back-up in St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Supposed and actual are different things... I haven't heard a bad thing about the movie, from critics or other people who've seen it. Other than it's not a blockbuster like ROTS, BB, F4, and WOTW's. In any other year, it probably would be doing quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Awww come on, I meant the actual events in the book. Jeff is the back-up in St. Louis. 374570[/snapback] Didn't know that...I see he's #2 on their depth chart. http://www.nfl.com/teams/depthcharts/STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 I just saw WOTW and realized why I never watch Sci-fi movies.....SPOILER ALERT the movie was terrible...what in the hell did the aliens want? If you were an alien, wouldn't you go directly to the Playboy mansion??? How did they die? Did they all get HIV from some person they ate? How did crazy Tim Robbins house not get blown up, when they were blowing up everything in sight? How did 5 secretaries and some army dude pull Tom Cruise out of the alien? Did anyone else want to punch Robbie in the face? How ridiculous was the stealing of the van scene? Also how did they get a perfect route out of NYC, when 100,000 cars were broken down??? How was it that all of the east coast was devastated, yet Tom Cruises ex and her family look as if they just had crumpets and tea....I give it a 3/10.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 I just saw WOTW and realized why I never watch Sci-fi movies.....SPOILER ALERTthe movie was terrible...what in the hell did the aliens want? If you were an alien, wouldn't you go directly to the Playboy mansion??? How did they die? Did they all get HIV from some person they ate? How did crazy Tim Robbins house not get blown up, when they were blowing up everything in sight? How did 5 secretaries and some army dude pull Tom Cruise out of the alien? Did anyone else want to punch Robbie in the face? How ridiculous was the stealing of the van scene? Also how did they get a perfect route out of NYC, when 100,000 cars were broken down??? How was it that all of the east coast was devastated, yet Tom Cruises ex and her family look as if they just had crumpets and tea....I give it a 3/10.... 374600[/snapback] MAJOR SPOILER ALERT How did they die? From germs!! Were u watching the end off the film? As for the rest there were a number of flaws and questionable continuity - but it is fantasy - you are meant to suspend disbelief and just enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 MAJOR SPOILER ALERTHow did they die? From germs!! Were u watching the end off the film? As for the rest there were a number of flaws and questionable continuity - but it is fantasy - you are meant to suspend disbelief and just enjoy it. 374627[/snapback] What killed me was after the plane hit the house, the van was not damaged? give me a break! And then the three piled in and drove through this perfect path of debris?? Also the end sucked. How in the hell does his son survive that? If SS had balls, he would have killed him off. I tend to expect more from a SS film - maybe that's not fair, but I do. This was very disappointing. I didn't care AT ALL about any of the charters except D. Fanning and she carried the film! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 OK...Bottom line...should I spend $13 to see this or wait for the DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 OK...Bottom line...should I spend $13 to see this or wait for the DVD? 374670[/snapback] You need to see it big screen purely for the effects and sound. If you have a killer system at home I'd say DVD is OK - but the bottom line is this is a BIG SCREEN movie. DVD won't do it justice - the plot holes will stick out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 OK...I'll check it out on my next day off (Monday)... Nick if it sucks...I'm flying to England...to kick your ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 OK...I'll check it out on my next day off (Monday)... Nick if it sucks...I'm flying to England...to kick your ass 374673[/snapback] Deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Saw it over the weekend. The beginning was fantastic really set up the dramatics, special effects were incredible, the acting was good. But... From the point where they are in the basement until the end of the movie was horrible. It was rushed all the way from that point on. I looked at my wife and said "wow, that was disappointing" when it was over simply because of the last 20 minutes of the movie. If Speilberg is a creative genius he must have been working on something else during the last 20 minutes of this movie because it was worse than a B movie at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Saw it over the weekend. The beginning was fantastic really set up the dramatics, special effects were incredible, the acting was good. But... From the point where they are in the basement until the end of the movie was horrible. It was rushed all the way from that point on. I looked at my wife and said "wow, that was disappointing" when it was over simply because of the last 20 minutes of the movie. If Speilberg is a creative genius he must have been working on something else during the last 20 minutes of this movie because it was worse than a B movie at that point. 374754[/snapback] Good avatar and Vrroom commentary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 MAJOR SPOILER ALERTHow did they die? From germs!! Were u watching the end off the film? As for the rest there were a number of flaws and questionable continuity - but it is fantasy - you are meant to suspend disbelief and just enjoy it. 374627[/snapback] I haven't seen the movie, but I can't believe so many people are unfamiliar with the ending. I read the book last year but I can't remember ever not knowing that the Martians die off from the earth germs they weren't used to. Part of me was hoping they might try to throw us for a loop by having a different ending. As for the "rushed" ending - well, this isn't ID4 where Jeff Goldblum writes a computer virus on his Mac and wipes out an entire alien species. WOTW is probably the most realistic alien invasion story in that there's NOTHING we could do to stop them. As H.G. Wells wrote in the original book, "it was no more a war than that between ants and man." (paraphrase) There's nothing Tom Cruise or anyone else could do to stop the invasion. The story should basically be two hours of survival until the "tinniest creatures" on earth save us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 So the setting was changed, and the actual person's point of view, but other than that, it was pretty true to the book. At least a whole hell of a lot truer than most book to film adaptions we see. 374561[/snapback] If the film had stayed true to the book, the aliens would have gotten here by firing giant cylinders out of a giant cannon on Mars (explosions visible by telescope). Yikes. It's a great story but some things do need to be updated after 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 As for the "rushed" ending - well, this isn't ID4 where Jeff Goldblum writes a computer virus on his Mac and wipes out an entire alien species. WOTW is probably the most realistic alien invasion story in that there's NOTHING we could do to stop them. As H.G. Wells wrote in the original book, "it was no more a war than that between ants and man." (paraphrase) There's nothing Tom Cruise or anyone else could do to stop the invasion. The story should basically be two hours of survival until the "tinniest creatures" on earth save us. 374759[/snapback] And it was quite clear they couldn't be stopped. Check out the movie and let us know what you think. It was almost like watching two different movies, one that was well developed and interesting to something that was running out of time and just needed to be complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 One last note. It was great NOT to see countless tounge-in-cheek one liners a la Will Smith in Independence Day, or the entire cast of Armegedden, or and every other sci-fi action flick since. Kind of takes away the realism factor when everybody is cracking jokes as the world is supposedly coming to an end. Kudos to Speilberg. 373970[/snapback] These two movies are classic fun movies in my mind. Who in the heck actually believes that aliens are coming to take us over? It's more likely to me to see zombies come out of the ground and that's what i think makes movies like Dawn of the Dead so great. The humor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah, drive-ins are pretty cool; it's sad that there aren't many left in the country If you're in Minnesota, here's the theater: http://www.drive-ins.com/detail/mntvali It's right off of I-94 in Lake Elmo (just east of Woodbury). You can even bing a Weber grill and tailgate before the movies which is pretty cool. CW 374392[/snapback] We go a ton in the summer. There is one in Avon, it's about 40 minutes from our house. We saw WOTW and Mr. & Mrs. Smith too. Two weeks ago it was Batman and Miss Congeniality 2 (what a waste). We usually get there about 7 and bring Chinese or Subs and camp out on the back of the truck. It's great fun!!! And it's reasonable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 So a 'period piece' of WOTW exists. I wonder if Spielberg squashed the release? http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/0...ews0904_9.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 After watching the movie I know I would not have survived..... If the end is comeing put a M-16 with a grenade launcher in my hands and let me charge over the hill...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 And it was quite clear they couldn't be stopped. Check out the movie and let us know what you think. It was almost like watching two different movies, one that was well developed and interesting to something that was running out of time and just needed to be complete. 374769[/snapback] The ending to Jurassic Park III is the best example of rushed/whatever ending that I can think of. I'll check out WOTW in the next couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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