War Of The Worlds

I expected this film to be electrifying but it's just science fiction and after watching this,I don't think anything.

This is a science-fiction film that was directed by Steven Spielberg.This story was written by H.G. Wells in 1898,after that this story was made into a Radio drama and people who listend to this thought that this information was real and panicked.

In this story,the world is invaded by aliens.People are killed,cities are destroyed and the earth becomes a sea of blood.The main characters are members of a family,they run and run same as other people.Other people are caught and killed,one after another people are brutally murdered in other people's presence.In spite of this situation,they want to survive,so they steal,fight and kill other people.And the main characters aloso want to survive and hurt other people and aliens.

The star is Tom Cruise,he plays a father who is a lower class and divorced from his wife.I think he is miscasted.Anyway I have to take my hat off to Dakota Fanning's performance,she plays a daughter of Tom Cruise and her emotional expressions are real,especially when people are seized with terror and fear.Her performance is admirable,in fact Spilberg said shi is experienced and other directors and casts also praise her as a child's role.

This movie's CG technique is brilliant.The aliens' movement and the scene of blasting will give you the feeling of being at a live performance.That's just what one would expect of Steven Spilberg's work.

I didn't enjoy this film.It is too dull,but I noticed people are weak and they have the instinct which think about only themselves at the end.Because of survival,thy can kill other people and overlook other people's death,easily.

If the aliens come and start to destroy the world,what would we do?Same as this movie,would we run away.hope to live and fight against other people?Can we not do other things?If so,I think the most dreadful thing is conflict whit the feelings of wanting to live.Who is the real enemy,aliens or humans?

War of the Worlds (in this case) is a new version of the earlier film made (in the 1930's?). It is a good film, with above-average acting by Tom Cruise and good special effects.

I was a bit annoyed at the apperances of the US Army in the film though. If aliens invaded Earth to kill all humans, then ALL countries would respond with full military mobilisation and possibly even nuclear weapons. Fighting would be on a far larger scale.

Also, I hat the way Tom Cruise's character kept taking things into his own hands all the time, doing things by himself.

But complaints aside, this is a decent movie to watch.

Overall War of the worlds is not one for me. Tom Cruise is doing what he does best here, action hero with a bit of cherry pie mush. For the age of the film the special effects are good. Good points are Special effects. Sickly sweet at the end.

My complaints about this movie are minimal. Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning do fine acting jobs in this film, but I cannot get past their characters, for some reason.

Tom Cruise plays a divorced father of two and Dakota is his annoying daughter.

This film begins with Tom Cruises' characters children visiting him in his NJ home for the weekend.

When he goes out to find his son, who had stolen his mustang, he discovers that all automobiles just stopped working.

As he rounds the corner, there appears to be an earthquake, and the center of the intersection begins to erode at the street level.

Suddenly, a giant crater is formed in a perfect circle where the intersection used to be, building fronts collapse and onlookers are pertified.

A gigantic metal beast with 3 legs rises from the crater and stands 80 feet tall. People back away and stare at the beast with curious gazes untill a very loud and low, foghorn like noise is emitted from the "walker"

A loud "whining" noise, as that of a camera battery charging up is audible and small ports on the metal creature begin to open.

Discharges of brilliant light are shot from the tentacles of the enormous beast, they disintegrate the people in the crowd, leaving behind a fine white ash and article of clothing.

Mass histeria ensures as the masses flee the scene.

The rest of the movie follows Tom Cruises' character and his two children as they struggle through the madness and the sea of irrational people they come into contact with as they attempt to survive by evading the alien exterminators.

Thwe human element of this film is fantastic and often makes you, as the audience ask "what would I do in this situation"

A great movie, I just did not think that Tom Cruise was the right person for the part of the main character. Everytime I see Dakota Fanning, I am reminded of that pointless movie "Dreamer"

Tom Cruise actually does a great job in this movie and convincingly portrays a divorced single father of two. I was quite surprised at exactly how good this movie was when I saw it first. Almost everyone over the age of 18 knows or has heard of this famous Welles book/radio adaptation. Speilberg puts a refreshingly modern view on this 60-year-old script. Well worth viewing!

Unfortunetly War Of The Worlds is not in theaters anymore, which I think was the exiting thing about it. I rented it again when it was on video and it was not nearly as good as when I saw it in theaters. Also once you see it for the second time the suspense is gone because the beginning is the best part and after that you have nothing to look forward to.

What a film, i mean WHAT A FILM. This is the best film which i have seen and i recommend that you watch it. If you would like to see a film that will have your heart racing and enemies that will make your jaw drop then this is the film to watch. Non-stop action which will leave you looking out of your window when you get home (or if you are already at home). Tom Cruise and Dekota Fanning play their parts really well and i wouldn't fault them at all. If you havn't already gone out there to buy it then just give it a go and i promise that if it is action, thrillers and edge of your seat movies that you like watching then this one will not dissapoint.

I saw the trailer for War Of The Worlds months ago and was really excited about the film! But being a busy/lazy girl, I've only finally got to see it a few weeks ago... so! First things first, the special effects are truly amazing! I think they have the visuals spot-on and are pretty much what I imagined when reading the book myself. Really impressed with this!

Of course they have to deviate from the book somewhat, hence the addition of the kids but I think Dakota Fanning is an excellent little actress and really did add to the film, unlike bumbling robbie, his irritating son (more on him in a moment). Tom Cruise himself was...well Tom Cruise and I did all the necessary checks regarding his performance...full head of shiny brown hair? Check....

The Hollywood-ised nature of it all meant also it was necessary for Tom Cruise to single-handedly destroy one of the machines but I expected as much and probably would be a little shell-shocked if some act of bravery wasn't demonstrated by our full follicled friend.

Suspense, action and a bit of eeek always makes for a good film and I thought when Robbie (his son who doesn't respect him blah blah) was roasted in fire along with several hundred military types and trucks by the aliens, that this would be less Hollywood than I thought. How wrong I was! It frankly annoyed me that he survived! This would've been such a good film if they didn't feel the need to put in the traditional 'everyones ok really' happy ending.

In summary, it is a good film (especially the special effects as is the case in all spielberg's efforts) and I recommend you watch it anyway. :)

War of The Worlds is an absolutely amazing remake of the original! The effects are my favourite bit of the movie because they seem so realistic!.

I definitely recommend this movie to everyone who is interested in watching it. Trust me, you don't want to miss it! Definitely 10/10 from me.

I thought with War of the Worlds I was going to see a Sci Fi film about an alien invation. This film is about an access visit that is going badly. Some aliens start to make life unpleasant so the Father +2 try to get to Mum. The teenage son is being a teenager. The pre teen fragile daughter is wise beyond her years. Dad can't cope with either of them and on top of that the place is overrun with Tripods.

The effects were good. Similar story to "The Day after Tommorow" but not as well done.