War of the Worlds

[Early B.]

Just watched War of the Worlds. I liked it. The sound, especially in DTS, was incredible. Loads of bass from beginning to end. Punk-ass subs need not apply.

[Ron-P]

Watched the first half last night. One of the most impressive dts tracks I've ever heard.

[VR3]

I liked the movie as an action movie...

But there are so many holes they expect you to accept... really ruined the whole story for me...

Cant wait to watch it on the rig...

[Willow]

CRAP !!!

except for the sound

[bassaholic]

I agree......CRAP, except for the sound. Worst ending I've seen.

[Ron-P]

I thought it was pretty good up until the end.

[Early B.]

It was a very good movie for one reason only -- the SOUND!!! It don't get no better than this, folks.

Disregard the lousy plot and storyline if you can.

Oh yeah, I agree about the ending, but it wasn't simply the ending, it was the last 30 minutes that sucked. However, there's great sound from beginning to end.

[VR3]

*******MEGA SPOILERS*******


















******MEGA SPOILERS********






HOLES -
1) The beginning... yep - they effed up at the beginning... according to the movie - aliens planted machines here MILLIONS of years ago to take over (you know...when nothing lived here) - question - Why would an obviously... more intelligent life form plant advanced machined here... to take over when the world is populated beyond belief? Yeah I think they messed up here

2) Simple mistake... every electronic goes out - yet a guy is filming and they start a car up. Assuming they fried every electronics, the computer in the van would of not worked - or any replacment they put in there... so how did they get a van to work?

3) How did the kid survive a huge attack................................

4) How did the kid get back... to a street that hasnt been touched at all by aliens... spotless - with power and everyone like they got back from thanksgiving dinner...

*END SPOILERS*








Yeah - I'll stick with just the sound... way to many holes to make it a respectable movie... hmmm

[MacLeod]

It couldve been one of the greates movies ever but they ruined it completely the same way Hollywood has ruined so many before.....STUPID ASS KIDS!!!!!!!!!

This was just some tear jerker chick flick about him re-bonding with his kids that also happened to have some aliens in it.

This movie was the biggest cinematic disappointment in years to me.

[anthonymosey]

im gonna go watch it now

[polkatese]

not as funny as Independence Day (ID4), but entertaining. Spock would have said it's an illogical movie, but entertaining. Humvee rolls for miles, while it's on fire? hmmm...

[landry_p2000]

Check this one out tonight for sure. From what I am reading, it seems that the sound is the best part of this movie. I guess its worth a couple of hours of my life for that alone.

[Early B.]

****MINI SPOILER****

Yeah, way too many obvious holes in the story. The Oglivy (sp?) dude and the entire basement scene could have been cut altogether. Didn't work at all. How come the alien serpent thingie with the eye coudn't find them in that basement? Even a blind man could see they were in there.

[Meeks32]

If it was an older carburated van I dont see why it wouldnt still run. I dont think there's any circitry that would get wiped out by a "E.M.P" type occurance. But Cruise's car was definatly like that & it stoped, so there goes that theory.

[Nelson57]

I was so wrapped up in the awesome sound, that I didn't mind the flaws. Overall found the movie enjoyable, but the sound and LFE on this DVD ranks amongst the best I've heard since catching the home theater hobby bug.

[VR3]

****MINI SPOILER****




Early...

The guy in the basement is actually part of the original story - I dont think the eye goes down in the basement... but they had to make it a bit less boring down there eh...

[Maestro]

The son was annoying. How could he cop an attitude in a middle of a disaster? I actually wanted him vaporized.

The sound is excellent!

[Maestro]

One more thing...

John Williams kicks ass; the music score is dynamite!

[michael_w]

Wasn't too bad except for that crappy blunt ending. I realize they have to cut out a few things when making a new movie but damn they really missed some important details.

I saw this back in theaters a while ago but my dad just picked up the dvd yesterday so I'll give it another spin.

btw macleod - your post was hillarious

[VR3]

I personally thought Dakota Fanning should of died... and when we all thought she was... she lived!!! ARGH!

1.5 hours of SCREAMING is ANNOYING!

[landry_p2000]

My punk-a$$ sub almost bit the dust a couple of times, and I had to lower the volume. I liked the effects and the sound was great, but those kids drove me crazy. It was enough dealing with the crisis, and to have to deal with the attitudes made things a lot worse. The ending blew major chunks! It would be an excellent demo disc though, if you have an SVS. Like Early said, "Punk-ass subs need not apply!"

[danger boy]

will this movie become the new demo disc? since the sound is so good?

[Frank Z]

Although the movie is quite a bit different from the original there are scenes that come close. The ending being one of them.

[beardog03]

just watched it..
The attitudes of the kids blew the whole flick for me..
I too wanted the punk son to get vaporized..!!

could have been a way better movie...
my SVS ate it up though..!!

[BIZILL]

why oh why did tim robbins accept this part? he is much too good an actor for that cheese as* fuc* role. anyway, bass was awesome. some visuals were good. plot sucked as*. kids' parts sucked some of the same. yes, many loopholes. turns out it was just ANOTHER one of those movies that makes your blood boil while watching it. i normally would have just turned it off, but i kept praying that around any given corner that the movie might have re-peaked my interest. wow, i believe it was worse than lousy sex.

edit: tim robbin's role as the public broadcasting station's news anchor in 'anchorman, the legend of ron burgundy' was oscar-winning material compared to his role as harlan ogilvy in this movie.

[VR3]

Although the movie is quite a bit different from the original there are scenes that come close. The ending being one of them.

I think most of us are talking about the return to Boston scene...

[BIZILL]

I think most of us are talking about the return to Boston scene...
so does daddy (cruise) get to live with his ex-family and the new step-daddy now? he doesn't exactly have anywhere else to go, now does he? now i never watched the original so i had no idea what to expect from the movie (besides the negative things from this thread) but i expected alot from the son. at the end i thought for some reason cruise was about to learn that his son had something to do with the aliens dying. but noooo...dude left his dad to go running home to his mommy. tsk tsk.

[BIZILL]

damn it! dare i admit that though i hated the movie, i may end up purchasing it? ya'll aren't kidding 'bout the dvd having potential to be a bass demo disc.

edit: one positive about the movie. the preliminary EMP blast. if this movie were to happen in reality, would not an EMP blast be just the thing to jack up our response measures? that would be schweet. well, there'll always be a dodge/plymouth caravan that will forever start up when all other vehicles fail. dodge/plymouth caravan....like will smith once said, "i have got to get me one of these!"

[stereo55]

Watched ... liked ... but thought it could have been alot better (considering we're talking a remake of a cool classic) .
Maybe its just the lack of respect I have for Cruise lately (but thats just me) .Tim Robbins talent was definitely wasted in this movie , but there were a few nice/true to the original movie scenes .

DTS was SWEET though !!! I'll watch it again just for the sound (and a few cool flying saucers) ... :p

[reeltrouble1]

First Aliens come to earth book I ever read, over 40 years ago, I suppose nothing could live up to those childhood imaginations. This was a buy, could not resist the price discount plus the 3 dollar coupon, a decent enough addition.

RT1

[steveinaz]

You guys weren't paying attention to detail were you? Thats the van that Cruise told the repair guy to change the solenoid on....thats why it ran. Remember, he changed the stater, but it still didn't work---Cruise told him "try changing the solenoid" and it did.

yeah, the burying of the ships on an empty planet so you could come back a million years later to take it over was cheesey---but hey, it's a sci-fi remake, you gotta press the "I beleive" button every now and then and enjoy. I thought it was pretty good, a renter---not a buy though.

[Strong Bad]

<<<HOLES -
1) The beginning... yep - they effed up at the beginning... according to the movie - aliens planted machines here MILLIONS of years ago to take over (you know...when nothing lived here) - question - Why would an obviously... more intelligent life form plant advanced machined here... to take over when the world is populated beyond belief? Yeah I think they messed up here.>


My take on this supposed hole is this...

The Aliens used humans as fuel and food for the alien plant life they were spreading all over. If they tried to take over a million years ago, there were no humans around, thus no food or fuel. They used what they needed and fried the rest.

Now, that theory opens even more. How would they have known that humans would even be around if we've only been here like a 100,000 years (give or take) and they plopped the ships here a Million years ago?

Why not take over when there were just enough humans and not have to go through frying half of them?

Oh Jesus Christ, I'm starting to analyze movies like Micah!!! Stop me someone, please stop me!!! ;)

I enjoyed the movie though. Fun popcorn flick!

John

[Rich64]

You are all luckier than me,, took wife and daughter to the theater when it first came out. Three admissions, three lg popcorns, three lg Cokes...doesn't leave me much to buy Rolaids!!! What a way to upset your stomach! Should have realized why they did not let any "Reviewers" audition this before it went to screen. Great sound, but what a POS movie..

[begbie]

This is one of those rare movies that shot up at the box office and fell flat and out of memory just as quickly.

[BIZILL]

okay, perhaps i'm a glutton for punishment and as well will eat my words. i did nothing but speak out against this movie. i borrowed it for a day and just gave it back. for some reason i want to watch it again. i do believe a trip to the nearest mental institution is slated for my immediate future.

[Early B.]

okay, perhaps i'm a glutton for punishment and as well will eat my words. i did nothing but speak out against this movie. i borrowed it for a day and just gave it back. for some reason i want to watch it again. i do believe a trip to the nearest mental institution is slated for my immediate future.

With your system, I can certainly see why you'd want to watch, ugh hear, it again. However, don't cancel your reservations at the local asylum yet.

[ohskigod]

I liked the movie. yeah, there were gaps, big gaps. what was with the red weeds, and why cover them with human blood. yada yada.

I agree, the buried weapons thing didnt hit me right either, but if something like this hapenned, nothing would make sence, and I think that is what they were going for.

I know there is ways to shield from EMP, I just dont know what they are. I guess thats subject to interpretation for the movie. there was a level of realism to everything that made the movie a little scary for me. pulled me into it, despite some believability gaps

and of course, the sound, was stunning. this is my new demo disc for my theater. there were times I thought and paniced that my subs would bottom, but they didnt. It was the best and most impressive my subs ever sounded. My wife, My friend, as well as I were stunned at the bass output and how well it blended with the movie. cannonfire during the battle scenes made it sound like there was a war going on right in my house.

[ohskigod]

oh, and in regards to the end, in all the aliens advanced technology, none of them had Hepa filters, or a friggin antibiotic?!?!?! :D

anyway, I still enjoyed the movie, in a brainless sort of way

[kberg]

oh, and in regards to the end, in all the aliens advanced technology, none of them had Hepa filters, or a friggin antibiotic?!?!?! :D

I think this is what got me the most - waiting around for "millions of years" just to get wiped out because they forgot to run some environmental tests! :confused:

[BIZILL]

what drew me in in the beginning was when the alien wasted absolutely no time killing everyone in sight. if it were to really happen, i'm sure they'd waste no time at all. kinda scary knowing that the huge machine/organism is impervious to anything you have to counter-act its rampage.

[BIZILL]

people hated the fact that regular water (h2o) defeated the aliens in the movie 'signs'. i thought it was cool. but the aliens knew it was their only weakness. these aliens didn't even fathom little parasites could kill them. uh........... :confused:

[gregure]

I agree with most of what's been said. The film, overall, is inferior because of a stupid script and many holes in the plot. It does, however, carry a certain level quality due to the staging of many of the action sequences by Spielberg. The first appearance of the Tripod and the ensuing attack was one of the most thrilling scenes I've seen in a very long time, and it was one of the longest scenes I can remember that didn't seem to cut away, but just kept going. That, and a few more scenes, plus the sound experience, make it worth seeing at least once.

In terms of dissecting the plot holes, here's another for you:
If the son thinks his father is such a son of a bitch lousy father, then why is he overcome by such a desire to witness the war, that he abandons his little sister to the care of said loser father? That whole thing with the son "needing to see" was just totally ridiculous.

And here's another idea for the reason the aliens planted **** here millions of years ago. Maybe, like the ID4 aliens, they were parasites, who just feed off the natural resources of a given planet and then move on. Perhaps they found several worlds across the galaxy, and just came back when they needed the resources.

Who knows? It's all pretty stupid. The screenwriter obviously didn't give it too much thought, why should we? David Koepp gets far too much work in my opinion. The guy is mediocre at best, yet Spielberg keeps using him to write scripts.

[begbie]

people hated the fact that regular water (h2o) defeated the aliens in the movie 'signs'. i thought it was cool. but the aliens knew it was their only weakness. these aliens didn't even fathom little parasites could kill them. uh........... :confused:

I believe that the disease/virus downfall of the aliens was in reference to the original War of the Worlds.

Either case, Shyamalan's movie "Signs" and his aliens "water demise" is still the worse cop-out of the two. In War of the Worlds, it at least lended itself to discussion of how these aliens could possible die to disease. In Signs, everyone just rolled their eyes :rolleyes: and ended up ridiculing the flick as the aliens raced home from Earth's water.

[shack]

Just out of curiosity...how many of you critiquing the plot and various aspects of the movie have actually read the book? (I know Ted has). You do realize this book was written in 1898? I haven't seen the movie (this time of year I never buy new movies or CDs so my family has something to buy me for Christmas and Bday) so I can't say how much it is or is not faithful to the book. I do know that the original movie deviated quite a bit, but the basic premise was still true to the original book. For this movie to be titled "The War of The Worlds" the plot should remain close to the original, even if it doesn't make much sense in our enlightened age.

THE ORIGINAL 1898 BOOK COVER


http://drzeus.best.vwh.net/wotw/0002.jpg

1913 REPRINT COVER


http://drzeus.best.vwh.net/wotw/0011.jpg

I know this will never be done, but I would like to see all of Wells’ and Jules Verne's books done as period pieces with the visuals as they would have been depicted in the time they were written. They probably wouldn’t be popular to anyone else, but I think it would be cool to see these books that prodded my imagination thorough “the writer’s eyes”.

At any rate, I will be getting this movie since I am a fan of Wells and if for no other reason than to compare it to the book and original movie.

[BIZILL]

another flaw that went unnoticed by me was when the family went to the kids' mom's house and the tripods turned that neighborhood upside-down, the family re-emerged from the basement and had a running caravan, STILL, though there was a plane littering the neighborhood and destruction everywhere. still worth seeing at least once, though.

[Skynut]

Watched it last night with the kids and I thought it was pretty good. It got the kids all curled up with us so we could protect them.
The sound was beyond good and was way better than the small plots that made all the holes obvious.
I agree the EMP would have knocked out the computer and not the selonoid and I do not believe Tom Cruise would even know what a solenoid was even in a movie.

The big T.E. (technical error) for me was the birds. The birds and all the other animals would have been hauling ass away from all the action and terror but speilberg had them go straight into the fight like they were interested in the aliens. B.S.

When thay showed the birds flying even our kids said "follow the birds they know where to go" but we all would have followed them to death.

There were a couple of other flaws, but nothing I could not look past to just enjoy the hollywood hoopla.

[wingnut4772]

I just saw this tonight and man oh man what a DTS showpiece! It just sounded freakin' incredible. I was a little confused though about the red stuff and what was up with the birds at the end? Was it only just becase they were not flying away???? Anyway....a flawed film but a Demo Gem for sure!

[bobman1235]

Agree with everyone about the sound. My sub sucks, and this flick was still rockin my house. Can't believe my neighbor / landlord didn't call and complain, co nsidering it's 10PM :)

As for the film itself... wasn't bad. Way too many holes and goofy things, but if you look past that, the visual effects were amazing, and I don't just mean from a special effects standpoint. Just for setting a mood , the way everything was staged and colored, I thought it was fantastically done.

[BIZILL]

i slit my wrists and bit the bullet. just returned from target and guess what i purchased? even paid friggin' retail price. nuthouse, hope you've got a vacancy. i guess i wanted a really good bass demo disc. i have others, but this one did rock.

[ohskigod]

I was a little confused though about the red stuff and what was up with the birds at the end? Was it only just becase they were not flying away????


the birds were able to land right on the tripod, hence the shields were down, hence vulnerable to shoulder launched missile asskickery :)

[VR3]

SPOILER -




The aliens caught a DISEASE. See, the Aliens drank us up and sprayed us out to make an atmosphere of sorts... a fertilizer...

Well they were breathing in human blood... and we have all kinds of weird diseases they probally couldnt imagine... they were destined to be whiped out! Period.

The red stuff at the end was blood.

[BIZILL]

wonderful. aliens can't hang with our aids-ridden sicklies.

spoiler. millions of years ago they 'stategically' placed pods exactly where we would end up populating the land.

uhm, caravan survived first emp blast. what about the second one that brought down the airplane at the mother's house?

son wanted to fight the aliens but ran home to mommy.

biggest spoilers....kids didn't die.

[wingnut4772]

Oh yeah.... I forgot about that force field crap. I guess you can see how much attention I was paying. Seems like they wasted a pretty good rocket though since he was going to keel over anyway.

[BIZILL]

i was driving home from work yesterday and hear a very loud sound that was exactly like the horn from the tripods! i got skeered and looked all around and then realized, duh, it's a train's horn. :rolleyes:

[BIZILL]

also, like i posted in the wotw blew my center thread, i notice that the dts track of the dvd itself is recorded much louder than any other dvd i've ever owned.

[Ron-P]

This would be a serious contender for one of the best demo disc's todate if Spielberg didn't use so much grain in the image. It does nothing to enhance the viewing experience but more-so is a distraction. What a shame.

[Skynut]

This would be a serious contender for one of the best demo disc's todate if Spielberg didn't use so much grain in the image. It does nothing to enhance the viewing experience but more-so is a distraction. What a shame.

Agreed, I watched a burned copy and thought it was just a poor copy. :mad:

[reeltrouble1]

The buried in the ground thing was Spielberg's idea, not original to the book.

RT1

[begbie]

spoiler. millions of years ago they 'stategically' placed pods exactly where we would end up populating the land.



I just thought they were placed many at random throughout the land?

[BIZILL]

if that were the case, i'd hate to be the lonely alien that was placed in no-man's land and have to travel a great distance to destroy. seems like they can only walk. if i were one of them, i'd just love to obliterate mankind right away and not have to wait.

[gregure]

Exactly how many millions of years ago were these things "stregically placed?" I mean, first of all, there were no cities, the areas could have been under water or attached to different continents and there was probably a lot more vegetation over the areas. Not to mention the fact that those things would probably have been up to a mile or more under ground due to many years of sediment. It all makes for a very stupid premise. But the lightning storms were really cool!

[BIZILL]

lightning storms in 7.1 was very enjoyable. there are still those who doubt the noticable difference between 5.1 and 7.1. i've enjoyed both but, barring space constraints, i'd never go back!

[mantis]

What the hell happened at the end? They just started to die? Tom Cruise blew up that one from the inside, then all the others stated to drop. In the movie they said the japanese figured out how to kill them, why didn't that have the chain effect?

I thought the movie was ok untill the end. It just cuts off, nothing explained.

This movie could have been so much better. The sound quality was killer but the video quality sucked. It thought it looked terrible.

Dan

[VR3]

MANTIS...


SPOILER*




THEY GOT KILLED BY... GERMS!

The story has a moral...

That sometimes man made things cant get the job done... that sometimes mother nature puts us in our place.

[bobman1235]

What the hell happened at the end? They just started to die? Tom Cruise blew up that one from the inside, then all the others stated to drop. In the movie they said the japanese figured out how to kill them, why didn't that have the chain effect?

I thought the movie was ok untill the end. It just cuts off, nothing explained.

This movie could have been so much better. The sound quality was killer but the video quality sucked. It thought it looked terrible.

Dan

I thought they explained everything pretty well... the voiceover specifically said exactly what killed the aliens - lack of an immune system against our bacteria.

As for the Japanese learning how to kill them, that statement was made during the time when everyone was spouting off random rumors that had no basis in reality, so I'm pretty sure that was what that was.

[begbie]

if that were the case, i'd hate to be the lonely alien that was placed in no-man's land and have to travel a great distance to destroy. seems like they can only walk. if i were one of them, i'd just love to obliterate mankind right away and not have to wait.


um...yeah. ok . Little too much information there! ;)

[Skynut]

I think the japanese refrence was implying that the japanese were sending kamikaze's into the beast to destroy them from the inside.

[reeltrouble1]

Ok, it was very rough and I almost did not make it back. However, I talked to the Aliens, they are STILL pissed about the germs, that is the only thing that saved me, they were very skeered I would spit on them.

MAJOR SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is what happened:

They are a very smart and advanced race of people (ps, they have determined that wire matters) anyway, after surveying the earth millions of years ago they were able to extrapolate the dividing and separation of the earths Tetonic Plates. Their models were very accurate in determining the most likely points for humans to colonize and build their cities. This was mostly done by determining key natural resource points.

They missed a bit on a very few tripod burials, that is why the one in the picture was in the water just off the Harbour. There one key miss was the Middle East as somehow they did not determine their would be huge reserves of fossil fuels and they figured know one would settle in the sand.

OK, with all their smarts, some dumb ass in their IT section of government forgot to project the micro development of possible infectious cells. They did study the earth at the time of the burial, and found no threatening organism's, however, due to cost containment they only did random sampling from that point on every few hundred years. The last time they checked everything was cool, but that was 1705. Seems the guy who wrote the program was an IT geek who turned audiophile and just screwed up. Yes, there was hell to pay when the few who made it back home told what happened. It caused a major shift in their political structure, with lots of finger pointing, posturing and name calling.

OK, that is it in a nutshell, like I said, do not attempt to contact on their own as RT1 is a trained professional who barely made it back. If you have questions please let me know. But as you can see their is an answer for everything.

Have a nice day. Remember their watching.

RT1

[BIZILL]

forcefield or no forcefield, my ass would be walking around strapped. this movie must've taken place in california because the part when they get to the ferry only like two or three dudes had a gun. pussies. anyway, reeltrouble, ask the aliens why in the hell outta all the stupid humans roaming this planet, why they did not kill the most annoying screaming little girl in the world.

[Skynut]

Tom lost his gun. I would not have lost my gun till I was dead.
I would have shot the aliens on more than one occasion and none of them would have had the nads to do anything about it.
They would have feared me MORE than they fear Chuck Norris.

[bobman1235]

Wow.... advocating killing children AND an angry mob full of armed people. Why not make a disparaging comment about a racial group and go for the trifecta :D

[BIZILL]

Wow.... advocating killing children AND an angry mob full of armed people. Why not make a disparaging comment about a racial group and go for the trifecta :D
we could use the aliens for our mexican/american border patrol....

[mantis]

I'm gonna watch this again tonight. I think a second time around I'll get more out of it. It's worth the system work out nontheless.

Dan

[BIZILL]

dan, i watched it again last night. i like the movie more as time goes on.....hate dakota's screaming more as time goes on. nuff said.

[VR3]

Is it a bad thing that I was happy when she was about to get obliterated by the aliens...

Then sad because she didnt?

[BIZILL]

nuttin' wrong with that, sid. i'm sure we ALL feel your pain. hey, you're 'bout to break 10,000 posts soon...

[reeltrouble1]

reeltrouble, ask the aliens why in the hell outta all the stupid humans roaming this planet, why they did not kill the most annoying screaming little girl in the world.

They figured some folks would just run, jump in the tripod and take their chances there to get away from her, pretty smart huh! :D

Dakota is just a child actor doing what she is told by the Grown-ups. When they tell her its good I am sure she tends to repeat the behavior.

RT1

[MacLeod]

Im with Sid, I wanted that stupid brat DEAD!

Actually I wanted both those worthless **** stains dead. I mean, hey punk, the world is on the verge of being obliterated by alien invaders, you think you can drop the "I hate daddy" attitude?

As usual, kids ruined what couldve been a fantastic movie. There should be a law about having kids in a movie rated anything higher than G.

[VR3]

I disagree with you there...

Child actors are like mainstream music.

You only hear about a select few that couldnt act if their life depended on it.

Then there are others that do more serious roles and pull them off like they're grown ups...

[BIZILL]

Dakota is just a child actor doing what she is told by the Grown-ups. When they tell her its good I am sure she tends to repeat the behavior.
RT1


i was thinking that about dakota while watching last night. i'm sure every single reviewer since the movie was released has her wishing perhaps the director would have told her to tone it down a bit. i was pissed as hell and yelling at her when i watched hide and seek. but the end of the movie explained why she acted as she did. she is a decent young actress. the screaming still annoyed me in wotw, though.

80 posts later and i'm beginning to wonder just how much we all do LIKE it. maybe many just like to HATE it...dunno.

[Airplay355]

I loved this movie, concept and everything. My sister got it for me for Christmas and I can't wait to get it. I think it is perfectly plausible that the aliens didn't realize that there were microorganisms that could be potentially harmful. Humans **** up and do stupid **** like that all the time. Who is to say they are smarter then us? Maybe they just had alot more time to evolve and create technology. Plus, its not like they were down here testing water samples every few years. Alot evolves in millions of years. There could have been only safe microorganisms millions of years ago.

Plus guys, they call it science fiction for a reason. It's based on science but its fiction. Don't pic it apart. The action was cool, the sound was really cool, so watch the movie for that. Don't get all bent out of shape because the Aliens made a mistake.

[BIZILL]

you and steve are right. i think 'I' was just a little disappointed as this movie COULD have been epic and stellar. but instead it's just good and/or okay.

tell you what, this will make you lose respect for me. a co-worker of mine and i both picked apart 'the fast and the furious' like crazy. bottom line, we both enjoyed it so very much but could not own up to that fact. same scenario applies for this movie. agreed? anyone?

[scubamike]

These are MOVIES!! people. They are suposed to be an escape from reality. Lets just all enjoy our systems and not read too much into the movies.

[reeltrouble1]

you and steve are right. i think 'I' was just a little disappointed as this movie COULD have been epic and stellar. but instead it's just good and/or okay.

+1

The book was stellar as was its author. This movie could of have been.

RT1

[mantis]

After watching it for the second time, I liked it a bit more. the ending didn't leave me hanging as much. Still there could be a second part. the second wave.

Did anyone else think the video was poor? The sound was Incredible but man the video sucked.

Dan

[Early B.]

I'm gonna buy the DVD. However, if it weren't for the excellent sound, it would go down in history as one of the worst big budget movies of recent times.

[masanz1]

I liked the movie, but like the rest, the kids were a bit much, maybe because I have kids that age and if they acted like that, somebody is in deep bandini. The ending, to me wasn't bad, it told me no matter how big and bad ass something can be, the smallest thing in the world can bring you down.

[anthonymosey]

Just Watched It, It Was Perty Good In Dts, Wont Watch It A Forth Time In Dolby 5.1 The Neighbors Said The Would Call The Cops

[anthonymosey]

The Aliens Freak Me Out

[Skynut]

The Aliens Freak Me Out


Only when they probe me :eek: , other than that they are allright. :D

[BIZILL]

do the female aliens have a "third" leg as well??? ;)

[Skynut]

do the female aliens have a "third" leg as well??? ;)

Yes but it is a strap-on. :eek:

[BIZILL]

hehehehehe. nice sky!

[begbie]

Wow ?! This thread has certainly gone down the tubes, hasn't it?

Don't know if there's anything more intelligible to add here.

[BIZILL]

here's something intelligible...i am wishing that mr. incredible was cast for this movie. he would've had them tripod 'dealies' stabbing themselves to death. no need for viruses or bacteria or what not.

[Demiurge]

I know this is old, but that was by far one of the best DTS tracks I have ever heard.

[petrym]

I bought this one recently and still haven't watched it - nor will I read this thread since I looked at the posts at the top of the page. I'm going to go into this movie blind and with no opinions.

[Frank Z]

I'm going to go into this movie blind and with no opinions.That will make it very difficult to see anything....




































:p

[petrym]

Hardeeharhar :rolleyes:

:p;)

[Drumingman]

The kids screaming was a bummer in the film. The ending DID BLOW. I guess it's not PC to kill kids in films nowadays especially of you're a famous Director.
Well, unless you wear a hockey mask and slice them up with a machette.
Now, that's good eatin.....

[tommyboy]

I thought this movie was pretty good (especially the bass) up to the basement scene. when I heard tim robbins screaming "not my blood", that was enough for me :)