Spielberg's genius is secretly making a holocuast film disguised as a family sic-fi adventure. I remember being surprisingly frightened by the slow build to the emergence of the first tripod, then couldn't believe it when it started incinerating everyone.
Later images also haunted me - when a tripod lowers a man to the ground, then a huge spike sticks into him and his legs twitch as his blood is sucked up a tube, mostly obscured from Ray's view by a parked car, which makes it all the more chilling.
Spielberg uses cars a lot in his films - the jeeps in Jurassic Park, the vehicles in Duel, the Truck fight in Raiders, and the many cars that get tossed around in this film, often with the characters still inside - we can all relate to being in a car and it's a great domestic prism through which to shoot action, it connects us to the threat.
But yeah, disturbing film that brings home the horrors of mass extermination, and has something to say about our connection to the planet.
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Contestado por GaryO
el 28 de marzo de 2017 a las 17:30
While I didn't necessarily find this film disturbing, I thought it was okay. I have it on DVD and I believe I'll watch it soon. I was not aware (or had forgotten) that Spielberg directed this WOTW.
I think that while this one was closer to the HG Wells story, I actually liked the 1953 version somewhat better. Normally, the closer a movie is the source novel, the better I like it.
Contestado por Arrrrrrrach
el 29 de marzo de 2017 a las 15:36
It's good but would be a hell of a lot better without the family melodrama throughout. The world is ending, you're not gonna act like a spoiled brat.
Contestado por Renovatio
el 29 de marzo de 2017 a las 18:05
yeah, they could have done it in a more nuanced manner... spoilt brat until the Aliens appear...
Contestado por AusFem
el 29 de marzo de 2017 a las 19:15
Totally agree with you... The kid needed a kick up the backside..
Contestado por GaryO
el 30 de marzo de 2017 a las 05:21
FWIW, both of the kids could have used a good swat on their butts.
I just watched this yesterday BTW and thought it was a decent film.
Contestado por tmdb65271336
el 30 de marzo de 2017 a las 05:50
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit and I always enjoy Tom Cruise's movies--he never phones it in--but the ending pissed me off. While I would have struggled with a downbeat ending, at least it would have been honest and it would have demonstrated that Spielberg doesn't always take the safe route. Unfortunately, like all of his movies that aren't documentaries, Spielberg prefers the typical happy ending. I still find the early part of the film, when the walkers emerge from the ground, to be the most thrilling. I also agree, though, that the kids were annoying, especially the son.
Now I want to go watch the movie again. :)
Contestado por Drooch
el 5 de enero de 2018 a las 21:27
Apparently in the original story the main character’s wife pops up at the end after we’re led to believe she dies, and Spielberg simply reworked that with Robbie. What many people don’t recall is how Dakota Fanning goes from smartass adult-child to severe trauma victim whose innocence has been stolen by the horrors she witnessed and endured - pretty dark.
Contestado por swapniludand24
el 6 de enero de 2018 a las 11:06
Although main concern of movies was about how family gets reunited. It was mainly not about how humans will defeat aliens. But still the end was disturbing as end is very fast and happy. Also the character of tim robbins was small even he did great job but felt to be useless.
Contestado por GaryO
el 8 de enero de 2018 a las 18:16
One thing that would have improved the film was not having Tim Robbins in it. I never really cared for him for some reason.
Contestado por krashd
el 14 de febrero de 2018 a las 17:05
Travelling half way across the galaxy on the trip of a lifetime without getting your vaccinations and booster shots was a little far fetched. I'm guessing the little grey bastards must have their own version of Jenny McCarthy fear-mongering alien adults in to not vaccinating their little 'uns.
Contestado por AusFem
el 15 de febrero de 2018 a las 22:48
There wouldn't have been a sex scene. Cruise and Fanning played father and daughter.
Contestado por GaryO
el 15 de febrero de 2018 a las 23:35
I agree. Besides Dakota was ten years old--eleven at the most when the movie was made.
Contestado por Drooch
el 24 de abril de 2018 a las 21:49
Actually it’s remarkable for being a mega-budget Cruise/Spielberg sci-fi blockbuster which turns out to be a relentless 2-hour holocaust, with scant relief from the horror. Any Cruise-Fanning ‘sex scene’ is thankfully confined to your imagination alone.
Contestado por SoapboxQuantez08
el 24 de abril de 2018 a las 23:37
Yes, this film made me physically ill. Easily my least favorite movie of the decade. It's like a loathsome, repulsive creature.
Contestado por GaryO
el 25 de abril de 2018 a las 09:01
Just on the slim (very slim) chance that you are not a troll, what is your evidence that a 'sex-scene' between Cruise and Dakota Fanning was done? You are the one that says or implies that such a scene did take place, so the burden of proof is on you.
This brings to mind a situation in another film where a poster insisted that a scene was filmed where a grown man 'comforted' a little boy as they showered together. He kept alluding to a 'gay' theme in this film and finally it came upon us that this person was deriving some sick thrill out of thinking of such a scene and most people in the board ignored him.
The best response to people like this person whom I am quoting is no response. So, unless concrete evidence in support of this absurd notion is presented I suggest that we ignore him.