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War of the Worlds (2005)
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"War of the Worlds has great special effects and plot tension but feels on the whole too slick and packaged. You can't see enough detail in the effects, which seem to burst out of nowhere, right on cue. (Tom Cruise flees the initial alien onslaught with split-second timing, human bodies disintegrating at his elbows and his ears.) There's a wealth of suspense, but it's big-movie, SFX-induced suspense so it feels smarmy or painted-on; this movie made me want to see the original film, with its story-driven suspense, even more than ever "
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No Robby, not like Europe
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"Visual effects heavy alien invasion survival movie more personal to the average individual compared to the 1953 version. I personally like this one more, but it's not a classic. As always, family matters more than anything. "
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Yeah, I Liked It...So What?
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"I don't feel like a have to defend myself for liking this film. It's a big, fat Hollywood summer blockbuster "popcorn movie" based on a timeless book. Screw you for not liking it - that's your problem. Movies don't always have to be "fine art" - they CAN be *gasp* ABSURDLY ENTERTAINING at times, too. P.S. - the shot of them going down the highway in the mini-van is cinematic MAGIC! "
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"It’s almost a ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ for the thinking set, while simultaneously being ‘entertainment’ for the mall-rats. The attack sequences are a re-enactment of the US assaults on Baghdad, Mosul and Fallujah - from the Iraqi P.O.V. That much is clever, but… The thing is a too linear. Sure, it’s the anti-’Close Encounters’ and writer David Koepp has done a masterful job of rendering the inter-familial relationships, including little side-jabs at ‘Independence Day’ and the novelty of doing an invasion film from a singular, non-omniscient P.O.V., as opposed to Emmerichian and Speilbergian control-room cutaways. The Government isn’t gonna save us this time, folks. We’ve already seen Dakota Fanning get all wide-eyed and screamy this summer, just like we’ve also seen Tom Cruise in roles where he’s O.D.’ed on testosterone and proceeds to over-aggress through the rest of the film. It’s a ... "
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