War of the Worlds

Do not get the wrong expectations when you go to see this movie. Too many people are smashing it because it was not what they expected or wanted. See the 1953 original. First thing said. It pays homage to it by... Full review

Imagine going to the movies and taking a combination of Independence Day and Jurassik Park. That is what Steven Spielberg accomplished with this masterpiece!! Tom Cruise portrays Ray Ferrier, just a typical father going to watch his kids for the weekend.... Full review

Some movies just won't have the same effect at home as they do on the big screen with great sound. This is one of them. Whatever you might think of Cruise, etc., Spielberg can direct his ass off and make a... Full review

What a deception! I... Full review

Absolutely horrible. I can't believe that much money was spent on a movie that takes a shortcut to finish itself off. Horrible.... Full review

This movie is a waste of 10 dollars... the ending will leave you shocked, never did you think something so crappy can come out of Steven Spielberg, i say go watch Herbie: Fully Loaded that is better i bet... Full review

What a shame. Spielberg takes a good story and slaughters it. Poor direction and bad writing really send this one up on the *Stink-O-Meter... Full review

DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM. IT SUPPORTS SCIENTOLOGY! IT CLEARLY DISPLAYS IT ON THE POSTER OF THE MOVIE IN FINE PRINT AT THE VERY BOTTOM. IT READS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, "30% of the proceeds of this fine film will further fund... Full review

Okay...I dragged the entire family out on a week night to see-what they portrayed as-a great movie...Ummmm...far from it!!! Let me start off by saying the movie moved way too fast in the beginning and then dragged on througout the end.... Full review

I wanted to love this movie. The first hour or so is awsome, until we meet Tim Robbins in his basement. Tim Robbins is a good actor, and even Tom Cruise did a good job. The movie then turns really ugly,... Full review

Watching the new super-hyped, big budget Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise sci-fi spectacular, War of the Worlds, I felt strangely detached and uninvolved. Review by Andrew L. Urban: Meticulously set up with the human relationships to the fore, War Of The Worlds begins with a solid half hour or so in which Ray (Tom Cruise) is shown - rather heavy handedly - to be a hapless father with little connection to his children. ... Full Review

For the most part it is a wonderful film, both entertaining and extremely well made. The last half of the film starts to suffer, however. this keeps the film from the true greatness it could have had ... Full Review

Report this review The film was really crap... I predict that this film will enter the annals of film history (maybe I have spelt annals incorrectly... The scene in which Walberg speaks to a plastic plant is priceless. ... Full Review

But it's not the world-beater it could have been; Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" definitely wins its battle, but not the war. It's unfair to blame him for not making a different movie from this one -- just as it's unfair to critically dismiss this "War of the Worlds," as some will, because it's a big-bucks project that follows surefire formulas and because Cruise is a superstar of movies, tabloids and weird TV stunts. ... Full Review

Steven Spielberg, the director, is better than this.....Usually big budget summer movies fail to live up to the hype that surrounds their release.....Mr. Spielberg is a genius.....movies adapted from books are always bad (like remakes usually are), most adaptations are well done....He is the greatest storyteller of our time..... ... Full Review

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Even though the original "War of the Worlds" released in 1953 won an Academy Award for special effects, the 2005 re-make has, by far, better special effects. ... Full Article

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