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Post by Hush Mazmanos on Jul 12, 2005 23:04:39 GMT -5
Oh well. I tried for freaky. But heck at least it's my second favourite rock band. !
Hush Mazmanos
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Dave
S.P.A.C.E. Ensign
Why must I be a crustacean in love?
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Post by Dave on Jul 15, 2005 19:12:21 GMT -5
Diverting this thread briefly back to its original subject.... I was mightily impressed by the film and confused by many negative net forum responses.
Despite that hideous continuity error with the camcorder, the film nicely fulfilled its duty as a summer blockbuster. I enjoyed Spielberg's adoption of the "what would you do?" scenario as he thrusts us in amongst ordinary civilisation, rather than focussing on the reactions of the powers that be; scared, fragmented individuals running for their lives in a world facing Apocalypse.
Cruise was good, Fanning was good, Robbins was good, and the movie never forgot that it was a movie. Whatever you may think, real-life depiction in movies needs to be tempered with slightly off-kilter, unlikely touches to give it something special in suspension of disbelief, or it becomes merely docudrama, and I don't want that. Especially not from Spielberg, the maestro of popular entertainment, who borrows ably from Hitchcock's rule book - "a film should entertain for its two hours".
And the ending was NOT crap or flat. It's a nice reflection of our own civilisation and its increasing lust for power that one cannot prepare for all the disasters, the side issues, the smaller things that could jeopardise all plans in the making. Dust, for God's sake. So small, so subtle, so timelessly inspired. That was Wells's ending, not Spielberg's - his realisation of it, though, was a well-timed, well-executed bombshell, and even more cunningly, in tone with the crowd-pleasing "disaster movie" template in which the hero safely brings everything to a close. Only those obnoxious journo types, who get a perverse kick out of seeing the audience irrevocably confused, really even hoped for the hero to die in a movie like this.
I look forward to the Munich Olympics film, Sir Stevie.
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Post by Hush Mazmanos on Jul 16, 2005 5:35:26 GMT -5
I agree. With you there.
Hush Mazmanos
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Post by Norris on Jul 26, 2005 9:55:37 GMT -5
I have just seen War of the Worlds with my own eyes, and even with special effects, I find it about as enticing as a dog faeces sandwich.
The designs of the aliens, the red weed, the tripod machines and the heat-ray are all far from what Wells had intended, and I daresay that I am far from impressed.
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Post by Hush Mazmanos on Jul 27, 2005 20:33:59 GMT -5
I dont mean to tick you off or anything but didnt you say you didnt wanna see it? XD
Hush Mazmanos
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Post by Pow! on Jul 28, 2005 0:58:26 GMT -5
I suppose Norris just wanted to give it a second chance?
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Post by Norris on Jul 28, 2005 2:04:14 GMT -5
As I had only heard what others had said, I wanted to see it for my own eyes and develop my own opinion.
I took a headcount of errors, and found that there were 34 points that Spielberg had overlooked.
Not only that, but I'd like to ask this:
A jumbo jet crashes on top of the house, so why is the car undamaged?
The army knows by now that the shields are impenetrable, so why are they still sending in the infantry?
A train has been zapped by the aliens, so why didn't it blow up and derail?
If there are aliens in Boston, why are people migrating there?
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Post by Pow! on Jul 28, 2005 2:44:29 GMT -5
well, up until now i haven;t watch it, so... XD
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Post by Norris on Jul 28, 2005 2:50:22 GMT -5
Tee-hee, very funny. Don't forget, I'm still armed and dangerous, Pow!
*Purses lips*
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Post by Pow! on Jul 28, 2005 3:18:44 GMT -5
Don't you see that I'm armed too? XD
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Post by Norris on Jul 28, 2005 5:55:53 GMT -5
Yes, you have two arms and a knife that couldn't even cut air.
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Post by Pow! on Jul 28, 2005 20:21:48 GMT -5
Indeed, indeed. Small budget problems, see? XD Couldn't find a proper knife instead of this one... until Airmarshall or the Toad Officers notice their flies aren't chopped well and give me a new one, I'll have to hang on to it...
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Post by Norris on Jul 29, 2005 1:44:00 GMT -5
What about this I comandeered of Captain Smata?
*Holds out a huge scythe*
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Post by Pow! on Jul 29, 2005 2:48:37 GMT -5
Nice one, but that's too big. Unless I'm cooking mammals... but so far none of the officers liked that as their dinner...
or maybe i can switch job as a grimreaper...
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Post by Norris on Jul 29, 2005 5:59:20 GMT -5
Yes, and being a Toad, you could be the mammals' equivalent of the Grim Reaper.
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