War of the Worlds
So I am a dork. This makes the second movie in the last month where I went to the first show on opening day--a definite positive of a flexible schedule. So pick or pan? I gotta go with the pick for War of the Worlds. Downside first, you know how it ends. Upside, they updated it to the modern day and it has a Twilight Zone-esque voice over opening and closing by Morgan Freeman (I think). The special effects are good which is no surprise and the script is decent. The aliens are pretty neat and so are their ships--I want one for Christmas.
Dakota Fanning does a great job playing a kid with issues (in all of her roles) and could scream a little less. Tom Cruise does his part well and so does the kid who plays his son. As always, I enjoyed the utter destruction of large swaths of urban America by outside forces.
Key technical flaw: they talk about an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) that makes everything electronic stop working. This is true, but they missed a guy with his video camera and that a mid-60's Mustang wouldn't be affected since it did not have electronic fuel injection. Oopps.
Next movie: Fantastic 4.
posted by Jake at
21:33
3 Comments:
Alright Jake,
Here is the Deal. You need to start posting pictures of this place called the Land of Cheese. We need to see what is going on. Like the golf paparrazi those would be great or drunk Eddie and his house. Just a suggestion.
yes, jason is right.
i dont know about the war of the worlds though. i can only watch so many movies who's plotline is this: 1-disaster and killers attack 2- running away starts. the fantastic four, however, looks amazing!
barry, i think it just might be... they should interview l.ron and see what he thinks of the film. it may be an accurate portrayal of scientology's judgement day.
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