War of the Worlds

Goid

I loved this movie so much. It was different from the book but still such a good movie.

Ever since Risky Business, I love Tom Cruise movies. But this one gets me on a very different level. If you don't want to read a lot, but want an opinion on whether to watch: Yes, watch it. It's got great special effects and keeps you on the edge of your seat. For a deeper interpretation, keep reading. In my humble opinion, although the theme of this movie is sci-fi, it's a much better remake of the original version. It's not so much about aliens taking over as it is about family... Those of us who may not be the best example of love and concern for others can relate to how his character as a selfish, not-so-concerned father develops throughout the film. It's so telling how, due to this catastrophic event, he realizes how he has failed as a father and husband. He sees how much he misses his children, how he hasn't been there for key moments in their lives. The ordeal demonstrates to him how much he wants to be there for them; how much he has missed - how much his children feel abandoned. And not only does he see this, but his children, who don't believe he cares for them much, see how much he does: He cares immensely. It is an exercise in severe crisis that some of us need to snap us out of the coma of obliviousness. By the end of the film, he has realized what his role is supposed to be, and his children see that he does love them and would give his life for them. It is an exercise in healing. I have watched this movie multiple times. Each time, I see something I hadn't seen; perhaps a facial expression, or a not-so-obvious body language movement like an expression of the eyes. You may have to watch multiple times to see what I see.

When this movie first came out in movie theatres, I liked it so much I saw it twice! When it finally came out on DVD I knew I had to get it. I have watched this movie several times since, and although there are some flaws in this movie, I am able to overlook them and enjoy one of my favorite alien invasion movies. Forget about the corny Independence Day alien invasion movie, War of the Worlds doesn't showcase famous landmarks being destroyed or showing the optimism and hope of humanity battling aliens. While that movie was entertaining, it was far less realistic and that was one reason why I liked War of the Worlds. It had a more gritty, dark, and depressing undertone to the movie (for instance, the scene before the Hudson ferry scene with the mob surrounding the van Cruise's character, Ray, and his kids were in, very scary and realistic!). Instead of showing multiple perspectives, in War of the Worlds, you follow one man and his children as they try to survive this disaster of apocalyptic proportions. My favorite parts of the movie was definitely the parts with the alien tripods. I thought the huge, towering tripods were very scary with their metallic, machine sounds and the eerie, creepy trumpeting call that froze people in their tracks like deer before a car. My favorite scene was in the beginning, when you're with Tom Cruise's character watching in shock as a huge tripod breaks out of the ground. Simply awesome. Another great scene is the military battle scene upon the hill when a tripod comes up out of the flames of the wreckage, or the scene where Cruise steps from the house he was hiding in to a red alien land. Yet another great scene is the part where everyone is boarding the ferry to cross the river, one of Ray's children looks up to see trees swaying up on a hill behind the crowd. Suddenly, a tripod appears and as one the entire crowd turns around and there's a moment of stunned silence as everyone takes in the appearance of the tripod. Then chaos and panic breaks out right when the tripods start making their weird bellowing and trumpeting calls. While I enjoyed this movie a lot, what prevented it from being absolutely great was a few things I felt Spielberg should have done different. The main character's son was very annoying. I wanted to slap him upside the head for being a stupid fool wanting to go off and fight with the Army against the aliens. He's what, a teenager in high school, and he was clueless just wanting to go off on his own. I think the director could have portrayed the dislike between father and son differently. He didn't have to make the son an annoying fool to the point I felt no sympathy for his character and was relieved when he didn't get screen time later. Another quibble I had was the ending of the movie. I felt the movie ending was too happy and perfect, and didn't go well with the tone of the movie, which was very dark and despairing. For a very realistic movie, the ending was so unrealistic it was jarring. The last annoyance I had was Spielberg's decision to show us what the aliens looked like. If he had just shown us the alien tripods destroying cities and harvesting humans, I think that would have been enough. Showing what operated the machine tripods disappointed me because the aliens were not frightening at all. They seemed ordinary and so after that the tripods didn't seem as scary as they did before seeing what the aliens looked like. By showing us the aliens, I felt Spielberg took away from the creepiness and mystery surrounding the alien tripods. Yet, I think if you can overlook those flaws, the movie is still quite enjoyable to watch. I have watched it several times and I never get tired of watching it.

4k video is astounding. The use of grain makes it feel like I'm watching it for the first time in the theater. Intense and suspense filled take on a classic story. Tom Cruise is great in the film. Special effects/ cgi still holds up quite well even by today's standards and Spielberg's direction is unmatched.

What an interesting movie, plus there are a lot of take aways about surviving is difficult times.

I don’t like Tom Cruz

Best movie of all time imo but slept on like crazy, 10/10 movie, Rachel was lwky annoying

everything looks good.

Ótimo filme recomendo, tanto o bluray comum e o 4k estão em pt-br.

Far fetched, but very entertaining to watch. I love the effects. 5 stars from me.

film molto bello ,spedizione ok ,non do 5 stelle x la qualità video e audio non da bluray!x scelta del regista è stata usata un pellicola con una grana molto evidente ..che nn va a vantaggio della definizione ..anke audio non all altezza

Que puedo decir, la película es excelente, el formato físico muy muy superior al streaming (porque así esta pensado) muchos comentan que el streaming es bueno, pero las tasas de transferencia son muy superiores en el disco, y por as velocidad que tengas de internet, el contenido transmitido es diferente, lo malo, la presentación de la caja, para el costo siguen siendo demasiado simples, pero es lo que hay.