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I have to say. After seeing this movie at a special (paid 50.00 a ticket!) last night. I had nightmares after going to bed. It was worth the 45 minute trip.
The movie starts off quietly. All of a sudden strange reports of lightning storms from around the globe. Then it happens. I wont spoil it. But holy chit. The next hour of the movie is truly an impressive, roller-coaster ride of terror.
Not like independence day where you knew will smith and co would pull through. That was more of a action-drama. This is simply put ; amazing. The feeling of helplessness and the grotesque slaughter of humanity. You got that zing in your spine during the hole movie. The movie delivers at every point. At one point I was hoping for Godzilla or something to emerge and smite the seemingly indestructable armada of Alien Tripods (there was no mention of martions in the movie at all). Everybody in the audience must of felt the same way. The director planned it like that. Something did, in the form of a convoy of United States Marines armor formed up and engaged the aliens. Everybody got up and clapped and cheered in the audience at that point. Yes thats how emerging this film was. but the army was as helpless as civilians in the end.
Its told through the eyes, not of a hero or a general or president. But of a normal person trying to get his family to safety. The film eerily reminds of september 11th. The sudden shock and suprise of the attack, the dust clouds. Nobody knew what the hell was going on. Audience included. That was represented in the film with rumors of everything from tripods taking everything over, to the russian war machine mobilizing and finding a way to actually destroy one.
The aliens were suprisingly frightning and there machines were scary as hell in a 1950's way. I had a nightmaree. Geezzz. SpielBurg Delivers.
A great movie. I give a 9 out of 10. The ending is reminiscent of the book and was kind of a let down for those wanting tom cruise to strap on a rocket vest and battle the tripods with a chainsaw.
One guy had to leave the theatre cause his heart was giving him pain.
The movie starts off quietly. All of a sudden strange reports of lightning storms from around the globe. Then it happens. I wont spoil it. But holy chit. The next hour of the movie is truly an impressive, roller-coaster ride of terror.
Not like independence day where you knew will smith and co would pull through. That was more of a action-drama. This is simply put ; amazing. The feeling of helplessness and the grotesque slaughter of humanity. You got that zing in your spine during the hole movie. The movie delivers at every point. At one point I was hoping for Godzilla or something to emerge and smite the seemingly indestructable armada of Alien Tripods (there was no mention of martions in the movie at all). Everybody in the audience must of felt the same way. The director planned it like that. Something did, in the form of a convoy of United States Marines armor formed up and engaged the aliens. Everybody got up and clapped and cheered in the audience at that point. Yes thats how emerging this film was. but the army was as helpless as civilians in the end.
Its told through the eyes, not of a hero or a general or president. But of a normal person trying to get his family to safety. The film eerily reminds of september 11th. The sudden shock and suprise of the attack, the dust clouds. Nobody knew what the hell was going on. Audience included. That was represented in the film with rumors of everything from tripods taking everything over, to the russian war machine mobilizing and finding a way to actually destroy one.
The aliens were suprisingly frightning and there machines were scary as hell in a 1950's way. I had a nightmaree. Geezzz. SpielBurg Delivers.
A great movie. I give a 9 out of 10. The ending is reminiscent of the book and was kind of a let down for those wanting tom cruise to strap on a rocket vest and battle the tripods with a chainsaw.
One guy had to leave the theatre cause his heart was giving him pain.
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