War of the worlds

2 Jul 2005

please delete this if its un aproprate, not sure confused

anyway i saw war of the worlds yesterday, what an amazing film!
i wont say what happens but its amazing, i herd there was an original and this is a remake, what a wicked remake it is, i was watching the film thinking how the hell did they make it, the special effects are wicked!
anyone else seen it?
if this is not the sort of chat for here please lock and delete it!

2 Jul 2005

not been to see it yet but its on my "to do" list for this week. Youve sold it to me anyway wink

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2 Jul 2005

Quote by Dino.
not been to see it yet but its on my "to do" list for this week. Youve sold it to me anyway .

Mine too ! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

2 Jul 2005

right there is no way i am dumb but when youve seen it, if you get to watch any of it if horneys with ya! wink

when you se the ending PM me and let me know if you could work out why what happend happend, you will understand when ya see the film ending!
i ONLY just understood it! but it makes perfect sense when ya get out of the cinema!
wicked film!

2 Jul 2005

Quote by essex_young_gun
right there is no way i am dumb but when youve seen it, if you get to watch any of it if horneys with ya! when you se the ending PM me and let me know if you could work out why what happend happend, you will understand when ya see the film ending!
i ONLY just understood it! but it makes perfect sense when ya get out of the cinema!
wicked film!

ok, ill do that confused

:? :? :wink:

2 Jul 2005

Ive seen the film and I think the young girl can out act Tom Cruise :thrilled: :grin:

2 Jul 2005

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Ive seen the film and I think the young girl can out act Tom Cruise :thrilled: :grin:

I've heard there are bits of demolished housing that out acts Tom Cruise.
Will know for sure tomorrow.

Just got in from seeing the film......and i will give Tom credit....he was pretty good and the film it self is very good....none of that bullshit speech about the 4th of July like in ID4...TOTALLY REALISTIC!

2 Jul 2005

Ooooooh....i can't wait to go see it now

2 Jul 2005

huh i thought cruise was very good in it!

2 Jul 2005

Someone commented to me "It's just a disguised remake of Inependence Day". I had to explain that Independence day was just a disguised remake of WOTW. rolleyes

2 Jul 2005

Quote by essex_young_gun
anyway i saw war of the worlds yesterday, what an amazing film!
i wont say what happens but its amazing, i heard there was an original and this is a remake, what a wicked remake it is, i was watching the film thinking how the hell did they make it, the special effects are wicked!
anyone else seen it?

I take it you're not into movies then. Have you heard about the panic it caused when the book was broadcast at the same time as the news back in the 50s(?? not sure ), people turned on their sets expecting to hear the news and instead had someone telling them aliens were invading (as part of the story). Personally I ain't that bothered about the new one, Tom Cruise, yada yada. Still haven't seen Pitt/Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, nothing deep or moving from what I hear but a fun film, definitely up for that (and of course Angelina's gorgeous)

2 Jul 2005

Caught the film earlier....excellent...special effects were brilll....highly recommended :P

2 Jul 2005

We went to see it on Thursday !! Great film............... ab fab !!!!!

2 Jul 2005

Quote by Ice Pie
Someone commented to me "It's just a disguised remake of Inependence Day". I had to explain that Independence day was just a disguised remake of WOTW.

That sounds so true! lol

:lol:
Can't wait to see the film at some point as the book, radio serial and original film are all classics. I hope the new one lives up to them.

2 Jul 2005

Ere Jizzymuffdiver !!!
Thought you were MrFC for a minute!! Had my heart fluttering you did. wink

2 Jul 2005

Quote by MrsFC
Ere Jizzymuffdiver !!!
Thought you were MrFC for a minute!! Had my heart fluttering you did. :evil:

bet that was a shock mrsfc :shock: ,the old mrfc in all his twitchy glory, i had to do a double take wink

3 Jul 2005

Who on earth said Tom Cruise could act in the first place - won't be going to see this film as I can't stand the man.
Give me the original any day.
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3 Jul 2005

never herd of the original and this is much better than independance day!
to tell the truth i dont care about the original it cant be as good,
they couldldnt have these special effects back then, OHHH YEA just thought did anyone see the trailer for KING KONG! looked wicked, comes out december!

3 Jul 2005

Quote by essex_young_gun
please delete this if its un aproprate, not sure
anyway i saw war of the worlds yesterday, what an amazing film!
i wont say what happens but its amazing, i herd there was an original and this is a remake, what a wicked remake it is, i was watching the film thinking how the hell did they make it, the special effects are wicked!
anyone else seen it?
if this is not the sort of chat for here please lock and delete it!

:) :) :)
now lets guess what happened
aliens arrive
aliens take over america
aliens catch a cold
aliens die
something like that ?
:) :) :) :) :)

3 Jul 2005

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Just been to see WOTW.
Spectacular.
And BTW...Cruise does well. The scenery DOESN'T out-act him (though Tim Robbins is effortlessly superior)

P.S. The trailer to Peter Jackson's KING KONG also looks fabulous.

Now I really can't wait to go!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
Dino and Alex fancy going tonight?? biggrin

3 Jul 2005

Thought it was a great film but would like to have seen more of the 'action' of the fight between the armed forces and the aliens. If it hadn't been for a couple of fighting scenes they could have renamed it "What the public was doing whilst the War of The Worlds was going on". Maybe that's how the book was written? ......... I dunno coz in my ignorance I'll have to admit that I've never read it. redface

A bit harsh perhaps coz it was a very good film ............. the "War" element just seemed to be missing for me though.
Steve

3 Jul 2005

In the book it was seen through the eyes of just a regular guy set in the 19th century..now that would have made a good film!

3 Jul 2005

Quote by steveg_nw
Thought it was a great film but would like to have seen more of the 'action' of the fight between the armed forces and the aliens. If it hadn't been for a couple of fighting scenes they could have renamed it "What the public was doing whilst the War of The Worlds was going on". Maybe that's how the book was written? ......... I dunno coz in my ignorance I'll have to admit that I've never read it.
A bit harsh perhaps coz it was a very good film ............. the "War" element just seemed to be missing for me though.
Steve

Well I never !!!!!!!!
Have the book at home ! U have homework........................ lol

3 Jul 2005

This film was the biggest pile of poo i've seen. If there wasn't such a hype over this i may have actually enjoyed it. But after reading the books, amazing, and seeing the original, been scared of street lamps ever since, this was just a big dissapointment. I dunno, maybe its because they've yanked a great british original, who knows this just blowed.

3 Jul 2005

Quote by Mikehboy19
This film was the biggest pile of poo i've seen. If there wasn't such a hype over this i may have actually enjoyed it. But after reading the books, amazing, and seeing the original, been scared of street lamps ever since, this was just a big dissapointment. I dunno, maybe its because they've yanked a great british original, who knows this just blowed.

A bit harsh!!........and wasn't the original 50's movie also set in America.....only the book was set in Victorian England!

3 Jul 2005

Gonna c it tomorrow nite, hope its is as good as you say......
it does look really good!!!
biggrin

:D
On king kong has any one seen Peter Jackson, he had lost quite a bit of weight and looks completely different now!!!

3 Jul 2005

Quote by essex_young_gun
i herd there was an original and this is a remake, what a wicked remake it is, i was watching the film thinking how the hell did they make it, the special effects are wicked!
anyone else seen it?

The original was released in 1953 and was actually on TV yesterday afternoon - starring Gene Barry and Anne Robinson - it's a real classic of the genre and one of my earliest movie memories as it was shown on TV every so often when I was growing up. Keep meaning to get it on DVD.
Not seen Spielberg's version yet but will certainly do so ... just got round to seeing Batman Begins yesterday which I thoroughly enjoyed. Little surprised that they plan to remake the most recent movies rather than do something else though.

3 Jul 2005

Quote by steveg_nw
Thought it was a great film but would like to have seen more of the 'action' of the fight between the armed forces and the aliens. If it hadn't been for a couple of fighting scenes they could have renamed it "What the public was doing whilst the War of The Worlds was going on". Maybe that's how the book was written? ......... I dunno coz in my ignorance I'll have to admit that I've never read it.
A bit harsh perhaps coz it was a very good film ............. the "War" element just seemed to be missing for me though.
Steve

There was a short prog on it this afternoon and Spielberg says that this was intentional, he wanted to focus on the public reactions and Tom Cruise's family in particular rather than the military response, the military only being there if they happened to interact with the Cruise family.

3 Jul 2005

Quote by J3diMast3r
i herd there was an original and this is a remake, what a wicked remake it is, i was watching the film thinking how the hell did they make it, the special effects are wicked!
anyone else seen it?

The original was released in 1953 and was actually on TV yesterday afternoon - starring Gene Barry and Anne Robinson - it's a real classic of the genre and one of my earliest movie memories as it was shown on TV every so often when I was growing up. Keep meaning to get it on DVD.
Not seen Spielberg's version yet but will certainly do so ... just got round to seeing Batman Begins yesterday which I thoroughly enjoyed. Little surprised that they plan to remake the most recent movies rather than do something else though.
the original was a BOOK
the follow up was the scariest thing ever to hit the media
a play of the book was released on u.s. radio early 1950's, might have been a hancock production?
it was so good most people listening to it believed there really was an alien invasion taking place
a minor panic ensued in u.s.

3 Jul 2005

Quote by tsmcbean
the original was a BOOK
the follow up was the scariest thing ever to hit the media
a play of the book was released on u.s. radio early 1950's, might have been a hancock production?
it was so good most people listening to it believed there really was an alien invasion taking place
a minor panic ensued in u.s.

Well, obviously the real ORIGINAL was a book , which I read as a child along with a load of other stuff around the genre, but we were talking movies.
No idea about Hancock Production, but the radio show you refer to was narrated/starred Orson Wells and it did indeed create panic as people listening in didn't realise it was a fantasy. The film of the 1950's followed then sometime in the late 1970s came Jeff Wayne's musical version of War Of The World's featuring Richard Burton along with the likes of David Essex etc ...