So, who's gonna see "War of the Worlds"?

[CatWoman]

I think I'm going to go see it.

I don't know.

[Endangered Specie]

1. Forget it... having TomCruise sinks it...

shitty actor, for starters

[UdoKier]

14. I just saw it, and it was great.

Cruise was about as believable as I've seen him. (Thank you Spielberg!)

[bridgit]

37. we liked it...

:thumbsup:

[Shredr]

81. That's how I feel.

I just dont' want to line Tom Cruise's pockets. But I'm sure it'll be a hit.

[MrSlayer]

2. I'm downloading it.

From all I've heard and read the first half is great and the second half sucks moose balls. I'm not going to pay to see it.

[UdoKier]

15. How sad.

I doubt it could possibly be as good on a computer. It was incredible in the theater.

[NewJeffCT]

3. saw it today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3545575&mesg_id=3545575

It was interesting, but I still don't like the Deus Ex Machina ending... didn't like it in the original movie, or in the book.

[nuxvomica]

11. I disagree about the "deus ex machina"

The resolution of the story always seemed both fitting and subtle to me.

[matcom]

4. what the HELL is this about a 'Cracker'?

:grr:

































:*

[CatWoman]

12. you're the only cracker around here

:P

[General Zod]

5. I'm taking my sons to see it tonight.

I love the original 1953 version of "War of the Worlds" so I'm a bit apprehensive about the new one.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I have to see it just to confirm what a fucking piece of shit it is

TOtal fucking waste of time and celluloid, I'm sure.

Steven "I can't direct any more" Spielberg meets Tom "I still can't act to save my goddamned miserable asshole pretentious useless shitbag of a non-life" Cruise in making a movie of a near-sacred text of science fiction.

Yeah, it's gonna be good. NOT!!!!!

[UdoKier]

20. I look forward to you eating your words.

Damn good, and scary flick.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. I hope so! I hope it's fucking killer great!

I hope it's everything that it should be and that I want it to be. I doubt it will, but I hope so.

And if so, I'm logical enough that I will admit it.

Though I'm sure that Dakote Fanning will be frickin' brilliant in it, and make Cruise look like even more of a piece of shit that he is. Dakota is awesome!!

Unless Spielberg manages to wring a shitty performance out of her, but I doubt that would happen. Spielberg might do trite sacchariny crap on occasion, but he still gets good performances out of people.

[UdoKier]

34. He kept a tight lid on Cruise's hamminess. nt

nt

[Radio_Lady]

26. Rabrrr, I REALLY DON'T like people who decide they hate a movie --

BEFORE THEY EVEN SEE IT! WHAT A CROCK!

Please re-post when you have seen the movie.

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. I haven't decided that I hate it - I haven't seen it

I might be opinioniated, but I'm neither illogical nor stupid. It's a good bet that it's gonna suck, and that I'm gonna hate it, but until I see it, I can't form an opinion. Fuckin' duh.

Though from the trailers I've seen, it LOOKS like a fucking piece of shit.

But then - it might not be!

And if it isn't an abominable and uncreative piece of shit, I'll admit it.

[Radio_Lady]

31. I'm generally opposed to judging a movie by its TRAILER, too!

That goes along with judging it by the non-film antics (or lack thereof) of its "stars" and "director" --

But, then, again, people like to gossip (I even do it occasionally, but not about movie stars or directors) and I guess I'm in the minority!

See you at the movies!

Radio Lady

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. I don't give a shit about their antics

I judge them on their "art" only. I don'tcare how actors vote, or act in private life - if they're good, they're good. If they suck, they suck. Cruise just happens to be one who can't act for shit AND is an asshole.

But I would never be so ignorant as to judge a movie (or a book, or a painting, etc.) based on the private life antics of the artists involved.

The art stands on its own.

[BlondieK143]

39. Hey, guess what?

He's laughing his asshole self all the way to the bank.

[Zomby Woof]

47. So making lots of money redeems him?

:wtf: Bouncy Ball had a brilliant thread about her puzzlement with this line of thinking the other night. I was happy to discover I am not alone in my absolute disgust with the material bent of this line of thought. Quantity and quality should never be confused.

If making lots of money made one's pursuits and life's purpose noble or worthwhile, then I imagine Wal-Mart is the apex of human virtue. Or the Saudi Royal Family. Now THEY are laughing all the way to the bank!

One more point: Cruise doesn't seem to be laughing himself anywhere these days. Having a mental breakdown is more like it. He is getting scarier by the day. :scared:

[BlondieK143]

49. Seriously.

What do you care? Frankly, it concerns me that you're spending so much time analyzing him.

[Zomby Woof]

64. I have never analyzed Tom Cruise

I have never posted a thread about him, and I hardly mentioned him at all until last night. I was more concerned about your defensiveness concerning him, since you did post a thread about how hot you think he is a few weeks ago, before his public meltdown.

I was analyzing, if anything, the very common American trait of measuring a person's accomplishments by their bank book.

[Rabrrrrrr]

66. Oh, Zomby, you worship Tom Cruise and you know it

You'd be a scientologist if you could, and sacrifice your Zappa collection for photos of Tom and Katie.

I just know it!!

[Zomby Woof]

68. I dance around in my undies

To "Old Time Rock and Roll" while salvaging my Mom's glass knick-knack from the fireplace mantle. :bounce:

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. You sick bastard, I knew it.

I bet when you're done you masturbate to a pic of Cruise, too. And wipe it up with a Kinkade.

[Zomby Woof]

74. Only after...

I wrap the used Kinkade in a DVD box set of Ron Howard's Complete Works.

[CatWoman]

76. LEAVE IT TO YOU TWO TO HIJACK MY THREAD!!!!!!

Zomby and Rabrrrr style :D

[Zomby Woof]

77. It's thrrrrrreadjackerrrrrriffic!

:bounce:

[Rabrrrrrr]

82. That's why we're here!

Though I don't hijack threads with anywhere near the constancy as our dear Kinkade-whacking Tom Cruise-wannabe Spielberg-handjobbing American-Idol-obsessed Ron-Howard-fetishist Survivor-emulating Rosie-O'Donnel-worshipping friend Mr. ZombyWoof. :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. So? Like I said, I don't give a fuck about their off-screen antics.

Let the asshole laugh. He's earned his money, and he has it. America wants to give him more money to see him in more films. So be it. He's earned it.

I don't think he's much of an artist, but I wouldn't bar him from cashing his checks.

And as Zomby said, the amount of money someone has doesn't mean diddly shit about their moral quality, their artistic quality, nor their worth as a human being.

[BlondieK143]

58. Did I fucking say that it did???

No, I don't think so.

[Rabrrrrrr]

65. You certainly implied it

Whether you intended it or not, I don't know - but that's how it came across.

[tigereye]

70. and then there's Johnnie Depp

the trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory looked great!

Depp manages to be able to act and generally not behave like a jerk in his real life.

[BlueJazz]

43. Didn't you once post that "Striptease" was one of the best...

..films that you had ever seen?

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. No, that wasn't me - I've never seen that movie

[Zomby Woof]

46. Amen brother!

I have found in my considerable experience with film that a trailer, the name of the director, and the casting are VERY GOOD INDICATORS of suckage potential. I have yet to have my suspicions and instincts proven wrong by trusting my gut on previews and synopses. Whenever I decide I will go against my gut and succumb, I prove myself right. This turkey has "Independence Day/Armageddon" style BLOCKBUSTER written all over its overblown Spielbergian face.

Movies are more often than not - especially hyped-up hit movies -FORMULA. Formula action, dialogue, special effects, and plots (as it were, if such). The same shit, recycled ad nauseum. It's a damn shame a classic H.G. Wells story, which will never be translated better than when Orson Welles did it on the radio when he caused a PANIC, has been reduced to Hollywood tripe of the most expensive and overproduced kind.

So let's hear it for trusting our judgment! :toast:

[Rabrrrrrr]

55. And I really don't like people who REALLY DON'T LIKE people

based on whather they make decisions about a movie before they see it.

If that's how you judge someone's worth as a human being, then fuck it.

I pre-judge stuff all the time. It's what we call part of the decision making process.

For fuck's sake.

[BlondieK143]

36. So nice of you to judge something before you even see it.

:eyes:

I really hope you eat your words.

[Radio_Lady]

40. Blondie, this is a common trait -- "Judge not, lest ye be judged"

in a movie sense, not in the Biblical sense, of course.

I can't tell you how many times I've had to face people who just KNOW a movie would be BAD -- before they even SEE it!

Amazing.

Just part of the three-decade routine I've been through so many times before.

However, the trait has taken a quantum leap now that the Internet is here.

Potential moviegoers get to show their bias (by ass???) months and even years BEFORE a film is released.

See you at the movies!

[BlondieK143]

44. No kidding.

And you know what sucks? That opinion (before seeing the movie), gives such a negative impact that you can't even let yourself ENJOY the movie. :eyes: Total bullshit.

[Radio_Lady]

45. I guess this is only superimposed by another scenario which I abhor:

Reviewer "A" is flown to a beautiful place like San Francisco, or Hawaii, or New York -- wined and dined and put up at a beautiful hotel, introduced to the stars and director of a movie, and then flown home.

Reviewer "A" then sees the movie at a preview.

And -- guess what -- Reviewer "A" gives the movie a BIG THUMBS UP!!!

Believe me, this happens. I don't know how those reviewers keep anything straight in their minds.

P.S. I've never had this happen to me -- too small a fish in the broadcasting sea!

Good night and good luck!

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. Isn't that what we all do? Make decisions based on trailers and other shit

as to whether we will see a movie, buy a CD, ask someone for a date, read a book?

For fuck's sake.

And if you'd bothered to have my other fucking posts, you'd know that I hope I eat my words, too.

I mean, honestly, what's the fucking point in saying "I hope you eat your words!" after I've already responded to a post saying the same thing?

Christ.

[BlondieK143]

54. Pardon the fuck out of me.

I posted before I read that. :eyes: I'm sorry Mr. Almighty.

[Blue-Jay]

60. .

:popcorn:

[bigwillq]

7. I want to see it.

It looks pretty good.

[supernova]

8. I will probably see it this weekend

I usually like Spielberg's work. And I will overlook Cruise's manic behavior lately for a story I have loved since I was old enough to read.

[CatWoman]

13. that's what I'll probably do

:hi:

[Guy Fawkes]

9. Too expensive.

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[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. Don't like Cruise. Never have liked Cruise. BUT

I love blood, guts, exploding spaceships, car crashes, bridges collapsing, gore, smoke, and LOTS OF LOUD NOISE.

It'll be a low-class hoot. What the hey.

[NewJeffCT]

21. It's definitely a great sounding movie

very very noticeable and very well done sound, though I wasn't thrilled with the score itself. I'd love to get the DVD and watch it home alone, or with some other sci-fi fans (my wife is not big into sci-fi and my daughter is 28 months...)

[Melynn]

48. Great description of action movies.

"A low-class hoot."

That is exactly what War of the Worlds will be and I like low-class hoots like "Independence Day" and "Armageddon." Just turn off your brain and watch the action. Cool.

[barb162]

16. I want to see it. I liked the old 1950sversion and Spielburg is almost

always terrific

[friesianrider]

17. I am.

Boyfriend and Mother are going with me on Friday...I can't wait; it looks good.

[LARED]

18. Just got home form watching it

IMO save your money and wait for the DVD. It was OK, Cruise was ill cast in my view, The only decent performance was from the little girl (what's her name)

The special effects were ok, but nothing to write home about.

[Radio_Lady]

23. The 11 year old is Dakota Fanning.

Sorry you didn't like the movie -- we gave it a "B" -- on OPB! (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

You didn't like the special effects? Golly, gee! REALLY?

[LARED]

24. Thanks

Dakota Fanning was great. The special effects were good, but I thought they would be much better. Perhaps my expectations were too high.

[BlondieK143]

35. You really didn't think he did a good job?

Wow. And a double wow to the special effects thing.

[RevCheesehead]

19. I hardly ever go to movies anymore.

When the budget matinee charges $5.25, and the concessions are outrageously priced, I'm better off waiting for the movie to hit the premium cable channels. Most of them aren't worth it.

[UTUSN]

22. Me-me, but Don't Care about Tom. Just TAKE Me, CW (or Vice-versa) n/t

[CatWoman]

25. hahahahahaha

ok -- NOW what do I do with you???

:hi:

[pinkpops]

27. L. Ron Hubbard?

[The Revolution]

28. Just got back

Overall, I'd say it was pretty good. The sound was really good. The noises the tripod things make were actually pretty scary. In terms of "alien invasion" movies, I liked Independence Day better, mostly because it had more action.

Most memorable line for me was Tim Robbin's character noting that "Occupations always fail." Granted, he was kind of out of it at the time, but I can't help but think there might be a message in there.

[HuckleB]

33. See "Me You And Everyone We Know," "Kung Fu Hustle," "Lords of Dogtown" or

"Machuca" instead, or, at least in addition to WotW. They are all worth the dough.

:)

[AlCzervik]

38. I like to, i can seperate TC's off camera behavior from the movie

[mike_c]

41. i saw it-- it rocked majorly....

Awesome movie.

[Chicago Democrat]

42. I hate Tom, but it SOUNDS AWESOME!

So I dont know either....


Hate Tom/ LOve Speilberg



ehhh.... There's also Batman and Bewitched.

[terrya]

50. I saw this movie in 1996, actually. It was called "Independence Day"

And I do not want to see it again.

I will not, under any circumstances, see another "aliens coming to Earth and start blowing things up" movie. Including Spielberg's latest.

[BlondieK143]

51. I'd trade Will Smith for Dakota Fanning any day of the week.

Seriously, there is NO comparison. WOTW is so much better.

[Trigger Hippie]

61. I thought it looked too much like IDay too when

I saw the trailers. Seeing WOTW doesn't appeal to me at all. :)

[Lilith Velkor]

75. No you didn't.

First of all, this movie is based on a novel by one of the most talented science fiction authors EVER. That book kicked my ass. The film came close to doing it justice, which is another amazing accomplishment for Spielberg on my short list (I'm not that big a fan of his).

Independence Day was a huge pile of crap. I'm sorry you suffered through that vacuous loathsome film, but if you want to see a smarter version with better effects, see this one.

Or stay home and rent Mars Attacks!

[Mutley]

57. I will probably see it.

It looks good DESPITE Tom Cruise.

[LynneSin]

59. HBO is running "Making of 'War of the Worlds'"

if I still have the free HBO I'll watch it then

[Pale Blue Dot]

62. Tomorrow night!

Taking the boy, despite his pleas that he doesn't like "scary movies".

I'm a bad dad. :evilgrin:

[tigereye]

71. I passed on taking my son to that

thought it would be too intense. We saw the new Batman movie, instead. Different type of intense. Christian Bale was excellent as Batman.

[soleft]

63. I saw WOTW last night at the Ziegfield Theater

The trailer for King Kong was amazing!

[tigereye]

72. is Tom Cruise in that too?

:evilgrin:

[Kraklen]

67. I'm not planning on seeing it.

I thought I heard last night something about product placement for Tucker Carlson's show somewhere in the movie. Don't know if that's true or not, but I've got plenty of other reasons not to see it.

[musical_soul]

69. Sounds like one of those silly movies.

One with too much drama in it. Don't care much for drama once it goes so far.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

78. Saw it this afternoon

Didn't like it that much. Acting was subpar, as expected, attempts at humor fell flat more often than not and as expected the visuals were fantastic. I have no interest in seeing this again but if you do have any interest in seeing it, see it on the big screen in a theater with top notch sound because those two aspects are the two lone highlights of this film.

[Catchawave]

79. Definitely large screen worthy :)...n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

80. Saw it last night

I liked it. Wasn't my favorite film of the year (that would be Sin City) but the effects were faithful to H.G. Wells's vivid imagery, and the adaptation of the story was excellent, although imperfect.

Tom Cruise's character was kind of an asshole, but in a way that made the film more poignant. Spielberg is a bit too sentimental for my tastes, he was in this one as well, but it worked. 3 1/3 stars.