War of the Worlds
WOW
I saw this on Friday night at Odeon Leicester Square where I must say the sound is superb! At one point it was almost like I could feel Tom Cruise's breath on my neck... (well, the speaker wasn't far away!). The film was a really excellent adaptation. What I found so terrifying is how easily the worlds we build around us can fall to shreds... To see people's homes destroyed, their possessions become useless (like the cars etc) just goes to show how superficial everything is in effect. It was sad to see how easily we can become displaced... the coming of the aliens and the wiping out of neighbourhoods sadly reminded me of Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe... it's almost as if the 'alien invaders' are already amongst us, sadly.
official website www.waroftheworlds.com
It's a bit of a shame that Speilburg didn't somehow use Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H. G. Well's War of the Worlds which was composed in 1978. I was waiting throughout the whole film for a snippet of it but at the very least expected to hear it when the credits rolled. Slightly disappointing as I think it'd have been a great collaborative addition.
I saw this on Friday night at Odeon Leicester Square where I must say the sound is superb! At one point it was almost like I could feel Tom Cruise's breath on my neck... (well, the speaker wasn't far away!). The film was a really excellent adaptation. What I found so terrifying is how easily the worlds we build around us can fall to shreds... To see people's homes destroyed, their possessions become useless (like the cars etc) just goes to show how superficial everything is in effect. It was sad to see how easily we can become displaced... the coming of the aliens and the wiping out of neighbourhoods sadly reminded me of Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe... it's almost as if the 'alien invaders' are already amongst us, sadly.
official website www.waroftheworlds.com
It's a bit of a shame that Speilburg didn't somehow use Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H. G. Well's War of the Worlds which was composed in 1978. I was waiting throughout the whole film for a snippet of it but at the very least expected to hear it when the credits rolled. Slightly disappointing as I think it'd have been a great collaborative addition.



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In order to wake the tripods, some external force made sure that the lightning goes in the right place with a pin point presicion, how come the same force couldnt protect its own kind when it was without the defence shield, just lame.