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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:25 PM
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Please don't kill me but I liked War of the Worlds....
Steven Spielberg is just a very good director, probably one of the best of all time...

He can tell a story in picture and he set's his shots up so well....

That opening shot of Cruise in the giant container loader was just a marvelous way to segue into the rest of the show...

And they got going right away.....
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:26 PM
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1. I liked it too.
They really stuck to H.G. Welles' storyline too.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:29 PM
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5. That's what I liked about it...
Wasn't quite as scarry as the Gene Berry 1954 version, but still...

I like that the church was the first building to go vs. the earlier version were the church was the last building standing.....
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:26 PM
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2. I still plan to see it
yes I do :D
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Chichiri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:27 PM
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3. I liked it.
There were a number of problems, but what else is new with blockbuster films?
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:27 PM
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4. I liked it too.
I was on the edge of my seat for most of it.
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:30 PM
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6. it was good except for that
little screaming girl - She was so unbelievably annoying. I would have let that lady take her.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:34 PM
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7. Hollywood seems to always use the same girl...
whenever they need a "little girl in distress".

Man on Fire, Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:36 PM
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8. I liked it too, even though I can't stand Tom Cruise
How did Tom Cruise just happen to find the only car in the country that still ran?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:53 PM
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12. That was the van he told the mechanic to replace
the celenoid...
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:37 PM
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9. I liked it inspite of the fact that Tom Cruise was in it..........
And, Dakota Fanning's charater got on my last damn nerve!
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:43 PM
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10. It's a good flick
I'm sort of anti-Spielberg at times, but he did all right with this one.

Tom Cruise is still an asshole.
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:47 PM
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11. I liked it
Besides, Tom Cruise didn't have to act much... just run around like an idiot, really.
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mojavekid Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:59 PM
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13. Exactly, Tom Cruise kinda worked in the roll,
because he got to be himself,
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