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Post by Peter on Sept 10, 2005 10:36:37 GMT
And some like black pudding. God...........how can people eat that! Fried pigs blood. Yuuuuuuukkkkkkk!!!!!! I feel ill even thinking about it! I love black pudding. It's the perfect compliment to a full fry up.
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Post by Namshub on Sept 15, 2005 6:54:09 GMT
I thought the movie was enjoyable enough. The walkers were very cool, as was their sound. Exploding ash people, nice!
Dodgy Cruise sphincter moment, and a terrible hollywood ending.
The boy should have died..... Lets run into a large one way battle with no gun etc. yet still survive and find his way home. Which incidentally manages to be completely unscathed.
Don't know US geography as I'm English, but I would have thought there would have been more of them in the larger cities.
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Post by thx on Nov 13, 2005 1:27:45 GMT
As I said, the Spielberg movie was a let down. With the dust settling, it seems most feel that way ________________________________________________________________
Hi guys love the site and War of the Worlds. I just Had to to respond too some of the unjustified comment in this thread. I don't feel that I can agree on most of whats being said here my War loving friends, nor does any of the people I saw this fantastic movie with. And if that was the case how come it's selling by the bucket load as I type...This movie will be remembered as one of Spielberg's best in my opinion(but of course that's just my opinion). The fact you guys voted a camp musical as the greatest incarnation of this classic story I think is some indication of how institutionalized your opinions on the story have become. I grew up with Jeff's effort and think the new CD is amazing. but it's a musical at the end of the day, people burst into song at any given moment, How can that possibly be a accurate representation of the story it's just plain naff...still entertaining though.
Spielberg did the story justice and has given the whole world of 'Worlds' exposure to a new generation! Ask Jeff he should know, he waited till the film came out to re-release his lovey fest!
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Nov 13, 2005 2:39:55 GMT
As I said, the Spielberg movie was a let down. With the dust settling, it seems most feel that way ________________________________________________________________ Hi guys love the site and War of the Worlds. I just Had to to respond too some of the unjustified comment in this thread. I don't feel that I can agree on most of whats being said here my War loving friends, nor does any of the people I saw this fantastic movie with. And if that was the case how come it's selling by the bucket load as I type...This movie will be remembered as one of Spielberg's best in my opinion(but of course that's just my opinion). The fact you guys voted a camp musical as the greatest incarnation of this classic story I think is some indication of how institutionalized your opinions on the story have become. I grew up with Jeff's effort and think the new CD is amazing. but it's a musical at the end of the day, people burst into song at any given moment, How can that possibly be a accurate representation of the story it's just plain naff...still entertaining though. Spielberg did the story justice and has given the whole world of 'Worlds' exposure to a new generation! Ask Jeff he should know, he waited till the film came out to re-release his lovey fest! Well I don't think the comments are unjustified at all. And how you can say Spielberg did the story justice is beyond me. It's nothing like Wells original story. Jeff Wayne's is not perfect and I'm pretty sure there's others on here who will agree but it's the nearest thing to Wells original story that's been done with respect to the original book and for all it's faults it's still a damn sight better than any of the other tripe Wells fans have had to put up with. And seeing as Jeff Wayne released his album bloody ages before Spielberg - I hardly think he can be accused of jumping on the bandwagon. Spielberg actually said that Jeff Waynes album would make a visionary film years ago. I'm sure there's many people out there who think that Spielbergs film is one of his worst. Even the great John Wiliams score is dull and forgettable. The film has not been half as succesful as was predicted at the box office and whether it sells dvds by the bucketload - that doesn't automatically make it a good film. At least Waynes album hasn't got naff actor Cruise in it.
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Post by Topaz on Nov 13, 2005 4:27:29 GMT
I've seen the movie once more, just before it went out of the theaters locally.
I just finished re-reading my original review, and find I still hold the same opinion.
I don't feel any particular need to add the movie to my DVD collection, despite the wonderful tripods and tripods-chasing-the-crowds scenes. Pushing the book's themes into the background of a touching family drama was the movie's fatal flaw, IMHO.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Nov 13, 2005 12:25:29 GMT
As I said, the Spielberg movie was a let down. With the dust settling, it seems most feel that way ________________________________________________________________ Hi guys love the site and War of the Worlds. I just Had to to respond too some of the unjustified comment in this thread. I don't feel that I can agree on most of whats being said here my War loving friends, nor does any of the people I saw this fantastic movie with. And if that was the case how come it's selling by the bucket load as I type...This movie will be remembered as one of Spielberg's best in my opinion(but of course that's just my opinion). The fact you guys voted a camp musical as the greatest incarnation of this classic story I think is some indication of how institutionalized your opinions on the story have become. I grew up with Jeff's effort and think the new CD is amazing. but it's a musical at the end of the day, people burst into song at any given moment, How can that possibly be a accurate representation of the story it's just plain naff...still entertaining though. Spielberg did the story justice and has given the whole world of 'Worlds' exposure to a new generation! Ask Jeff he should know, he waited till the film came out to re-release his lovey fest! Unfortunatly, many will disagree with your comment of SS doing the story justice, this is something he failed on. Though his 2005 film is good as a film with jaw dropping FX, his story is a half soaped tour-de-force of how NOT to approach a classic story of an alien invasion by throwing in a typical stereo type family problems, something which is best left to appear on a Ricki Lake show and not a $100 million film. The film does have plenty of suttle nods to the H.G story, but most are unrecognisiable to the average joe in the street, but we can spot them, sadly most are pointing towards George Pals 1953 version and Orson Welles 1938 broadcast than being directly taken from the main sorce of the 1898 novel. I would be very suprised if the novel was used at any given time in the making of the film. As for Jeff, well many will know I would pop up, and rightly so, but only to put the record (get it, never mind) straight. Jeff with SonyBMG started work on a special version of the album some 3 years ago, long before Spielberg had started plans for a film version and even way back in 1980, Speilberg and Wayne had talked about a film project which sadly never got off the ground. THX, I like your quote, "just plain naff...still entertaining though.", I would have thought it's one or the other.
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Post by David Faltskog on Nov 13, 2005 15:20:08 GMT
On a chilly Sunday afternoon Horsell did admit... "As for Jeff, well many will know I would pop up" Blimey ;D bromide in the tea for Horsell me thinks D.F.
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Post by Ashe Raven on Nov 13, 2005 21:19:48 GMT
*sigh*
The factions debate once more.
*Eats popcorn*
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Nov 13, 2005 21:19:54 GMT
I have to agree with HC that the SS version generously pays homage Orson Welles and George Pal adaptations but does little to pay it's respect to the book itself.
I'm not going to bust my balls in getting the DVD straight away but I do want to add it to my collection. For a bit of relentless escapism it's more than adequate. Maybe I'll hit someone up for a Christmas present.
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Post by maniacs on Nov 13, 2005 23:28:48 GMT
My opinion dropped alot after seeing the film. I never liked the ' in the ground all along idea! ' anyway.
I am so dissapointed. Alot of people have forgot to mention the money spent making this film! Peter Jackson would have made this the most awesome alien film ever.
$140 million and most of it spent on hype.
This film will kill any ambition to make a decent, faithful version. Paramount will never allow another version to be made. No one can take them on!
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Post by maniacs on Nov 13, 2005 23:30:13 GMT
By the way 2021 is the date all copyrights expire for the book and it becomes public prop.
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Post by HTT on Nov 14, 2005 9:46:39 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]When I first saw it in the cinema, I thought it was fantastic! Loved the tripods, and there were a lot of references to the book, but not enough. But I was blown away!
Viewing it at leisure recently, the Tripods make the film. Plotwise, it's OK. But the ending is too rushed, and so abysmally bad, I hate watching it. As for Dakota - the more I watch it, the more she grates on me! She's acts too old for her age, and the screeching...grrrr!
Thoughts now: It's a good film with major flaws, letdowns and cliches. It's saving grace is the Tripods, which are so near perfect that I could weep at the lost opportunity to see those tripods in a period setting. I know a lot of people feel that a period setting wouldn't pull in big bucks, but I think it could have worked with those Tripods. Oh well.[/glow]
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Post by sunnyrabbiera on Nov 14, 2005 22:54:07 GMT
personally I rather watch Plan 9 from outer space a million times over then watch this drek...
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