He didn't seem too bothered!

[wastedyuthe]

*SPOILERS*

Just watched this film again today. The film is very good I think, although it isn't perfect. One of the things I did like about it was the main character. The scene where he lost his photo was very well done. But there was one disappointment- with all this emotion brewing up inside of his character, you'd think he would have been a bit more happier at the end when he finally sees his son and missus! He's like- 'Oh, you are alive. Guess that means I've got to find even more sodding food!'
I know some of this could be down to shock, but still. Even Cruisey baby showed more emotion at the end of Spielbergs version. Hell, even Piana brought more of a tear to my eye at the end of the Hines version (probably due to previous tears of laughter though).
It's a shame because the musical score in this part was aking for a more emotional scene, but sadly the score ended up being the only part that was.

[EvilNerfherder]

I have thought that the film was, overall, far and away better than it should be considering the budget (around $1m, I believe) but I feel that the ending was just a little bit hurried. There's this great scene where CTH walks along this CGI wrecked road (very nicely done) into Washington, a slightly moth-eaten dead Martian/toadstool is spotted, and then his wife and kid just happen to be waiting there as soon as he turns up. I know that he said to meet them there but it just felt like a bit of an anti-climax for me. Perhaps David Latt was trying to avoid an overemotional ending, who knows. It's a small niggle and, other than that I think the film was very well made. Even the 6 legged 'tripods' don't bother me as the story makes up for them.
I do like the film a lot though and David Latt (the director/writer) has posted here a few times in the past and is a thoroughly nice and witty chap.

[wastedyuthe]

Well, I think if he was trying to avoid an over-emotional ending, then he should have played down the scenes during the film of him looking at his photo/ losing it etc.
On a side note I actually didn't like the machines either. Like the Pal version, War of the Worlds doesn't seem like War of the Worlds without Tripods. Aside from these, he did get a lot of things right. But it ain't perfect.