Post by RustiSwordz on Nov 30, 2005 22:44:54 GMT
I copied this over from my post on Upcoming Epics with extra bits.
Why i hate Spielberg's version of WOTW. (forgive me ive so been itching for a major rant over this appaling film that i need to let it out.)
I am a huge fan of WOTW, i grew up in woking in the UK. The place where HG Wells wrote his classic novel. I know the story i know the area very very well. Needless to say i thought 2005 would be the pinnacle of my WOTW fandom. With three versions of this classic tale to hit the screens i was in hogs fekin heaven. So where did it all go so horribly wrong. Basically the signs were all there, but i was so wrapped in my euphoria at the prospect of these films that i didnt notice. Anyway, the first two very poorly put together versions came and went to howls of derision and laughtre at their utter ineptness. Then it was the turn of the grand daddy to make an appearance. I was doubtful at first, with information that started to leak out about the film. No cylinders, underground aliens, shot in under 8 months, tom Cruise killing a tripod single handed etc. Ok i thought, we'll see.
Anyway the film came and i snatched up my tickets and took myself off to see it. And left as if i just found out my girlfriend is taking it up the a** by my best mate. The film was filmed in 8 months and boy did it show. Huge swathes of origonal story was brutally replaced by vague acting, tepid characters, dull script and dreadful music score and editing.
The characters are a miserly bunch of losers and deadbeats. Cruise is an ignorant bum, his son is a spoiled Chavvy tosser and his daughter is a hateful little prissy miss with mental problems. Cruise's ex in the film is the token wench, her new beau has 'im smug, punch me' on his forhead. Hiring locals to play parts in the film is a bad idea because they really do look like 'hey im a cop in a film listen how sh*t i am'
Frankly i wanted all of them to die, the idea is for the audience to be sympathetic to the characters. I hated them all except for Tim Robbins character and hes the token bad-guy nutcase!
Sadly for me when Dackota starts freaking in the car, and Robbie tries all that pcycology bullcr*p to calm her down my interest in the human side of the story died a death right there, over sentimental cr*p. I then thought. OK i suppose the'll be some really cool action scenes. There was not one, despite the fact the book has 5 major battle sequences all seen from one persons eyes, yet this film is done the same way and there wasn't one. (probably not done to avoid missing the deadline and to keep within budget. Not to mention the sensitivity of US audiences seeing US soldiers being butchered wholesale and horrifically what with troops in Iraq at the moment so the film was mullered for political reasons too.)
The heat ray was crap too, good sfx, but where was the flames, people being frazzled to a crisp. I was hoping for people being burnt to a crisp like the vampires in Blade movies yet everyone was dying from the 'egg n flour' ray. nothing new at school we used to have egg n flour fights all the time this was just on a bigger scale. i was thinking that rachel was gonna say... 'dad arnt you a bit big for egg n flour fights.'
(All probably done to keep the film below the 12a rating)
Shields: old news think of something better like alien advanced armour, boring.
Ray killing a tripod single handed: DONT get me started on that.
DVD without the extra scenes: cop out
Aliens: about as scary as Jar Jar Binks
The Score was dreadful. john Williams ceated the Star wars music for chrissake and he actually got an award for WOTW score. its dull, uninspired and boring!
:fume:
Only one thing i like about this film: TRIPODS very well done, Ryan Chruch is a freakin diva.
The story of WOTW is VIOLENT full of combat violence death gore sputum and horror.
Ridley Scott shoulda done it, hes the only one who could have done it properly IMHO. Spielberg is a 'cute n cuddly' director and he directed this in much the same way. Dont get me wrong i love Spielberg movies but he was wrong choice for this, plus all the political connotations too the film was also made at the wrong time.
Someone on another forum said 'if you think you can do better', my reply was : yes i genuinly think i can, gimme 100 mil and a good crew and ill show you. However dont expect a politically correct version or a cute and cuddly one id be shoving the full horror of the story right in your face and i wouldnt care who i upset.
I'm sorry at all the people on this board, i came on here during the build up full of excitement and ive left terribly dissapointed, i know people on here love the movie but i just dont like the film, everything i expected and wanted from this classic story is missing or dumbed down and i just feel a life dream has been peed on from a great height.
Why i hate Spielberg's version of WOTW. (forgive me ive so been itching for a major rant over this appaling film that i need to let it out.)
I am a huge fan of WOTW, i grew up in woking in the UK. The place where HG Wells wrote his classic novel. I know the story i know the area very very well. Needless to say i thought 2005 would be the pinnacle of my WOTW fandom. With three versions of this classic tale to hit the screens i was in hogs fekin heaven. So where did it all go so horribly wrong. Basically the signs were all there, but i was so wrapped in my euphoria at the prospect of these films that i didnt notice. Anyway, the first two very poorly put together versions came and went to howls of derision and laughtre at their utter ineptness. Then it was the turn of the grand daddy to make an appearance. I was doubtful at first, with information that started to leak out about the film. No cylinders, underground aliens, shot in under 8 months, tom Cruise killing a tripod single handed etc. Ok i thought, we'll see.
Anyway the film came and i snatched up my tickets and took myself off to see it. And left as if i just found out my girlfriend is taking it up the a** by my best mate. The film was filmed in 8 months and boy did it show. Huge swathes of origonal story was brutally replaced by vague acting, tepid characters, dull script and dreadful music score and editing.
The characters are a miserly bunch of losers and deadbeats. Cruise is an ignorant bum, his son is a spoiled Chavvy tosser and his daughter is a hateful little prissy miss with mental problems. Cruise's ex in the film is the token wench, her new beau has 'im smug, punch me' on his forhead. Hiring locals to play parts in the film is a bad idea because they really do look like 'hey im a cop in a film listen how sh*t i am'
Frankly i wanted all of them to die, the idea is for the audience to be sympathetic to the characters. I hated them all except for Tim Robbins character and hes the token bad-guy nutcase!
Sadly for me when Dackota starts freaking in the car, and Robbie tries all that pcycology bullcr*p to calm her down my interest in the human side of the story died a death right there, over sentimental cr*p. I then thought. OK i suppose the'll be some really cool action scenes. There was not one, despite the fact the book has 5 major battle sequences all seen from one persons eyes, yet this film is done the same way and there wasn't one. (probably not done to avoid missing the deadline and to keep within budget. Not to mention the sensitivity of US audiences seeing US soldiers being butchered wholesale and horrifically what with troops in Iraq at the moment so the film was mullered for political reasons too.)
The heat ray was crap too, good sfx, but where was the flames, people being frazzled to a crisp. I was hoping for people being burnt to a crisp like the vampires in Blade movies yet everyone was dying from the 'egg n flour' ray. nothing new at school we used to have egg n flour fights all the time this was just on a bigger scale. i was thinking that rachel was gonna say... 'dad arnt you a bit big for egg n flour fights.'
(All probably done to keep the film below the 12a rating)
Shields: old news think of something better like alien advanced armour, boring.
Ray killing a tripod single handed: DONT get me started on that.
DVD without the extra scenes: cop out
Aliens: about as scary as Jar Jar Binks
The Score was dreadful. john Williams ceated the Star wars music for chrissake and he actually got an award for WOTW score. its dull, uninspired and boring!
:fume:
Only one thing i like about this film: TRIPODS very well done, Ryan Chruch is a freakin diva.
The story of WOTW is VIOLENT full of combat violence death gore sputum and horror.
Ridley Scott shoulda done it, hes the only one who could have done it properly IMHO. Spielberg is a 'cute n cuddly' director and he directed this in much the same way. Dont get me wrong i love Spielberg movies but he was wrong choice for this, plus all the political connotations too the film was also made at the wrong time.
Someone on another forum said 'if you think you can do better', my reply was : yes i genuinly think i can, gimme 100 mil and a good crew and ill show you. However dont expect a politically correct version or a cute and cuddly one id be shoving the full horror of the story right in your face and i wouldnt care who i upset.
I'm sorry at all the people on this board, i came on here during the build up full of excitement and ive left terribly dissapointed, i know people on here love the movie but i just dont like the film, everything i expected and wanted from this classic story is missing or dumbed down and i just feel a life dream has been peed on from a great height.