War of the Worlds.

I never took the movie seriously,  because its an alien invasion movie

So just like anothe member said,  check your brain in at the door, and you\'ll be fine.  Too many people want every single thing in a movie to be real and have 0 holes in the story but fail to realize that this is simply fantasy.  The groaning over Revenge of the Sith dialogue (what do you expect ouf of a movie that starts with "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away"???) to [sp]How Tom\'s son survived[/sp] is out of hand IMO

Some people wanted a realistic alien invasion movie.  Sorry,  never gonna happen.

Originally posted by hyper
[sp] the cause of the "reverse storms" in the beginning,
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For wondering about this you should be watching television on the level of  Spongebob Squarepants,  not a smart:rolleyes: "alien invasion movie" or so says a certain member of these boards

BTW,  I left the movie theater wanting more,  I felt like I was robbed almost.  Not cool for a movie to let you down like that.  The ending was neither happy nor sad.  As I always say,  the ending of a movie matters alot in how good it is

[Living-In-Clip]

For wondering about this you should be watching television on the level of Spongebob Squarepants, not a smart "alien invasion movie" or so says a certain member of these boards

If you are going to quote me or even paraphrase me, make sure you do it correctly. I never once said " smart ". I simply said that if you was asking such stupid questions, then you don\'t need to be watching the movie. You are obviously one of those peolpe who need someone to hold their hand during every moment of the movie.

It was a decent movie, not the greatest and not the worst.
\'Nuff said.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Quite the contrary to what Clowd believes, but when I watch a decent sci-fi movie, or more importantly, read a sci-fi book, I expect it to be grounded in realism.

I am a huge fan of Arthur C. Clarke novels, and the most amazing thing about his books is that while they are fantastic and amazingly imaginative, they are also completely believable.

sci-fi is like the opposite of realism

Originally posted by mm
sci-fi is like the opposite of realism

Careful emmy...we have retards in here that THINK the matrix is REAL.

oh noes!
the matrix isn\'t teh real!!!!11
:ohnoes: :ohnoes: :ohnoes:

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

wtf do u mean opposite of realism..  I teleported to my mates place not more then 5 minutes ago.

Originally posted by mm
oh noes!
the matrix isn\'t teh real!!!!11
:ohnoes: :ohnoes: :ohnoes:

No i am  afraid  not … so I guess that all them nerds that like to call themselves  UberNeo or something like ..that had better just get a real life and stop pretending that they are fighting the machines in a AI constructed world.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Just because something isn\'t real doesn\'t mean that it shouldn\'t sound believable.

Perhaps the better word is plausible.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by mm
sci-fi is like the opposite of realism

Like I said before, even fiction and science fiction have their own rules to follow. Well....except shows like Dallas...where you could die...and it was really just a dream, 20 episodes later.

True.. but we do have to remember that this film is a new spin on a old story.

and I for one LOVED it.

*edit*

But I do have to say that one part that bugged me was...

[sp] when he was taking the Van off the mechanic at the start of the film and the guy wouldn\'t go with him...

How the hell did all the noise..people running and destruction pass this guy by ?

he was only round the block from the Tripod...but he didn\'t hear its "horn" or the scream\'n people being wiped out.


its your classic .."walking backwards through a darkend doorway" in a Horror film...

you just as well paint a bulleye target on yourself and be done with it.
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