WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005)

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A sci fi classic!

Tom Cruise's finest profomence are what people are say about this remake of the 1953 classic.

Tom Cruise, a constuction worker, divorced, his wife ...

August 24th, 2008

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4.5

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"No Robbie! Not like Europe!"

I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise, but I love all of Speilberg's stuff. This was one of my favorite H.G. Welles novels, and it wasn't done justice in th...

May 16th, 2008

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Agent VIS

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Another tech wonder from Steven Spielberg, but seems to succeed more in action and special effects than it does in story.

Steven Spielberg is no stranger to aliens, having directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. However, the big difference between those two m...

February 23rd, 2008

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jpmangalindan

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Just take War of the Worlds for what it is: a film as entertaining and supericial as cotton candy, a textbook case in how a summer popcorn flick ought to be done.

In clear contrast to the contemplative wonder of his seminal classic, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Steven Spielberg’s message in his ne...

June 29th, 2005

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garethvonk

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Between the weak acting, tired, thin plot, and infrequent and underwhelming action and FX, this is a film that exists only due to the talents of Cruise and Spielberg., That being said, I have to wonder how and why they could not have picked a better product than this stale offering.

In a summer season of grand blockbusters, "War of the Worlds" is perhaps the biggest dud in years, and is a failure of epic proportions. The film is a...

June 28th, 2005

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