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Extremely underrated and incredible

posted 9 years ago by Troyal1
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The only problem you will really find with this movie is the annoying kids. However aside from that, it was beyond incredible. I actually felt like the world was being taken over. So many amazing scenes.... The hilltop battle, bodies in the river, all these people getting disintegrated etc. It's pretty damn terrifying and it's by far the best alien invasion film I've seen. Beautiful cinematography and an amazing score. I love this film and don't get the hate. Just my opinion.
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This movie created such a sense of hopelessness and anxiety. I remember watching it and it actually felt a bit like watching the 9/11 attacks. I don't mean that to be offensive, but the movie evokes a lot of emotions from the "early post 9/11" area. People dying in mass and running and screaming. The film looks pretty realistic and it's eerie.... Almost surreal, yet realistic.

Best example is the train scene. A burning train goes by and the on lookers just stand there with no reaction. The train passes and it's dead silent. Very creepy.

[–] Porrohman 8 years ago

I like the movie but the cinematography is horrible. I don't know why Spielberg keeps using that guy.

[–] Troyal1 8 years ago

I disagree. It does look weird and shiny. But it gives it a surreal feeling to it. Almost like being in a nightmare.

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[–] BillySlater (4241) 7 years ago

Agree with alot of people here. It´s one of the most underrated films of the 2000´s. The first 30 minutes has to be up there as one of the greatest beginnings to a movie ever. Spielberg has made alot of great movies, and I think this is one of his best. I didn´t like Ray´s kids much either but Robbie is gone for a good chunk of the movie. Alot of people hated it because the ending was underwhelming. That is true, the ending was a let down but there was really no way we could have defeated an alien civilisation so much more advanced than us, so in that respect, I didn´t mind it. I find the ending more realistic, then the ridiculous way we defeated the aliens in Independence Day and people love that movie.

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] Drooch (5333) 3 years ago

Yep, the movie is a masterpiece and slowly people are realising it.

Saw it in the theatre on release and it was an extremely powerful experience. The emergence of the first tripod is one of Spielberg’s finest sequences, rivalling the arrival of the T-Rex.

Weirdly, the closest film to this is Schindler’s List, which is Spielberg’s other holocaust film. The genius of WotW is that it puts you right in the middle of a modern day holocaust, with all the dread and terror you’d experience, and it’s relentless.

It’s uncomfortable from the start with how dysfunctional Ray’s family is, then the shit hits the fan and the world turns to hell, just getting worse and worse, with every chance of hope squashed, innocent people being incinerated, but also captured, caged, and randomly plucked out to be minced into blood-fertiliser. It might be a PG-13, but this is some of the grimmest content I’ve ever seen.

Like literally screaming pensioners are stuck in a cage attached to a tripod hundreds of feet in the air, then an ‘anus’ opens to unleash a tentacle that randomly selects someone to be dragged into the blender.

I understand some of the complaints people have about the AnnoyingKids but frankly these issues just blow away for me, like leaves in a hurricane. The good things about his film are so good that such minor quibbles are irrelevant.

This might be the most expensive horror film ever made. Credit to Spielberg for smuggling a holocaust horror nightmare inside a PG-13 blockbuster wrapper 👏🏻

[–] VanHellion (656) 2 years ago

Drooch,

This is the most concise description of this awesome movie I have read. After several rewatches, it is definitely teetering the line to a Rated R horror classic. I get that stuff like Halloween is an actual classic but watching that now, it almost seems mild it comparison - or at least on the same level as WotW.