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Bro was rooting for the Ghost of Christmas Future the whole time
I bet the actor in the suit asked for a couple more takes "just to get it right."
Thanks for commenting. I understood why he killed the boy, but did they explain why the Asian Sister, the Emperor's Truthsayer (sorry, forgot her name), also was burned to death remotely? Was she mentally linked with the boy somehow?
Good questions. I remember getting into protracted debates over plot holes in this movie back in the IMDB message board days.
The one I recall that wasn't answered satisfactorily was, if Stephen Spielberg is on record (as someone back then said to me) that the tripods aren't "techno-organic" meaning they're not melded to the alien pilot's physiology or life force or whatever, then why do their force fields drop when the pilot gets sick? It would be like a tank that loses all of its armor when its driver gets knocked out.
You can try but you'll probably be lost
Haha
When they say he's got skeletons in his closet, they're actually just his relatives.
That must be it!
Good list. One that was left off is that mainstream America is tired of being scolded about pronouns, and seeing men who think they're women injure girls while playing in women's sports--and Kamala was on the record saying she'd pay for sex-change operations for inmates and illegal aliens in prison. She was too extreme on that count.
The other bit of icing is Donald Trump's presidential win is going to be certified in Congress in January by the candidate he beat, Vice President Kamala Harris.
I guess it's Here today, gone tomorrow.
(puts on sunglasses)
I agree. There also wasn't any real "wow" moment where the camera lingers on a tornado. I have a suspicion the director had a New Age concern about glorifying a disaster that kills people and ruins houses so he didn't want to focus too much attention on it out of "tornado guilt."
I've heard it's because they don't want innocent people who happen to have that same name being confused with the assassin. E.g., there are a lot of John Smiths, so the assassin would be identified by his full name, like "John Heathcliffe Smith" to try to avoid people thinking it was their old school buddy John Smith who tried to kill the President.
Agreed--
It was a clever premise with both satire and comedy woven in.
He was like a neutered, unwitting Freddy Krueger, albeit a Freddy the "victims" can actually strike back against.
The irony of bearing some vague responsibility for something you had no control over yet are still somehow tied to was both interesting and confounding at the same time.
Thanks a lot, Einstein!
I know this is an old post but I just saw the movie this week and was looking up discussions of it ...
I'm wondering if the dogs were sacrificed to power the secret cabal's "transition" to their higher consciousness; blood sacrifices. They seem to be happening around the same time. Similarly, I think the oddly timed fireworks show signals a group's transition. You can tell it disturbs Sarah--because she knows what it means--while it just kind of confuses Sam.
Because it wasn't good. Don't denigrate your taste or movie instincts.
Maybe Henry Cavill can play the Beyonder. I know he was Superman, but he looks the part.
Yes...The PR should have read, "You've never seen government offices look this good!"
Besides the usual flying dinosaur-like creatures, there big-ass whales that might as well be dinos and a giant shark-like dino thing. You should be very content with the dino-like content!
I felt that way about the trailer for the movie "The Invitation" too. It starts off building an intriguing mystery but by the end has shown the viewer every important plot point, including some that would have been nice surprises when seen for the first time in the actual movie. It was ridiculous, like a Cliffs Notes version of the movie if you didn't have enough time to sit through the whole thing.