H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds

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Plot: H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds is a quirky if well-meaning, labor-of-love adaptation of Wells' seminal 1898 science fiction novel. A website for the film's production company, Pendragon Pic...( read more read more... )

By coincidence, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise's contemporary take on War of the Worlds began production shortly after Hines's adjustment. While hardly a competitive threat to Spielberg's movie, Pendragon's War might have made an interesting complement to it. Unfortunately, Hines and company seriously blew their opportunity. While there is some money and impressive special-effects wizardry on the screen, this embarrassing, seemingly endless feature is doomed by a crazy effort to marry the look and texture of Silent Era epics to Computer Age manipulation. Not that War is a silent picture, mind you. But much of it is tinted in expressive rainbow hues that were common in films a century ago; the cast of unknowns' performances are mannered and exaggerated in a silly impression of pre-optical soundtrack acting; and primitive effects (e.g., printing a scene backwards for an ethereal feel) are unflattering. As if that's not bad enough, no one involved with this movie appears to know basic editing principles for compressing time and action. On the plus side, the extraterrestrial killers and their awesome machines of destruction are startling to behold. The image of Big Ben's clock tower blown apart over a flaming London is persuasive indeed. --Tom Keogh

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  • theturdkingofohio
    theturdkingofohio
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    April 10, 2008
    Obama, McCain, or Clinton are likely to be terrible presidents just like this film is probably going to be a piece of crap as well.
  • theblackvault
    theblackvault
    0.5 Stars
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    February 4, 2008
    The best special effects back then were puppetts with black strings,if you look carefully you will see the strings
  • psychogambitdan
    psychogambitdan
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    November 22, 2007
    This was horrible. Even with Jake Busey in it. This was not worth the time. the lead actor tho may have a future in acting.... but it's not here.
  • hatchgeeks
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    August 16, 2007
    I've heard a lot about this movie... It seems a lot truer to the book than most other adaptations have been. Definitely a movie I'd like to see.
  • brittybritt03
    brittybritt03
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    August 10, 2007
    This is one of those "havent watched it and dont plan to" movies but then you go to someones house who is watching it and you cant take your eyes off it and dare them to change it.....I DID

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Timothy Hines
  • Genres: Action & Adventure
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  • DVD Released: June 14, 2005

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