War of the Worlds (2005)
Tom Cruise is an incredibly talented actor. Wait! Don’t vomit. I mean it. I thought I was going to hate War of the Worlds (2005) because of Cruise. Instead, I was blown away.
Okay it helps that Steven Spielberg directed this film but Cruise was not the annoying little weasel that we’ve seen in the press over the last year. He wasn’t a barrier to my enjoying this film and for that I am amazed.
The special effects are incredible and very believable. Try to remember back to the first time you saw Jaws and how real that mechanical shark seemed. War of the Worlds gave me the same feeling of uneasiness to the point that I had to remind myself that, this is just a movie.
If you’re like me and somehow missed this film in the theatre then be sure to watch in on DVD.
Stumble It!Posted in DVD Reviews at 4:34 PM
Comments
Really? Hmmm. I dunno. I agree, Tom’s pretty talented, but I had a hard time with watching it knowing what a kook he’s become - maybe I have reached the TomCruise Saturation Point.
The movie was pretty cool, but from a story perspective it felt hollow. The ending was a little too Deus Ex Machina for me - I mean, why go through it all and then have it all resolved by things outside his story? He just becomes the so-called fifth-business. Maybe that’s the point - he’s some kind of anti-hero or something.
I liked it better knowing (thinking) the son was dead. I guess it’s the too-clean resolution that rubbed me the wrong way.
But the scene when he’s in the basement and looking at the bodies getting pulped and juiced is pretty grim.
Posted by: David on December 1, 2005 9:13 PM
