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« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2005, 07:04:53 AM »


>>>and I suppose a few more clues to the purpose of the red weed wouldn't have hurt either.

Well from memory the red weed was an explanation for the reason why Mars was red.  The red weed wasn't harvested, like in this one, but just, I guess, a cling on from the invaders much like rats.

Also, in the musical version, and I can't remember, but am assuming was in the book, the aliens didn't harvest the humans for the red weed, but actually injected the blood of humans into their own viens.


>>>>And Spielberg has a tendency to weaken powerful, tragic stories with happy, sentimental endings that don't fit.

Well he wouldn't want to stop being too predictable now would he?  He has pretty much a winning formula, so why should he mix things up a bit?

I mostly agree with AndyC, suspense was great, but overall a more downbeat ending along with a less ridiculous attack plan and this film would have been pretty much perfect for me.  But I actually like not knowing everything that is going on, like the purpose of the red weed.  We weren't meant to understand the alien's intentions other than the fact we were pretty much flys that needed swatting.

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« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2005, 09:49:05 AM »

LOOOOOOOOOOTS of stinky reviews on IMDB.

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« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2005, 12:10:53 PM »

btw didn't someone post a thread about how this movie wasn't going to have all the typical cliches? What happened to that? The ending is the biggest movie cliche of all time. Hugs, kisses, everyone is ok ..."dad! I love you dad" Look it's grandma and grandpa and mom is ok! the aliens didn't bomb boston, they only wanted to harvest the rednecks!

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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2005, 11:44:18 AM »

I thought this movie was EXCELLENT . . . right up until Cruise grabbed the grenades.  Then I said, "Why, oh, why, must you torture me, Mr. Spielberg?"  (I didn't really say that, but I'm using some poetic license here).  The end, with the family emerging from the doorway and everyone embracing made me think I had stumbled into a Waltons reunion.  Goodnight, Jim Bob . . .

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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2005, 12:35:50 PM »

The Burgomaster wrote:
> I thought this movie was EXCELLENT . . . right up until Cruise
> grabbed the grenades.  Then I said, "Why, oh, why, must you
> torture me, Mr. Spielberg?"

Oh well, in 20 years, he'll replace the grenades, and all the other weapons, with something harmless. Tripods will wave gigantic walkie talkies around as people flee for their lives.



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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2005, 01:21:22 PM »

I was kinda hoping that if (and they did) show the aliens they would all be ET.  How creepy would that have been?

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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2005, 05:07:56 PM »

Right, ET wanted to phone home with the spill and spell so he could give his coordinates so the attack could begin. Remember when he told the boy "be good"?

Yeah...be good or ELSE

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« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2005, 12:11:59 AM »

Overall I was pleased with the movie.  I had the same initial reaction about the germs ("what, they can't do research?") but then I just figured what had been said -- they didn't know what germs are, anymore than a cow knows what fission is.  Just not part of their experience at this point, so they were screwed.  

That's a lot more satisfying than ID4, in my mind.  Not perfect, no.  And not Will Smith, "Welcome to Earth!  *thwock!*" satisfying, but much better storytelling.  

It was doomed, as a film, to flounder in this particular forum setting because it isn't good enough to be great, and not bad enough to be bad.
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