I figured I’d do a quick review of War of the Worlds. In the end, I’d probably give it 6 zibs (out of 10). You could certainly tell that a lot of time and money had been spent on special effects. Overall, the story was pretty good even if there weren’t too many shocks. If you know how the original story ended, the movie’s ending won’t hold any suprises for you. The characters were pretty good, but if you’re expecting a great plot and award caliber acting, you’re probably not going to find it here. There’s even a great section of the movie with Tim Robbins playing a pretty standard crazy Tim Robbins character. It felt like half the theater laughed when they saw Tim Robbins come on screen. If you go into the movie looking for some good effects, pretty good acting, and fair amount of suspense, you won’t have wasted your money.
{ 2005 07 03 }
christopher | 07-Jul-05 at 1:08 am | Permalink
It was terrible. This is full of spoilers, but nothing will spoil the movie more than seeing it. Trust me, you imagine it much better than it is.
To quote my friend from LA who saw it with me, “It ultimately boiled down to a mediocre story about human relationships set against the backdrop of a fullscale alien invasion. Extremely disappointing. There are few plots I’ve seen recently with so many holes and you know you are in trouble when your punch line boils down to Montezuma’s revenge.