I'll begin my review of War of the Worlds with an historical fact everybody knows (except perhaps my future sister-in-law Julie who didn't realize it was going to be a Science Fiction!). Anyway here's the fact: when the War of the Worlds radioplay was first broadcast in 1938 people actually believed the world was under attack by Martians. The panicked and fled their homes or hid in basements.
How can you compare with that? You can't.
While at no point did I feel the need to find a storm cellar to crawl into, War of the Worlds was a great flick. Lots of scenes with extras running, getting blown up, being sucked into a spaceship's anus, etc.
As always Dakota Fanning is a fabulous actor, beats Tom Cruise out of the water. He wasn't bad either though. Random celebrities for no reason: Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman (voice).
If you know the War of the World's story, you'll know that you never get the satisfaction of seeing the human race triumph over the alien menace. If you don't know the story/don't remember what happens, I ain't spoiling it here.
Oh, and the bloody roots make for a nice visual.
*****
2 comments:
when the War of the Worlds radioplay was first broadcast in 1938 people actually believed the world was under attack by Martians
Hmmmm, you don't suppose some U.S. president could take that same idea and instead make the people believe that America is under attack by Iraqis or something do you?
That would require a dishonest president, and everybody knows that all polititians are completely honest.
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