| | War Of The Worlds DVD (5 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action/Adventure DVDs, Horror Movies, Adventure Videos, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, War, Based On A Novel, Remake, Future/Futuristic Worlds, Epic, Disasters | | Starring | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Justin Chatwin | | Director | Steven Spielberg | | Composer | John Williams | | Director of Photography | Janusz Kaminski | | Narrator | Morgan Freeman | | Producer | Tom Cruise, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, Paula Wagner | | Screenwriter | David Koepp, Josh Friedman | | Source Writer | H.G. Wells |
Tom Cruise stars in this Steven Spielberg film. One cannot help but think of terrorist attacks while watching Stephen Spielberg's update of the classic sci-fi fantasy THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. While the H.G. Wells story dates back to 1898, and has inspired previous adaptations, this particular version feeds off its 21st century audience's fear of a terrorist-induced apocalypse. Even if the sight of tall buildings crumbling to the ground and crowds running fearfully away from their demise doesn't trigger post-9/11 paranoia, dialogue such as "Is it the terrorists?" will.
Disgruntled, divorced father Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is struggling to connect with his estranged kids, who have been dropped off by their mother for the weekend, when a severe and unusual lightning storm leaves his New Jersey neighborhood powerless. Over the course of the next few hours, it becomes obvious that this was not a storm at all, but rather the first sign of a worldwide alien attack. Emerging from the ground in multi-legged tripod-like machines that have apparently been stored beneath the earth's surface since before man's time, these aliens begin the process of waging a long-planned war on our planet. While WAR OF THE WORLDS follows Ray's growing closeness with his two children (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) in the face of imminent disaster, and his transformation from lousy father to hero, their story is used mostly as a vehicle for illustrating an unending series of horrific scenarios. The human element of the story is also briefly explored with Tim Robbins's portrayal of a crazed, alien-fighting recluse. Sticking closely to Wells's original descriptions of alien warfare, the film focuses mainly on visuals and succeeds through impressive special effects to create two hours of thrilling, frightening, realistic terror. Theatrical Release: June 29, 2005 War Of The Worlds Reviews: "Steven Spielberg's summer blockbuster has knockout special effects, masterful cinematography, and terrifying and suspenseful sequences. Its explosive, non-stop action brings to mind SAVING PRIVATE RYAN's indelible opening battle sequence."
-- Claudia Puig, USA Today 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Janusz Kaminski's icy-blue cinematography and John Williams's unusually discordant score underline the movie's sober reckoning of Armageddon..."
-- Howard Karren, Premiere Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "Spielberg's technical mastery, especially with the Tripods -- aliens as nasty as E.T. was sweet -- is evident in every frame of this superior transfer."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Watching Steven Spielberg's spooky and playful remake of WAR OF THE WORLDS, you may feel a surge of childlike awe..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "Effectively scary and visually impressive."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "[The] road trip, by car and foot, inspires Spielberg to create extraordinary images of a frayed family in a frayed civilization."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Spielberg handles the action with practiced flair. There are even some uncharacteristically dark touches..."
-- Edward Lawrenson, Uncut "The film delivers on spectacle, from the jarring initial appearance of an alien tripod breaking up through tarmac to the collapse of the war machines in post-holocaust Boston."
-- Kim Newman, Sight and Sound War Of The Worlds | List Price | $12.98 (You save $4.29) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  10416  | | CD Universe Part number | 6975297 | | Catalog number | 94393 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 22, 2005 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images | | Running Time | 117 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled |
War Of The Worlds Movie Review Average Rating: (2.4 out of 5 stars)   BAD , BAD
I'm sorry but i expected a very great spectacullar movie but NOTHING.
Some special efects, nothing more.
Really ,,, is much better "SCARY MOVIE 4" or "INDEPENDENCE DAY"
Submitted by Jorge Guateque mjor99 (Bogota, Colombia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Highly Overrated
This is the worst movie that Steven Spielberg has ever made. I was very disappointed by the plot and script. They were very poor, and so was the acting. I was not really impressed also with the opening and closing of the film because they were quite weak.
Submitted by admar (Gallup, NM, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A very very bad movie !!!!
It's my opinion . This movie is worst . good special effect but no more a bad remake . The original of 1953 is very better
Submitted by Yves , Canada (Québec , Canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Inane plot...but still enjoyable
It's rare to find a movie where so many key elements of the premise make no sense whatsoever. For example:
The aliens supposedly bury the war machines before human civilization exists in preparation for a future assault. Rather than colonize the planet at that time, they wait for humans to develop technology and weaponry, THEN they decide to invade. Maybe they felt it was more sporting that way.
The aliens are eventually destroyed by the Earth's microorganisms, against which they have no immunity. Weren't these microorganisms present when they buried the war machines in the first place? For an advanced civilization they seem to have skipped microbiology in school.
Also, they bury dozens (maybe hundreds) of these huge metallic machines all over the planet and not a single one is ever detected or unearthed inadvertently??? Uh huh.
You get the idea.
Submitted by BrianP (Fremont, CA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
 Kool!!!!!!!!!!!
This movie was very cool. It had great effects and a good story for a sci-fi move.
Submitted by Jordan (Bedford, IN, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
| Have you seen this movie? |  |
War Of The Worlds DVD Snap Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English
War Of The Worlds Video Arrival, Day the Earth Stood Still, Host, Independence Day, King Kong/Jurassic Park, Mars Attacks!, Men In Black, Noah's Ark Principle, Signs, Starship Troopers, Stephen King's The Mist, Trigger Effect, Twilight Zone - Vol. 28 (DVD), V: The Final Battle, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds - The Complete First Season, War of the Worlds/When Worlds Collide Buy War Of The Worlds DVD Purchase War Of The Worlds Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Garfield The Movie DVD (2004) Full Frame; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
War Of The Worlds film
 $9.69 
The long-running, popular comic strip about the fat and lazy cat named Garfield comes to life with this live-action Hollywood comedy. Based on characters created by Jim Davis, the film tells the story of this supremely spoiled pet, who wants the affection of everyone around him, only he wants it on his own terms. Trouble arises one day when, under the influence of the beautiful veterinarian Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Garfield's owner Jon (Breckin ...
| | Collateral DVDs (2004) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; DTS Sound
War Of The Worlds review
$8.65 
Jamie Foxx plays Max, a Los Angeles cab driver who has a pretty wild night in this thriller from Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER). First, Max picks up, flirts with, and gets the number of Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attractive District attorney. Next, Vincent (Tom Cruise) climbs into his cab. He is a professional hit man who reserves Max for the night with a whole shopping list of victims he needs to visit. As the night moves forward and the body count rises, Max must wrestle with the question of how to do the right thing while staying alive. Gradually the two men bond in unlikely ways, as each learns survival mechanisms from the other, and it all doubles as a metaphor for morality ...
| | Notebook DVD (2004) Full Frame; Widescreen; Subtitled
War Of The Worlds DVD
$13.05
Based on the celebrated novel by Nicholas Sparks, THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of a young couple who overcome insurmountable odds to experience the true power of love. In a modern-day nursing home, a kindhearted man (James Garner) reads a tender story to another patient (Gena Rowlands). The story begins during one glorious summer in small-town South Carolina in the early 1940s. Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) is a blue-collar ...
| | Batman Begins DVD (2005) Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled
War Of The Worlds movie DVD
$8.85
Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)--the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging--transformed into the crime-fighting superhero. With flashbacks to his privileged childhood, young Master Wayne, as he is called by the butler Alfred (Michael Caine), develops a terrible fear of bats when he falls through the backyard garden into a hidden cave. As a young adult, Wayne lives among the League of Shadows, a martial arts group in the mountains of Asia. His leaders Ra's al Ghul (Ken Watanabe) and Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) teach him strength, endurance, and--unfortunately--evil, against which he naturally rebels. Returning to Gotham and reinstating himself as a dapper socialite and the rightful heir to his parents' enterprise, Wayne quickly devises his secret identity, commanding help from the gadgetry expert ...
| | Iron Maiden - Death On The Road DVDs (2003)
War Of The Worlds video
$14.49
Iron Maiden's live album DEATH ON THE ROAD captured the heavy-metal legends at a stop on their 2003 tour, which promoted both that year's DANCE OF DEATH and the best-of collection EDWARD THE GREAT. Recorded at the Westfalenhalle Arena in Dortmund, Germany, this concert film presents DEATH ON THE ROAD in visual form, with Maiden tearing through newer fare from DANCE OF DEATH as ...
| | Transformers DVD (2007) Widescreen
War Of The Worlds film
$15.25 
Based on the Hasbro toy line that initially captivated kids in the 1980s, director Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS finds two warring bands of shape-shifting alien robots renewing their intergalactic conflict on Earth. While the Decepticons, followers of the malevolent Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving), strive to take over the planet, the Autobots, led by the valiant Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen), are intent on protecting humanity. When young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers that his new car is really the Autobot Bumblebee (voiced by Mark Ryan), it sets the stage for a massive giant-robot showdown.
A shining ...
| | Six Degrees Of Separation DVD (1993) Widescreen
War Of The Worlds review
$9.69
Fifth Avenue socialite Ouisa Kittredge (Stockard Channing) and her purveyor of high-art husband Flan (Donald Sutherland), are pedigree parents of "two at Harvard and one at Groton." But the privileged insular world inhabited by the Kittredge family, as well as their public status as distinguished arbiters of culture, makes them easy prey for a consummate con-artist like Paul (Will Smith). One night, he mysteriously shows up at their front door - injured and bleeding- claiming to be Sidney Poitier's son and a close college crony of the Kittredges' Ivy League progeny. Impressing Ouisa and Flan with his articulate literary expositions, Paul proves to be a sharp-witted, learned young man with epicurean taste and surprising culinary skill. His ...
| | This is Spinal Tap DVD (1984) Widescreen
War Of The Worlds DVD
$9.69
A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer are David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, respectively--three clueless, self-absorbed men who form the nucleus of Spinal Tap, aging ...
| | Bucket Of Blood DVD (1959) 20th Century Fox
War Of The Worlds movie DVD
$9.69
Bumbling busboy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) works at a beatnik coffeehouse populated by artists, poets, and dope addicts. He longs to belong and, inspired by the poetry around him, tries his hand at sculpting. When he accidentally kills a cat and covers it with clay, it becomes a celebrated work of art. Soon Walter has moved on to killing people and ...
| | Heavy Traffic DVD (1973)
War Of The Worlds video
$10.29
| | Ripper: Letter From Hell DVD (2000) Widescreen
War Of The Worlds film
$10.29
| | Little Lord Fauntleroy DVD (1936) Black & White
War Of The Worlds review
$7.89
Freddie Bartholomew (DAVID COPPERFIELD, CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS) plays Cedric Errol, a poor ...
| | Rocky Balboa DVD (2006) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
War Of The Worlds DVD
$9.49
ROCKY BALBOA, the sixth installment of the long-running film franchise, should amount to nothing more than a lame punch line to a TONIGHT SHOW monologue joke. However, just as his longtime corner man Paulie describes the Italian Stallion himself, this movie is all heart. Thirty years after Sylvester Stallone first introduced the underdog backroom brawler from Philadelphia in the Oscar-winning ROCKY, Rocky Balboa returns for one last dance. Speculation as to whether Balboa, in his prime, would have been able to defeat lackluster champ Mason "The Line" Dixon spurs Dixon's management to set up an exhibition fight between the two. That Balboa is in his 50s in the film and wouldn't be sanctioned to fight anyone, let alone a man 30 years his junior and in the prime of life, must be left up to the viewer's ability to suspend disbelief. To its credit, however, the movie addresses at every turn the insanity of a man approaching 60 getting back into a boxing ring, and Balboa's impassioned explanation of his motivations is just believable enough to give all other improbabilities a free pass.
Though it may sound like faint praise, this is the best ROCKY movie since the original. It's very much a love letter to Philadelphia, and Stallone, who wrote and directed the movie, shoots everything with an unflinching eye that humanizes the mean streets ...
| | Open Wide Tooth School Inside DVD (2007)
War Of The Worlds movie DVD
$11.05
Animated; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
|
|
|
Email a Friend
