Movie Debate #37: War of the Worlds (2005)

[Reed Rothchild | 9,918]

 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,918]

Part 2 of 2 for @Mega Tank's picks

[Andy_Bogomil | 861]

Entertaining. 6.

Never read the book.

[Gloves | 12,251]

Never seen it.

[fsped09 | 223]

I went with 8 but I wouldn't say it was the best movie that year. 7 wasn't strong enough. Good balance of action and suspense. There is a scene that while good, doesn't really add anything to the plot. Overall a great movie. Its a remake of a 1953 movies of the same name (also a good film). 

[RH | 5,206]

3 minutes ago, fsped09 said:

I went with 8 but I wouldn't say it was the best movie that year. 7 wasn't strong enough. Good balance of action and suspense. There is a scene that while good, doesn't really add anything to the plot. Overall a great movie. Its a remake of a 1953 movies of the same name (also a good film). 

I've seen the original film.  I'd give it an 8.  It might be a 9, but it's been so long that I've seen it, I can't say that for sure.

Regardless, I enjoyed that one enough and I didn't feel compelled to see this one.  In fact, it took me a minute to even remember they remade it. So, I'm gonna pass on this one.

[JamesRobot | 6,026]

Meh.  Forgettable overall.  Huge fan of the original, some of my favorites. 

[Skorp | 387]

6/10 It's isn't very bad, but it also isn't too good. Just for the occasional watch once in a while. Nothing truly memorable or interesting to hold ties to.

[DefaultGen | 5,723]

5. I probably would’ve gone the rest of my life without thinking about this movie again without this thread.

[Kguillemette | 1,606]

4/10. I saw it in theaters, didn't care much for it. Also, I think the ending was very lazy writing. 

Never saw the original movie, but I did listen to the original 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast, which was absolutely intense for its time.

[Andy_Bogomil | 861]

22 minutes ago, Kguillemette said:

4/10. I saw it in theaters, didn't care much for it. Also, I think the ending was very lazy writing. 

Never saw the original movie, but I did listen to the original 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast, which was absolutely intense for its time.

Yeah... the movie was kinda like a Star Trek episode... super tense and lots of build up for 99% of the movie then they just wrap everything up in 2 minutes with some cheap writing lol.

[TDIRunner | 2,888]

I watched the original with my Dad years ago when I was a kid, but I've never seen the remake.