War of the Worlds *Spoiler*

[bam wannabe]

I totally agree. I really wanted the boy at least to be killed. He was a little selfish, leaving the young and vulnerable Dakota Fanning and the lovable but flawed Ray(Oh look at me, I'm Gene Siskel!), but what really bugged me was his mouth. It just looked really small in proportion to his head. It bothered me every time he talked (I am no longer Gene Siskel. ).

the kid bothered me because he was a red sox fan


i loved the movie though, the girl screaming all the time got a bit annoying. but other than that, its great.
one thing i dont get though, all the power stopped right? the phones, and even his watch.... so how did that one guy have a camcorder when the tripod came out of the ground just before he got zapped.
i have seen this movie a few times and im still lost on that part

was the battery not in the camcorder during the storm and that saved the battery? thats all i can think of

[Jonneh]

Stuff

I think looking for story inconsistencies is a little to easy for this film, for example, why is Tom Cruises neighbourhood utterly destroyed, yet his ex-wifes parents house, which appears to be an even more populated area, looks fine? Why, when the martians (never actually mentioned as martians, just as invaders) first emerged from the ground in their doom machines did they just disintegrate everyone, when they were seen later seen eating guys, disintegrating guys makes them inedible, dumb aliens. I guess the kid surviving that giant wall of flame is pretty dumb too.

I still liked it though, it was pretty spooky and had fantastic sound.

[Target Practice]

SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE.

Oops, wrong movie. Sorry.

[Boydster]

I never got what those red plants were for.

And back millions of years ago when they first stuck the machines in the ground, why di..... wait a second..... Oooh, the germs weren't around then.... gotcha... nvm

[Jaan]

I never got what those red plants were for.

Terraforming ... sorta. Marsaforming?

They were trying to turn our planet into thier planet basically.

[Boydster]

Terraforming ... sorta. Marsaforming?

They were trying to turn our planet into thier planet basically.

So how did they grow them without "fertilizer" on their planet? There are a lot of holes in this movie.

[steimway]

SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE.

Oops, wrong movie. Sorry.

son of a *****!
You bastard! I was going to buy it tomorrow! Why must you torment me with spoilers, internet? Why?

So how did they grow them without "fertilizer" on their planet? There are a lot of holes in this movie.

Considering the story it was based on was written over a hundred years ago, I think some plot holes are excusable.

[Jonneh]

SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE.

Oops, wrong movie. Sorry.

I don't care about harry potter but that's a pretty lame thing to spoil. Toxx clause.

edit: Snape? Snape?!? SNAAAAAAAAPE!!!

[Boydster]

Is there a fourth movie now? I don't remember snape ever killing dumbledore. Or are y'all talking about that new book? Or is this a joke? It's carrying on for a while.

EDIT: Now that dumbledore is gone, harry potter can finally die. woohoo!

[ScatterPlot]

The origunal question was "why did the shields go down," not "what killed the aliens." I guess when they died they all fell on the "shields turn off" button?

[Rather]

edit: Snape? Snape?!? SNAAAAAAAAPE!!!

Now you go an spoil the ending of a video game (as played by someone that can't figure out why a cardboard box is an odd thing to see crawling around)?

[Jonneh]

Now you go an spoil the ending of a video game (as played by someone that can't figure out why a cardboard box is an odd thing to see crawling around)?

"It feels like it's my destiny to be in the box."

[CoolHand]

OK, my biggest question about the whole movie is this:

If they were here millions of years ago, to bury their machines, which they would use to take over the planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . why did they not just stay when there wasn't anybody to take it from. They could have just as easily used the dinosaurs as fertilizer, and since there was only the one big continent, they wouldn't have had to chase them as far.

I don't know, maybe believable sci-fi has ruined me, but I didn't really like it that much (that, and the intolerable stupidity of both Ray and his kids).

[Steelrat]

OK, my biggest question about the whole movie is this:

If they were here millions of years ago, to bury their machines, which they would use to take over the planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . why did they not just stay when there wasn't anybody to take it from. They could have just as easily used the dinosaurs as fertilizer, and since there was only the one big continent, they wouldn't have had to chase them as far.

I don't know, maybe believable sci-fi has ruined me, but I didn't really like it that much (that, and the intolerable stupidity of both Ray and his kids).

If I had to hazard a guess, it was because the climate wasn't right at the time. I don't get why they didn't just stick to Welles's original premise, and have the martians come in giant cylinders. Would have eliminated the whole series of questions.

[steimway]

Toxx clause.

I think this might be a toxx slightly out of his control.