TOM CRUISE HAS SHINY TEETH AND OH MY
Went to the War of the Worlds today. In the manner of my Episode III LJ review, I shall bust it into Pros and Cons. SPOILERS, hence
Pros:
CGI/Cinematography:
Effects are the bollocks. Full marks to ILM again, but this means fuck all if not for the cinematography by Janusz Kaminski, who I think is the reason I like Spielberg a lot better these days. The subtle camera pans and tilts to show the scale of the Tripods are fucking awesome.
Dakota Fanning:
She really is a good actress, like a female Haley joel Osment.
Tripods (1):
They make sounds like Seismic Charges in Attack of the Clones, and turn folk into dust about 2 minutes after rising out of the pavement. And they have sphincters.
Burning Train and Floating bodies:
Burning Train and Floating bodies in a River.
Miranda Otto:
is fucking hot.
Cons:
Tom Cruise:
He's not bad, but I think Tim Robbins who's a crazy guy in a cellar would have been more convincing. For the part of a Boston Crane operator at the Docks, he's still to pretty boy. And a fucking $cieno to boot, but anyway. You can see him trying to play the part, but he's falling just a little bit short of the mark. He does nail a fucking Tripod though, although with unforeseen ninja soldier skills.
Plotholes:
Crowds. Crowds in the situation of fucking large concerts behave worse against each other than the people under threat from fucking huge laser bastards like these Tripods. Whereas Spielbergs going for a fairly high degree of realism with the rest of the film, doesn't really work for me. Plus, if the only thing you can see over a blind ridge is the lights from a firefight, and full on Military choppers firing missiles over there, crowds would not be running towards it.
Tripods (2):
Right, i've gone through the credits list and his name at IMDB, but it would appear Kev O'Neill gets fuck all credit for tripod design. And here's the reason: From the Leagur of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol II (set during War of the Worlds)
http://www.robsacc.nl/ottens/hyde_tripods.jpg
Spielberg film:
Well, can I fuck find an internet pic of the tripods, but if you see it, you'll see the connection, believe me.
The Ending:
is fucking lame-o. You know you're in spoiler country, all his family survive.
The Dude with his young son sat next to me and C:
If your son doesn't speak english, wait for the fucking DVD with subtitles to come out instead of trying to explain it to him throughout the film, and don't be surprised when the two of us tell you to shut the fuck up.
Final score: 3.5 Teeth out of a possible 5.
Pros:
CGI/Cinematography:
Effects are the bollocks. Full marks to ILM again, but this means fuck all if not for the cinematography by Janusz Kaminski, who I think is the reason I like Spielberg a lot better these days. The subtle camera pans and tilts to show the scale of the Tripods are fucking awesome.
Dakota Fanning:
She really is a good actress, like a female Haley joel Osment.
Tripods (1):
They make sounds like Seismic Charges in Attack of the Clones, and turn folk into dust about 2 minutes after rising out of the pavement. And they have sphincters.
Burning Train and Floating bodies:
Burning Train and Floating bodies in a River.
Miranda Otto:
is fucking hot.
Cons:
Tom Cruise:
He's not bad, but I think Tim Robbins who's a crazy guy in a cellar would have been more convincing. For the part of a Boston Crane operator at the Docks, he's still to pretty boy. And a fucking $cieno to boot, but anyway. You can see him trying to play the part, but he's falling just a little bit short of the mark. He does nail a fucking Tripod though, although with unforeseen ninja soldier skills.
Plotholes:
Crowds. Crowds in the situation of fucking large concerts behave worse against each other than the people under threat from fucking huge laser bastards like these Tripods. Whereas Spielbergs going for a fairly high degree of realism with the rest of the film, doesn't really work for me. Plus, if the only thing you can see over a blind ridge is the lights from a firefight, and full on Military choppers firing missiles over there, crowds would not be running towards it.
Tripods (2):
Right, i've gone through the credits list and his name at IMDB, but it would appear Kev O'Neill gets fuck all credit for tripod design. And here's the reason: From the Leagur of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol II (set during War of the Worlds)
http://www.robsacc.nl/ottens/hyde_tripods.jpg
Spielberg film:
Well, can I fuck find an internet pic of the tripods, but if you see it, you'll see the connection, believe me.
The Ending:
is fucking lame-o. You know you're in spoiler country, all his family survive.
The Dude with his young son sat next to me and C:
If your son doesn't speak english, wait for the fucking DVD with subtitles to come out instead of trying to explain it to him throughout the film, and don't be surprised when the two of us tell you to shut the fuck up.
Final score: 3.5 Teeth out of a possible 5.