Da War of Da Woilds
It's quite good. Spielberg's best effort in years, certainly. It is simply a machine designed to freak you out for two hours. And it works. There's pretty much nothing to the movie beyond "unsettling," so I don't know how many times I could watch it, but it's an impressive suspense/horror movie. It upset Emory and Leslie quite a bit, really.
I'm fine, though. Because I'm not a pussy.
I'm fine, though. Because I'm not a pussy.
posted by Jeff at 11:53 AM
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I still don't like when Spielbergo compares the DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND to the destruction of two buildings in downtown NYC, but halfway through this, I was thinking about 9/11, and then I got even more depressed. It's a depressing film. But it's awesome, too.
It's:
Signs + The Trigger Effect + Schindler's List * The Day After = WotW.
"The lights are still on."
"That's because nothing bad has happened here yet."
(Cue train)
Yeah, not too uplifting, this movie.
I have a serious question in relation to the logic of this film: At what point do you think Cruise began to realize they were aliens? (Climax, notwithstanding). Or do you think he ever really realized they were aliens?
One of my little nitpicks was that there was never the "Holy Shit! There are aliens!" scenes. I know, I know, within the context of the film's pace, such a scene might have been strange, but if you're going for straight realism -- "What would happened if aliens really attacked?" -- I think it's important to show regular folks like you and me groping with the idea of aliens landing. Or at least, trying to make sense of it.
I actually like the build that Signs has regarding this type of beat. They obviously go for a New Age-y spiritual approach, but at least it's an approach.
I figured he knew after they started disentegrating everyone. But he doesn't want to say "aliens" in front of the kids, otherwise they'd panic. The kids asked (twice, at least) "Is it the terrorists?" and Cruise was like "No, it's not the terrorists." Not long after he meets that newscrew looking at the airplane crash and they show him the aliens riding the lightning, so he certainly knows by then.
I kind of dig that there was no moment where everyone yelled "We're being INVADED! By ALIENS!" There's just a sudden, widespread understanding that things are just as wrong as wrong can get.
I have issues with the movie that I go over on myspace.com/pauljay. I still liked it a lot, tho.
Oh, yeah. The news crew scene. I had forgotten about it. I guess, because I hated it so much.
The lines, or the actress, or...something...in that scene was seriously off.
When he says they're from "somewhere else" ... "no, not like Europe."
That's pretty clear, I thought.
-Leslie
The newswoman actress was super terrible, you're right.
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