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- First time watching and reacting to War of The Worlds
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"You know what? Maybe he didn't know his daughter was allergic to peanut butter. But he DID know how to save her in a crazy, scary alien attack." -Dasha
Tbf maybe he'd know if he got to see his kids more than a couple days a month
One small correction. It's not based on the radio play. It's based on the book by H.G Wells. An absolute masterpiece of Sci-Fi literature.
And the book was published in 1898! It’s basically the father of all alien invasion stories and was a metaphor for colonialism.
There was also a 1950s film adaptation which I always think is well worth a watch.
@user-zw1ls7tz7o Too right. George Orwell said that Wells was too sane to understand the modern world. He really was the father of Modern Sci-Fi and the creator of the Martian invasion trope. He was well ahead of his time.
I hate the ending. It doesn't make sense. Superior aliens that have been watching us since the beginning of humanity, doesn't know about germs? That's asinine
agreed
Even in the middle of some action, you still drop the "That's what she said!". You're great! 🤣😂🤣
Dasha kills me!! She's priceless 😍. I once heard her choke out a " that's what she said" between sobs when she was watching a sad movie! I wish I could remember which one it was! Thanks for commenting on it, I thought I was the only one that heard it🤣
I also agree with you about Dakota Fanning, the child actress in this movie.
She's great.
She's been in dozens of movies since this, including all of the Twilight movies and a lot of other things, and even a few things before this.
She might be my favorite child actor based purely on the ability that she could actually act, at a very young age, which most kids can't really pull off well.
As a general rule, if you put a child into a movie that is definitely NOT a kids' movie, it almost always makes it worse.
But not when that child is Dakota Fanning.
Dasha: "Look the birds are running away"! I love it! Actually Dasha, the birds were flying away. 🥰
The two kid's grandparents at the end (Gene Barry and Ann Robinson) were the main stars in the 1953 War of the Worlds movie. And the news reporter's words "Once the tripods start to move, no more news comes out of that area" was originally said by a US Army general before the 1953 movie's first battle. The idea of the alien's shields was first thought of and used in the 1953 movie.
I have never wanted a kid to die in a movie, until I was introduced to Robbie.
I thought I was the only one!
Right? Disliked this movie so much only because of that kid.
Let's be fair to Robbie. At the beginning of the film, he has understandable reasons to think his dad is a douche.
For me this is one of the best examples of a 'realistic' apocalypse in media in terms of how the people react, and its portrayal of all the crowds. Not many movies have this sense of scale whilst keeping a grounded feel, a lot of disaster movies fall into the trap of scenes that are too big and with too much CGI, losing that feeling you are there as a tiny ant caught up in a momentous event. I think Cloverfield is the other good one that springs to mind that captures that feeling.
I never understood Robbie's need to leave his sister instead of protect her.
It's the weakest plot point in the movie.
If they needed to separate him so we can see Tom Cruise bond with his daughter there are many different ways they could have done it rather than the way they chose. It makes you hate him.@@infinitysynthesis
@@TheinterfaceTvSeries Yeah he just comes across as a whiny edgy teenager. I feel for the actor as he must have had hate for the role throughout the years.
If you look at it from the point of the writers (excluding H. G. Wells), Robbie felt less of a need to abandon his family than a need to protect his family by confronting the enemy head-on. The typical notion of rushing headlong towards and colliding with the enemy in a contest of arms seems romantic to a lot of young men Robbie's age, but had it not been for the microbes that inhabit our world alongside us, all that bravura and testosteronic bull charging would have availed him the same as any of them, which is to say, nothing but his own demise, whether by heat-ray, by Black Smoke (from the novel and not included in either film adaptation), or by exsanguination.
This version of War of the Worlds took a lot of elements from 9/11. Robbie was feeling the anger many people felt and volunteered to the military after 9/11. He wanted retribution even if it meant his death and abandoning his sister.
1:11 "the dramatism. i don't think that's a word."😆
it is now.
Dr. Doctor: We accidentally replaced your heart with a baked potato. You have about three seconds to live.
😅
The 1953 version of "War of the Worlds" is the first one I saw as a kid in the 80's... cool effects for the time, it must have really scared people in the theater when it premiered... check it out if you have the opportunity. :)
Yeah, there's still a LOT I like about that one BETTER than this one, especially the ships and the noises they made ... when moving, when firing, when gearing up to fire, etc. !!!
That first Tripod blaring horn is the best moment in this film for me. It gives me chills every time.
The grandparents at the end of the movie the grandfather is Gene Barry who played the lead in the original 1953 War of the Worlds. Also the grandmother standing next to Gene Barry was the lead female Ann Robinson that was in the house with him at the end of that 53 version!
A really cool homage to the 1953 movie!!!
"And it just said hello humans!"
lol
The opening said the Aliens were jealous of what we have here on Earth. They are from Mars and have almost nothing.
You've asked very good questions about why the aliens in this movie are attacking and killing everyone. The answer is in the opening narration by Morgan Freeman. As this story was written in the 19th century, the aliens are from Mars. Their planet is dying, and they've been looking at Earth with "envious eyes". Slowly and surely they drew their plans.
My father was 11 years old when the radio show played. He said it created pure panic in a lot of people because so many people missed the "this is a dramatization" bit that came before. They tuned in and the way it was set up it was like someone reporting the news of what was currently happening which made it seem very real. The police were very busy that night answering calls from panicked and paranoid people thinking they heard/saw an alien in their yards etc LOL
I wish someone would make an adaptation true to the book. Set in Edwardian times, with contemporaneous technology and attitudes.
You mean "Victorian times"?
It was set in the 1890's.
@@EdwardVonKhil Yeah you're right.
Well, there was the BBC miniseries from 2019 (not to be confused with the British-French series). Not very well received, apparently, but it was set in the right era.
6:45 "this is what she said." 🙂
there it is. ✅
>>-----------------> You said he was not a very good dad. He's the best dad! He was one of the few who saved his kids from death. I choose him over a dad who can make a better sandwich.
I agree with you about the plot hole in Signs. It was dumb for them to come here and not even have some kind of hazmat suit to keep them safe from water.
This movie makes a little more sense IF you assume the aliens come from a world that doesn't have harmful microbes.
I suppose that's possible, though it does seem unlikely; evolution starts small and builds up to big things so their planet should be crawling with microbes just like ours is, and presumably some of those are likely to be harmful just like here.
But.
Maybe it's possible they didn't know the dangers of microbes because their world doesn't have any, or any dangerous ones.
Maybe.
Maybe in Signs the danger from water was the point. Like it was a raid to allow the aliens to prove their bravery or as a right of passage. Why do people climb mountains?
@blakewalker5954. In Signs it’s entirely possible that it was the minerals, chemicals & other impurities in water that was deadly to the aliens, not the water itself. Pure water with absolutely nothing in it is rare. Drinking water from facets has fluoride & other chemicals in it. Water from streams & lakes has minerals & sediments. Rain water picks up pollutants & plant pollens as it falls through the air. So it wasn’t the water itself that was deadly to the aliens in Signs. It was the impurities in the water.
As for this movie it makes perfect sense that germs & bacteria kiIIed the aliens. It’s mentioned that the ships were buried thousands of years ago so the aliens had ways to deal with the bacteria that existed when they hid the ships. However microbes such as germs, bacteria & viruses evolve fairly quickly so the microbes that existed when the aliens began their invasion were a lot different than the ones that they encountered when they buried the ships. And since there is no way to accurately predict how microbes will evolve over thousands of years whatever defenses the aliens had developed against them didn’t work.
Personally i like the simple but plausible explanation that the aliens *did* know about the microbiology of Earth, but the invading force consisted just of their versions of "Anti-Vaxxers". I mean as a species we humans are also highly intelligent, we outclass every other life form in that regard and still be also produce the most amount of idiocy. Why shouldn't aliens have the same issues, interstellar traveling or not? Add imperialistic greed onto that and you have the same stupidity we are also still dealing with today. We even still have flat earthers and creationists, despite all our collective scientific knowledge, even our own space programs couldn't cure that.
Maybe the more intelligent factions of their species are just facepalming at their home planet after this failed invasion.
_War Of The Worlds_ is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells written in the late 1890s. The radio play is from 1938 and supposedly it was a scandal because they transmitted it as if it was a real extraterrestrial invasion. Then it came the movie adaptation from 1953 with advanced visual effects.
Dad is the most appreciated job in this world
Well actually, the movie isn’t based on a radio play. It’s actually based on a book 📖 written in the late 1800s by a well-known and legendary science fiction author named H.G. Wells. The radio play that your Patreon people were talking about is just a separate adaptation of that same novel. “War of the Worlds” is a story that has been adapted into many different forms of media, including movies, television, radio, and even music. There’s a music album based on “War of the Worlds” by a music artist named Jeff Wayne. The most famous movie adaptation besides this one is the 1953 film directed by Byron Haskin and produced by George Pal. In fact, this movie features the two lead actors from the 50s version in cameo roles, they’re the grandparents at the end.
Dasha getting prettier everyday in time
This was the first movie my dad worked as a prop maker for I remember how proud he was about the stairs cruise hides behind
One small correction correction: Yes, the movie was based on a 1930s radio drama by Orson Wells. But that radio drama was based on a 19th century novel by H.G. Wells
I agree with your opinion. You do a good job reacting to movies. Keep uploading your videos, and your subscriptions will continue to grow. Just my two cents from an old man. ❤
24:55 "HOLY SH*T!" 😮😆
When War of the Worlds was on the radio, the news reports from the story made a lot of people think there was a real alien invasion. After that, a law was added requiring radio stations to announce what was they were airing at least every 15 minutes or every half hour. I forget which. So if it's the Jack & Jill Talk Show, they have to say "For those just tuning in, this is the Jack and Jill Talk Show".
You should consider checking out the original 1953 version as a comparison in story telling.
I agree. The 1953 version battle scene was very well done. And that's the version that introduced the shields for the Tripods. The two kid's grandparents at the end (Gene Barry and Ann Robinson) were the main stars in the 1953 War of the Worlds movie. And the news reporter's words "Once the tripods start to move, no more news comes out of that area" was originally said by a US Army general before the 1953 movie's first battle.
1953 > 2000s
Every time you say “ that’s what she said” I’m reminded of the tv animation series “Archer, the world’s deadliest spy” I don’t know if you have this on your Patreon channel, but if you haven’t reacted to it, consider having a look. I think you’ll get a great laugh out of it.
As has been ponted out the original was HG Wells book - but there was a famous radio play based on it which caused a major panic, as it was done as a series of 'news' broadacsts and many thought it was real if they had just tuned in ...
The entire original broadcast is on RUclips.
Actually based on a great novel. The aliens didn't know that they would not be immune to the Earth's virus. This was written in the late 1800's, so this was far ahead of its time..
When Dasha pronounces "world" I can't help but immediately think of Rocky and Bullwinkle
dasha's pronunciations are 8% of the readon i watch.
29:20 In the original book, a combination of arrogance and panic (their planet was quickly dying) caused them to rush their invasion plans so they didn't have time to study all the ways it could fail. By altering the plan to take "millions" of years, the movie added a plot hole.
I saw this as a kid and liked it so much I read the book. I had NO IDEA how early the book was written until like halfway though. I thought it was written in like the 50's or 60's, idk why. But I couldn't help but think, wow there were a lot of horses in England in the 60's.. then I found out this book was written in 1898. The level of creativity here, this is a modernized version of course but it's not far off from the original with the tripods and the heat rays. This guy thought of all this when most people still rode horses to get around. Where did the inspiration come from? Amazing.
The man was absolutely brilliant.
It would have been a major bonus having a modern US Navy destroyer firing at the aliens like HMS Thunderchild in H.G. Well's book.
@eds946 have you heard Jeff Wayne's 1978 musical version of The War of the World's? It's done in rock opera style, and the song "Thunder Child" is gorgeous but haunting. When he saw how much I liked the book, my dad got me the double album for my 11th birthday, and I quickly became addicted to it.
@@robynmontgomery9826 I’ll check it out thanks for the suggestion
@4:21, a crane operator would be well aware of the wind direction. :D
I really hate how people dont like the ending. I know it sounds like a plot hole but i can think of a few different ways that it makes sense. Maybe the aliens sent a scouting party to earth millions of years ago, and then came back to put tripods in the ground since they knew the planet would probably evolve later and be able to harvest. It takes them thousands of years to cross space and start the invasion and by that time life has fully evolved and the bacteria on earth is something totally unprecedented to them. Maybe the aliens are doing this same thing on thousands of planets but it takes thousands of years to actually find out whats happening. Maybe they have been successful on other planets but earth is special. The ending leaves you to really think about all these possibilities and wonder to yourself and i love that.
I also wonder how else the movie should have ended according to the critics. Especially in a way that is unique and not something we have seen before while at the same time still supports the dreadful tone of the story. A generic American Hero story would have made this just Independence Day 2.0 and ruined this movies core theme that Ray is just an average dude who just tries to keep himself and his children alive while humanity is not able to fight the aliens with conventional weapons.
this movie felt like it was paint by numbers, because all my emotions were done feeling after watching the movie Signs.
I love this movie. It's definitely in my top 20. I don't understand why some people dislike it. Maybe because of the lead role, though i think Cruise did a great job.
The ending very nearly ruins the entire movie. There is no way Robbie would have survived. And the aliens dying because of the bacteria in the water? Uninspired plot device. We've seen that before. Dasha pointed that out as well. Also, both kids were super annoying. I couldn't take Dakota's incessant screaming. Overall it was a decent movie but those flaws really stand out and keep it from being a great one.
@@SurvivorBri Have you seen the old movie or read the book?. Just curious.
@@SurvivorBrithe bacteria was in the original story by H.G. Wells from the 1890s. If you've seen that before, they copied it from War of the Worlds.
@@subliminallime4321 Exactly. It shows consistency through the book and the 1953 movie. He said uninspired plot devise. The irony lol.
The issue for me is that it never got me to care about the characters. Without that, the whole thing is pretty dull.
I think you misunderstood the origin of this story. The War of the Worlds is a book by author H. G. Wells, which was written around 1895. In 1938, Orson Welles, a famous radio broadcaster, actor, and writer, did a Halloween broadcast dramatizing the story as if it were actually happening. In 1953, it was made into a color, sci-fi movie. Since then it has been adapted into movies and mini-series several times. There was even a TV show in the late 80s that was a direct sequel to the 1953 film.
All of them differ from the original novel. Most of them take some characters and events from the novel, but change them to fit the plot that they want.Others just use the main ideas from the novel and change everything else.
Everyone always says when you visit a foreign country, don't drink the water. You have to cook your food before you eat it as well.
Keep up the great work Dasha!
I LOVE listening to you talk❤❤❤❤
"This is what she said". I just spit out my tea. Great stuff!
08:21 "OH MY GAWD!"
13:11 😖😵😫😩😣
17:47 "OH MY GOD!"
20:28 "Eww, That Is So Gross."
22:05 XD
1:14 - I think that translates into "dramatic" :)
The movie and the radio play are both based on the book by HG Wells
"this is that she said" lololol
The original story was written by HG Wells in the late 1800's. He also wrote "The Time Machine" which is another famous story.
"War of the Worlds" has been produced as a radio program, at least three movies (one a drama about the radio production and the audience reaction to it, and some artistic liberty was taken), at least two television series, and a double album (vinyl).
The radio program was so realistic that people panicked in spite of the periodic station breaks that included commercials and "we now continue with" messages.
"The Night That Panicked America" is a 1975 TV movie depicting the production of the radio program and audience reaction. I saw it the night it was broadcast, and it has stuck with me. It was quite enjoyable.
"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds" (1978) is a progressive rock depiction of the story. It featured the narration by Richard Burton, and songs sung by talented artists such as Justin Hayward (Moody Blues). One of singles from that double album got quite a lot of air play. I recommend the album, if you like that genre of music and theme albums like those of Pink Floyd and Alan Parsons.
The 1988 TV series is a follow-on to the 1953 movie in which the aliens survived in a state of suspension to reawaken later and resume their havoc. It uses footage from the movie in flashback scenes and Ann Robinson reprised her role. Richard Chavez (Predator) and Adrian Paul (Highlander TV series) were part of the regular cast. The series ran for 44 episodes over two seasons.
In actuality, the one thing every version of this story has in common is the utter incapability of Humankind to protect itself against the Martian onslaught. Their technology was completely impregnable and Humanity had literally no defence against it. In the end, it wasn't Humanity at all that killed off the Martian invasion, it was bacteria. The novel suggests that th Martians were literally millions of years ahead of us in technology and medicine and sheer evolution. They no longer had immune systems because they had eradicated every microbial species on Mars. They exsanguinated Humans when they arrived on Earth because they literally had evolved away a digestive system and were now capable of nutrition only through the direct vein-to-vein transfusion of blood. They were literally brains with little mouths and eyes and a number of whiplike tendrils for manipulating technology. They only communicated telepathically and had evolved away vocal folds, so their mouths were little more than the main valve to a rebreather system. They had greater need for machines than we do now because when they arrived on Earth their bodies were too frail and weak to deal with the punishing gravity of our world, so they had to build machines just to walk around, a fact that's not mentioned in this adaptation.
Wells's novel suggests that the Martians were nearing a point where Mars would no longer be capable of supporting life -- the planet was dying -- and they knew they had to leave because their civilisation had long ago passed the point of no return, and they couldn't do anything anymore while they remained on Mars, so rhey turned back to our younger and warmer world, grey with air, blue with water and green with life. And as the narrator always indicates, the moment they arrived on Earth they were doomed. Because they were used to Mars gravity the gravity here weighed them down to where they almost couldn't move around, and in their hubris they eliminated the one thing that might have granted them final victory, and so it should be no surprise that the germs on Earth killed them.
Well, thats all right but in the lore of this 2005 movie, the Aliens didn't come from Mars and there are no hints at all that their home world is dying (even tho it's plausible).
If there's one intelligent species out there then there's many of them. So it's most likely some of them would be hostile and some would be friendly and some would be totally indifferent.
I encourage you to watch the original movie. The plot hole you pointed out is a good one. In the original, they come here in their ships. No "scouting" or anything, so they wouldn't know about being vulnerable to the pathogens. As a kid it gave me nightmares for weeks. Awesome movie!! And if you're into reading, the original book by H.G.Wells should be added to your list.
This is based on the book The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells published in 1898
"This is what she said." 😂
Three classic sci-fi films and their remakes. All six are great fun!
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, 2008)
The War of The Worlds (1953, 2005)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978)
the grandparents at the end are the original 2 stars in the first war of the worlds movie
That poor little Nissan truck...😢
Also, Robbie leaving his dad and sister was a douschbag move...but I do kinda get it when he says, "I want to see this!" It's the end of the world, gigantic battle for our survival happening right in front of me...I would 100% want to see it too.
This is the grandfather to ALL alien invasion movies. The book was written by H.G. Wells in 1897. In his book Wells even predicted some of the horrors that would be seen in World War One such as the use of gas. In the 30s Orson Welles (no relation) had a radio broadcast on Halloween. He had updated the story to modern times and changed the setting from southern England to the United States east coast. People who tuned in late thought it was a real news broadcast and panicked. A few even committed suicide. The story was adapted again as a movie in the 50s and then in this version made and set in the 90d.
You should check out the move "Turner & Hooch" with (Tom Hanks).
I think you'll love it.
The grandparents at the end were played by the two lead actors of the first film adaptation of the novel from 1953! H.G. Wells wrote the original novel back in the end of the 19th century. The 1930 radio play was the first dramatic adaptation of the novel, then the 1953 movie, then a 1980's tv series, then this film in 2005 then the French/British miniseries in 2019, then a british film set in the same era the book was written in, and now apparantly theres another one coming up called War Of the worlds: The Attack.
I really loved the moment when one of the aliens spun the bike wheel because they'd never invented it.
A Papa bear in fear of losing a child is indescribable. Actually losing them even more. I have felt both horrible experiences..
There is a strength and weakness that happens, stronger and weaker than anything felt before.
Thankfully, Dasha makes me smile and feel better, every video. Thank you.
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The scene where he has to kill Tim Robbins is ten times more powerful if you’re a parent.
Hi Dasha. Your reaction was very sweet.
Over time, I think this movie is getting the appreciation it deserves. The pacing is a little funky and the ending was kind of anti-climactic, but it’s still a well made action movie from some of the best in the business: Spielberg and Cruise.
Love your reactions. Also HG Wells wrote a novel and it was read on the radio from a little town and people thought it was real. Some of the worse panic situations and thought their was really going to be an attack. One of my favorite novels just because of that and what happened.
The aliens in Signs not considering that Earth's surface is 80% water and being killed by water is a vastly bigger plot hole than not realizing that their immune systems won't protect them from Earth bacteria. :)
Independence day is also pretty weak in that regard, why are Aliens using x86-Windows-compatible software that can be compromised by 1990s humans? Compared to all of that I think the gem plot twist of "War of the Worlds" is the more plausible concept. Especially if the Aliens homeworld dosen't have hostile microbiology like on Earth.
The other thing about the source material that should be taken into consideration is that H.G. Wells wrote this late in the 19th century, when the germ theory of disease was relatively new. It was easy therefore for Welles' martians to be unaware of microbes.
It was speculated that the Martians had likely long ridden their planet of microscopic illnesses, and eventually probably forgot about them.
The radio play is based on a book by the great H.G. Wells
Lol Dasha really liked that basement.
Great videos Dasha! I'm a new subscriber
The original book War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a short book as book standards go. There are a few things that translated well from the book to this version of the story
In the book, the focus was really not on the war machines, but at the plight of an ordinary man, that only by a miracle, was able to survive multiple situations where massive amounts of people were killed. Like tom Cruise in this movie running away and nearly getting disintegrated but narrowly escaping. No special training, not a military guy or particularly brave or heroic, and thrust into survival mode and only with luck makes it through
Also, the part about him being stuck with the insane man and having to kill him. The book really focused on what people will do when pushed to the limit, even an ordinary dock worker who is a terrible father but means well.
What WAS NOT translated from the book is the black ink. The war machines released fog banks of black ink-type fluid that seeped into places where people can hide and killed them.
The ending! Yes, seems a little far-fetched, but it was meant to show that the aliens were so haughty, so confident in their absolute domination, that it never even occurred to them.
Notice in the part where they come into the basement and we see them, and one of them spins the bicycle wheel and seems fascinated by it?
I am positive that this scene was put there for a reason This was a point H. G. Wells made in the book, that all of the war machines had no wheel of any kind. No moving joints had them, or any devices the aliens used. This point was to prove just how different they are in terms of their way of thinking compared to ours. Our civilization thrust forward because of the wheel. It's in the tiniest fine-precision watches to the largest spokes of a Ferris Wheel. The aliens may never have dealt with germs and bacteria? Maybe bacteria never occurred to them as a real threat
This was a good movie I thought. Thanks for the review Dasha!
I just realized that Maverick killed Merlin! 😮
Where the teen boy ran away from Cruze to join the military was him protecting both his sister and father. It not abnormal for the youth to flock to the military when his family or friends are threatened by a foreign force.
Alf ... old TV show, has a friendly alien ;-)
Haven't seen you in a while - looking forward to the reaction - but straight off the bat - love your new hair!
Mystic River (2003) please and thank you
Dasha, the 1953 adaptation of "War Of The Worlds" is a quality old sci-fi film. I think it is far better than Spielberg's version.
Yup, and did you notice the original actor's cameos at the end of this version, Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. =)
Yes, I also vote for the 1953 George Pal version.
I never watched this new one, but saw the 1953 one. It's become a bit dated over the decades, but it's still a good one. From what I can tell from the new one, it looks like Spielberg went a little too far in the gross-out department.
@@MrSmokingfrog1 yeah, when I saw them in the movie, I really geeked out about that.
The van was on "cruise control".
The trouble is, while they lacked immunity to our germs, we also lack immunity to theirs.
About the aliens being hostile. The original story from Wells was an allegory for the colonization of Africa. The Martians were the Europeans (British) and the humans were the native Africans.
Despite their technological advantages like unstoppable machines (trains and steamboats) and weapons that could slaughter entire villages, it was largely diseases and the climate that slowed them.
Speaking out against colonialism at the time was very unpopular. H.G. Wells was one of the first to use science fiction to couch unpopular or controversial subjects in a story without directly saying who was who.
The practice would return with the rise of television with shows like The Twilight Zone and Star Trek that took the place of morality plays.
So many people complaining about the bacteria ending or Robbie surviving as the most far-fetched points of this movie, but no one talks about the part when the plane hits their house and their "stolen" van survives without a scratch?
"Why would they even want to come to our planet to attack?"
Because Mars needs guitars - ruclips.net/video/bKkw92OEIiw/видео.html
the Night that Panicked America 1975, is about the actual radio show that set America crazy for 1 night, and it is from true stories from that night, a good movie
5:38 I don't know...depending on how fast you're driving, there's a possibility for injuries still. Like how you're jolted forward when the car suddenly stops and so on.
Becoming a parent changes you.
As a parent, if I was put in a similar situation in the basement with Tim Robbin's character, I would have done the same thing.
If your kids are in great danger like that, doing what he did wouldn't bother you any more than throwing away expired bread. You'd burn the world down if it meant keeping your kids safe.
That scene is one of the most powerful film moments showing what a parent will do for their child.
The accent 🖤🖤. Also great reaction
This movie is so good!! Keeps you on the edge of your seat!! Dasha, Love your reaction!! This is one of Tom Cruise best movies!! The war of the worlds 1938 radio play then came the movie War of the Worlds 1953 full movie. War of the Worlds1953 movie is better than this one. After you seen this movie, you will be saying how can it be better? I heard that radio play. Many people though it was really happening!! Orson Welles was amazingly good!!
I saw this film on the cinema when it came out and enjoyed it but also wasn't overly impressed, but on hindsight now it's actually a masterclass in depicting social breakdown and the horrors of an apocalyptic event.
Hi Dasha I'm glad you enjoyed this movie, I sure did and plus the aliens are quite terrifying especially that snake thingy that came inside the basement
War of the Worlds was originally written as a critical satire of the British Empire and the Boer War. Ignorance was the Martian’s downfall just as ignorance would be the British Empire’s downfall.
Thanks for the reaction--your perspective is always worth listening to and I love your accent.
Hi Dasha. hope you're well.😊 as already corrected. War of the Worlds was originally a science fiction/ romance novel by HG Wells written at the end of the 19th century. There have been multiple adaptations and the radio show you mentioned. broadcasted in 1938 was narrated in a news flash type alert that is has a lot of urban myth attached and some believe that it caused panic as the Americans thought it was real. But !! my all time favourite is the musical by Jeff Wayne and I spent many many many hours listening to and scouring the albums images. the narrator (Richard Burton) and the lyrics by Jeff Wayne tell the story in the most captivating way. ULLAH to those who know 😂 When it was announced that Spielberg was going to do a film version, I was so excited but inevitably the imagination didn't love up to the reality. The 2005 version (in my opinion of course) does do a decent job and the SFX was pretty good but the best scenes in the movie were the ones depicting the exodus of civilians in the most powerful country in the world. It was better than the 1953 version (which is still very fun to watch) but if you put on a set of headphones. turn off the lights and listen to the (original) album. you'll get a much more personal and deeper experience of one of the greatest and original SciFi stories ever told.
Jeff Wayne's War of the World's concept album is brilliant. Forever Autumn is one of my all time favourite songs.
Hi . Im sorry but I don't have or want social media. this is the closest I get and WhatsApp. OldSkool sorry 😞
Oh Dasha. Another “That’s what she said”. You are a trip!!
This is a film that should be experienced in a theater. Trust me, I know. You are a sweet vibe. 😁
I'm a huge WOTW fan, but not this movie.
I saw the 1953 movie first and it scared 6 year old me. Love the radio broadcast, the movie based on the radio play, the 1978 Musical, the 1980s TV show, video games. My first 3d animations were about WotW. But I got annoyed with this movie because of the actors.
Tim Robbins, Sam Wells "Merlin" in Top Gun 1986
I recommend that people read the book, it’s a classic.
The classic movie version was made in 1953 (it's stars have a cameo role as grandparents in this). It was made as an allegory to the Cold War - Reds under the bed - with the US and Communist Russia (sorry Dasha) facing off against each other, as with the humans against aliens and their red weed. The Orson Welles radio play was believed to be a real news broadcast and panicked the US for hours.
I highly recommend watching the original 1953 version of this film