I can only imagine the audience reaction when this film was released in 1953. The special effects and audio are amazing! It is truly a science fiction masterpiece, even today 68 years later.
I grew up in the 1950s, and it was the early sci-fi era. There were a small group of movies that really did for it me: War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Love them all.
@@georgesealy4706 Another great 1950s sci-fi film is the low budget, “The Man from Planet X.” Robert Clarke, William Schallert and Margaret Field (mother of Sally) star in the film. When Margaret Field looks through the porthole of that odd-looking ufo and that gaunt-looking spaceman looks out at her, I nearly fell out of my chair as a young kid, seeing it for the first time.
I purchased a CD that not only played the soundtrack but an extra disc dedicated to the war machines. The sounds are effective, especially on dark nights!!
I was 14 when I figured out where that "warpy" sound came from. We bought a 1962 Dodge from our Priest. When you'd start it, it made that sound. They obviously used an earlier vehicle, but it was the exact sound.
@@ClarenceDoskocil The Heat Ray sound effect was also used in The Bugaloos :) Joy gets zapped by Benitas' bug zapper gun and you hear this sound as she goes down :)
This movie was one of a kind, love those types of effects they used before CGI, which still looks very good to this day, and that really goes to show how well made a movie like that is! I think this could be my favourite movie from the 1950s, it may have its flaws here and there, but it's still so entertaining to watch.
It’s definitely one of my favorites. My wife and I watch it, and listen to the original Orson Wells broadcast every Halloween. Loved the machines. Wish I had a model of one.
George Pal, and Gene Roddenberry, were Geniuses! I am also impressed, with the Special Effects People, at Industrial Light and Magic, and Pixar; I can't help, but wonder, what Pal, and Roddenberry, could have done, with those resources, at their disposal.
War of the Worlds (1953), The Thing (1951), and Forbidden Planet are my favorites. Great stories and special effects. This exchange between the US military and the three Martian ships is just beyond awesome! The colors and sound effects are crazy. I play this scene through my big speakers and the house shakes; just gripping stuff!😀
Not magic, electromagnetic shields. We actually understand the concept of how this works, we just haven't yet created a power source strong enough to generate such a field.
How true. Born in 1965. Used to come on once a year. I was so scared. I would look out at night and thought the streetlights were Martian machines because they were very similar shaped. God.
The most spectacular battle ever fought on a 1953 screen man fighting against an Alien threat. That would have been a hell of a site back then. Amazing SciFi technology. I watched this in the mid 1970s as a kid. Can't remember but I was probably staring at the B/W TV mouth open maybe. Who knows. Great stuff.👍
Made before I was born, it’s still in my top ten. I do have a minor obsession with the story, from Orson Wells to Jeff Wayne, but this is just brilliant. The special effects are top drawer for its time. I love this.
This movie is and was pure genius. Of all of the iterations created since Orson Welles did his scary radio show this is by far the best production ever done.
1:15 one of the most chilling and iconic scenes in science fiction history. The sounds that the martian machines make still send a shiver down my spine.
Roderick Harris I was 9yrs old in 1953 when this movie was first shown in our local theater! Scared the hell out of me then. But to this day I'm still a hugh fan of this movie. As well as the 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still!! "Gort burrata nikto"
This is the first time I'm seeing this iteration but damn, the effects are gorgeous for a movie made in the '50s. I can't even imagine seeing something like this back then, it must've been nothing short of marvelous.
I remember renting this on VHS when I was 13 yrs old.. The scene where the alien touches the woman on the shoulder really made me shit myself and didn't sleep at all for 3 days. They made this movie very well, despite its made in the fifties. Now i own a copy and its still scary.
"This type of defense is useless against that kind of power." A great line in which the only response would be, "OMG, what the hell are we gonna do now?"
I was born in 53 so both the movie and I are the same age. It is a great adaptation. As a side note, when George Pal the producer and director was setting up to make the movie, he visited Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, and consulted with a number of the Officers and Men about the story and whether or not they could defeat the Martians. They all told him that if he stuck to the original story, the Martians would be toast as they had no protective shielding to the modern weapons they had. As a result of these interviews, Pal came up with the concept of the Force field in order to stay true to Welles' story.
@@jdewitt77 I totally agree. That is why I said Pal came up with the concept of the shields. Can you imagine nowadays if the Martian Machines had no shields coming up against our precision missile weapons, heavy artillery, and not to mention battlefield shoulder launched missiles, tanks and bombs.
One can imagine that the Martians--who had been observing and scrutinizing us--decided that we humans were advancing too quickly so they launched their attack on Earth while they could still defeat us.
I like in the movie how the Martians hold back from firing their weapons to gauge the effectiveness of our weapons on their shields. Like the general said earlier, this was the only place so far that sufficient force could be brought to bear on the Martians. The Martians knew this too.
Two things I noticed in this movie. The military IS organized and has powerful weapons. The acting is great. We should have reconstruction and update of this plot with a 'genuine' sense of realism with the military. The newer version is nowhere near this quality. CGI at the right moment works. Models at the right time works too. Painted scenarios too. The great artistry of cinema is the combination of these techniques. It helps these movies age well. I want a remake of this move with a similar plot without throwing away the great attributes of this one. This is outstanding.
I watched this movie in the theatres. Scared the hell out of me. Today, I still think it was one of the elite and best sci-fi movies to come out of the 50s. The others would be The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet
@@starbucki9852 I wouldn't include "This Island Earth". But, most definitely "The Time Machine". Excellent sci-fi movie that scared the hell out of me as well. What a fantasy movie for a kid to watch at the theater back then. How did I forget it??
I was born in 1946 and saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. I was terrified and deeply disturbed by it. My parents shoul not have let me see it!
I’ve been searching for that shot at 0:39 my whole life. I’m 35 now but remember my grandfather lying on his bed watching his small TV in my grandparents’ bedroom with that flying saucer shot. All my life I’ve wondered if it was a dream or real, but now I know it was real. My God, I must have been 6 years old.
Still the best version of this story.The effects are great.The sound of the Martian machines is so unique and this version is the only one where the main Character,the scientist,Dr Forrester, actually has a part in defeating them.Just an amazing movie.The most recent BBC version did have incredibly creepy Martians in it though, who we see alot more of than this movie.
The way the Martian ships cruise along serenely while destroying everything in their path is just amazing. I've seen the Tom Cruise version once, but the original dozens of times.
I was 14 when I first saw this. Sitting in my parents living room, lights out, eleven at night. The scene where the Sargent in the bunker gets fried, scared the crap out of me. Loved the movie an the story ever since. Get the dvd out about once a yr an watch. Never gets old.
I was born in '58. Remember this scaring the hell out of me, and that was just a year ago! 😄. I believe this and Forbidden Planet are the two best SciFy movie from the dawn of the modern Techno Thriller in the 1950's
The music and the drums just add so much to this film. And what more can you say about those terrific sound effects! Saw this as a kid and still enjoy it.
There's nothing like seeing these old movies on a big screen in a theater. I was lucky enough to see "Godzilla", " Forbidden Planet", "Kronos", and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" in a theater. Never got to see WOTW though. My DVD is from a 35mm print.
The effects, both visual and the audio are fantastic. Brings out the kid in you, play fighting your toys. Much better than cgi. Also love the fact the Martians let the humans fire away, so they can judge our weapons and see our positions, then simultaneously open fire and wipe us out.
The dropping of the flare early on taught the Martians that we had the potential to mount air strikes against them. When the flying wing approached their nest, they had already anticipated a more serious attack and put up their screens. Thus, the A-bomb proved useless against them. That brief view of the first nest the flare offered earlier backfired big time on us when the bomb was dropped on the Martians later. Curiosity almost killed the cat!
Nice re-cutting of Leith Stevens' musical score to fit scenes! I personally don't think he wrote enough music for the entire movie, but you did a great job of matching the themes in the opening score to scenes in the movie. Paramount was definitely working within a tight budget on this one, but it turned out to be a classic. One of my other favorites was Russel Garcia's score from 1960's "The Time Machine".
1:14 to 4:42, the most iconic scene in the entire movie. Those poor guys couldn't even get their screams finished. The only prolonged scream was the soldier that the heat ray barely touched. These were the best of times for sci fi filming.
😲 this STILL holds today because those effects were so fantastic for its time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The makers of Independence Day used that scene of that nuclear bomb over the Marshian machines as an influential scene in their movie means how great the "War Of The Worlds" STILL last to this DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I was 7 years old when this hit the theaters. I went to see it and it scared the shit out me. To this day, it's one of my favorite scifi movies. Still gets me thinking "what if"
Wow! I'm watching this in 2022 and I'm really moved and thrilled! The special effects are still good! I imagine that the people who saw this back in 1953 must have been dazzled! Really good movie!
I gotta give props to the guys who did the special effects for this film like the aliens using they're weapons that was really impressive for the time long before C.G.I. technology so good job guys.
One of my all time favorites! Still holds up well even today! Funny story, my wife and daughter refuse to watch the scene where the Martian puts Its hand on Sylvia to this day! Too scary!
I just noticed that some of the sound effects used in this film for the Martian ships were re-used in the original Star Trek TV series as the sound effects for phasers and photon torpedoes. I presume they were able to do that because both were produced by Paramount Studios.
Really sad to think that Pastor Matthew went out to face the Martians, knowing full well that he would most likely die, but like soldiers, who are prepared for death to defend others, he went out, doing what he believed was his duty as a Christian minister: to offer peace, success or failure notwithstanding.
not sure what his perceived role was, if the Martians were intent on attacking his attempt had no chance. If they somehow came in peace to make contact, our guys would not have fired first. But as far as way to kick start the following battle scene, a perfect addition by the script writer.
now you know where cell phones came from for the time, this was a really great movie, and the special effects were great. i was unhappy to see they cut the part where the COL yells, everyone has go to go, as he is vaporized. i thought great last words
One of my favorite scenes of all time, but an interesting technical consideration. The War Machines can do three things: Move, Fire, and deploy Shields (I believe the first use of the concept). Yet they only ever do two at any given time, sort of a reactor power limitation. This is very consistent throughout the movie.
No explanation, no drama, no wanting to get to know you, no tricks, no curiosity. Only one objective and that is destroy. Treat humans like buildings destroy it.
Byron Haskin, the director of Paramount Pictures' original "WAR OF THE WORLDS" (1952) later worked as an unofficial associate producer on ABC-TV's "THE OUTER LIMITS" (1963-1965), and also directed six episodes -including "Demon With A Glass Hand", "The Invisible Enemy", "The Architects Of Fear", "The Hundred Days Of The Dragon", "A Feasibility Study", and "Behold, Eck!"
Has anyone ever noticed that food and eating are recurrent themes in this movie? The forest ranger enlists the help of scientists who are at their campfire having a fish fry. The ranger helps himself to food. The pastor talks about setting up picnic tables near the first cylinder. At the square dance, the guests are drinking soda pop. On the eve of the first battle, Sylvia is distributing coffee and donuts to the troops. Later, she and Dr. Forester cook up bacon, eggs, and toast (with orange juice and coffee.) I imagine the concession stands of 1953 must have loved the business this movie generated!
Tom Cruise's version has nothing on this one. This is the true classic. 👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah, i agree .. Cruise's version was a hack job.
So your saying Tom cruise acting was terrible?
Ur right on that, they were relentless
@@vixiria2534 well I think he’s not the best actor I’ve seen don’t like his movies.
It's not Tom cruise's film, it's Steven Speilburg's.
I can only imagine the audience reaction when this film was released in 1953. The special effects and audio are amazing! It is truly a science fiction masterpiece, even today 68 years later.
it's a great movie, i really enjoy watching it.. something very cozy about the sets, not so sterile like today's films
I grew up in the 1950s, and it was the early sci-fi era. There were a small group of movies that really did for it me: War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Love them all.
@@georgesealy4706
Another great 1950s sci-fi film is the low budget, “The Man from Planet X.”
Robert Clarke, William Schallert and Margaret Field (mother of Sally) star in the film.
When Margaret Field looks through the porthole of that odd-looking ufo and that gaunt-looking spaceman looks out at her, I nearly fell out of my chair as a young kid, seeing it for the first time.
@@kensellers4082 Cool. I will look for it.
@@georgesealy4706
Occasionally, it’s aired on Turner Classic Movies.
This is still the best & definitive version of H.G.Wells' "War of the Worlds".
The Destruction of L.A. in this movie was incredible !
Plus the Death Ray sound effect !! Brilliance !!
cannot believe how good this version is
This is STILL one of the best battle sequences in SciFi cinema.
The sound of the alien ships make had scared me back then and still do today . Don't know why, but it does . 😱😱😱😱
I purchased a CD that not only played the soundtrack but an extra disc dedicated to the war machines. The sounds are effective, especially on dark nights!!
That’s one thing that stood out to me as well were the sound effects . Movie scared the hell outta me as a kid but I couldn’t stop watching .
I was 14 when I figured out where that "warpy" sound came from. We bought a 1962 Dodge from our Priest. When you'd start it, it made that sound. They obviously used an earlier vehicle, but it was the exact sound.
@@ClarenceDoskocil the sound effect for the skeleton beam was used in Star Trek TOS for photon torpedoes.
@@ClarenceDoskocil
The Heat Ray sound effect was also used in The Bugaloos :) Joy gets zapped by Benitas' bug zapper gun and you hear this sound as she goes down :)
A true classic, and the special effects by George pal stand up very well even today.
This movie was one of a kind, love those types of effects they used before CGI, which still looks very good to this day, and that really goes to show how well made a movie like that is! I think this could be my favourite movie from the 1950s, it may have its flaws here and there, but it's still so entertaining to watch.
Same. This movie defined the modern science fiction genre.
Same. This movie defined the modern science fiction genre.
It’s definitely one of my favorites. My wife and I watch it, and listen to the original Orson Wells broadcast every Halloween. Loved the machines. Wish I had a model of one.
This was awesome,and Them the giant ants,and loved the Godzillas
George Pal, and Gene Roddenberry, were Geniuses! I am also impressed, with the Special Effects People, at Industrial Light and Magic, and Pixar; I can't help, but wonder, what Pal, and Roddenberry, could have done, with those resources, at their disposal.
Author! Author! Superbly written book by H.G. Wells and movie and book match!
War of the Worlds (1953), The Thing (1951), and Forbidden Planet are my favorites. Great stories and special effects. This exchange between the US military and the three Martian ships is just beyond awesome! The colors and sound effects are crazy. I play this scene through my big speakers and the house shakes; just gripping stuff!😀
Add "When Worlds Collide" to that list, and you have all my favorite classic science fiction movies!
Don't forget The day the Earth Stood Still!
@@richardv.582 Not to try and outdo everyone, but This Island Earth (1955) should be on the list also.
The film was frightening when you realize that that this was never actuaiiy a war , but a harvest!
OMG, yes!!!
Magic shields, effective against humans since 1953.
Not magic, electromagnetic shields. We actually understand the concept of how this works, we just haven't yet created a power source strong enough to generate such a field.
One of the greatest Sci-Fi movies of the 50's & it still packs a wallop decades later with its emotional drama. 🛸
Imagine seeing this movie at 9yrs old in the 70's. Scarrry! And all these years later it still holds up.😆😆😆
This was made in 1950
Definitely doesn't hold up ma man
Yes! I watched this when I was young like 6 or 7 years old and it scared the crap out of me lol.
In b&w it convinced a 6yr old me!
How true. Born in 1965. Used to come on once a year. I was so scared. I would look out at night and thought the streetlights were Martian machines because they were very similar shaped. God.
I'd get nightmares everytime I watched this movie when I was a kid, but I watched it every time it came on. One of my childhood favorites. A classic.
The most spectacular battle ever fought on a 1953 screen man fighting against an Alien threat. That would have been a hell of a site back then. Amazing SciFi technology. I watched this in the mid 1970s as a kid. Can't remember but I was probably staring at the B/W TV mouth open maybe. Who knows. Great stuff.👍
One of sci-fi's masterpieces. It still holds up after over 60years.👽
one of my all time favorites
Made before I was born, it’s still in my top ten. I do have a minor obsession with the story, from Orson Wells to Jeff Wayne, but this is just brilliant. The special effects are top drawer for its time. I love this.
The way the Martins fired their weapons so coldly was a great effect never replicated
This movie is and was pure genius. Of all of the iterations created since Orson Welles did his scary radio show this is by far the best production ever done.
1:15 one of the most chilling and iconic scenes in science fiction history. The sounds that the martian machines make still send a shiver down my spine.
😁👍👍👍👏👏
this movie has the most satisfying alien sounds that I've heard from Scooby doo and other science fiction stories
Roderick Harris I was 9yrs old in 1953 when this movie was first shown in our local theater! Scared the hell out of me then. But to this day I'm still a hugh fan of this movie. As well as the 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still!!
"Gort burrata nikto"
This is the first time I'm seeing this iteration but damn, the effects are gorgeous for a movie made in the '50s. I can't even imagine seeing something like this back then, it must've been nothing short of marvelous.
imagine someone from the 50's watching the Tom Cruise version....
@@iwatcher69 Crap Cruise. You do not remake a cinema Masterpiece!
It won the Academy Award for special effects.
Still a masterpiece today, especially the design of the ships.
Never realized before the spirituality at the end. That "Amen" gave me chills.
"Dad, what's happened to those tanks?!"
"Watch the film!"
This and 'Forbidden Planet' are two of the best Sci-Fi films ever made, even without CGI.
💫👽 Also, check out,... "THIS ISLAND EARTH" 🌎,... And,... a few years later "The Time Machine".
And ofcourse, "The Day the EARTH STOOD STILL" 🌎. 🙋♂️.
Anyone else notice that when the Martians destroy the farmhouse that another carrier ship arrives in the background. Expertly done!
I remember renting this on VHS when I was 13 yrs old.. The scene where the alien touches the woman on the shoulder really made me shit myself and didn't sleep at all for 3 days. They made this movie very well, despite its made in the fifties. Now i own a copy and its still scary.
It's a creepy scene 👍
Yes!!!
Both Ann Robinson and the late Gene Barry from this original film version appear at the end of the Tom Cruise version of “War of the Worlds.”
What?!@@kensellers4082
"This type of defense is useless against that kind of power." A great line in which the only response would be, "OMG, what the hell are we gonna do now?"
Colonel says to the subordinate: "hold them off as long as you can", in other words, commit suicide for nothing at all.
Good thing for us that the Martians forgot to bring some of their moms' hot chicken soup with them; the best way to fight a cold!
Always one of my favorite Sci Fi films. Special effects/sounds were and still are one of the best.
Best sci-fi film ever made.
The War Of The Worlds is considered a one of the Classics from the 1950's SiFi Catalog!
Sci-fi
I was born in 53 so both the movie and I are the same age. It is a great adaptation. As a side note, when George Pal the producer and director was setting up to make the movie, he visited Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, and consulted with a number of the Officers and Men about the story and whether or not they could defeat the Martians. They all told him that if he stuck to the original story, the Martians would be toast as they had no protective shielding to the modern weapons they had. As a result of these interviews, Pal came up with the concept of the Force field in order to stay true to Welles' story.
In the original novel from 1898, the Martians have no force fields and some of their tripods are destroyed by the British Army.
@@jdewitt77 I totally agree. That is why I said Pal came up with the concept of the shields. Can you imagine nowadays if the Martian Machines had no shields coming up against our precision missile weapons, heavy artillery, and not to mention battlefield shoulder launched missiles, tanks and bombs.
One can imagine that the Martians--who had been observing and scrutinizing us--decided that we humans were advancing too quickly so they launched their attack on Earth while they could still defeat us.
I like in the movie how the Martians hold back from firing their weapons to gauge the effectiveness of our weapons on their shields. Like the general said earlier, this was the only place so far that sufficient force could be brought to bear on the Martians. The Martians knew this too.
the special effects are very good for 1953 movie
Still stands the test up today!! Great film from a classic age!!
Those sound effects are amazing especially when it’s a 68 year old movie
Two things I noticed in this movie. The military IS organized and has powerful weapons.
The acting is great. We should have reconstruction and update of this plot with a 'genuine' sense of realism with the military. The newer version is nowhere near this quality.
CGI at the right moment works. Models at the right time works too. Painted scenarios too. The great artistry of cinema is the combination of these techniques. It helps these movies age well.
I want a remake of this move with a similar plot without throwing away the great attributes of this one. This is outstanding.
What a great movie, 70 years old ❤😊
I watched this movie in the theatres. Scared the hell out of me. Today, I still think it was one of the elite and best sci-fi movies to come out of the 50s. The others would be The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet
👽 Don't forget,...
"THIS ISLAND EARTH "🌎, AND,
A little later , "The Time Machine ".
💫🙋♂️.
@@starbucki9852 I wouldn't include "This Island Earth". But, most definitely "The Time Machine". Excellent sci-fi movie that scared the hell out of me as well. What a fantasy movie for a kid to watch at the theater back then. How did I forget it??
Awesome movie, a true classic and the War of the World's CD soundtrack is brilliant
I was born in 1946 and saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. I was terrified and deeply disturbed by it. My parents shoul not have let me see it!
One of the best sci-fi movies ever made.
I’ve been searching for that shot at 0:39 my whole life.
I’m 35 now but remember my grandfather lying on his bed watching his small TV in my grandparents’ bedroom with that flying saucer shot.
All my life I’ve wondered if it was a dream or real, but now I know it was real. My God, I must have been 6 years old.
After 29 years you found it. Gosh I wouldn’t remember my grandfathers name after 29 years.
@@yatinsxs7-a601 apparently I have a phenomenal memory according to others. Shame I’ve never taken advantage of it.
Still the best version of this story.The effects are great.The sound of the Martian machines is so unique and this version is the only one where the main Character,the scientist,Dr Forrester, actually has a part in defeating them.Just an amazing movie.The most recent BBC version did have incredibly creepy Martians in it though, who we see alot more of than this movie.
One of my all time favourite movies, absolutely loved this!! 😀 😀
3:48 when the heat ray hits the headquarters, such an awesome effects moment.
The way the Martian ships cruise along serenely while destroying everything in their path is just amazing. I've seen the Tom Cruise version once, but the original dozens of times.
The Albert Nozaki designed Martian fighting craft here are just about the best alien vehicles ever designed for films 👍
Well the original is Not this one
Have you ever read the book??? Because that’s the original, not this.
@@levthemapperxd Absolutely, I'm a big HG Wells fan.
The death ray sound effects are awesome. 🛸
And it's still used occasionally to this day!
I was 14 when I first saw this. Sitting in my parents living room, lights out, eleven at night. The scene where the Sargent in the bunker gets fried, scared the crap out of me. Loved the movie an the story ever since. Get the dvd out about once a yr an watch. Never gets old.
Yea getting burned alive always bothered me.
I was born in '58. Remember this scaring the hell out of me, and that was just a year ago! 😄.
I believe this and Forbidden Planet are the two best SciFy movie from the dawn of the modern Techno Thriller in the 1950's
👽 Don't forget,...
"This island earth" 🌎 ,... and "The day the Earth Stud Still" 🌎 ,... And slightly later, "The Time Machine".💫🙋♂️.
Not many things can be called classic WOW is one of them 🖖
6:06
I love how the alien just slides away
Awesome classic, thanks for sharing @Mkokubun!!
Great Sci-Fi cinema and is much more believable than any CGI crap we see nowadays......Give it 5 Stars!
Still my favorite Martian ship design. The effects were awesome for the time. I can still watch this over and over.
*70-years Luego & I Love the GOD Part & There is No Other Like it since!!!!*
This is how you do effects, chilling sound and lots of ash piles, no surviving but shadows left over s
I saw this in a theater in the mid-50s and still love it. This is big screen fare.
This film scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Even before the Martian ship starts firing, the terrifying sounds were stomach churning.
The music and the drums just add so much to this film. And what more can you say about those terrific sound effects! Saw this as a kid and still enjoy it.
Specifically, 5:03 to 5:59
There's nothing like seeing these old movies on a big screen in a theater. I was lucky enough to see "Godzilla", " Forbidden Planet", "Kronos", and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" in a theater. Never got to see WOTW though. My DVD is from a 35mm print.
The effects, both visual and the audio are fantastic.
Brings out the kid in you, play fighting your toys. Much better than cgi.
Also love the fact the Martians let the humans fire away, so they can judge our weapons and see our positions,
then simultaneously open fire and wipe us out.
The dropping of the flare early on taught the Martians that we had the potential to mount air strikes against them. When the flying wing approached their nest, they had already anticipated a more serious attack and put up their screens. Thus, the A-bomb proved useless against them. That brief view of the first nest the flare offered earlier backfired big time on us when the bomb was dropped on the Martians later. Curiosity almost killed the cat!
For 1953, simply amazing
There should never have been a remake of this masterpiece I watched the remake once out of curiosity that was enough
It’s not a remake, it’s an adaptation, so is the 1953 movie.
Nice re-cutting of Leith Stevens' musical score to fit scenes! I personally don't think he wrote enough music for the entire movie, but you did a great job of matching the themes in the opening score to scenes in the movie. Paramount was definitely working within a tight budget on this one, but it turned out to be a classic. One of my other favorites was Russel Garcia's score from 1960's "The Time Machine".
1:14 to 4:42, the most iconic scene in the entire movie. Those poor guys couldn't even get their screams finished. The only prolonged scream was the soldier that the heat ray barely touched. These were the best of times for sci fi filming.
this version will neaver be matched my all-time favourite film
*70-years Luego & I Love the GOD Part & There is No Other Like it since!!!!*
This is one the greatest sci-fi movies of all time.
😲 this STILL holds today because those effects were so fantastic for its time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The makers of Independence Day used that scene of that nuclear bomb over the Marshian machines as an influential scene in their movie means how great the "War Of The Worlds" STILL last to this DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I was 7 years old when this hit the theaters. I went to see it and it scared the shit out me. To this day, it's one of my favorite scifi movies. Still gets me thinking "what if"
Best si fi EVER!!!!
Wow! I'm watching this in 2022 and I'm really moved and thrilled! The special effects are still good! I imagine that the people who saw this back in 1953 must have been dazzled! Really good movie!
I gotta give props to the guys who did the special effects for this film like the aliens using they're weapons that was really impressive for the time long before C.G.I. technology so good job guys.
This IS A GREAT MOVIE!!
One of my all time favorites! Still holds up well even today! Funny story, my wife and daughter refuse to watch the scene where the Martian puts Its hand on Sylvia to this day! Too scary!
👏👏👏👏👏👏💎Toda una joya de la cinematografía,💖😻😻😻😻😻😸gracias por subir el vídeo.
Still far and away the best movie/tv version of the story.
Real special effects, when done well, are always more interesting than CGI. Love this movie!
I just noticed that some of the sound effects used in this film for the Martian ships were re-used in the original Star Trek TV series as the sound effects for phasers and photon torpedoes. I presume they were able to do that because both were produced by Paramount Studios.
The sound effects of the ships were used on other shows and cartoons. They were just that awesome!
Really sad to think that Pastor Matthew went out to face the Martians, knowing full well that he would most likely die, but like soldiers, who are prepared for death to defend others, he went out, doing what he believed was his duty as a Christian minister: to offer peace, success or failure notwithstanding.
No, he went there thinking God would protect him.
@@randr2141 and found no god
Very profound statement.
@@randr2141 He was reciting Psalm 23, which is not uncommon for people to recite if they believe they're gonna die.
not sure what his perceived role was, if the Martians were intent on attacking his attempt had no chance. If they somehow came in peace to make contact, our guys would not have fired first. But as far as way to kick start the following battle scene, a perfect addition by the script writer.
Epic battle between man and martians you got to love it best movie 😊😊
Are martians smart enough to add shields?
Later:
Human Coughs.
I didn't even know that martians are looking like that.
Any race that comes here is expected to have shields.
Covid killed em
now you know where cell phones came from
for the time, this was a really great movie, and the special effects were great. i was unhappy to see they cut the part where the COL yells, everyone has go to go, as he is vaporized. i thought great last words
One of my favorite scenes of all time, but an interesting technical consideration. The War Machines can do three things: Move, Fire, and deploy Shields (I believe the first use of the concept). Yet they only ever do two at any given time, sort of a reactor power limitation. This is very consistent throughout the movie.
Interesting point ! I never noticed that before.
It was likely due to the limitations of practical special effects in those days
A great movie 😮I saw this movie on a outdoor theater back in my youth with my parents
I’ve got the original one on dvd and it’s got behind the scenes and how the original spaceship was made it’s very good👍.
I loved the way the Alien's kicked ass.
Yep, talk about fire power
That is a very good point. The agression of the aliens is what makes WOTW the classic it is.
No explanation, no drama, no wanting to get to know you, no tricks, no curiosity. Only one objective and that is destroy. Treat humans like buildings destroy it.
That audio, just deadly.
This scene scared the crap out me when I was a 6 year old kid.
Heck, 54 years later and it still does.
Always loved how the Martian ships while under fire just sit looking for and marking targets before opening fire.
Byron Haskin, the director of Paramount Pictures' original "WAR OF THE WORLDS" (1952) later worked as an unofficial associate producer on ABC-TV's "THE OUTER LIMITS" (1963-1965), and also directed six episodes -including "Demon With A Glass Hand", "The Invisible Enemy", "The Architects Of Fear", "The Hundred Days Of The Dragon", "A Feasibility Study", and "Behold, Eck!"
3:49 Why is nobody talking about how realistic this scream really is.
One of the best burn stunts in the 50s, up there with Thing from Another World.
Ricky Bobby moment
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I couldn't take my eyes off of it.
I love both this and the 2005 version
But the original is much better...in the remake it looks like the people just get turned into a bunch of over-obviosly CGI dusty leaf piles!!
@@davidkohler6827 would not say that, 2005 version looks adorable too and tbh, I more like huge giant walking machines, rather than flying one
@@davidkohler6827 Shut up
H. G. Wells wrote the book to give Europeans an idea of how they appeared to indigenous people during the age of colonialism.
Has anyone ever noticed that food and eating are recurrent themes in this movie? The forest ranger enlists the help of scientists who are at their campfire having a fish fry. The ranger helps himself to food. The pastor talks about setting up picnic tables near the first cylinder. At the square dance, the guests are drinking soda pop. On the eve of the first battle, Sylvia is distributing coffee and donuts to the troops. Later, she and Dr. Forester cook up bacon, eggs, and toast (with orange juice and coffee.) I imagine the concession stands of 1953 must have loved the business this movie generated!
Strange how the depiction of the Martian ships in the film coincides with the accurate description of the 1947 Roswell crash incident.