I suffer from acute claustrophobia, so when the four little aliens were searching the basement for them, I realised there was nowhere you could run, or hide, they'd always find you. It terrified me beyond measure and I've never rewatched the film because of that. Cloverfield gave me exactly the same feeling when they went underground through the subway, so that's a definite no-rewatch senario too. Thanks for another cool video, guys...! 👍🏻
When I saw this in the theater, the first time the tripod comes out of the ground and makes that sound, I was legit terrified. I had chills. One of the scariest moments in a movie for me, ever. Just the thought of something like that happening.
just picture it with a synthed version of the sound from the War of The Worlds Musical -"Uuuuuulaaaaaaaaa" now that would be pretty scary as that version is much more of a warcry then just a horn blaring
This is probably one of the last movies to have major practical effects. They actually built that town square set to split apart for real. Spielberg took a lot of risks with this movie.
thats why it looks so good even after all these years... practical effects and adding some CGI is the way to go. the ailen spy eye was all CGI you can tell.
Blood and Bone fertiliser is a thing in gardening ... helps plants establish and stimulates microbes etc. I always assumed Aliens were laying down a deep fertilising layer, recycling, so to speak.
Indeed: this was their attempt to terraform the planet to make it more like their world by introducing the Red Weed. In the book, the weed is an invasive species that the Martians accidentally brought with them. They injected human blood directly as food for themselves.
Recycling the biomass they've spawned or created on Earth millions of years ago, terraforming the planet to make more viable and habitable, altering the flora, fauna, the atmosphere and climate suitable for the aliens to colonise.
The ones that had heat rays were the fighting machines The ones that were bigger are the upgraded machines and do more damage The ones that had no heat rays were the handling machines. They only had control of capturing people. In total there were 3 different versions of them
People say the harvesters didn't have heatrays but they just probably weren't deployed. Most Likely to give more power to the tentacles, thus increasing their efficiency.
I can suspend my disbelief that we have been invaded by giant tripod aliens, but I can't believe that Tom Cruise would win in a fight against a crazed out, armed Tim Robbins. That's where I draw the line. 🤣
It's not a remake. It's just a modern adaptation to a famous novel. Calling it a remake is a disservice. It's like saying that regardless of the quality, the first studio to adapt a book gets to be the original always and forever.
@@VerasoulAnd as realistic as Dakota Fanning’s screaming may be, this is a prime example of why you might put a cap on that. Yes, it does show the audience why the father character isn’t particularly good at being a dad, because _SCREAMING IS EXTREMELY IRRITATING,_ but damn. Just stop, _please._
The original 1953 War of the Worlds is worth checking out. Of course there was no CGI but the sound effects are great and the space ships are very cool for 1953., with a good story. Hard to believe this classic was not remade sooner since the new version would automatically have a built in audience fan base. If you guys like Aliens and alien invasions check out the 80s syfy mini series called "V"
The 53' movie is a classic... you can't beat an older movie 1970 & before ! No music blasting and non stop CGI over kill.... you can actually sit down relax and enjoy older films ✌️🙂 ( Give me a classic movie any day )
I saw this in the theater with my wife when it was released, and it was a solid retelling of a classic, nothing amazing, but a solid effort. The highlight for me was the sound those tripods made when they first appeared(that loud horn sound), at the movies it was turned to 11, and cut to your soul each time it sounded. That alone would have had me running for this hills long before they fired the first laser beam.
Steven Spielberg has always spoken about not achieving that dark, serious level of filmmaking like Stanley Kubrick was able to do, yet I find films of his that have that dark, serious tone, and this is one of them.
The first time I saw this movie, the sounds the tripods make spooked me. 😂 Our refrigerator made the same sound and 1 night I almost 💩 myself because of it. 🤣🤣 This movie is 10/10 a classic! 100 reaction!
I partially read the books and saw the old movie and I gotta say this one might have embodied the book perfectly for this day and age. There have been many movies, both live action and Animated for this movie depicting what happens after the first invasion. But this one I like the most. War of the worlds is definitely one of the oldest science fiction stories ever told. When I saw people getting vaporized, I thought like wow they're going back to the basics of an alien invasion for the 1950s I love the fact that they were trying to use organic human tissue to create their ideal atmosphere… But that became their undoing Bacteria, germs, microscopic organisms that their bodies aren't able to handle, but we humans can… That has got to be the biggest twist I have ever experienced the fact that they couldn't handle it, but we could prove that we are the true rulers of this planet
This is one of the few movies that actually scared me, i was like 8 when i first watched it, it doesn't scare me like it used to, but to this day its still a movie that creeps me out alot, i think its the music and the atmosphere of this movie, and the thought of this actually happing irl would be incredibly scary, like an alien invasion would be scary, but i feel like this type specifically with giant tripods walking around would be so much scarier.
Eu sou brasileiro, e entendo você, tambem sinto a mesma sensação. Acredito que seja por causa do medo inicial que sentimos, ao nos deparar com o primeiro tripod, e em seguida, a necessidade absoluta de nos escondermos como ratos, depois de vermos o que são capazes de fazer, para nos sentirmos, pelo menos um pouco seguros. E essa segurança, é arrancada da gente, quando vêmos que eles são capazes de destruir qualquer coisa que usariamos pra nos esconder. A cenas dos humanos sendo polverizados la longe na colina, do ponto de vista do Tom Cruise e os filhos, me da um desconforto absoluto.
Jeff Waynes Musical for War of the Worlds is still my favourite variation of the story. :) My Mum used to have it blaring, and even though I didn't fully understand the story until later, it still rocked my socks off.
My favourite too, my mum booked us a ticket as a surprise and took us after college, we'd been driving past the billboard for MONTHS every college day, and I'd been lamenting how all the tickets must've sold out 😆
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10:35 OctoKrool laughing at the people being vaporized. 🤣😂
I'm from Bayonne,NJ where Spielberg filmed the movie,my friends and I were extras in the movie running along the street.We all when to the movie together to see if we can see ourselves.When the credits rolled,he didn't mention Bayonne or the other cities where it was filmed just thanked all the people of New Jersey for filming there.My friends and I plus everybody in the theater booed when we didn't see Bayonne mentioned.
The older couple at the end of the movie are the original stars from the 'War of the World' that was made in 1953. The couple were Gene Berry and Ann Robinson.
I remember reading a theory from somewhere saying that the bodies on the river were the passengers and crew from the plane. Basically pointing out how the fuselage were missing the roof which it was theorized that the tripods ripped it off, harvested the people on board and then dump the bodies to the river.
Definitely top 5 favorite Tom Cruise movies for me. The chemistry that him and Dakota Fanning had was really great. This wasn't just an alien invasion movie is was also a film more about the relationship between a father and his kids specifically father and daughter. And Dakota Fanning was really good in this movie considering she was just a kid.
Robbie being alive was such a 'let's make sure to have a happy ending' moment, think it cheapened some of the story but otherwise this was pretty well done and really fun movie! glad you checked it out. I wonder if you would like The Day The Earth Stood Still - another alien flick with a 1951 original and 2008 remake with Keanu Reeves!
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I liked both _Earth Stood Still_ films, each one to its own style and time, both entertaining as hell.
I also wouldn't have liked it if he died either. His character was just so... unlikeable and his death would have seemed pointless there. Like, he was a throwaway character. But him living was also... meh
So I don't know if you are going to see this or not but, some info on the martians, there were 3 types of them in this movie, 1. The Fighters(9:27), the one seen at the start of the movie, 2. The Harvesters(22:43, 25:27), the one that Ray killed with grenades for example(31:30), they do not have heat rays but have probes(26:16) and are identical to Fighters otherwise. 3. The Uberpods (22:10, 24:50), essentially the Military Generals/Commanders for the Martians, they are larger, more defended, and stronger. Thats why they looked larger, because they were larger.
Great pick! I’m not a huge Tom Cruise follower but he’s a master of his craft. Loved this movie, and how the opening shot is tied to the ‘twist?’ ending.
If you want to get technical, the tripods are just alien mechas. Same way in Pacific Rim the robots were human shaped, these were alien shaped fighting vehicles. Aliens must have some crazy anime. One of the cool things about the ending was when HG Wells wrote it, germ theory was still new and hadn't been widely adopted. This story likely helped spread it to the masses as it was being proven to be 100% correct.
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Wrong. The idea was actually taken from history books where European conquerors and natives of the Americas/African were dying in mass due to foreign diseases.
Fun Fact: In 1938, a CBS radio broadcast performing the novel caused a real panic of people that thought they were hearing a real alien invasion being broadcasted.
The full broadcast can be heard on RUclips: Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast. Extremely chilling if you were one of the people tuning in after the original announcement it was just a play.
The crazy man was played by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, who starred in "The Shawshank Redemption." The grandparents were played by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, who starred in the 1953 version of this movie.
Another great reaction guys. The book, The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells is one of the greatest pieces of science fiction ever written. It predicted germ warfare, lasers, hydraulics, posited about telepathy, all firsts. Exceptional story. The George Pal movie from the 50s is worth a watch but it's typical American fare, from the perspective of military resistance. I was worried they would do this again when they announced this film, but the spin Steven Spielberg put on it where its more of a human drama of a family trying to survive this extraordinary event was exceptional. And as you quite rightly said, Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning were absolutely stellar.
H.G. Wells, as a scientist and man of his time, knew of all the woes European colonists encountered in Africa, with diseases to which Africans were immune but they were not. Sort of the reverse of what happened even earlier when Europeans brought diseases to the New World. Wells did write an essay, Intelligence on Mars (1896), in which he says that hypothetical Martians might succumb to Earth germs in that manner, so it was definitely on his mind. Humans have intentionally, if crudely, used disease as a weapon of war for centuries before Wells. So "predicted" is maybe a bit strong, though Wells certainly made the idea better known to the general public, and to military thinkers of his and future generations. Various state and non state actors have stockpiled them as weapons since Wells's time. Here is a short series of extracts from a larger book that discusses the history of germ warfare if you are interested. 🙂 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1326439/
This movie instantly reminded me of the Tripod series of books. Read 3 of them in Jr high, they're for young adults, I would def recommend those books. There's 4 of them.
The part when the daughtersat up and that mechanical eye turned on the light scared the crap out of me when I first watched this. Any time I slept, I opened one eye and looked around before I turned over. I was terrified for a week or two. Not to mention all of the other diseases, viruses and blood borne pathogens (after using human blood as fertilizer)
The original radio broadcast version of this story actually caused panic because people thought it was happening for real. The 1953 film version is a classic of course, but I've always really loved this version for just how dark and intense it gets.
The panic, at least in the US, was greatly exaggerated by the media. Other countries that broadcast their own versions of the War of the Worlds had worse outcomes. A radio station in Ecuador in 1949 became the target of a riot which led to seven people losing their lives, the station getting shut down by the government for two years and the showrunner, Leonardo Páez, being exiled from the country.
At 8:45 I never even thought about that, that the EMP got them stuck up there and they were helpless and defenseless once the tripod started attacking. 🤯
So in the original book from 1898 the Martians came in these big canisters. They were kinda like squids, just a big brainy head, a stretched out flat part in the back as it's ear, 2 huge black lid less eyes, no nose, and a v shaped mouth and hooked lip. There was no chest, just a few chin tentacles for grabbing and a couple leg tentacles for movement. The Martians didn't eat food, they had no stomach. Instead they fed on blood directly. They would siphon blood and inject it into themselves letting the nutrients from the food we digested feed them. The movie skips this and seems to use blood as fertilizer for the weed as terraforming
Not watched this film for years. I've attempted to read the books since I last saw it but never finished it. But I have listened to the Jeff Wayne Musical Album Version multiple times and that version is very closely based on the book. And It's amazing seeing how they adapt that original version into a modern setting. From the ferry, to the man with the shotgun (who was originally a soldier) and the red weeds. I also went to a virtual experience a while back based on the musical version and It was incredible. And so it's cool watching this movie again and seeing some of this stuff translated to modern day America instead of Victorian London
The scene with the bodies floating down the river was filmed on the Farmington River in Windsor Connecticut. They broke containment and flowed into the larger Connecticut River and caused quite the panic in my hometown of Windsor Locks Connecticut. People were mistaking them for actual bodies.
*I saw this movie in the theater and it scared the CRAP out of me! I had to get up and stand near the door in the back just so I could feel comfortable watching it. I don't know why it affected me this way, but it did. By the way I was 36 years old at the time!!!* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
10:17 ....I remember when this movie came out that I went to the cinema.... It was the first and only time that a movie scene impact me so hard that I forgot to breath for a whole minute.... I clearly remember my hands shaking while I was catching my breath (I guess that when a movie can do that and be the only one who did it, I can call it special).......
Tim Robbins is the actor who plays the crazy guy in the house and was the star of Shawshank Redemption with Morgan Freeman, the narrator. He also played the backseater pilot “Merlin” in Top Gun 1 with Tom Cruise. Too bad you didn’t catch this film in the theater, the fog horns and sound effects were loud and scary as F, but it was awesome. The original 50’s film is awesome too and definitely worth checking out. A lot of the story lines from both films come from the original classic book by H.G. Wells. Robbie living at the end was a let down and it would’ve made the film better if they left it open ended and we never saw him again.
It’s always the little things that get you. This was a great remake of a great classic. In the similar fashion of Godzilla the lesson is nature always shows the folly of man and in this case alien.
23:07 I love this scene for that reason. You see 5 ships taking people for fertilizer, another 3 come over the hill exterminating everyone, in the background of the same shot you can see a ninth ship landing, and finally a tenth ship almost roadkills the family from the direction they're trying to escape to.
Based on the book War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. It’s classic literature and early sci-fi written in the late 1800’s. It’s a good book, well written and holds up well considering when it was written.
@@Lulustucru2393 Apparently half way through the movie Steven Spielberg started to hate making the movie, that probably explains why the writing kinda falls apart as the film goes on.
My dad loves this movie so much he’s watched it to the point he falls asleep. It’s now a warm comforting hug lol. Hey, if you haven’t seen it, try Joe Vs the Volcano!
Its cool you guys reacted to this. My father and grandfather were actually extras on set, i think one of the bridge scenes. My father met Tom and i guess he remained him of his own father for some reason. Great movie tho
Steven Spielberg sure knows how to tell a good story about aliens, whether it's Close Encounters Of The Third kind, E.T or this he knows how to get the audience invested in a compelling plot with extra-terrestrials.
Honestly this movie stays on my top 10's! Was also the first movie to mess me and my cousins up as kids after all of our folks decided to have "movie night XD
Ok, and now you guys need to watch scary movie 4, personally my favourite scary movie in the series. War of the worlds is heavily spoofed in it along with saw, the village and others, it’s really funny.
The original novel is set in England around the 1900's, it's pretty different to this but the basic idea is the same. Fun fact, my home town is where the original Martian pod lands, so when I first read the book it was fun to see all the towns and villages I knew being vaporised!
You'll probably say it sometime in the vid (if you played those games), but the noises and look of the walkers remind me of Striders from HL2. Also the lightning had no thunder, which was a big hint too.
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Done on the radio in 1938, by Orson Welles. Some people thought the broadcast of the tele-play was real. Later, a sci-film with Gene Barry, the grandfather at the end of the Spielberg version. The Martians are killed by germs.
I don't think the ending holds up the further we get from the original story. Back then, dangerous bacteria and etc. was a fairly new concept, so it being the surprise thing that saved them made a lot more sense. These days, it'd be the same as if humans were foiled cause we didn't know about DNA, or something, it'd be considered ridiculous. You can't tell me that creatures capable of interstellar travel, and know enough about biology to use an alien species blood as a catalyst/fertilizer/whatever for the blood weed, don't know about the concept of micro-organisms. We've barely left our planet now, and how many people do you see yelling "Don't take your helmet off!!!" when people are on alien planets in movies.
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If you didn't know, the grandparents at the end are played by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. They were the stars of the 1953 version.
That’s cool!!
It's always pretty epic whenever Past stars get a cameo in the remake.
Holy crap, I never knew! And I’ve seen the original first!
Damn. They experienced an alien invasion twice.
I've only seen that twice in movies, with this and Starsky and Hutch 2004.
I suffer from acute claustrophobia, so when the four little aliens were searching the basement for them, I realised there was nowhere you could run, or hide, they'd always find you.
It terrified me beyond measure and I've never rewatched the film because of that.
Cloverfield gave me exactly the same feeling when they went underground through the subway, so that's a definite no-rewatch senario too.
Thanks for another cool video, guys...! 👍🏻
When I saw this in the theater, the first time the tripod comes out of the ground and makes that sound, I was legit terrified. I had chills. One of the scariest moments in a movie for me, ever. Just the thought of something like that happening.
Definitely one of the best scary villain entrances out there.
Can't beat that big theater sound system.
just picture it with a synthed version of the sound from the War of The Worlds Musical -"Uuuuuulaaaaaaaaa" now that would be pretty scary as that version is much more of a warcry then just a horn blaring
That comment Gondor calls for aid or something actually make me crack up. That was brilliant.
I spit my drink out at that one
YES!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Well the mum is actually Eowyn so it makes complete sense 🧐
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What's funnier is his ex wife is played by Miranda Otto who was Eowyn in The Two Towers.
"You can hate me..but I love you" 🥺 that was such a sad part
This is probably one of the last movies to have major practical effects. They actually built that town square set to split apart for real. Spielberg took a lot of risks with this movie.
thats why it looks so good even after all these years... practical effects and adding some CGI is the way to go. the ailen spy eye was all CGI you can tell.
Could've been a decent movie. But they ruined it by making the two kids obnoxious characters.
@@AstugaI mean, kids acting like kids 😅
@@dayangmarikit6860 I dont know any kids who would behave like this. And I was kid myself once. 😜
@@AstugaThey could be worse. Haven't you seen the kids in 2012?
Blood and Bone fertiliser is a thing in gardening ... helps plants establish and stimulates microbes etc. I always assumed Aliens were laying down a deep fertilising layer, recycling, so to speak.
Indeed: this was their attempt to terraform the planet to make it more like their world by introducing the Red Weed.
In the book, the weed is an invasive species that the Martians accidentally brought with them. They injected human blood directly as food for themselves.
Recycling the biomass they've spawned or created on Earth millions of years ago, terraforming the planet to make more viable and habitable, altering the flora, fauna, the atmosphere and climate suitable for the aliens to colonise.
The ones that had heat rays were the fighting machines
The ones that were bigger are the upgraded machines and do more damage
The ones that had no heat rays were the handling machines. They only had control of capturing people.
In total there were 3 different versions of them
Upgraded machine aka the uberpod
handling machine or a harvester
Was this in the director's commentary or something?
Warrior
Uber/command pod
Harvesters
People say the harvesters didn't have heatrays but they just probably weren't deployed. Most Likely to give more power to the tentacles, thus increasing their efficiency.
The scene in the basement with Tim Robbins and Tom Cruise opens the door to the outside being covered in blood is an homage to The Wizard of Oz.
I can suspend my disbelief that we have been invaded by giant tripod aliens, but I can't believe that Tom Cruise would win in a fight against a crazed out, armed Tim Robbins.
That's where I draw the line. 🤣
Lol. Protective dad adrenaline is a hellava drug that probably evened out the playing field a bit. Being smarter than the crazy guy helped too.
“Two wheels?!?! We need THREE!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A hidden gem of a remake of a classic of the sci-fi genre!! And with Tom Cruise as a bonus: Magnificent!!
It's not a remake. It's just a modern adaptation to a famous novel. Calling it a remake is a disservice. It's like saying that regardless of the quality, the first studio to adapt a book gets to be the original always and forever.
@@VerasoulAnd as realistic as Dakota Fanning’s screaming may be, this is a prime example of why you might put a cap on that. Yes, it does show the audience why the father character isn’t particularly good at being a dad, because _SCREAMING IS EXTREMELY IRRITATING,_ but damn. Just stop, _please._
The original 1953 War of the Worlds is worth checking out. Of course there was no CGI but the sound effects are great and the space ships are very cool for 1953., with a good story. Hard to believe this classic was not remade sooner since the new version would automatically have a built in audience fan base. If you guys like Aliens and alien invasions check out the 80s syfy mini series called "V"
the 1950's one is some ways is scarier then the modern update.
Well at least in Mars Attacks they couldn't stand Slim Whitman at full blast😅😅
The 53' movie is a classic... you can't beat an older movie 1970 & before ! No music blasting and non stop CGI over kill.... you can actually sit down relax and enjoy older films ✌️🙂 ( Give me a classic movie any day )
The 1953 version is my favorite. 😎
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I saw this in the theater with my wife when it was released, and it was a solid retelling of a classic, nothing amazing, but a solid effort. The highlight for me was the sound those tripods made when they first appeared(that loud horn sound), at the movies it was turned to 11, and cut to your soul each time it sounded. That alone would have had me running for this hills long before they fired the first laser beam.
Cruise does such a great job playing a crappy dad having to dad up in the most extreme situation imaginable
he isn't playing a crappy dad
@@flexydex8754 He absolutely is, Goofball.
even watching this second-hand on my laptop makes me shiver with tension, and I remember seeing this in theatres. WHOO what a rushing experience
Steven Spielberg has always spoken about not achieving that dark, serious level of filmmaking like Stanley Kubrick was able to do, yet I find films of his that have that dark, serious tone, and this is one of them.
The first time I saw this movie, the sounds the tripods make spooked me. 😂 Our refrigerator made the same sound and 1 night I almost 💩 myself because of it. 🤣🤣 This movie is 10/10 a classic! 100 reaction!
The tripod sounds legit creep me out.
That sound was extremely ominous!!
I partially read the books and saw the old movie and I gotta say this one might have embodied the book perfectly for this day and age.
There have been many movies, both live action and Animated for this movie depicting what happens after the first invasion. But this one I like the most. War of the worlds is definitely one of the oldest science fiction stories ever told.
When I saw people getting vaporized, I thought like wow they're going back to the basics of an alien invasion for the 1950s
I love the fact that they were trying to use organic human tissue to create their ideal atmosphere… But that became their undoing
Bacteria, germs, microscopic organisms that their bodies aren't able to handle, but we humans can… That has got to be the biggest twist I have ever experienced the fact that they couldn't handle it, but we could prove that we are the true rulers of this planet
It reminds me of the words of jeff goldbloom in jurassic park. life always finds a way
Great storytelling.
@@JamesASharp thanks or were you talking about the movie? If so, then yeah I agree
This is one of the few movies that actually scared me, i was like 8 when i first watched it, it doesn't scare me like it used to, but to this day its still a movie that creeps me out alot, i think its the music and the atmosphere of this movie, and the thought of this actually happing irl would be incredibly scary, like an alien invasion would be scary, but i feel like this type specifically with giant tripods walking around would be so much scarier.
Eu sou brasileiro, e entendo você, tambem sinto a mesma sensação. Acredito que seja por causa do medo inicial que sentimos, ao nos deparar com o primeiro tripod, e em seguida, a necessidade absoluta de nos escondermos como ratos, depois de vermos o que são capazes de fazer, para nos sentirmos, pelo menos um pouco seguros. E essa segurança, é arrancada da gente, quando vêmos que eles são capazes de destruir qualquer coisa que usariamos pra nos esconder. A cenas dos humanos sendo polverizados la longe na colina, do ponto de vista do Tom Cruise e os filhos, me da um desconforto absoluto.
Jeff Waynes Musical for War of the Worlds is still my favourite variation of the story. :) My Mum used to have it blaring, and even though I didn't fully understand the story until later, it still rocked my socks off.
Word!
My favourite too, my mum booked us a ticket as a surprise and took us after college, we'd been driving past the billboard for MONTHS every college day, and I'd been lamenting how all the tickets must've sold out 😆
10:35 OctoKrool laughing at the people being vaporized. 🤣😂
I'm from Bayonne,NJ where Spielberg filmed the movie,my friends and I were extras in the movie running along the street.We all when to the movie together to see if we can see ourselves.When the credits rolled,he didn't mention Bayonne or the other cities where it was filmed just thanked all the people of New Jersey for filming there.My friends and I plus everybody in the theater booed when we didn't see Bayonne mentioned.
So you went full Karen?
@@Some_Guy6it's not really being a Karen, they're literally just responding to something that was actually kind of rude
The history of War of the Worlds is quite awesome. The single greatest radio prank to have ever existed in all of history.
So glad you boys enjoyed this, you gotta to the original 1953 version now, its phenomenal.
The older couple at the end of the movie are the original stars from the 'War of the World' that was made in 1953. The couple were Gene Berry and Ann Robinson.
I remember reading a theory from somewhere saying that the bodies on the river were the passengers and crew from the plane. Basically pointing out how the fuselage were missing the roof which it was theorized that the tripods ripped it off, harvested the people on board and then dump the bodies to the river.
Definitely top 5 favorite Tom Cruise movies for me. The chemistry that him and Dakota Fanning had was really great. This wasn't just an alien invasion movie is was also a film more about the relationship between a father and his kids specifically father and daughter. And Dakota Fanning was really good in this movie considering she was just a kid.
Robbie being alive was such a 'let's make sure to have a happy ending' moment, think it cheapened some of the story but otherwise this was pretty well done and really fun movie! glad you checked it out. I wonder if you would like The Day The Earth Stood Still - another alien flick with a 1951 original and 2008 remake with Keanu Reeves!
I liked both _Earth Stood Still_ films, each one to its own style and time, both entertaining as hell.
I also wouldn't have liked it if he died either. His character was just so... unlikeable and his death would have seemed pointless there.
Like, he was a throwaway character. But him living was also... meh
Just like this remake the worst thing about the day the earth stood still is the kid/kids
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@@mccallmorgan I mean the dad wasn't good too so
So I don't know if you are going to see this or not but, some info on the martians, there were 3 types of them in this movie, 1. The Fighters(9:27), the one seen at the start of the movie, 2. The Harvesters(22:43, 25:27), the one that Ray killed with grenades for example(31:30), they do not have heat rays but have probes(26:16) and are identical to Fighters otherwise. 3. The Uberpods (22:10, 24:50), essentially the Military Generals/Commanders for the Martians, they are larger, more defended, and stronger. Thats why they looked larger, because they were larger.
Great pick!
I’m not a huge Tom Cruise follower but he’s a master of his craft. Loved this movie, and how the opening shot is tied to the ‘twist?’ ending.
If you want to get technical, the tripods are just alien mechas. Same way in Pacific Rim the robots were human shaped, these were alien shaped fighting vehicles. Aliens must have some crazy anime.
One of the cool things about the ending was when HG Wells wrote it, germ theory was still new and hadn't been widely adopted. This story likely helped spread it to the masses as it was being proven to be 100% correct.
Wrong. The idea was actually taken from history books where European conquerors and natives of the Americas/African were dying in mass due to foreign diseases.
@ I didn't claim where the story was inspired from, I was saying because the tripods are really just giant alien shaped robots, they're mechas.
"They're big. They're really big. It's huge. It' really huge."
That's what she said.
I think the horn is to bounce off nearby objects like sonar. Easier to target people than just visually.
Fun Fact: In 1938, a CBS radio broadcast performing the novel caused a real panic of people that thought they were hearing a real alien invasion being broadcasted.
The full broadcast can be heard on RUclips:
Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast.
Extremely chilling if you were one of the people tuning in after the original announcement it was just a play.
apparently the panic was greatly exaggerated for a better story
@@M3TR01DFANBOY Not surprising.
Grover's Mill, NJ. 😁 Where the radio drama said the aliens had landed. 😁
@@alyxgriffen5073 And in Buckaroo Banzi they actually did, then the aliens brainwashed Orsen Wells into saying "It's only a radio play".
The crazy man was played by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, who starred in "The Shawshank Redemption." The grandparents were played by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, who starred in the 1953 version of this movie.
Another great reaction guys. The book, The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells is one of the greatest pieces of science fiction ever written. It predicted germ warfare, lasers, hydraulics, posited about telepathy, all firsts. Exceptional story. The George Pal movie from the 50s is worth a watch but it's typical American fare, from the perspective of military resistance. I was worried they would do this again when they announced this film, but the spin Steven Spielberg put on it where its more of a human drama of a family trying to survive this extraordinary event was exceptional. And as you quite rightly said, Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning were absolutely stellar.
H.G. Wells, as a scientist and man of his time, knew of all the woes European colonists encountered in Africa, with diseases to which Africans were immune but they were not. Sort of the reverse of what happened even earlier when Europeans brought diseases to the New World. Wells did write an essay, Intelligence on Mars (1896), in which he says that hypothetical Martians might succumb to Earth germs in that manner, so it was definitely on his mind. Humans have intentionally, if crudely, used disease as a weapon of war for centuries before Wells. So "predicted" is maybe a bit strong, though Wells certainly made the idea better known to the general public, and to military thinkers of his and future generations. Various state and non state actors have stockpiled them as weapons since Wells's time. Here is a short series of extracts from a larger book that discusses the history of germ warfare if you are interested. 🙂 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1326439/
I could have sworn you guys already watched this! So happy you finally reacted!
This movie instantly reminded me of the Tripod series of books. Read 3 of them in Jr high, they're for young adults, I would def recommend those books. There's 4 of them.
The part when the daughtersat up and that mechanical eye turned on the light scared the crap out of me when I first watched this. Any time I slept, I opened one eye and looked around before I turned over. I was terrified for a week or two.
Not to mention all of the other diseases, viruses and blood borne pathogens (after using human blood as fertilizer)
The original radio broadcast version of this story actually caused panic because people thought it was happening for real. The 1953 film version is a classic of course, but I've always really loved this version for just how dark and intense it gets.
as already stated 🤦♀
The panic, at least in the US, was greatly exaggerated by the media.
Other countries that broadcast their own versions of the War of the Worlds had worse outcomes. A radio station in Ecuador in 1949 became the target of a riot which led to seven people losing their lives, the station getting shut down by the government for two years and the showrunner, Leonardo Páez, being exiled from the country.
At 8:45 I never even thought about that, that the EMP got them stuck up there and they were helpless and defenseless once the tripod started attacking. 🤯
I thought that also never thought about it until he said that. I was oh yeah, right? Duh.
@@amberaustin3243 Exactly! Lol 🤣
That tripod horn is a sound synonymous with childhood fear...
So in the original book from 1898 the Martians came in these big canisters. They were kinda like squids, just a big brainy head, a stretched out flat part in the back as it's ear, 2 huge black lid less eyes, no nose, and a v shaped mouth and hooked lip. There was no chest, just a few chin tentacles for grabbing and a couple leg tentacles for movement.
The Martians didn't eat food, they had no stomach. Instead they fed on blood directly. They would siphon blood and inject it into themselves letting the nutrients from the food we digested feed them. The movie skips this and seems to use blood as fertilizer for the weed as terraforming
Not watched this film for years. I've attempted to read the books since I last saw it but never finished it. But I have listened to the Jeff Wayne Musical Album Version multiple times and that version is very closely based on the book. And It's amazing seeing how they adapt that original version into a modern setting. From the ferry, to the man with the shotgun (who was originally a soldier) and the red weeds. I also went to a virtual experience a while back based on the musical version and It was incredible. And so it's cool watching this movie again and seeing some of this stuff translated to modern day America instead of Victorian London
This plane wreckage is a real plane and at universal studios Hollywood as part of the tram tour. It's pretty cool to go through.
The scene with the bodies floating down the river was filmed on the Farmington River in Windsor Connecticut. They broke containment and flowed into the larger Connecticut River and caused quite the panic in my hometown of Windsor Locks Connecticut. People were mistaking them for actual bodies.
*I saw this movie in the theater and it scared the CRAP out of me! I had to get up and stand near the door in the back just so I could feel comfortable watching it. I don't know why it affected me this way, but it did. By the way I was 36 years old at the time!!!*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The way the Aliens die, also means that if one day men go to another planets like some people think will do, the same will happen to them.
10:17 ....I remember when this movie came out that I went to the cinema.... It was the first and only time that a movie scene impact me so hard that I forgot to breath for a whole minute.... I clearly remember my hands shaking while I was catching my breath (I guess that when a movie can do that and be the only one who did it, I can call it special).......
Everyone was better off at home😂
When you guys said “Water it is”, I said to myself “If only they knew😂😂”
Tim Robbins is the actor who plays the crazy guy in the house and was the star of Shawshank Redemption with Morgan Freeman, the narrator. He also played the backseater pilot “Merlin” in Top Gun 1 with Tom Cruise. Too bad you didn’t catch this film in the theater, the fog horns and sound effects were loud and scary as F, but it was awesome. The original 50’s film is awesome too and definitely worth checking out. A lot of the story lines from both films come from the original classic book by H.G. Wells. Robbie living at the end was a let down and it would’ve made the film better if they left it open ended and we never saw him again.
The Helicopters Firing Missiles Is A Badass Scene
Learn how to write. 🤦♀
If the EMPs shut off electricity production and transmission, why did the pole Ray hit with the van spray sparks over the crowd?!
"Two wheels?! We need three!" took me the fuck out lol
It’s always the little things that get you. This was a great remake of a great classic. In the similar fashion of Godzilla the lesson is nature always shows the folly of man and in this case alien.
Now they have plenty of Alien bodies to examine and dissect, and alien technology to study and reverse engineer.
29:05 that was my exact reaction when i first saw this scene 😂
Look at the birds! Look at the god damn birds!
24:52 The Uberpod! They are the commanding class Tripod.
Around min 20...I recall the MIB quote "a person in smart, people are ... and panicky"
Most people will stand and look , and be lamb for the slaughter.
23:07 I love this scene for that reason. You see 5 ships taking people for fertilizer, another 3 come over the hill exterminating everyone, in the background of the same shot you can see a ninth ship landing, and finally a tenth ship almost roadkills the family from the direction they're trying to escape to.
Tim Robbins diggin a tunnel again and Morgan Freeman narrator again just like Shawshank
Based on the book War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. It’s classic literature and early sci-fi written in the late 1800’s. It’s a good book, well written and holds up well considering when it was written.
I loved this movie. the sound effects for the alien walkers is scary!!!
I saw this in the theaters it was amazing
Fantastic movie. One of Spielberg's most underrated works.
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Writing has issues but yeah he was on fire in term of filmmaking. I love this movie
@@Lulustucru2393 Apparently half way through the movie Steven Spielberg started to hate making the movie, that probably explains why the writing kinda falls apart as the film goes on.
I guess he hates evil aliens
@@vonnie0_0 That's too sad actually 'cause it could have been a complete masterpiece...
My dad loves this movie so much he’s watched it to the point he falls asleep. It’s now a warm comforting hug lol.
Hey, if you haven’t seen it, try Joe Vs the Volcano!
Its cool you guys reacted to this. My father and grandfather were actually extras on set, i think one of the bridge scenes. My father met Tom and i guess he remained him of his own father for some reason.
Great movie tho
I remember watching this in the theater. Always loved it.
33:18 FUN FACT the two old parents that came out are the two MAIN stars from the original 1953 War of the Worlds movie.
YES I RECCOMWNDED THIS
I saw this film in the theater. It was a good experience. Also, this film is lowkey terrifying. Great reaction bros! 👍🏿
got this on dvd and also the original and also have the musicals. The old couple at the end is the couple from the original
Great analysis at the end chaps, Tom Cruise is the man!
I absolutely love this movie
Idk if anyone has mentioned it but the plain crash scene is still at universal studio California (when you take the Hollywood tour)
I love the Brightburn hat🔥
So it was our bacteria that killed them. They didn't bother learning shit about Earth before destroying everything lol
Love this film
22:51 "Snatcher grabber hands"🤣 You guys obviously haven't seen the original 1953. Put it on your list. It's a classic. Like The Thing.
Steven Spielberg sure knows how to tell a good story about aliens, whether it's Close Encounters Of The Third kind, E.T or this he knows how to get the audience invested in a compelling plot with extra-terrestrials.
Helpful tip for alien invasion: *"Viruses"*
War of the World: *"Virus/Bacteria"*
Independence Day: *"Computer Virus"*
"Aaaah, Tim's aliive. Awww shit." Thanks, dude 🤣
I'm pretty sure basement floor water would kill anything🤣🤣
Honestly this movie stays on my top 10's! Was also the first movie to mess me and my cousins up as kids after all of our folks decided to have "movie night XD
Thanks for existing you guys. Thanks to you. I know more than ever how important my twin brother is to me
Ok, and now you guys need to watch scary movie 4, personally my favourite scary movie in the series. War of the worlds is heavily spoofed in it along with saw, the village and others, it’s really funny.
The original novel is set in England around the 1900's, it's pretty different to this but the basic idea is the same. Fun fact, my home town is where the original Martian pod lands, so when I first read the book it was fun to see all the towns and villages I knew being vaporised!
There is a BBC adaptation that follows the book story line more so than the movies.
Not too many years after germs were discovered. Must have inspired HG Wells.
Tim Robbins is the actors name who was in Shawshank Redemption
Gondor calls for aid!!!
So underrated scary movie of all time
The deepest message of the movie - and the original story - is that all life on this planet is connected, and working together
You'll probably say it sometime in the vid (if you played those games), but the noises and look of the walkers remind me of Striders from HL2. Also the lightning had no thunder, which was a big hint too.
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Done on the radio in 1938, by Orson Welles. Some people thought the broadcast of the tele-play was real. Later, a sci-film with Gene Barry, the grandfather at the end of the Spielberg version. The Martians are killed by germs.
I don't think the ending holds up the further we get from the original story. Back then, dangerous bacteria and etc. was a fairly new concept, so it being the surprise thing that saved them made a lot more sense. These days, it'd be the same as if humans were foiled cause we didn't know about DNA, or something, it'd be considered ridiculous.
You can't tell me that creatures capable of interstellar travel, and know enough about biology to use an alien species blood as a catalyst/fertilizer/whatever for the blood weed, don't know about the concept of micro-organisms.
We've barely left our planet now, and how many people do you see yelling "Don't take your helmet off!!!" when people are on alien planets in movies.
Tom Cruise making good to great movies decade after decade! Thanks Guys
"Do aliens even know about mirrors?"