Ok, I just finally got to see War of the Worlds in theaters and all I have to say is what the F**k? Seriously, I can't believe how horrible this film was on EVERY level. The acting, the characters, the crappy (and obvious) sets, and the fact that I didn't give a damn about one character in this 100 million waste of money. For the first time (in my opinion) Spielberg has not just let me down, but left me looking back on his previous films wondering if he even visited the set of this monstrous disaster. Seriously, this film was more hokey then half the crap I rent on cinemax at 3 am. I'd actually rather watch the "cable guy" visit the sorority girls to "fix the cable" at 2am. Seriously!
This film just left me bored. It's really bad, when I (a filmmaker) actually check my watch during the film - not once, not twice, but THREE times. I actually looked around the audience and wondered if I just "missed it". I mean, this film was the second worst film I've seen in theaters, the first worst only being "the Sound of Thunder", which I think was the worst piece of trite I've ever seen anywhere.
If this film didn't have Spielberg/Cruise atttached to it there is no way ANYONE would have seen this in theaters. Well, at least an not asked for their money back.
And Tim Robbins. What the hell was that all about????? Who cares? At this point I was hoping the neverending hokiness would at least provide me with a laugh, but no, not even a chuckle.
At this point I actually looked around the theater to see if anyone was enjoying it. Who knows, maybe I just missed the point (ie: character development, enjoyable story, good acting, good sets, above TV power effects, and a friggin point).
In my opinion I'd buy the DVD, only to break it into pieces so no one else would have to see it.
This film just left me bored. It's really bad, when I (a filmmaker) actually check my watch during the film - not once, not twice, but THREE times. I actually looked around the audience and wondered if I just "missed it". I mean, this film was the second worst film I've seen in theaters, the first worst only being "the Sound of Thunder", which I think was the worst piece of trite I've ever seen anywhere.
If this film didn't have Spielberg/Cruise atttached to it there is no way ANYONE would have seen this in theaters. Well, at least an not asked for their money back.
And Tim Robbins. What the hell was that all about????? Who cares? At this point I was hoping the neverending hokiness would at least provide me with a laugh, but no, not even a chuckle.
At this point I actually looked around the theater to see if anyone was enjoying it. Who knows, maybe I just missed the point (ie: character development, enjoyable story, good acting, good sets, above TV power effects, and a friggin point).
In my opinion I'd buy the DVD, only to break it into pieces so no one else would have to see it.
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