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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781417057856
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1417057858
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 22, 2005
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 16927
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Based on the h.G. Wells story. At first the martians seem laughable hardly able to move in earths comparatively heavy gravity. But soon the martians reveal their true nature as death machines. As the martians proceed with their deadly invasion one family fights for survival. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/21/2007 Starring: Tom Cruise Morgan Freeman Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Steven Spielberg
Amazon.com:
Despite super effects, a huge budget, and the cinematic pedigree of alien-happy Steven Spielberg, this take on H.G. Wells's novel is basically a horror film packaged as a sci-fi thrill ride. Instead of a mad slasher, however, Spielberg (along with writers Josh Friedman & David Koepp) utilizes aliens hell-bent on quickly destroying humanity, and the terrifying results that prey upon adult fears, especially in the post-9/11 world. The realistic results could be a new genre, the grim popcorn thriller; often you feel like you're watching Schindler's List more than Spielberg's other thrill-machine movies (Jaws, Jurassic Park). The film centers on Ray Ferrier, a divorced father (Tom Cruise, oh so comfortable) who witnesses one giant craft destroy his New Jersey town and soon is on the road with his teen son (Justin Chatwin) and preteen daughter (Dakota Fanning) in tow, trying to keep ahead of the invasion. The film is, of course, impeccably designed and produced by Spielberg's usual crew of A-class talent. The aliens are genuinely scary, even when the film--like the novel--spends a good chunk of time in a basement. Readers of the book (or viewers of the deft 1953 adaptation) will note the variation of whom and how the aliens come to Earth, which poses some logistical problems. The film opens and closes with narration from the novel read by Morgan Freeman, but Spielberg could have adapted Orson Welles's words from the famous Halloween Eve 1938 radio broadcast: 'We couldn't soap all your windows and steal all your garden gates by tomorrow night, so we did the best next thing: we annihilated the world.' --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Terrifying Aliens, Mundane Family.
War of the Worlds is a visually stunning and ultimately terrifying film about encounters with ruthless invaders. While I praise this film for the alien scenes and plot, the rest is so mundane and negative that it almost ruins the movie.
The movie introduces is to Ray (Tom Cruise) and his ex-wife and kids. He is to watch the kids while his ex-wife is away for the weekend. During this time, Ray encounters a massive and strange electric storm and later on discovers it triggered massive ... Read More
Rating: - Good Movie
Good Action movie, lot's of suspense.Good science fiction movie. Fanning shows what a great actress she is.
Rating:  - Fine movie except for the people in it. Great FX!
>>>HERE THERE BE SPOILERS <<<
I was favorably impressed by the first 80 minutes of WotW, which in part explains why I was so bitterly annoyed at the final 40.
First off, Tom Cruise did a decent job in the lead as Ray Ferrier, he cried believably, flashed the pearly whites when needed, but otherwise seemed overwhelmed when called on to be manly--for the Ray character is a feckless wimp. His kids have contempt for him, his ex-wife patronizes him, even her new husband pities ... Read More
Rating: - Not nearly as bad as some reviews claim
I sense and read a lot of mindless Spielberg bashing in some bad reviews here.
OK, lets face it from the start: this is no masterpiece; Cruise's character is not 100% likeable, the guy sometimes is immature, but this is a councious choice in the script, if it's a good or bad choice is arguable; the family characters are not 100% likeable either, thay are all antiheroes...nobody's perfect. Moreover, this is no faithful adaptation of the novel, which I have read; but why all movies that come from ... Read More
Rating: - Entertaining movie, but not true to the book
I enjoyed the movie, but like many other novels brought to the big screen, it didn't do the author justice. A movie is never as good as the book, especially a classic like War of the Worlds.
I thought the special effects were great, and i was thoroughly entertained.
As for the quality of the dvd, i was somewhat disappointed. The picture looked grainy in some shots. I have a samsung lcd hdtv (1080P) with an upconvert DVD player. some of the shots just look plain bad. ... Read More
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