- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000AOEMWS
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4.0 out of 5 stars
War of the Worlds: ground breaking sci-fi,
By bus driver (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The War of The Worlds - The Original Invasion (DVD)
H.G. Wells, is one of the first the introduce readers with the idea of aliens from mars taking over the earth, and triggered many writers later to write books involving martians. In the masterpiece, Wells introduces many ideas and masterfully blends them into his story.England is in trouble as cylinders of metal carrying martians constantly crash on the earth every 24 hours. Each cylinder carries a walking tripod, that has a heat beam attached, a beam that melts and burns anything it hits. As more aliens come, they bring gasses that can kill a human just when they inhale it. All seems lost for the main character as he tries to dodge martians, and return to leatherhead, where his wife has taken refuge. He is forced to hide from the martians byhimself, for almost everyone is dead. Hope of survival is almost noting for humans, when they find out the martians have developed flying machines, to promote their world wide destruction, but something happens to the martians...... This is a great book and I am very pleased that I took the time the read it, even though some parts were very slow.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Adaptation of the H.G. Wells Novel,
By David (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The War of The Worlds - The Original Invasion (DVD)
This movie is one of the standard bearers for early science fiction. The film is well-scripted and acted, and the special effects are quite good considering the age of the film.Gene Barry plays the central character of the movie, Dr. Clayton Forrester, a scientist from Cal Tech. He and two buddies are fishing nearby when the initial Martian invasion ship lands (crashes) nearby. By the way, that must have been a heckuva landing the Martians had to endure when their 'meteors' touched down. The movie details humanity's efforts to halt the apparently unstoppable murderous Martian invasion force. No pretenses about peaceful coexistence or some sort of misunderstanding here, folks. The Martians want our planet and are willing to kill every man, woman, and child on it to get it. As such, the military is portrayed in a pretty good light in this film (unlike many others). After all, when the alien's first club out of the bag is lethal force, then you pretty much have to go with the flow. In the end, with atomic weapons having failed to stop the invaders, mankind appears doomed. Saving the day, however, is the most unlikely of allies (and, no, I ain't talking Russia). Overall, a well-paced sci-fi/thriller with a basic premise that never fails to entertain when it is well done--as it is here.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Its allegorical with religious thematic elements,
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This review is from: War of the Worlds, the (VHS Tape)
Many 50's sci-fi movies are allegorical, and this one is no exception, especially considering its explicitly religious thematic elements.You start out with an unimaginable menace, first addressed by fools fitting for the opening scene of a Shakespeare drama. These fools are vaporized. Then the "Pastor" a religious representative tries to deal with the invaders by offering peaceful contact. His disintegration follows, to the sound of one of the most wonderful and horrifically memorable sound effects of all time. Then the army gets a crack at it, ending up pulverized amid a miserable retreat. Then the air force, the flying wing, and atomic weapons are all found ineffective. Nothing can stop the invaders. The scientists organize for a last-hope-for-mankind effort to find some way to stop them. But this effort falls apart amidst confusion and mob violence. For some inexplicable reason the now defeated scientist seeks the woman who had been traveling with the Pastor. He seeks her by going to one church after another until he finds her. All hope is lost, and everyone in the church is merely awaiting their own final moment of destruction. But wait, the menace itself decays. Mankind is saved. But how? By who's intercession?
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