Reviews

While watching this movie I thought to myself that it was good I had already read the book. This was because the movie is agonizingly desperate and sad--often times it was just too much to absorb or handle in such a large dose. You can't put this movie down like you can with the book. Unlike the book being beautifully written, in an almost poetic prose, which distracted the reader from the subject, the movie is not beautifully shot. In your face is desperation, agony, and death.

I can understand why this movie was shelved for a year. Do not go into it looking to be entertained, at best look to be intellectually stimulated. This is no popcorn movie.

This is an amazing movie and I highly recommend it. Admittedly however, there are points in the movie where I felt myself thinking that Gina was just acting absurd and crazy, but that was part of the genius of the script. Anyway, the movie really rounds-out and I am glad that I stuck with it. I give it a 10. I've never given a movie such a high rating after feeling uncertain about it in the beginning. The movie leaves you with a feeling of hope and inspiration.

On the flip-side, I will play the pessimist. Not all politicians have good intentions. Some are in it for the power, unlike the chancellor. I can easily imagine a few of the G8 leaders just getting up and walking out of the meeting if a compromise was not possible. To make real progress, I think we must realize that cruel & selfish people are all around us. This movie was feel-good escapism.

This movie was very disappointing. Furthermore, in my opinion it was down-right disturbing is some scenes.

A lot of people are comparing this to Independence Day, which I would say is a better film. Independence Day was a light-hearted movie with a feel-good ending. It had a ton of action and was very well-rounded. Of course it wasn't a masterpiece, but it was entertaining. I don't have so much praise for War of the Worlds. There are just too many scenes with masses of people in desperation, about to be massacred. There was way too much shock and awe in this film and I question the reason for it. Was Spielberg trying to use the same technique as in Schindler's List, in the film? I really had to turn my head in some scenes. In fact, I continually saw parents escorting their children out of the theater.

Still more, there are no great scenes that stand out from the rest. No great protagonist or scenes of the human race coming together to defeat the aliens. What you see is very contrary to what you'd hope for. Its a very pessimistic movie. And the ending? What a let down. It was there only because the movie had to end.

This is basically a horror movie. Its the worst Spielberg movie ever made.

I don't know how to classify this movie. It is disgustingly bad. It is not funny, yet its supposed to be a comedy. The only part mildly entertaining is Ben Stiller's character, yet he is not developed at all. Everything else is just so serious. These two losers have it so bad. Oh, poor them. Please! Do jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.

I did not know anything about this movie before watching it. Initially I thought Joe (Eric Schaeffer) was a homosexual. After all, he had very feminine characteristics. Additionally, he wore a dress in parts of the movie. And also, there is his hair (you know what I'm talking about). And the makeup, etc... etc... I'll admit that I couldn't stand watching the last 20 minutes, but I do know how it ends. Anyway, it would have turned out better if Joe came out of the closet.

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It should get a rating of 1. Don't watch this movie!

I don't know what is so great about this movie. Mid-way through it was starting to get boring. There was nothing really original about it, either. And I did understand the humor, or rather humour, in the movie, so don't give me that story.

And what is this thing with the 10 lines? blah blah blah blah blah

This is not a good movie. There are only a few funny areas, such as "Party Boy" in Japan, which of course was ripped off from Tom Green. I'm not kidding, the TV show was much, much better. This is garbage. I don't know why this was rated R, either.

This cartoon-movie is bad. Though, if you have a relatively low I.Q. and have never thought about anything outside of reality, you may enjoy this movie. This movie is just a waste of time. There is a scene that exemplifies this movie. In the scene, Ethan Hawke and his girlfriend, or whatever, are lying in a bed talking about how they have dreams that seem to last forever, but in reality, when they wake up only a short amount of time had passed. This scene lasted like 10 minutes, or an hour and a half (I forget). Basically, it was meant to say that maybe we are all experiencing this so-called waking-life right now! And what a setting to give that message, a bed--where the line between consciousness and unconsciousness is drawn. Oh my god, what an epiphany!

I'm not sure what kind of person would write the screenplay for this movie. It's very disturbing, having to do with love (not paternal) between daughters and fathers, with a twist of mystery. If you ever wanted to marry your father, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. Also, I would advise, if you are a female, don't watch this movie with your father.

I liked this film because it was a light, carefree comedy. Of course some of it was stupid, but it was good stupid in my book. This is not an average sci-fi movie. Also, the casting for this movie was excellent. Each of the actors played their parts very well.