War of the Worlds
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jul 8 2005, 06:26 PM
The whole point of the story is that it takes place from the POV of a common man. The aliens are an unstoppable destructive force, with which there is no reasoning or bargaining. They just come in and destroy, and we see the effects they have through the eyes of our common-man protagonist.
And in the end, the humans still don't actually defeat the aliens. The Earth itself fights them off.
If you changed the ending, or if you told it from the POV of the President of the USA, or if you made it like ID4, then you would be telling a completely different story.
Nobody goes to see Romeo and Juliet and complains that he thought they shouldn't have died in the end or that Juliet should have married Paris or whatever. This book was written in 1898! It's not like the plot should have come as a surprise to anyone....
And in the end, the humans still don't actually defeat the aliens. The Earth itself fights them off.
If you changed the ending, or if you told it from the POV of the President of the USA, or if you made it like ID4, then you would be telling a completely different story.
Nobody goes to see Romeo and Juliet and complains that he thought they shouldn't have died in the end or that Juliet should have married Paris or whatever. This book was written in 1898! It's not like the plot should have come as a surprise to anyone....
To make a good movie these days (yes guys we are in the year 2005) you need more than a common man plot. To me thats a weak plot regardless if it was wrote in the 1800s or not. I saw the 2 other remakes of the movie too and didnt care for them either. I went because the wife wanted to see and wouldnt go again.
You need to provide the viewers with more. Thats common sense IMO. If you dont you will find people saying "thats it"? Thats what I was saying when I watched the flick. It wasnt that good. Bottom line. Like it or not.
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Originally Posted by Poindexter,Jul 10 2005, 06:27 AM
So, you change the plot/story and end up ticking off everyone who loves Wells - yes, damn good idea 
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This film, this story,has been done and redone. i have heard at least 5 different audio versions of the radio play over the years and seen all the film versions, excpet that cheesy one on the scifi channel. howell cannot act, period.
i can't see why stevie redid this with all the material there is out there...this was done perfectly in 1953 bygeorge pal already....except...
that being said...i thought it was a grand adventure of a common man and his family. well acted and directed with superb special effects. a gripping story of survival and an inditement of mankinds treatment of each other in the face of anarchy...all thoughout the film i knew what was gonna happen next...dah the story has been so over told...but it did not matter, what shined was his version of the story and how he told it.
well cast, well directed, etc...i even thought tom did a pretty good job at being a regular joe for a change.
mixed feelings at best.
i can't see why stevie redid this with all the material there is out there...this was done perfectly in 1953 bygeorge pal already....except...
that being said...i thought it was a grand adventure of a common man and his family. well acted and directed with superb special effects. a gripping story of survival and an inditement of mankinds treatment of each other in the face of anarchy...all thoughout the film i knew what was gonna happen next...dah the story has been so over told...but it did not matter, what shined was his version of the story and how he told it.
well cast, well directed, etc...i even thought tom did a pretty good job at being a regular joe for a change.
mixed feelings at best.
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