I saw Star Wars this morning, unfortunately with a crazed fanatic. Luckily he wasn't too rabid, though. It was exactly as I expected: Good special effects, but HORRIFIC(TM) acting. And of coarce the plot was only really a filler, i.e. people wanted more Star Wars stuff & it linked the story together. I also happened to see the trailer for the War of the Worlds. I WANT TO FLY TO HOLLYWOOD AND FIND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE AND --CENSORED(Lets just say it won't be pretty)--. In fact, all the weapons of mass destruction in the middle east probably wouldn't be enough. They've BUTCHERED it! That novel was a masterpiece and they've taken it and, and... sigh they always ruin it. Always.
"You hear the sound of a chainsaw starting up."
> They've BUTCHERED it!
you were only watching a trailer, you can expect it to be shorter than the original :-D
also, it can't be worse than the original movie adaptation
and does it have midichlorians? I didn't think so
It's crap. I'm so happy. Those fewls who posted "It's good" at IMDB were as wrong about it as they were about Troy.
Also, they wrote a novel? That's awful...
I've never seen the original movie but I can tell from the trailer that this one is not in the spirit of the book. They've moved it to a modern setting and turned it into some action piece of rubbish. And they plucked the protagonist out of some hat they found underneath a discarded sofa recently discovered on Suturn's 47th moon.
There is apparently a recent (lower budget) indie adaptation which actually attempts to adapt the novel, rather than be extremely loosely inspired by it.
It's made by Pendragon Pictures.
http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/04_sept/news0904_9.shtml
Looks cool. With any luck, it'll be available in the finer Rondebosch video stores (hey, we found Ginger Snaps). :)