Archive for July 4th, 2008
100 Word Reviews: War Of The Worlds
I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if it was filmed in California or something. The problem for me was dealing with the idiotic decisions Tom Cruise makes in his absurd trek from North Jersey to Boston. For instance… a ferry? Dude travels three hours up the Hudson River and decides to take a ferry instead of driving, literally, 20 more minutes north to take a bridge? And, if that bridge wasn’t there anymore, there’s one another five minutes north… then another five minutes north… then another ten minutes north. Worst route to Boston ever. Seriously. A ferry? Dude goes to take a ferry when he’s just seen people get turned in to dust? We’re worried about staying away from people who might want to steal your car but you immediately go to a chokepoint? How does he know the ferry’s running? Wouldn’t it make worlds more sense to try and find a bridge since, you know, you don’t need a person to operate one?
I find the whole thing kind of ridiculous. I remember reading that this movie was “great science-fiction.” Maybe the original book was great science-fiction… but the movie decided that the bad-guys had been monitoring Earth for a million years. They’ve been watching that long but couldn’t figure out what would bring about their end?
I guess it could have been worse. The monsters could have invaded a planet that was 80% water while being deathly allergic to water.
Also, there’s nothing quite as funny as 5′4″ worth of Tom Cruise overpowering 6′5″ worth of Tim Robbins.