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Ern Dog

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johnnybon said:
Best bass of any movie on DVD.

I agree. My Mirage S12 sub was shackin' the house down and I loved every minute of the effects:D . This DVD will given any sub a good work out.
 
Jack Hammer

Jack Hammer

Audioholic Field Marshall
Sheep said:
...So I bought the 2 disk special edition. Yeah, its a great sub test, but its a stupid sub test. I could play some 15Hz sine waves from my computer, and thats free!

SheepStar
Well put. I'd agree 100% except I only paid $5 for my copy, just a little more than a rental. For almost free, it still sucks, but I'm happy.

If anyone needs a good sub workout, go watch U571, it's more watchable and will give the sub a lot to do.
 
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edonsmith

Audioholic Intern
I thought it was a bad movie. The special effects were ok but the movie was not good at all for me

Don
 
skizzerflake

skizzerflake

Audioholic Field Marshall
I thought it was pretty good. My expectations were pretty low, what with Tom C as a star, but the movie had a nightmare quality that I appreciated. I could identify with giant bots coming up out of the ground and absorbing or zapping everybody; the only right response is to run and scream, and the red vines were like alien Kudzu. As for why TC had the only car that ran, remember that it was an old one with no chips, so EMP would not zap it. Deus Ex Machina perhaps but anything is allowable in a nightmare.

The FX were good as was the sound. I was never that fond of the old version from the 50's, maybe because I liked Gene Barry even less than Tom Cruise. As for why TC had the only car that ran, remember that it was an old one with no chips, so EMP would not zap it. Deus Ex Machina perhaps but anything is allowable in a nightmare.
 
stratman

stratman

Audioholic Ninja
I have the original, I think it's better made, faster paced and it just reflected a sign of the times, cold war paranoia. The new movie takes itself too seriously and just too much TC. My 2 cents.
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
The original, which I also liked better, was a good movie. This one is a popcorn flick IMO; aka Independence Day. It has a lot of flash and boom, but the story lacked something that the original had. One thing I did like was the cameo of the actors from the original (they were his ex's parents).
 
stratman

stratman

Audioholic Ninja
War Of The Words, featuring cow/pig/woman hybrid Rosie and raccoon/lemur/man hybrid Don, they're tearing up Manhattan !
 
mpompey

mpompey

Senior Audioholic
I know I'm outnumbered on this, so don't even start!

I loved the movie! According to Speilberg, TC having a car that was working (after changing to solenoid), plus the camcorder that worked, was supposed to show that the Alien ray wasn't 100% effective. Remember the HumVees and Deuce and a half's the soldiers where in ran. The news crew had a van and TV equipment that also ran. As well as all the cars that drove onto the ferry, not to mention the ferry itself. So TC wasn't the only one with a working vehicle.
 
stratman

stratman

Audioholic Ninja
mpompey said:
I know I'm outnumbered on this, so don't even start!

We won't hold it against you. I mean TC needs his one fan.;)
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
While I felt the movie was flawed, I still liked it :D Just not for the same reasons I liked the original.
 
croseiv

croseiv

Audioholic Samurai
The DTS track of this movie is INSANE. The Ultra handled it quite well though. The pod emergig scene has to be one of the most intense scenes yet. Also when the heat rays start zorching....Not the best acting, but awesome LFE and special effects.
 
Shadow_Ferret

Shadow_Ferret

Audioholic Chief
I have the original, I think it's better made, faster paced and it just reflected a sign of the times, cold war paranoia. The new movie takes itself too seriously and just too much TC. My 2 cents.
The original is fantastic. Too bad it's 50 years too late for 5.1.

This one, well someone else already spoke on all it's flaws, including why the hell was Boston spared? The whole world is destroyed but Boston? Maybe the air there because of all the baked beans they eat? Who knows.

However, I think I might rent this one again now that I have a HT system with a decent sub just to hear what I missed before.

In other words, most of the movie will be in fastforward until I get to some LFE. :)

I will say that the only redeeming part of this movie is that the aliens used tripods like in the book. However, in many respects the lesser known WoTW 2005 release staring C. Thomas Howell was a much better story. Horrible Sci-Fi Channel special effects, but a better story.
 
Pyrrho

Pyrrho

Audioholic Ninja
You're trying to apply logic and reality to a movie. It's not supposed to be 100% realistic, it's called "willful suspension of disbelief" It's a story, not a factual account of something that really happened.
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There is a difference between a willful suspension of disbelief, and a total abandonment of all brain functions. Movies are not fact, true enough, but when they are 0% realistic, it is difficult for all but the brain dead to suspend one's disbelief for the complete length of a feature film.

If we look at 2001: A Space Odyssey, there was some effort to introduce realism into the film (like a lack of sound passing through empty space, and a realistic attempt at dealing with gravity in space). Of course, they did not, and still do not, have computers like HAL, which is where the suspension of disbelief comes into play. But the film did not ask that one totally check one's brain at the door to be picked up after the film was over.

In the case of the new War of the Worlds, the constant lack of realism was a constant reminder that one was watching a film, which prevents one from being totally immersed in the story. This means there was bad writing, causing a bad story, which makes for a bad film. They should never have shot the film with such a poor script. But, of course, the main point of film making is making money, not making great films (regardless of the constant propaganda to the contrary from Hollywood). How did it do at the box office? If they turned a good profit, then I am sure that its makers are happy, as they have achieved their real goal.
 

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