"War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise is such a bad movie...but not the good kind of bad, unfortunately. My my my. I only watched the whole movie to be able to trash-talk about it with knowledge ;)
*nods* It's astonishing how something with as much boombang can be so fundamentally boring. Too bad because I liked the book um, and I kinda sorta used to like Tom Cruise's looks, um. Feel free to hit me now.
I went to the theater to watch this with some family members from out of town that really wanted to go see it. Boy was that a mistake. Not only did it totally gross me out and I was miserable - when I came home I found my mother had forgotten the tea kettle on the whole time and nearly burned the house down. LOL That's pretty much all I remember from the movie. Tom Cruise nearly cost me a home and it wasn't even worth it. :)
I actually paid money to see this, and not just the cheap movie seats; we went Gold Class, and took youngest son as well. What a waste of money, almost $75 for 3 tickets, for a 'treat'. I still weep when I think of it. It's in my top 10 most disliked movies. And the kicker was the other couple we went with - she didn't follow the storyline and had to ask why the Martians died. I thought everyone knew the plot.
I remember the good old days --*is old*-- when Tom Cruise was a Hunk™ and everything he did was automatically cool. He was never really my type but I could see what my friends saw in him. These days, somehow, pretty much everything he does is Crap™. I'm so glad I fangirl a guy who still has major Cool™. *g*
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Date: 2008-02-25 12:20 pm (UTC)Kind of careless of the director/writers.
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Date: 2008-02-25 10:13 am (UTC)about as good as the rest
Date: 2008-02-25 12:18 pm (UTC)The movie is actually better in it's original English version. Movies are always crappier in German. Sorry it's true.