War of the Worlds

[azskyman]

Hope to see this movie this weekend. Even if every Spielberg film is not Academy Award bound, it is always an "event."

Tom Cruise is a lot of things. But if he pulls off a good part in a film, I can leave it at that and walk away happy.

And besides, after her part in Man On Fire, I gotta believe that Dakota Fanning will do a great job at capturing Spielberg's emotion of fear through her.

[CentralFlGal]

Just got back from the movie - I can't believe I actually liked it. My daughter and her friend enjoyed it too, so we Googled Wells' work. We're listening to it now - the original radio broadcast. Enjoy!

http://www.earthstation1.com/WOTW/War_of_the_Worlds.ram

(Found on this page: http://www.whatwasthen.com/wow.html )

Edited to include: you need Realplayer to hear the broadcast.

[azskyman]

We did go too, and while it wasn't our favorite Dreamworks film, it was good, and we enjoyed it. The premise of the movie was interesting...and Cruise did an admirable job...but no Oscars for anything here except special effects. Perhaps Tim Robbins was good enough for a second look.

[alicia-w]

I LOVED the movie and Scientology isnt wacko, in my opinion. Those who think it is probably havent read many facts about it. It isnt any stranger than some of our more fundamentalist factions...

anyway, Tom Cruise is a good actor, a consistently excellent performer and this movie is no exception. and he's cute AND American! Who needs more than that?!?!?

[HurryKane]

I LOVED the movie and Scientology isnt wacko, in my opinion. Those who think it is probably havent read many facts about it.

I've read a great number of factual articles, survivor accounts, and legal documents that expose $cientology for what it is: a dangerous cult. Like this story from someone who was able to get out before it got her: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/

But if paying $500,000+ to have some soup cans rid you of a personal infestation of 75 million year old aliens is not considered "wacko" then I guess I want off this planet, pronto.

[feederband]

I LOVED the movie and Scientology isnt wacko, in my opinion. Those who think it is probably havent read many facts about it.

I've read a great number of factual articles, survivor accounts, and legal documents that expose $cientology for what it is: a dangerous cult. Like this story from someone who was able to get out before it got her: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/

But if paying $500,000+ to have some soup cans rid you of a personal infestation of 75 million year old aliens is not considered "wacko" then I guess I want off this planet, pronto.

The basis of Scientology is no more wacko then the other religons. All religions to me have a bit of wackeness about them....All of them have to many holes and they are all just hearsay...IMO


Also if you want to think of a dangerous cult think about what the christians did during the crusades.....

[HurryKane]

I LOVED the movie and Scientology isnt wacko, in my opinion. Those who think it is probably havent read many facts about it.

I've read a great number of factual articles, survivor accounts, and legal documents that expose $cientology for what it is: a dangerous cult. Like this story from someone who was able to get out before it got her: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/

But if paying $500,000+ to have some soup cans rid you of a personal infestation of 75 million year old aliens is not considered "wacko" then I guess I want off this planet, pronto.

The basis of Scientology is no more wacko then the other religons. All religions to me have a bit of wackeness about them....All of them have to many holes and they are all just hearsay...IMO


Also if you want to think of a dangerous cult think about what the christians did during the crusades.....

Perhaps the basis is not any more wacko than other religions. But $cientology's practices do far more harm to those in its grasp than do most well-established religions today. $cientology's practices are that of a cult which has little care for its members except to drain them of every last penny they have, even killing some of them in the process and destroying the lives of others as well. It is $cientology's aim that psychiatry and psychotropic drugs be abolished, and they're pushing legislation to do just that. So they're not just out for themselves, they're out to affect your life, too.

The vast majority of organized religions today do not require you to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to achieve a state of grace; most simply require faith and minimal tithing. There's a difference there--to me anyway.

[feederband]

I LOVED the movie and Scientology isnt wacko, in my opinion. Those who think it is probably havent read many facts about it.

I've read a great number of factual articles, survivor accounts, and legal documents that expose $cientology for what it is: a dangerous cult. Like this story from someone who was able to get out before it got her: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/

But if paying $500,000+ to have some soup cans rid you of a personal infestation of 75 million year old aliens is not considered "wacko" then I guess I want off this planet, pronto.

The basis of Scientology is no more wacko then the other religons. All religions to me have a bit of wackeness about them....All of them have to many holes and they are all just hearsay...IMO


Also if you want to think of a dangerous cult think about what the christians did during the crusades.....

Perhaps the basis is not any more wacko than other religions. But $cientology's practices do far more harm to those in its grasp than do most well-established religions today. $cientology's practices are that of a cult which has little care for its members except to drain them of every last penny they have, even killing some of them in the process and destroying the lives of others as well. It is $cientology's aim that psychiatry and psychotropic drugs be abolished, and they're pushing legislation to do just that. So they're not just out for themselves, they're out to affect your life, too.

The vast majority of organized religions today do not require you to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to achieve a state of grace; most simply require faith and minimal tithing. There's a difference there--to me anyway.

Point accepted....No religon will affect my life..I'm not into Scientology but I do think some of their beliefs are good. Specialy the parts of self esteem.. But just like anything else and any religion it gets corrupt.

[HurryKane]

Point accepted....No religon will affect my life..I'm not into Scientology but I do think some of their beliefs are good. Specialy the parts of self esteem.. But just like anything else and any religion it gets corrupt.

Ok, so we'll agree to sort of disagree and kind of agree and...back to your regularly scheduled WOTW movie topic

(I really liked Batman Begins, myself)

[feederband]

Point accepted....No religon will affect my life..I'm not into Scientology but I do think some of their beliefs are good. Specialy the parts of self esteem.. But just like anything else and any religion it gets corrupt.

Ok, so we'll agree to sort of disagree and kind of agree and...back to your regularly scheduled WOTW movie topic

(I really liked Batman Begins, myself)

[GalvestonDuck]

Can we drop the anti-Scientology stuff? I think it's a given -- most, if not all, of us don't follow it and most of us disagree with it. But those who do follow it have that right. We wouldn't allow such slamming of other religions here, would we?

[HurryKane]

Can we drop the anti-Scientology stuff? I think it's a given -- most, if not all, of us don't follow it and most of us disagree with it. But those who do follow it have that right. We wouldn't allow such slamming of other religions here, would we?

I'll drop it because you've asked, but not because it's impolite to bash a religion. 'Cause it's not a religion. And that's a viewpoint I'm allowed to have.

[feederband]

I thought it was already dropped.

[AussieMark]

What u guys think of the scene where Tom sings in it.

[CentralFlGal]

What u guys think of the scene where Tom sings in it.

ugh! Snaggletooth can't carry a tune.

I'll never be able to listen to "Little Deuce Coupe" again...

[GalvestonDuck]

[Miss Mary]

LOL!!! That's too funny.....

Thanks for the laugh Shawn.

[TazzyD]

We did go too, and while it wasn't our favorite Dreamworks film, it was good, and we enjoyed it. The premise of the movie was interesting...and Cruise did an admirable job...but no Oscars for anything here except special effects. Perhaps Tim Robbins was good enough for a second look.

I think Dakota Fanning is a phenomenal little actor. Was her role meaty enough to be considered for an Oscar? I've not yet seen Spielberg's version of the movie, though I hope to soon. I really like about anything that Spielberg is involved in, anything that Tim Robbins is involved in, and anything Dakota Fanning is involved in. She's a little treasure!

[cswitwer]

War of the Worlds was initially intended to make us think about our humanity and how fragile it is. Did ya'll get that from Spielberg's take on it? I had already read too much to go in without thinking about it, but I think it was supposed to be like Schindler's List in a way-- showing what extremination of human life actually looks like. Scary, and hard to think too hard about.

Anybody?