REACTING to *War of the Worlds (2005)* THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! (First Time Watching) Sci-fi Movies

[@whitenoisereacts]

What is your favorite Sci-fi novel>

[@laertesindeed]

Probably the novel "Dune" written by Frank Herbert in the 1960s.

[@spartan120_3]

halfway through the Three Body Problem

[@daveprice9450]

the Bible 😋

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

Watch the Abyss the directors cut

[@ArmienCarlyle]

Stephen King, the mist. U guys would love that movie

[@justfresh179]

The horns are still just as unsettling almost a decade later. I remember hearing this for the first time and being absolutely terrified.

[@mrmr4622]

Yup, the sound design is exceptional, the only thing coming to mind that has the same feeling is the reapers from mass effect

[@ccricers]

I'm used to hearing sounds like this now in sci-fi games and shows, but hearing this in 2005 it felt truly alien.

[@Tesparg]

Almost 20 years later.

[@Helldog6]

@@ccricers Yeah, the sound was so good for the time that they used it for basically every Alien movie and trailer forever. But NOTHING beats the first time I heard that shit in theater.

[@Ivy94F]

@@Helldog6 Omg yes! That sound in the theatre gave me chills. Hated it!!! Lol!!

[@LeeCarlson]

If you have never attempted to drive with somebody having a meltdown in the back seat you cannot appreciate the immense discipline that Ray is demonstrating by keeping the car going, at speed without hitting any pedestrians.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah, it’s amazing

[@SteveT-v6n]

Easy

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Especially if it's a kid, the last thing you want in survival scenario is a kid.

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

​@@w1ndgeneral226especially a little entitled brat. And not only just one but two. And they were just like their mother. Trust me if it were I, they wouldn't have acted like that for long during this crisis. I would have laid the smackdown on them so f****** hard that they would not know what f****** time it was

[@joemel2]

I watched this film before I had kids and just thought my vod that kid is unrealistically annoying. I now have a 6 and a 3 year old kids. I still think this kid is annoying, but she's totally realistic! 😂 he's holding it together like a champ!!

[@benjaminguzman8645]

I don't care what people say this movie is freaking great.

[@skepticalmagos_101]

The only stupid stuff is from the aliens side 😂

[@MatthewJarvis-zw2sz]

@@skepticalmagos_101 Yeah I agree, the only bit that didn't sit right with me was the tripods being buried for millions of years and the aliens riding lightning bolts down into them (what the frick? lol). But other than that, this movie was absolutely amazing, and the best live action adaptation of the story by far.

[@hazri8758]

@@MatthewJarvis-zw2sz yeah when they explained it like that, I was wondering if the tripods were already buried for a long time and they are dozens of it scattered everywhere, I think people would know that. Or maybe it was buried deep down? Idk.. Also the part that didn't sit right with me is how the aliens are defeated by Earth's bacterias. I like that it's realistic, but imagine an advanced species missed something in their research before invading😅

[@Vejitatheouji]

@@skepticalmagos_101 everything involving the daughter was the worst part for me.

[@blessanabey8386]

@@MatthewJarvis-zw2sz wait so its not like that in the books or whatever?

[@hobiwan9597]

"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur C Clarke

[@itslife1399]

There is an anime that kind of reminds me of this quote where humanity has ruined its own future. When a mecha pilot ends up in a wormhole while fighting aliens, he awakens on a flooded earth and is saved by the humans there. The humans know nothing of the war in space, and he soon finds that the strange aliens he has been fighting peacefully live in the oceans on earth without attacking anyone. Once he goes diving, he finds out that the aliens are actually just another species of humans, and the whole war is a lie built on a biased agenda. Pretty much another ice age was threatening the existence of the human race and 2 sides spilt among the humans. The "evolvers" and then the humans who escaped into space. Their differences eventually led into all out war. Point is the Aliens could be an evolved version of us and we won't know it lol

[@e254ep2]

@@itslife1399 Name ?

[@itslife1399]

@@e254ep2 Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

[@e254ep2]

@@itslife1399 Tankiu!

[@tjjordan4207]

@@itslife1399 Did the pilot travel to the future or the past? Or does it still take place in the present?

[@tonyyul703]

I actually love seeing Tom Cruise as a normal everyday dad, with a normal job. And I honestly believe this is probably what he would be doing if he wasn't a SUPER MOVIE STAR.

[@jp3813]

Ray is more of a deadbeat dad.

[@alexconn7473]

​@@jp3813starts off as a deadbeat dad as the movie progresses he becomes a lot better as a father

[@jp3813]

@@alexconn7473 It only took an alien invasion. lol

[@Nyx_2142]

He'd still end up being a Scientology cultist.

[@Mike-h8m]

Tom the GOAT 🔥🔥

[@jon_solo]

That Tripod horn still gives me chills. When the first one blew its horn, I remember people in the theater being terrified. I thought it was the most unnerving and bone-chilling sound I'd ever heard. It's incredible. There are so many images from this movie that are burned into my brain from that experience. The Tripod standing on the hill overlooking the ferry is my favorite.

[@gildo101rossi]

It was so loud I remember leaving the cinema with a headache

[@AlanCanon2222]

In the novel the sound is represented as "Aloo! Aloo!" Good sound design with that as the prompt.

[@bridgethaines7127]

This movie is so underrated. It took the concept of HG Wells' novel and set it in modern times, in a different place for a different and more relatable perspective. Also the germs killed them in the book too.

[@toreadoress]

I'll just say that I like the movie, the tripods and their horns genuinely gave me nightmares after the 1st time I watched it, but still the ending is really underwhelming. Yes in the book the germs defeated the aliens, however this is good case of showing a clash between old and modern understandings of science where it's not really suited for 21st century. When the book was written and published, the germ theory was still a novelty and recently developed theory and aliens being defeated by Earth's nature (bacteria and viruses that we have developed immunity over the millenia) was a great concept at the time, but now it just looks extremely weird that super advanced alien civilization, capable of space travel having such technology, but somehow they haven't figured out germ theory and were defeated because they didn't take the latest Covid-19 vaccine. I think in this case it would've greatly benefited if they modified the ending to fit better our more modern understandings. The same way in the book, the aliens were martians because at the time a lot of people were thinking Mars is habitable and having advanced civilization, but now we know that's not the case so they didn't make them martians in the movie. Still I really like the movie, just the ending is disappointing.

[@pogo5909]

I love both the book and the 2005 movie equally, I don't think a single one has come close to matching either movies, even the 1950 one

[@mrmr4622]

@@toreadoress how would they change the ending though? If not germs then what?

[@treythecrappyanimator4028]

@@toreadoressI think in the book by HG wells it stated that the martians eradicated all their viruses so they had no reason for vaccine technology

[@TheLivelovelaugh165]

I believe HG Wells based the ending off the eradication of the natives in the Americans. The quote was along the lines "Combat with the Indians killed them dozens at a time. Disease had killed them by the millions, even before the white man's arrival." Also adapting to the 21st century, blood borne diseases are no joke. They attack the immune system incredibly fast and severely, the most common ones being Hepatitis, AIDS, HIV, and malaria. If they were also taking fluids from animals, then you can add Mad Cow Disease, Swine flu, and Ebola to the mix. These aliens weren't just watering their crops, they were bathing in that stuff.

[@lurategh]

I saw this in theaters twice as a 12-year-old. Imagine hearing those blaring horns in the theater. The sound was so genuinely terrifying and evoked such visceral fear and dread and it's one of the biggest memories I have of this movie. That and the scene where Dakota's character sees all the bodies floating in the river. Idk if it's just me but I feel like this movie's pretty underrated, as it's often left out when talking about sci-fi.

[@daustin8888]

It had the visceral horror of a war movie mixed with speculative fiction.

[@tinahastie]

I also saw it in theatres twice. The sounds of the tripods were awesome and terrifying in theatre!! The deep sound made my ribs rattle 😂😵‍💫

[@pook304]

I saw it back in 05 on it's opening night and I was 20 and it was very creepy and unnerving hearing them sirens blaring loud as hell on a theater sound system it was to me very immersive and made me feel like I was in the midst of the chaos on the movie screen.

[@maidenmoth]

I envy you. My parents got to see this movie in the cinema and they said the sound design coming through such large and advanced speakers was incredible. Obviously, the best sound being the tripod call.

[@busshock]

I watched this movie on TV by myself when I was 15 or so, I didn't sleep well that night lol. I can't even imagine what it was like to see this in cinema.

[@joshs4594]

Interesting trivia note - The grandparents were played by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, the stars of the original 1953 movie. A very nice touch by Spielberg.

[@hoibsh21]

Had no idea. Hope they are still doing well!

[@EChacon]

@@hoibsh21Gene Barry passed away in 2009 while Ann Robinson is still alive and at 94 years old, but she hasn’t acted in films in 18 years due to her retirement from acting following this movie.

[@hoibsh21]

@@EChacon I wish Ann Robinson the best. RIP Gene Barry!

[@timaustin2000]

It's such a ridiculously underrated film on Spielberg's CV. It's SO well made - every moment of suspense, every horrifying visual, all the music, the fantastic humour in the script to humanise all the protagonists: it's a minor masterpiece. I adore this movie. Oh, and huge shout out to Dakota Fanning who did a BRILLIANT job with Rachel. Her terrified face does awful things to my parental heart.

[@hoibsh21]

here's my Dakota Fanning impression: YAAAAAWWEWWAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH ........!!!!

[@timaustin2000]

@@hoibsh21 it's extraordinary that anyone watching the movie would expect a girl her age in a situation like this to behave in any other way. Some people say "she's so annoying". SHE'S 10 FUCKING YEARS OLD. OF COURSE SHE IS. THAT'S REALISTIC.

[@hoibsh21]

@@timaustin2000 They should've given her lines like, ""This is highly disturbing"" or ""I am very horrified and overwhelmed"", and cut out the screaming.

[@sarahnadeofpoetry]

@@hoibsh21 Riiiiight. That's perfectly natural and not at all how a robot would talk.

[@hoibsh21]

@@sarahnadeofpoetry ikr

[@movieatorfilms]

I always crack up at how frustrated you guys get in your reactions because you expect people to act with the utmost rationale and logic in the midst of utter chaos and duress.

[@icoborg]

the mirror was leaning against the wall, it was not the shoe holding it up

[@sadtitties222]

I personally would have started running as fast as I could because my first instinct is to run, but I definitely understand why some people are so in shock/petrified that they are unable to move or that most people are so curious about what's going on that they stay to see what's going on. It's like watching a train wreck and you just can't look away.

[@krayzy932]

@@sadtitties222 That curiosity can get you killed, but it can also be why you survive. Think of a fire in a building. Most will think to run to the closest exit. Firefighters are taught to look at their surroundings to find the safest exit.

[@Shythalia]

I mean, Robbie was pretty annoying. 😂

[@malennieestrada]

I agree ! Lol it surprises me how many times they keep saying “ what’s your plan ?” Sometimes human beings (not only in movies) don’t have a plan lol they just react from shock by staying in place ?

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

The best part of the movie is Ray's (Tom Cruise) relation with his kids. Because from the start, you'll notice that he's tries to shy away from the responsibilities and is not a competent father. However throughout the film this slowly changes.

[@jp3813]

The worst part is Robbie running away towards the tripods for no good reason, and just leaving his sister.

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

@@jp3813 I agree. Kinda ruined the Immersion of he just happens to be safe

[@hoibsh21]

Love the scene where TC throws a peanut butter sandwich at the window, awesome!!

[@chronicles8324]

@@jp3813 hes a complete moron

[@EChacon]

According to Steven Spielberg in a behind the scenes featurette of the film, Spielberg revealed the Aliens in his adaptation of _War of the Worlds_ are not from Mars but live on a planet in a far darker portion of the Universe away from ET’s home planet which would explain the Aliens ferocious hostility and interest in extermination of the humans during the invasion, compared to ET and his species who are friendly, kind and benevolent. In addition, the designs of the Aliens in this film compared to the other War of the World aliens, they made them more amphibious with their movement being heavily based on a Tree Frog with the stealth of a Cat.

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

Wait, are you telling me THIS IS IN THE SAME CINEMATIC UNIVERSE AS ET?!?!?!?

[@hank-jn7de]

I'm not so sure if they're meant to exactly be the same universe, but they are at the very least meant to be a spiritual trilogy of different ways for alien First Contact, with E.T., Close Encounter of the Third Kind, and War of the Worlds showing three different ways: friendly, scientific, and hostile. And it's been a bit since I saw all three, but at the very least given the small scale of E.T. and the covered up nature of Close Encounter, I don't think there's anything inherently preventing the three from being in the same universe

[@Afreshio]

and Star Wars. George Lucas included ET species in the Galactic Parliament in the prequel trilogy@@brotherkhrayn3525

[@SirKolass]

The heck you even mean with "away from ET's home planet"? You guys are smoking some hardcore drugs 😂

[@EChacon]

@@brotherkhrayn3525 Not necessarily, as hank mentioned Spielberg said he considered to be a spiritual successor to his other alien films: ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[@alonesometravler9343]

In the books the aliens were just bear sized brains with lots of tentacles and octopus beaks. They didn't have any digestive systems, so they began harvesting people to take their blood and inject it into themselves. So you weren't far off what they wanted in the basement.

[@silverdandylmao]

1:04:35 Based on the amount of fluid that spilled out, im guessing these aliens are amphibious (like frogs) and the Pod actually has a semiaquatic environment inside. The pod itself seems part-robot and part-animal, so it was also affected by the bacteria.

[@lesweenmachine]

I just love the concept of the amphibious machines and aliens.

[@lesweenmachine]

That is the first time I have ever heard and considered that there’s a pool inside and a control center for the machine out of the liquid. I always figured it was either all underwater, or the liquid was being held in tanks.

[@jurassickaiju14]

Honestly as a modernized adaptation, this movie does a _really_ good job of capturing the tone of dread and helplessness that the book evoked in a modern setting. The tripods are pretty much _perfect_ to how they were described by Wells. Some stuff doesn't work IMO, like the twist of them being buried on Earth in advance, but on the whole I think this is a mostly better adaptation of the book than even I give it credit for at times. By no means perfect, but gets the job done.

[@isaacalzate8262]

It actually does work they could have buried them miles underneath to the point were we haven't discovered them yet

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

​@@isaacalzate8262True

[@metoo3342]

I think the tripods were actually built and not buried. They're advanced aliens capable of interstellar travel so they could probably build a machine from nanites or something.

[@icoborg]

​@@isaacalzate8262 tectonic plates disagrees with you

[@Niitroxyde]

@@isaacalzate8262 They would have resurfaced eventually, especially if they were buried for as long as the movie suggests. That's how we're able to find fossils (or how mountains are made). Think of the outer layers of the Earth like a fingernail. It grows out, and erosion trims it. And when you got dirt deep under your nail (similar to fossils deep underground) you just wait for the nail to grow, the dirt (fossil) will follow. So either those tripods would have completely resurfaced in some areas, or would have risen high enough to be detectable by archeologists. Especially under a city, since you need archeological assessments before building basically anything.

[@ParadoxBrony]

As a kid, the “not my blood” scene was the most terrifying thing I’d seen in a movie to date.

[@askabi]

The sucking of blood and spraying it like fertiliser was so creepy when I saw this the first time. The horror element really upped at that point as it was like a robot vampire! I particularly like the use of sound ( the high pitch horn) in this film and the water scenes- on the boat, the Tripods being able to swim, water in the basement, blood rain,etc, just added to the overall horror element.

[@jojus2435]

I think the best explanation is that they’re terraforming the planet

[@AdhamOhm]

The book never mentions blood fertilizing specifically (though the aliens do drain people of their blood and inject it into their own bodies), but at one point the main character tries to eat some of the red plants because he was starving, but spat them out as they had a "sickly metallic taste." Hinting that they were made with blood.

[@Saturnm0ss]

The NOISES the tripods make almost make me cry cause of how chilling they are. Just hearing THAT in the dark and knowing it means death is horrifying

[@Weu_]

Weird

[@Midoririririrs]

The horns are not to scare humans there for to talk to other tripods

[@PrettyFilthyCreature]

i have such a visceral memory of seeing this movie for the first time, i had to be like 7 or 8, and i was freaked out during a lot of it, but i just snapped and broke down in hysterics when the people started swarming the car and shooting each other over it. i remember it like it was yesterday having to be taken out of the theater hyperventilating. i think seeing such a view of humanity at its most desperate was too much for my brain to handle at that age.

[@AmosTheTalented]

That’s incredible.

[@vizer0424]

Yes! You finally react to this movie! It such a shame that it gets forgotten among other Spielberg films.

[@EChacon]

Even Tintin and AI: Artificial Intelligence are other Spielberg films that are hardly talk about besides this movie.

[@USCFlash]

it is forgotten, because it is nowhere near the quality of his top tier films...wouldn't even get into his top 13.

[@Pinkielover]

Movies not that great to be honest I've seen it a few times ,,some cool moments but it's boring otherwise Probably because I don't care for Tom Cruise never did...

[@richardb6260]

It's the best adaptaion of the novel. There's one that's more faithful with the correct setting. But it's low budget and inept. I had hope for a recent TV mini-series. But it was a disappointment.

[@FletcherChiles]

​@@PinkieloverIt's a good film 🎥

[@101Phase]

I was an early teen when this came out and there's a HEAVY amount of post 9/11 trauma throughout this movie. Firstly the way the victim's clothes remain intact and float down in the air was supposed to reference when the twin towers were hit all the paperwork inside the offices got blown out by the wind and slowly floated down like it was raining paper. All the dust that Ray gets covered in in looks identical to how people on the ground in New York looked after the towers collapsed. Then there's way Robbie irrationally demanded to join the army to get back at the aliens reflected the mood of the average US civilian back then: the anger and demand that something, anything, gets done to feel that justice and vengeance is dealt, even if they don't really understand the complexity of what they were dealing with. Is it any wonder that a PLANE crashed into the neighbourhood in the movie? Of course we might look back at the whole thing now and think that America's reaction to the events at the time was irrational and ended up doing more harm than good, just like how we might look at Robbie's reaction and think he's an idiot, but that really was the mood at the time: people start seeing red when they feel under attack and I think Spielberg and the writers captured and portrayed that feeling in this movie beautifully

[@christopherthr]

Yeah, you can tell in people’s reactions to this movie whether they were part of the generation that came of age in the wake of 9/11 or not.

[@Johnny6666]

@@christopherthr Absolutely. For a generation who didn't live through the 9/11 period (or were too young to fully comprehend it), this movie is probably only playing at half-speed. It's rife with 9/11 imagery that was VERY fresh in the Western popular mind in 2005. Much of its charge comes from those associations, and thus would arguably play entirely differently to a younger audience lacking that immediate recognition.

[@101Phase]

@@Johnny6666 I honestly think the difference in reception is part of the magic of art and media in general: for me personally rewatching this movie almost 20 years later is a very different experience. The whole thing serves as a time capsule of the post 9/11 era, just as how movies coming out now and in a couple of years will no doubt become a time capsule of the post covid era.

[@Afreshio]

yeah fuck the braintards americans that went to another innocent country to blow civilians and innocent people, including children to pieces just to appease their dumb sense of vengeance. fuck them. Especially becaue the US Government lied about WMD and other things. And the CIA trained Bin Laden and the Saudi, still allies of the US gave them training and funds for the operation. Disgusting what the American Army and American intelligence agencies did to the world. fuck that sick patriotism that also sparkled Islamophobia, and "brown people phobia".

[@DakotaDogProductionsAk83]

Wow, I watched 9/11 happen in real time as an 18 year old. I didn’t connect the dots at all with this film until reading this comment. What an interesting perspective to see this film through!😮❤

[@crtg4672]

I saw this in the theatre and when Robbie was revealed at the end to be alive, some guy said (pretty loud) "that's some bull****" and I kinda agree. The movie has such a unique visual to it and it's pretty good. I like how we just follow a bystander in the invasion. He doesn't do anything to save the planet, just trying to keep himself and his family together.

[@SCharlesDennicon]

It IS bullshit indeed. The movie is far from being perfect. The first half is much better than the second.

[@AnAmericanMusician]

Robbie deserves the Darwin award for being a braindead little shit.

[@leonardolonghi3472]

Yeah, the real issue is that they focused a lot about Robbie having a death wish since day 1, and now he just decided to back away from his goal and managed to survive both a fight and a run?

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@leonardolonghi3472 its not too implausible if you think robbie got captured, tripod got grenaded or sick, then he just walked to boston

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

the whole approach to follow a kinda ordinary family but not seeing the leaders of the world in this is so intriguing and what really establishes the intense atmosphere for me. one of the best "end of the world" movies i know! great reaction guys :) cheers from germany

[@Maximusg400]

I feel like the “leaders” or the elites are already off this planet when this crap happened in the movie lol.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

@@Maximusg400 tbh, nice theory. but i love the perspective of the ordinary people too much to care about the elites anyway^^

[@johnlime1469]

Stella is really smart for already figuring out that the lighting was either an activation signal or a means to send something down to tripods that were already there for a long time.

[@DanielSelk]

Too many people said they hated Rachel for all the screaming and crying she did, while I was impressed with Dakota Fanning's REALISTIC acting. When I heard people complaining I was like "I'm sorry, how would YOU have reacted as a 10 year old through all this, as a stoic or something??" =P

[@EChacon]

Same man, I honestly never understood why *EVERYONE* hates Dakota Fanning and her character in this movie, I mean yeah I can agree from the vast majority of you and I’m not denying it, that she screams "bloody murder" a lot throughout the film which can get annoying and tiresome after a while, so I don’t blame the majority of you. Not to mention everyone detests having her character throw tantrums in certain portions of the film, but come on, can you really blame Dakota Fanning and her character?!?! Rachel had to witness Tripods and Aliens vaporizing humans and at one point had to witness an Angry mob of humans trying to get into a van and that left her frightened, confused and terrified?!? Is it frustrating having Rachel scream a lot?!? Yes Does her character or even Dakota Fanning deserves hatred on this film? *NO* not for the most part, cause literally her character is a child and Dakota Fanning does an incredible job portraying Ray’s young daughter having to witness a frightening Alien Invasion. If anything, I actually hated Robbie more than Rachel.

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

​@@EChaconthe reason why they're so annoying is because they're obviously raised by a liberal mother who hated her ex-husband who trained her children to hate their father. That little girl would have got a backhand from me and trust me she would have straightened up pretty f****** quick

[@RX-12]

I'm autistic and when I saw this as a kid I really latched onto her character because I could relate to her anxiety and Dakota played her so well. I'm not sure if it was intentional but she seems a pretty accurate representation of a child on the spectrum.

[@Tooba-K123]

I watched this movie when I was 5, I could relate to her character so much. It's Bobby's character that I found really annoying. No matter how much bad beef I have with my parents, in times like this I'm trusting my family over trying to leave at any chance possible.

[@jynxyouowemeasoda5066]

She was a stuck up brat tho same with the brother

[@muatra3651]

An indie developer is currently making a survival game based on the aliens in this movie, of the same name. You guys should really check it out. The animations. models, and sound design are incredible and evoke the terror of seeing these aliens just like in the film!

[@circleinforthecube5170]

that game is terrifying

[@jthecryptid]

Will there be a reference to the HMS Thunderchild? Most adaptations of WotWs leave it out

[@scgreek1114]

The original 1953 film was ground-breaking for special effects and sound. Totally worth a watch.

[@tyranusfan]

Agreed!

[@stephenhershey1414]

I love eating that movie

[@scottbarkley496]

No

[@stephenhershey1414]

@jaimea.5207 😬 I mean watching 😆

[@TopsyTriceratops]

I second this. Both films are amazingly good to their source material (although the remake has more correlation with the book). But the '53 one hit harder because you see the entire world destroyed and society eating itself. The remake focuses on the protagonist (again like the book) so that psychological crisis is nowhere near as dreary.

[@imaginethat-wz1sn]

This movie scared the crap out of me for a number of scenes: the first time hearing the horns, the river scene, the tripod in the water underneath the ferry. But the scene that still to this day actually gets me quite anxious and teary-eyed is the one where Ray has to kill the guy in the basement, and his daughter is trying to sing to herself to drown it out. That's some heavy stuff.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

I think that Spielberg's WotW is somewhat underrated. It was a strong summer blockbuster, sure, but after 2005 no one really talked about it again and even then it was considered little more than spectacle. I feel that between the plot, pacing, dialogue, cinematography, set pieces, and - in particular - tone, the movie is actually a really striking human drama. I mean this is a DARK blockbuster. A train speeding along the tracks, completely consumed by flames. A man literally tearing open a windshield with his bloody hands just to get the chance of an escape vehicle. Another man being unceremoniously murdered in order to steal that very same vehicle. A little girl going off to pee and seeing a river of human corpses flow downstream. It's Spielberg's darkest "popcorn movie" since Poltergeist. He really took the time to paint a picture of sheer hopelessness and helplessness and I find it very effective at conveying both.

[@lylakoehlmoos5391]

In 1938, on the night before Halloween, actor Orson Welles performed a radio adaptation of War of the Worlds for his Mercury Theater on the Air. It was a news bulletin style performance. It was so believable that some people who tuned in and had missed the beginning of the broadcast believed that an attack was actually happening and panicked. You should read about it. Also, I would recommend that you watch the 1953 adaptation of the movie. The book by H. G. Wells was published in 1897

[@lylakoehlmoos5391]

The original one hour radio broadcast recording can be found here on KZbin.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Every single time War of the Worlds is advertised (on TV), I always hope it's the Orson Welles one. I've only seen it once but loved it 🥰 The power of your own imagination is everything lol.

[@SJHFoto]

@@dunbardunelm3924 "Only seen it once"? It's a radio show!

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

The media exaggerated the level of panic. In fact, it's questioned if there was any panic at all.

[@starmnsixty1209]

​​@@RandomStuff-he7luOnly very young people began questioning it in y past ten years or so, friend. My Dad, a WW 2 veteran, remembered the scare it caused when he was sixteen. Get the book WAGING THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by John Gosling from 2009. Later adaptations caused panics in other countries into the 1970s.

[@elenarobledo9721]

There’s a bit of foreshadowing of the ending early on in the movie. It comes from Rachel when talking about the splinter. Her father just wants to take it out himself and her reason not to, is that her body, when ready, will just push it out.

[@TheMaskedChef7]

Dakota fanning was such an amazing young actress, she nailed this role!

[@rsmania01]

She’s a cutie pie 🥰

[@connor_is_k]

Her screaming made me want to smack her my dad did that to me as a child and it worked

[@RaptorOfTheWest]

@@connor_is_k That little girl needs to act her age an not freak out when witnessing planetary genocide

[@connor_is_k]

yup@@RaptorOfTheWest

[@RaptorOfTheWest]

@@connor_is_k People think that the appropriate response to children crying about witnessing what would be the most destructive event in human history, since World War 2, would be to be worse to them than aliens? Yet you're the same people the complain about all the kids today being psychopaths.

[@timfenton7469]

What’s also amazing is the fact that H.G. Wells penned this story in the late 1800s. He also wrote The Time Traveler. And When The Sleeper Awakes all of Witch seem to have a tenuous grounding in reality.

[@kaleyrose47]

The scene where Robby is helping calm Rachel down in the car was beyond sweet. It definitely appeared as a grounding technique for calming her down from anxiety/panic attacks, and from the way it looked, Robby had helped her before. A short scene that can say so much. ❤

[@xjamesx7047]

Fun facts. There are two only Tripod classes. One are the Tripods that has three lights and the bigger tripods having five lights are Uberpods. There's one deleted scene that could have been added in the movie. After escaping from the ferry as they swam ashore. The trio made past this residence and they encounter tripods entering the residence called Camelot. They began harvesting people as they grabbed them in the townhouse buildings via the tentacles as the trio traverses into Camelot. It was a close shave as they nearly got caught and after that they encounter the red weed for the first time. Next scene after that leads to the hill battle scene.

[@Revculter]

Stella is too damn adorable, it kills me 😂 Glad y'all are watching this, one of my favorites as a child.

[@silverdandylmao]

49:12 "frickin ready for the kaiju" "Been fighting Gojira for *years*" 😂😂😂

[@fpspoland6051]

Woke up to a massive lightning storm right after watching this movie for the first time… No rain just lightning, and it was fairly bright out, I cannot tell you the amount of terror I felt waking up out of dead sleep to that. Definitely solidified this as one of my most memorable Sci-fi movies.

[@jessthestylist8694]

I first saw this when I was 11 years old when it was on TNT. Even over a decade later this movie is still the scariest thing I’ve ever seen because of how suspenseful and real it felt. I still watch it at Halloween time every year but I still get nightmares every time. Spielberg is a genius of a filmmaker. I think the moms parents are played by the original actors in the 50s version of this movie if I remember correctly too. So cool

[@ccricers]

That's a pretty awesome fact about the casting of the parent actors.

[@gman7497]

I remember watching this at the theater and having to leave for a few minutes coz the first tripod scene literally gave me a panic attack. As a whole the film had some issues but holy crap it's visceral as hell, when the aliens appear you FEEL the panic in your bones.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Just as a note, the mass hysteria due to the radio show was not as bad as everyone remembers/was reported. At the time, newspaper media companies were freaking out that radio was going to take over distributing the news and they'd be put out of business. When the WotW aired and a few isolated groups of people started freaking out, the newspapers reported it as if the entire country was in order to try and discredit radio. It obviously didn't work the way they intended, but now we have some American folklore that is often repeated and built upon.

[@roguechevelle]

Thanks for mentioning this it's like a lot of things that get passed along even for generations that is misinformation but is still believed and passed on to the next gen still. I recently had to comment on a reactor who really thought Marie Antoinette said "Let them Eat Cake" when it was taken from a work of fiction written almost 24 yrs prior to the French revolution before she'd ever been to France and was 9yrs old. And it was only attributed to her decades after her death even, tho no name was even mentioned in the work of fiction originally. The myth and lie persists to this day, my history teacher in high school still taught this as it was even in our history books still. It's amazing how misinformation can be passed down for centuries.

[@TA3DArtist]

7 people died in the riots that sparked from the radio show so “not as bad” is relative.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

@@TA3DArtist Compared to the hundreds that was reported, sure was. But that aside, no. No one died because of the radio show. That is an urban legend. Reported by (surprise surprise) the same newspapers reporting widespread panic.

[@SirKolass]

@@TA3DArtist According to what source? Some youtube channel?

[@starmnsixty1209]

Check out the books about it, TV documentaries made well before any idiot could post online, and so forth.

[@chrisherber1635]

I highly recommend “the fourth kind”. It’s a proper alien horror movie. I don’t remember too much of it, but I remember genuinely being disturbed.

[@tinahastie]

I don't believe in aliens, but that movie scared the daylights out of me! Good choice!

[@mrsmilescam1550]

That has an 18% on RT? Yeah no thanks.

[@tinahastie]

@@mrsmilescam1550 really? I saw it quite long ago and can't remember everything. I just remember being really scared 😂

[@chrisherber1635]

@@mrsmilescam1550 I consider myself a film buff and I genuinely enjoyed it. More importantly, a horror film that actually freaked me out. Hard to do.

[@christopherthr]

Thank you! It’s crazy that there are zero reactions to The Fourth Kind on KZbin. One of the first movies I ever watched that scared me so much I couldn’t sleep right for days. I don’t know why it was so hated!

[@amberdot42]

My Great Grandma used to tell me about her time working at a school for the deaf in Pennsylvania (she actually met Helen Keller once). But one of my favorite stories was about the War of the Worlds radio broadcast; yes many people did hear it and think it was a real news broadcast, including GG and the rest of the school. She and most of the teachers and assistants spend the entire night on the porch of the school keeping a watch to the East and completely convinced that at any moment they were going to see large aliens come over the horizon.

[@dreamythememey6005]

43:02 notice in this scene too that in the backround you can see lightning striking in the same place more than once, which is pretty eerie seeing how even though you think what you see on screen is pretty overwhelming… there are more to come!

[@abrahamdiaz3648]

I am a very big fan of Fanning and Cruise and I love this movie. This is a kind of movie that you must watch on the big screen. Thank you guys to react to this criminally underrated masterpiece.

[@Casiian_]

It was The War of the Worlds broadcast aired on the radio the day before Halloween narrated by Orson Welles. Some of the listeners mistook the show for the real thing. He is also known for Citizen Kane which implemented revolutionary filmmaking techniques for its time.

[@MDSlatanica]

The original War of the Worlds from the 50's had the same ending with the aliens succumbing to our microorganisms. It is a very realistic thing for creatures to be so confident because of their advanced technology and not considering the tiny things they can't see as being far more dangerous.

[@leduckified1534]

the one from the 50s is not the original

[@geovannemarck3774]

​@leduckified1534 The amount of people that do not know that The War of the Worlds is based on a book is disturbingly large.

[@Whimsy3692]

You guys seemed to have the best reaction, best understanding of the ending, and best commentary of the ending I've seen of reactors who watched this movie on KZbin. Everyone pretty much nailed it on the head: the aliens couldn't handle the microorganisms here. If you remember the birds circling one of the tripods, and Nobu commented on them giving it the "avian flu," he wasn't too far off, lol. Well done. The ending seemed abrupt, and I think they could have spent a few more seconds explaining it, but I also think it's bomb as well.

[@bigrobfromthev]

One thing I really like about this movie is the actors playing the military were active National Guard at the time. They were real military personnel.

[@tinahastie]

Wooooohooo, REALLY enjoyed this movie!! Those tripods had me freaking out! Their sound is so scary, but SOOO cool! I also love that it's our tiny organisms that actually kill them. 💪🏻🦠 Also, the little shout out to God was awesome! 😊 Thank you so much for watching and reacting to this movie!!! 🤩

[@kylereese4822]

The grand parents are from the 1953 movie....

[@kylereese4822]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(1988_TV_series) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2019_TV_series)

[@tinahastie]

@@kylereese4822 I love little facts like that! So cool!

[@macgonzo]

One of the interesting things about the book is that it was released about 30 years after the concept of germ theory of disease was first accepted as fact. The book is one is the finest examples of science fiction imo, especially considering the time it was written. Loved this movie adaptation, and great reaction video 😊 I hope you can react to Dredd (2012) at some point, which is another criminally underrated movie imo.

[@shainewhite2781]

The darkest and most controversial adaptation of the H.G. Wells story David Koepp the screenwriter, said that the aliens that atttack Earth are NOT from Mars, but form another galaxy, having wiped out other civilizations millions of years earlier, then they found Mars, as they slaughtered life on the red planet. They set up shop on th neighboring planet. They buried the Tripods for 7 million years, then when the timing was right, they had a chance to attack humanity. SPOILERS: The way the Martians arrive inside the machines is that they used a teleportation device, conjuring a lightning storm.

[@EChacon]

Even Steve Spielberg in a behind the scenes featurette of the film revealed the Aliens are not from Mars but live on a planet in a far darker portion of the Galaxy away from ET’s alien species home planet which would explain the Aliens ferocious hostility and violence towards the humans during the invasion, compared to ET who is friendly, kind and peaceful .

[@siwatchphanratisra2408]

Alien in war of the worlds 2005 are not from mars

[@EChacon]

@@siwatchphanratisra2408I mentioned it before that they weren’t from Mars.

[@siwatchphanratisra2408]

@@EChacon bro i talk to shainewhite2782

[@danielefabbro822]

The dust scene was connected to a concept of ww2. When the nazi started to burn people, that dust started to be pumped into atmosphere but it never harmed no one. But looking at it from distance, knowing that that dust was made by humans... that was terrifying and horrific. That scene in the movie have a similar meaning. From that you know that these aliens are fundamentally "space nazi".

[@mrmr4622]

Others pointed out that it's a reference to 9/11 with people covered in dust from the collapsed towers

[@danielefabbro822]

@@mrmr4622 yes, that reference is more recent and it too gives creeps to people.

[@lesweenmachine]

The horrible history I recall is Smoke stacks. Which would prevent this. What you are describing is impossible even if done in an open field. Being covered in dust related to an American tragedy however. Which at the time of the release makes sense, the comments from Rachel and Robbie about the T words indicates that.

[@LegioXXI]

"but it never harmed no one" So it harmed people or not? Because two negatives cancel each other out.

[@mrdavman13]

It was a direct reference to 9/11. This was the first blockbuster disaster movie after 9/11 and the dust was a very clear scene directly out of the news reels on 9/11, people running away from huge dust clouds, building being vaporized, thousands dying in one second. The whole ww2 theory is nice, but it’s not what Spielberg was referencing

[@CryptoWarframe]

The best and most respectful adaptation of "The War of the World" book so far. It suit it to our century, but recalls the book continuously and, of course, it ends as the book. Loved it, hard as the book.

[@Mauther]

In every version of War of the World there are certain elements that are included, even if they aren't directly called out: the artilleriy man/survivalist, the basement/cave scene, Thunder Child, the infection. The virus or bacteria ending is in all of them. Even in Independence Day, it's a computer virus that weakens them. An example of the unspoken reference is Thunderchild. In the original book, one of earth's only victories is won by a Royal Navy warship called Thunderchild. In Orson Wells infamous Halloween broadcast, Thunderchild was a B-17 Flying Fortress that rams and kills a tripod. By Pal's 1953 version it was a Flying Wing nuclear bomber. Fast forward to Independence Day, Thunder Child was the B2 Stealth Bomber that nuked Houston. In this movie, Operation Thunder Child was the name for the big set piece battle where the Army fights and loses to the Martians.(and Robby goes missing. The original War of the Worlds was a commentary on England's conquest of Tasmania, with Well's basically asking how would the English feel if some great Imperial power from far away showed up and started conquering. The 2005 has a lot of references to 9/11 and the just starting War on Terror. Notice the Martians attack from below the ground instead of coming out of landing vehicles. Similarly, Robbie's constant desire to hit back is a reference to the frustration of many young men to get some kind of revenge for 9/11. The ash scene in the first action scene is a direct reference to the experiences of many witnesses to the NYC attack.

[@danielm.595]

A slight correction, there's at least one version of War of the Worlds that there isn't any virus, which is War of the Worlds Goliath, which was made to be a direct sequel to the original novel showing how the world would adapt following the end of the first invasion, more or less a little bit earlier than the first World War. If you're interested, it's here on KZbin, just search for the name, it's more action oriented than normal, but it's a pretty fun movie.

[@movieman175]

Seeing this in the theater with a packed audience was amazing. I still have the movie ticket.

[@auerstadt06]

I still have my ticket to "Home Alone."

[@tinahastie]

11:33 the way Nobu casually says that is hysterical! As if he would just go outside, like for an afternoon run/jog after that storm. I love it!😅😂

[@atlaskiller3245]

I think it's amazing that in this movie, he says that even our best weapons are not capable against beings from another world, but rather our own planet defended itself.

[@TheBaryonixBoi]

YOU JUST FREAKING DROPPED A WHOLE FREE MOVIE IN KZbin AND NO ONE NOTICED IT

[@EChacon]

Thanks for the incredible reaction, I love the shock and terror from all four of you witness while watching this film and I’m in the same boat as Stella, how did this film got away with a PG-13 rating. Hopefully you guys will react to other Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment films such as _AI: Artificial Intelligence,_ (starring Hailey Joel Osment), _Catch Me If You Can, Monster House, Arachnophobia, Super 8,_ along with the _Kingsman_ films, and _Scott Pilgrim vs. The World_ PS to Hailey and Stella: The actress who played Cheryl the woman Ray met at the Ferry is Lisa Ann Walter who as you said was in _Abbott Elementary._

[@mistybloo52]

Finally someone watches this film! I was expecting a bad movie when my brother first showed this to me, just another in the Tom Cruise movie week we ended up having. But I loved it, the tensions were high, the family unfortunately dysfunctional but sympathetic, and the reveal that the aliens carelessly got themselves infected. I loved it, I wish more sci fi movies addressed how easily living organisms organisms catch diseases and illnesses from each other, when I saw it I didn't think it was stupid at all.

[@BubblyRainbows]

@@lurategh Well, if we're talking about aliens from an alien world, there are lots of things that could explain it. Maybe their world doesn't have bacteria or viruses, and as a result they had no reason to even consider it. Or, like you said, maybe they were just that certain of their superiority and figured whatever they encountered, they could deal with. Maybe they tried to immunize themselves with their own medical technology, but their vaccines just weren't strong enough or didn't protect them in the right way. You definitely bring up an interesting question. I never really considered that they should maybe have been prepared for disease given their technology. I never read the book. Is it possible the book said something about the reasoning that the movie left out?

[@bonesnapper93]

I love the idea that the aliens died from organisms because its a unique way compared to basically every alien movie now a days

[@frozone-yeah]

My love for this movie being my all time favorite sci fi horror of all time holds its own to this day. The fact that now games are being made based off of this movie is just insane, one of the images you put in the thumbnail is actually one of the games in production by flipswitch studios. And I just learned today that there has been an announcement for another game that takes inspiration from this movie. That’s even besides the point, this movie is just amazing, in sound design, in pacing and in just the tense presence of a menacing threat being felt all throughout. Not many movies can capture this same presence and feeling, at least in my opinion.

[@zombieslay3r207]

I think the aliens from chicken little were based on these tripods because in the theater scene the duck girl says "it's like war of the worlds out there" either the 2005 one or the older one.

[@ashokmorar]

Awesome reaction ya'll. Steven Spielberg always captures the awe of anyone who watches his movies. A legend, a master and the best there is out there.

[@CathleenMJennings80]

i saw this in theaters and, needless to say, it was INTENSE! Afterwards, I went to the restroom (located in the basement) and, after I exited the stall, the door slowly moved on its own and the old hinge made the 'trumpet'/groan noise the aliens made. It was SO scary, after what I had just seen lol

[@TheMaskedChef7]

The scariest part about this film is the fact humanity won’t ever be ready to handle alien invasions or an apocalypse this is probably exactly what it will be like a ton of unnecessary deaths due to curiosity chaos and fear also animals will definitely help us navigate just like the birds did when they landed on the creatures to show us shields were down. I loved this thoughtful detail by Steven Spielberg … this is one of my all time favourite apocalyptic adaptation, as Stella graciously mentioned it totally gets in your head, and i agree with you too James visually it was super immersive. Thank you for a great reaction and review guys pleasure as always.

[@NZBigfoot]

Based on the current understanding of the universe, its age, the fact we havent seen any evidence of others yet and the like... its probably going to be more than likely us doing the alien invasioning to the aliens, since its more than likely we are one of a handful life like us in the universe. Hopefully we wont be taking their blood and terra-forming their worlds when we pay them a visit... but who knows what humanities future holds.

[@zalkin83]

One thing that was great about this movie, at least where I live, was that the trailer didn't show you much of what the movie would be about. It just showed people waking up in the middle of the night and something happening behind the horizon, if I remember correctly. Such a great way to sell a movie.

[@aaronklansek8160]

The original black and white "War of the Worlds" was amazing and honestly fostered fears in my younger child self. I would recommend watching it too it also gives a sort of homage to the radio program that caused mass hysteria and even deaths among people who believed it as reality.

[@AlanCanon2222]

It's in color: you probably watched it on a black-and-white TV.

[@starmnsixty1209]

It was filmed in what was called Technicolor back then. I first saw it on a B&W TV also. I didn't see it in color until well into the 1980s.

[@starmnsixty1209]

PS The broadcast doesn't seem to have caused any deaths, but it definitely caused a big scare among those who missed the announcement The broad was a radio play. .

[@missm.e9914]

I comment this on every channel I see react to War of the Worlds 2005 but the sounds the tripods make is absolutely chilling, one of my all time favorite movie sound designs.

[@maidenmoth]

I am so glad to see you guys react to this masterpiece of a movie. It’s been my favourite movie of all time ever since I was around 7 or 8 years old. I would watch it with my gran all the time. It’s heartwarming and nostalgic for me to watch others get to enjoy the beauty, despair and intensity of this film. It’s truly a rollercoaster of emotions and a hell of an experience that more people need to have and appreciate.

[@bethgarden4537]

So glad you guys got to watch and appreciate this movie. Great reaction as always to an entirely underrated piece of filmmaking.

[@DirtyDayMix]

Great reaction! I really love this movie. BTW the old couple at the end (grand pa and grandma) were the original actors from the 1953 movie :)

[@EdgardoCervantesP]

I did not know that! That's so wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

[@brianscotpatterson2101]

As a Microbiologist working with clean room environments, I can assuredly say that Earth's microbial life will be humanity's downfall. The point of the movie is that we are uniquely situated as Homo sapiens in a most spectacular environment. Steven Spielberg required an actual decommissioned Boeing 747 for the suburban home basement electromagnetic pulse plane crash sequence (the plane cost $200,000 at the time). it was so large, Universal had no way of removing it from the Universal Studios Backlot. So, the entire set has been part of the backlot tour since the sequence was filmed. Fun fact, the neighborhood above the backlot can see this set. Also, this is one of John Williams underrated scores. When the "machine" comes out of the intersection, and we see it for the first time, the score is designed to give the audience a feeling of absolute stress. And you're thinking, why aren't they running yet?!

[@JamesASharp]

I saw this film in the theater. It was a good experience. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@markwebb8913]

Holy cow. I was just about to comment the SAME THING. Seeing it in theaters was INTENSE.

[@davidmckie7128]

You should check out the 1953 version of "The War Of The Worlds".

[@House0fHoot]

Yes I prefer that version.

[@20205obb]

​@@House0fHootno this version is way better 1953

[@kv1648]

I love your reactions! You had a few questions, so maybe I can clarify a few things from certain parts of the film: -Tom Cruise's watch stopped because it was an analog display that was powered by a battery. I have similar watches. -People stood around the fighting machine as it unearthed itself because in the book (and the 1953 film), the aliens came in cylinders that slammed into the Earth, and humans, believing the aliens to be friendly explorers, stood around as the cylinders rotated until they opened and a murderous fighting machine was unleashed. As all of you noted, that "stand around and watch" behavior would not be present in 2005. -Nobody knew the aliens were coming because everywhere a storm appeared, all power stopped. Instant news blackout.` -The film is laden with 9/11 imagery. Tom Cruise covered in dust was chilling to audiences of the time. Also, seeing people turned to ash was a visual reminder of what those poor people went through when jet fuel-powered fireballs raced through the WTC and the Pentagon. "War of the Worlds" 2005 was a catharsis for America just as the original "Godzilla" was for Japan in 1954. -Robbie's need to "get back at them" pretty much summarized the thoughts of every American on 9/11. -The elderly couple at the end were Ann Robinson and Gene Barry, the stars of the 1953 "War of the Worlds" film. -In the book, the fighting machines are able to go into water. Other alien machines are able to fly (mentioned, but not seen by the narrator). -In the book, the escape by water takes place, but the survival of the refugees and their ship happens only because a warship takes on the aliens. The warship is destroyed, but it succeeds in saving the refugees. In the 19th century, warships were the top-level military tech. In the 1953 film, an atomic bomb replaces the warship as mankind's "best hope to stop the invasion" military tech. -The aliens used human blood as nourishment and to convert Earth's environment to their own by creating "the red weed." Finally, if you watch the 1953 version, keep in mind that like all older movies, it would today be considered to be in a lower resolution. If you watch it via most hi-def transfers, then you will see the wires the production team used to move and power the alien machines. Prior to the advent of today's high resolution displays, the wires were not readily visible. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

[@HeWhoErase]

Bro is narrator 😂😂😂

[@bobotski01]

I always thought about that scene when Rachel had a splinter. "When my body is ready it will push it out." I think it's a metaphor for how our world got rid of the Aliens.

[@truth2527]

The way Stella had some deeper fear associated with the events going on screen is exactly how I felt as a child watching this film, just the way humans can behave is terrifying.

[@Ssense717]

I truly believe this could be adapted into a series. Imagine this conflict racing on for a few years. Perhaps it doesn't go that way in the book but something like War of Worlds would be crazy.

[@okreylos]

War of the Worlds TV series from 1988: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(1988_TV_series) War of the Worlds TV series from 2019: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2019_TV_series)

[@mearac]

Honestly, it's so surprising how well this movie holds up. The mix between practical and digital was so well done, especially for 2005. This is definitely one of my new favorite videos you guys have done! As for recommendations, I'd love to see you guys react to the first season of True Detective. I think you guys would really enjoy it and find it interesting. I'd love to hear your analysis on it. All the best!

[@SCharlesDennicon]

It holds up well (not like it's a fifty years old movie...), EXCEPT when that ridiculous alien appears. ^^;

[@issiahfuentes9226]

as a kid this movie really left its mark on my mind. for years i had nightmares where i was always being chased by these same tripods . still love this movie

[@mustang7272]

The 1953 version scared me as a kid. As an adult, this one got my heart racing in the theater in 2005. The war machines in both movies were terrifying for their times.

[@egoranonymous3223]

The radio show was Orsen Wells ( Citizen Kane ). It was told from the reporters point of view and caused stamped as involving deaths, mass panics and suicides. Several movies have been made about it. Also the grandparents at the end are the stars of the original movie.

[@formdusktilldeath]

I’m kinda mad that Robbie didn’t die. He made just the worst decisions and got rewarded for it.

[@EChacon]

I’m surprised you’re having the premiere of War of the Worlds at 9 pm cause usually the majority of your Thursday Group reactions tend to start in the afternoon (12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm or 3 pm) any reason for the reaction delay that late instead of the afternoon, because initially I thought it was affected by copyright by Paramount?!?

[@siwatchphanratisra2408]

War of the Worlds 2005 is based on a novel call War of the Worlds by HG Well. Set in the 19th century, Mars aliens invade Earth. It falls to Earth using a giant cylinder (cylinder) with a fighting machine called tripods with heat ray guns and black smoke, but eventually the Martians die from bacteria because they don't have immunity. And it is the first novel in the world to talk about an alien invasion. But in 2005 alien are not from mars

[@abrahamdiaz3648]

And don't forget the "martians" a big balls of flesh with tentacles and a huge mouth in form of "V". I would have loved to see them on this movie.

[@siwatchphanratisra2408]

​@@abrahamdiaz3648😊

[@blakelegrice8219]

when my body is ready, it will just push the splinter out, love the foreshadowing in this movie

[@michellemoore4328]

This has always been in my top5 favourite flims ever!

[@benjaminschinella3491]

I just want to say i LOVE your channel. I started watching you all when you reacted to Jurassic park and have been hooked ever since. keep it up!

[@shainewhite2781]

Movies like this always involve divorced parents, like Spielberg's parents, whom called it quits after 20 years, which was very sad for him and he didn't know how to deal with it.

[@chrism7395]

The best adaption of The War of the Worlds is still the original Jeff Wayne's musical version, the album sleeve artwork is amazing. Fun fact: there's an sequel to the HG Wells book (authorised by the Wells Estate) by Stephen Baxter called 'The Massacre of Mankind'

[@iamthesolitarymaninblack]

Liked the lightening storm. On another note back in 2011 I was working a vip event and Rick Gonzales was there. He is one of guys talking to Tom as they head to centre of town. 13:38

[@SaDyHe]

Something about the sound the tripods make still gives me chills. I saw this in theaters and remember everyone shifting uncomfortably in their seats the first time you hear it.

[@davidmckie7128]

The scenes in the basement are an important part of the book and it is good that Spielberg left it in, and devoted a lot of running time to it. He eschewed dramatic car chases for a close and personal encounter with a crazy man and the aliens. Oh and no soundtrack, just the characters and background noise.

[@Jessiekinx]

I will still say this 18 years later, this movie is undoubtedly one of the best I have ever seen! The feel of thrill and pure hopeless you feel for the characters is outstanding that I am constantly replaying the movie over and over again almost every year. I still remember watching it for the first time when I was a kid and how traumatized I was with the movie but at the same time so excited at what I just saw!

[@philrob1978]

There's been many adaptations of this, movies and on TV, but this one is absolutely up there. We all know Spielberg can do tension, but he excels here - it's a viscerally intense movie and completely sells the horror elements of Wells' story. The sound design is immense and at times terrifying. It's not perfect by any means, no adaptations are, but it's a thrilling watch, and the cast are mostly sympathetic (Fanning is great, but could have done with a bit less screaming!). I was most impressed that they stayed with the original "solution" from the novel - it could come across as anti-climactic from a modern perspective (and no doubt did to some) but it's such a powerful message about our own world it would have been a disaster to try and deviate from that. Spielberg knocked it out of the park with this one I think, no one thought it was going to be any good but it surprised many, myself included.

[@OtisMcNuttIII]

The scene with the bodies floating down the river was filmed in Windsor Connecticut a town just north of where I live. A few of the mannequins flowed from that river The Farmington River and flowed into the Connecticut River sparking a flurry of 911 calls about dead bodies floating in the water.

[@janjaley1167]

Thank you for realizing the children are behaving like children, a lot of reaction adults mock them for being so scared and confused.