Speilberg blasted for 'War Of The Worlds'

[Franklin Hummel]

Orson Welles' radio version of War of the Worlds took place in 1938.

True, but the report said book, not broadcast. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

I just watched the 3-hour version (2005) of H.G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS directed by
Timothy Hines yesterday. It is the first version of the film to be done in late 1800s
England.

It is also the first version which extremely closely follows the novel.

It has some badly-done CGI and models at times. It also uses color-tinting and other
special effects from the time of silent movies. Sometimes this makes the film a bit
silly.

I've read some, perhaps most people have had a hard time watching it, but I watched it
straight through, except for an occasional break to pee and a 15-minute one to make
myself something for dinner.

If you can put yourself in the mid-set of somewhere between watching a early silent film
and a early 1950s B-movie, I think you will greatly enjoy it.

For me, it is now the best WotW movie I have seen -- and I don't say that casually.

-- Franklin Hummel in Boston, Massachusetts

[Tattoo Vampire]

Post by Franklin Hummel
I just watched the 3-hour version (2005) of H.G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS directed by
Timothy Hines yesterday. It is the first version of the film to be done in late 1800s
England.
It is also the first version which extremely closely follows the novel.
It has some badly-done CGI and models at times. It also uses color-tinting and other
special effects from the time of silent movies. Sometimes this makes the film a bit
silly.
I've read some, perhaps most people have had a hard time watching it, but I watched it
straight through, except for an occasional break to pee and a 15-minute one to make
myself something for dinner.
If you can put yourself in the mid-set of somewhere between watching a early silent film
and a early 1950s B-movie, I think you will greatly enjoy it.
For me, it is now the best WotW movie I have seen -- and I don't say that casually.

That's the Pendragon version, right? There's another one from Asylum that's
set in modern day but more closely follows the plot of the novel. I think
I'm going to buy both of them.