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Post by Pulpmariachi on May 11, 2005 22:57:01 GMT -5
I know. I was reading last week's time and they seem to really like it. And Rotton Tomatoes only has two bad reviews for it (at least last time I checked). We'll see I guess.
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Post by Quorthon on May 28, 2005 0:18:55 GMT -5
I read that in the new War of the Worlds, Spielberg doesn't even have the aliens as Martians. Interesting... Action set not in the Wellsian time not even in the 50's. No Martians. That's not War of the Worlds.  Now you see why I'm worried. I rather enjoyed the book--I want my martians in tripods in the 19th century!! You never see an alien invasion film from that period! THAT would actually feel fresh and original! |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on May 28, 2005 9:39:45 GMT -5
The change in time period or location doesn't bother me at all.
I'm really looking forward to this movie. As long as it's good, I don't care where or when it's set.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on May 28, 2005 11:04:27 GMT -5
Me neither. It's Spielberg, so I'm not worried.
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Post by Sybillness on May 28, 2005 20:37:33 GMT -5
I had to go with E.T. I was 13 when I saw it for the first time and like Phoenix, thought it was great that Aliens could be good guys. To this day, I occasionally do my "ET phone home" impersonation. But then again, I've also made a mound in my mashed potatoes too...
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Post by Termination on May 29, 2005 23:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by Pulpmariachi on May 30, 2005 0:46:47 GMT -5
Oh my fucking God, that looks so awesome. This summer, I'm totally giving myself to Spielberg.
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Post by spacer on May 30, 2005 4:31:27 GMT -5
Maybe it would be a good movie.
But without Martians, tripods and right time settinng it should not be called War of the Worlds and Spielberg shoudn't insist that it's based on Wells because it simply isn't.
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Post by Sybillness on May 30, 2005 9:13:22 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to War of the Worlds. The trailers look pretty interesting. The last time I read the book, was in '83, so I can't really tell you how far off the trailers look.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on May 30, 2005 12:01:57 GMT -5
I think this is along the lines of Doug Liman's THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which keeps some things from the book but changes a ton of stuff. It's basically fan fiction, but we should judge moveis like these on their own rather than their "faithfullness" to the books. Oh, and excuse my language in the previous post and thanks, Term, for putting up that link!
And, it says that they're still the tripod machines, too...at least on the plot summary at IMDb.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on May 31, 2005 0:02:18 GMT -5
The trailer rocks!
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Post by Termination on May 31, 2005 2:04:06 GMT -5
You're welcome Pulpmariachi You can say that again Heineken.  I watched the teaser trailers a while ago & when I saw that apple had updated their list, I immediately checked the full trailer. I personally never read or watched anything related to War Of The Worlds but seeing this trailer, who wouldn't want to see this? |
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Post by DrLenera on May 31, 2005 11:58:59 GMT -5
I'm sure I read somewhere that Speilberg WAS using the tripods,I know he's using the red weed-in the book it creeps across the ground making it red like the Mars' ground,but that doesn't really tie in with the invaders not being Martian does it? O well,the trailers are great ,I'm looking forward the movie immensely anyway.
Best Speilberg sci fi film,I would say Close Encounters,still my favourite film about aliens. It has such a sense of wonder about it,for some reason i always find the 'hand signal' bit at the end really moving. Wonderful John Williams score,too. And I also prefer it to Star Wars { just a bit}.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Jun 2, 2005 11:32:19 GMT -5
Found this, agree with a lot of it. But in the filmmakers poll, I don't think a lot of them (Shyamalan) deserve to be there.
Spielberg voted king of films
By Jack Malvern
His name is synonymous with his blockbusters and, just like Jaws, he has eaten up the competition
THE combination of a killer shark, a waddling alien and a story of humanity in the midst of the Holocaust has driven film buffs to crown Steven Spielberg as cinema’s greatest director.
Spielberg, who burst into the mainstream of film with Jaws in 1975, beat Sir Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese in a poll of 10,000 readers of Empire magazine.
The American has proved to be the most versatile director, editing his dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park in the evenings after spending the day setting up filming for Schindler’s List.
His next film, War of the Worlds, will also be one of the fastest blockbuster releases. Shooting began six months ago and it will be released on July 1.
Hitchcock, who directed 67 films, including Rear Window and Psycho, came second on the list and was the highest-ranked Briton.
Seven British directors made the Top 40, including two in the Top Ten. Sir Ridley Scott came fifth, followed by Sir David Lean at No 12 and Tony Scott, Tim Burton, Anthony Minghella and Charlie Chaplin.
Scorcese was acknowledged as the third-greatest director, despite never having won an Oscar. His 2004 film The Aviator won five Academy Awards from 11 nominations, but, despite an array of technical awards and a Best Supporting Actress prize for Cate Blanchett, Scorcese failed to win either Best Director or Best Picture. Those awards went to Clint Eastwood, who narrowly missed the Top Ten.
The only non-Western director was Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese auteur, whose films have influenced a generation of Hollywood directors. He is most famous for Seven Samurai, which inspired The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo, which was adapted to become A Fistful of Dollars and Last Man Standing, and Kakushi Toride No San Akunin (The Hidden Fortress), which inspired Star Wars.
Two other big names of modern film — Peter Jackson, who directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) — are in seventh and eighth places. They beat Orson Welles, the director of Citizen Kane, who came ninth, and Woody Allen, who was tenth.
The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan — who are famous for quirky movies such as Fargo, Blood Simple and O Brother, Where Art Thou? — were ranked in thirteenth place.
Ian Freer, the associate editor of Empire magazine, said that Spielberg was unassailable in film: “His adventures with sharks, UFOs, whip-crackin’ archaeologists and ETs, plus historical dramas like Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan, has defined the movie-going life of an entire generation.”
Born in Cincinnatti, Ohio, in 1946, Spielberg is one of the pioneers of the high-grossing, special-effects blockbuster, exemplified by Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, in 1982. He has also directed serious epics such as Schindler’s List (1993), Amistad (1997) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His future projects are said to include a fourth Indiana Jones adventure with George Lucas, the director of Star Wars, who came 31st in the Empire poll.
THE TOP 40
1 Steven Spielberg
2 Alfred Hitchcock
3 Martin Scorsese
4 Stanley Kubrick
5 Sir Ridley Scott
6 Akira Kurosawa
7 Peter Jackson
8 Quentin Tarantino
9 Orson Welles
10 Woody Allen
11 Clint Eastwood
12 Sir David Lean
13 The Coen Brothers
14 James Cameron
15 Francis Ford Coppola
16 Oliver Stone
17 Sergio Leone
18 John Ford
19 Billy Wilder
20 Sam Peckinpah
21 Howard Hawks
22 Robert Zemeckis
23 Michael Mann
24 David Lynch
25 Spike Lee
26 François Truffaut
27 Brian De Palma
28 Tony Scott
29 Fritz Lang
30 Tim Burton
31 George Lucas
32 Anthony Minghella
33 Ron Howard
34 Sam Raimi
35 Charlie Chaplin
36 Ingmar Bergman
37 M Night Shyamalan
38 Peter Weir
39 Terry Gilliam
40 Robert Altman
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Post by DrLenera on Jun 2, 2005 14:54:46 GMT -5
I'm sure we'll all disagree with some of this,but for starters,Tim Burton,Terry Gilliam and Brian De Palma SHOULD BE HIGHER!
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