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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin
I saw it.....it kind of lacked plot, but in retrospect, do we need to justify everything?
And, yeah, Tom Cruise escaped death maybe one-too-many times, and the ending could have been better, but overall I think War Of The Worlds was a fantastic summer blockbuster. Was it Batman Begins..nah. But, it had enough moments that I recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.
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You know, I don't really think Tom Cruise escapong death is a real complaint. I mean, yeah, most people would have died, but there would be some, through either luck or skill, that would have survived. Obviously the movie just focused on a guy who happened to survive.
The scene I've seen referred to a lot about this point is when the Tripods first start popping out of the ground and blasting people. Yeah, Tom Cruise is one lucky guy to have not been hit, but he wasn't the only one. He was just lucky...
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The only real problem I have with the whole bacteria thing is just how it as presented. I could have bought it if it hadn't been explained by a narrarator right at the very end. The way they did it, it just felt like the writers were forced to come up with some way for these invinicible aliens to be defeated. I know the original book had them die like that, that's just how it feels.
/me shrugs and walks away