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War of the Worlds, a review by Tom

Title: War of the Worlds
Year: 2005
Director: Steven Spielberg
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 112 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Turkish

Stars:
Tom Cruise
Dakota Fanning
Miranda Otto
Justin Chatwin
Tim Robbins

Extras:
Featurettes
Scene Access

I think this is a great update to H.G. Wells' story and particular to the 50s movie adaption. I always enjoyed the fact, that not some miracle weapon or some patriotic hero showdown is the cause of the defeated aliens, but their own underestimation of Earth's environment. Instead the film focuses on the survival of one man and his kids.
I only have one real problem with the movie, and that is the "Spielberg" ending. Throughout the movie we see total destruction of cities, but the one street, where the mother of the kids is staying, is almost undamaged. And then to top it, the son who didn't want to stay with the father but instead joined the army guys to battle the aliens, also appears here again. I would have found it better from a story-telling point of view, when he would have died in the fire caused by the aliens just minutes after he joined the army, as the father originally thought.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 29th, 2008)

Bring It On: All or Nothing, a review by DJ Doena

June, 27th


Hayden Panettiere   ...    Britney Allen
Solange Knowles   ...    Camille
Gus Carr   ...    Jesse
Marcy Rylan   ...    Winnie
Cindy Chiu   ...    Amber
Giovonnie Samuels   ...    Kirresha
Francia Raisa   ...    Leti
Gary LeRoi Gray   ...    Tyson
Danielle Savre   ...    Brianna
Jessica Nicole Fife   ...    Sierra
Rihanna    ...    Herself

Synopsis: Britney is the cheerleading captain of the Pacific Vista Pirates. But then her father gets fired and they have to move to Crenshaw Heights. She swore to her old team that she would never cheer again. But she has no place to fit in on her new school - except for the squad.

My Opinion: This movie is soo bad, there are no words for it. The only reason for buying it was Hayden Panettiere (Claire in Heroes ["Save the cheerleader, save the world!"]). But her acting is so over the top, it's as if Ecstasy had taken Ecstasy. But like a train wreck one can't stop watching.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on June 27th, 2009)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

My Thoughts:


PILOT
Ellen takes outlandish steps to correct a bad driver's license photo.

My Thoughts:
I really enjoyed watching this one. I forgot how funny this series was. Surprisingly I only have the first season in my collection so far. I will have to look into getting more seasons before too long.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 24th, 2010)