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The Original Is Still The Best....
by Joy (movies profile) (Jun 6, 2008)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
As much as I admire Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg...some classics should not be remade. I know the combination of technical/special effects, Tom's acting and Spielberg'... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
The Ultimate Alien Invasion movie
by Jason C (movies profile) (Aug 9, 2007)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
This is the benchmark for Science Fiction "aliens attack the Earth" movies. This 1950's version of "War of the Worlds" easily trumps any later movies in this sub-genre o... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: A
The True Independence Day!
by Tank (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
An awesome martian movie, especially for the 1950's. It has everything, aliens, explosions, death, demolition....what more do you want. If you carefully watch and look... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
Classic Sci-Fi Tale
by Danny M (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
If you come into this movie expecting effects from this day and age, then you will be grossly dissapointed. However, for it's time, the movie had incredible special effec... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B+
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: C-
See the new one instead
by Mitch (movies profile) (Jan 10, 2007)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
This movie is fun to watch but its not really scary ,well at least not anymore maybee it was scary in the 50's when it came out but now the effects are so corny you cant... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
The best of the best.
by Dusten (movies profile) (Sep 2, 2006)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
This movie was superb. On of the best I've ever seen. The spacial effects and actors were great. This movie is worth thousands of emmy's to me. If a picture is worth a tj... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: A-
Acting: C-
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
"Is that some kind of fireball?"
by Josh (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
The story behind The War of the Worlds is overdone in our day and age, but at the time it was still quite new. Martians descend upon the Earth searching for a new home, a... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
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Awsome Sfi for its time, even now!
by Beachs Yo Yo's (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Certainly ranks in the top 10 Science fiction of all time! The Martian machines may be the coolest of any alien weapontry produce in a movie, and that it moves with acti... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: B+
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
My idea of a scarey movie
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I saw this movie when it first came out and it left a lasting impression on me. I can still see those "eyes" from the spaceships searching for people to kill. This movi... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: A-
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
"Welcome to California"
by Alan Tracy (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2006)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
War of the Worlds transcends the book on which it is based, which is itself pretty darned good. For one thing, the movie more truly lives up to its title because the Mart... Full Review
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