2005-07-02

War of the Worlds - Mistakes

I saw War of the Worlds (wotw) yesterday and it was a 5 on a scale of 10. I detected a few mistakes in the movie, like:

At the start of wotw when all the electronics are fried by Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), one guy had his video camera working and taking pictures of the alien tripods.

I don't know if this is a mistake or not but the tripods where protected by force fields / star trek like shields, so when the tripod tentacle with the camera end goes searching inside the demolished house that Tom Cruise is hiding in and Tom breaks its long neck with an axe, why was the shield not shielding it ?

One more thing, the Aliens in wotw are supposed to be this advanced race that have been observing earth for centuries and have tripods and other war stuff buried deep underground, and yet they overlook one tiny minuscule, microscopical detail!?! Don't they have spaces suits? or penicilin shots? or maybe shield suits? or robots ? or anything?

I saw Dakota Fanning in Man on Fire and I was impressed by her acting skills, but here in wotw, she was either screaming her head off or catatonic, so not much acting needed here. A few times when she was screaming so hard, I wished the aliens would take her.

Also, at the end of wotw, Cruise finds his ex wife living in her suburban house with no damage, as if all this world invasion did not happen in her neighborhood?



1 comment:

  1. Comeon! You just spoiled it for us. Like in the news, were the go "beware or images graphic in nature", you should have a similar warning.
    On second thought, let's see how many people will complain. :-)

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