They are Already Here!

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2005)

Their Already Here
War of the Worlds is an amazingly terrific movie, and if you have any liking for Action/ Sci-Fi movie, then this film is a must see. This movie mostly targets the teenager to adults. It has everything a young boy could want, but yet it still remains to be a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat at all times.
Prior to me viewing this extraordinary movie, I was lucky enough to have seen the original film, released back in 1956. Even though the newer version is quite a bit different from the original, I still enjoyed it immensely. In the 2005 version there was much more use of foreshadowing and technical camera anglings. In doing this, it give the audience a better sense of what it would be like to be experiencing what the characters feel. The uses of CGI's in the newer version also help heighten the reality factory in the film. Compared to the 1956 version when you can actually see the wires that suspends the spacecrafts in the air. Using these CGI's most definitely helps captivate the audience and put them into the film. Being a teenage when I viewed this, I could find every thing a teenager boy would want in a movie: aliens, death, lots of action, and even some humor. Having the aliens and their space ships look so real can really capture and bring the viewer, no matter what the age. The use of CGI's where excellently used in that fashion. These had to be some of the best CGI's I have seen in a long time. This film can also be very intriguing to an adult due to the fact that it was based on a novel written by H.G. Wells. If that will not capture an adult's interest then I don't know what will. If they do not like suspense and scary scenes then I would not recommend this film to them. It only takes about fifteen minutes for the movie to get real exciting. Once all the excitement starts, it is non-stop until the very end. The CGI's again are so well done that you don't even have to use you're imagination on anything. It shows you real live looking aliens and total unbelievable events that seem as real and believable as you are I. Further more in this film it has great casting. All the actors in it did any excellent job on making the roles they played very believable. Even the little girl, Dakota Fanning, had a very important role, and if she could have screwed up the entire movie if she hadn't acted so marvelous. The other actors/actress's cast for the film where chosen equally as well as little Dakota. It must have really taken true talent to act completely horrified by the aliens, when in real life there was nothing there. Over all I think that cast, filming crew, and everyone else who participated in creating this film did very admirable work.