Mixed Opinions

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2006)

In my opinion parts of the movie "War of the Worlds," had some scenes that were believable while others weren't. The family relations of the movie were realistic between the father Ray and his kids, Rachel and Robbie. Another realization in the movie was the human nature of all of the people in the world. If something even remotely close to this attack happened, there would definitely be a mob mentality. People don't know any other way to react because they definitely wont remain calm.
As far as the Martians go, they were the most unbelievable part of the movie. The way that the Martians arrived on the earth is just so illogical. If you think about it for real, what are the real chances of anything with Martians ever actually happening? Really there is no real chance.
The theme that I got from Spielberg's movie was "Don't take life for granted." An example of this theme would be that they realized that anything could happen at anytime and not to overlook your life.
I also thought that Spielberg did a good job in making "War of the World's" for pure entertainment rather than while the book was based for a political statement. Spielberg didn't need to follow the political statement of the book because, watching a movie you want to enjoy it for entertainment. It is more relaxing to have a movie for entertainment and a book that has a real statement to make.