This one's for the Theater...

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2005)

I rarely ever go out to watch movies in the theater but only recently I found myself wanting more of the movie experience after going on vacation to Universal Studios. I took the liberty to keep calling and inviting people to come see it with me. Several people were not so open minded to give this movie a chance but I ended up getting 8 friends to go. Even if I couldn't get anyone to watch it with me, I'd still keep in mind that you can't let people around make decisions for you. People have different tastes. At Universal Studios, I was reminded of the time, effort and advancement of Special effects in movies that has taken decades to get where we're at. For me I feel blessed at this day and age to be able to immerse myself and be caught up in a movie. Take H.G. Wells radio broadcast for instance... In his day and time, Radio was the mainstream means of entertainment and he made history making it utterly and eerily (is that a word?) real. Story wise, I feel that Spielberg had an excellent take on the war of the world's story and didn't butcher up H.G. Wells point. So many films of today come out as a recreation of older movies and instead of coming out original, they are mostly changed to accommodate and hold the childlike hand of lazy minded people. This movie was an exception. I felt many emotions watching this movie, panic... fear... sense of hopelessness... Although you can't knock an original, this movie gave me the feeling that Spielberg wanted to reiterate the terror and feel of an invasion. I really, really felt that it gave the respect and point of the original. If you plan to watch this, open your mind and take it in as if this is really happening around you. ILM did an excellent job, Period. Visuals mean nothing also if you don't learn to appreciate the audio technology in surround sound. Keep your ears open, I found to enjoy hearing sounds behind, to the left going to the right around you. I wish I could just pick a movie and get the theater experience like I had my own (theater)... but I'm not that rich. Go out and find out for yourself as theater runs are always limited. So get your head out of your butt and I leave you people with two words... Enjoy Yourself!!