The-Real-Pai-Mei OP t1_ixs2bxr wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:56 PM

Reply to comment by canadianstringer in My issues with War Of The Worlds 2005 by The-Real-Pai-Mei

What’s that mean?

TheCarrier89 t1_ixs33rz wrote on November 25, 2022 at 10:02 PM

War of the worlds is an old story written by H. G. Wells. The movie is an adaptation of that story. If you don’t like the ending, take it up with Wells, not Spielberg.

Frankie6Strings t1_ixs3qbf wrote on November 25, 2022 at 10:07 PM

Yeah. Of all possible complaints, I didn't expect to see that one.

Camp_Coffee t1_ixt1kkj wrote on November 26, 2022 at 2:55 AM

Honestly, I really appreciate how pure Spielberg kept to H.G. Wells' original vision. The unflappable lack of deviation from the source materials from beginning to end is astonishing when it would have been so easy to modernize the story for contemporary palettes.

BobbyTables829 t1_ixs42l0 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 10:10 PM

Fun fact: the radio version of this was so intense and real to those at home listening, some people started panicking, looking outside to confirm, and trying to get ahold of their neighbors and the police. Most horror writers dream of having that reaction from their work lol