Pretty good - unexpected ending!

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This is THE War of the Worlds. Creative, intelligent, horrific and darkly humourous all at once. This is the movie to watch if you want a good dose of old-school horror/science fiction.

I really like the story behind The War of the Worlds, yet I did not find the visuals very appealing and I think I remember it was a little slow.

So much fun.

truer tot he book then the remake, but cheesy effects,

As much as we talk about the out-dated (Academy Award winning!) effects, I think it's the politics of this film that are the most outdated. Obviously hasn't aged well, but in it's defence, it's edited pretty well and if you're a film-maker buff you might get some joy out of seeing obvious miniatures get trashed.

Typical 50s sci-fi; not bad, but not really my cup of tea.

Isso sim é filme, não a porcaria refilmada!!!

Crazy special effects.

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Those interested in genre theory or history/sociology in general might enjoy this for what it has to show us about the society and context in which it was produced (that is, apart from the obvious). Otherwise this is a pretty shitty film though, the pacing is all messed up and the acting is particulary awful.

The original adaptation of the H.G. Wells tale. Not bad for the time, suffers several limitations in the plot and the film-making, but those can be attributed to the time it was made. Good enough effort.

This wants to be an action sci-fi but is too slow to be exciting, too stilted and outdated to be menacing. The two lead are awful, his deadpan droning offset by her wide-eyed hysteria. The religious aspects provide the final nails - holy bacteria, indeed.

The original and I think in some ways better film. The effects though slightly aged still stand up well and don't look flimsy, on the contrary some look rather impressive. Excellent model work but the design of the Martian Machines is a little too simplistic and strays from the tripod principle. In the last quarter of the film it does go a bit flat and there is no real big climax but there is some good imagery here.

Not bad for one of those sci-fi/horror 50's movies. The acting is laughable, but that's not really a surprise. The effects aren't always great (notable strings, aliens look a little weird) but they have an impressive shot or two. It's unfortunate they couldn't make the alien machines tripods like in the book, but it's not a huge deal. I give this a 70 for the nostalgia factor and it's relative faithfulness to the novel.

Takes itself too seriously to be cheesy fun but has too many flaws to take it seriously. The acting, the writing and the sets are all pretty bad and the special effects are ok but certainly don't hold well enough to carry the film.