War of the Worlds - Pods Emerge

Zero survival instincts

Nah some people left before this. Probably didn’t survive regardless though.

@@AbysmalRandomn3ss yup, though it definitely helps your chances lmao

@@charliec.3518 True dat. Imagine trying to run from a thing that covers that much ground in such a short amount of time. Geez.

@@AbysmalRandomn3ss yeee fr, esp in rural areas, imagine having to army crawl through acres of fields in order to not get spotted, only to probably get spotted anyways, fuck that lmao

Sounds a lot like the horn of the original Queen Mary.

@@Dallas_K or Inception

Agreed, this sound scared me the first time I saw this movie, I knew that Ray needed to run ASAP.

@@calebramos7902 Ray wasn't running, he was prancing and dancing away! Such a drama Queen.

@@MichaelGiordano777 😂😂😂😂

It most likely has autopilot

I always wonder how the tripods were never discovered by humans if they were here the whole time, how deep exactly were they supposed to be under the surface?

maybe when the pilots arrived, their capsules rapidly built it out of local materials using advanced space magic?@@justNiko_91

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor In the movie it is shown that aliens actually got into that machine with lightning strikes so no that machines run by alien themselves, not auto

@@ZenithalPoint yeah those tripods are "manned" by the aliens but probably those alien crews do other functions, maybe one of them is precisely starting that autopilot, manage the weapons and watch all systems in general.

And you see her flesh blistering for just a second in the heat-ray.

Best description of what dying with that thing feels like so far....

At least it’s quickish, better than impaled w/ a giant syringe 💉 and drained of all your blood I guess.

In the book, being hit with that thing is like being sprayed with napalm. Spilberg didn't had the balls to do it accurately.

That's given me nightmares ever since I saw it as a kid, I feel so bad for her. Those aliens are pure evil.

Good point.

I literally said in my head that any human being knows the sign language of "I will shoot you" if a weapon or unknown machine, pointed straight at them, is making a start up sound which sounds like it can shoot or blow you up, meaning you better scatter or else

Whatever it is, it just destroyed a city block just by popping out of the ground, so maybe it's not safe to be around regardless of its intentions.

Sounds more like an out of tune didgeridoo

Because whoever wrote this POS script is an idiot and an Ahole…

Ashes of the dead sounds very like sea of thieves

@@archieoutdoors3340 Zoomers try not to reference a video game anywhere challenge impossible

@@camblongkaras782 cope, mald, ratio

Ashes of the dead is a good band name.

@@detritus3676 How about you get off your Roblox block game 12 hours a day unfunny buzzword looking ass and go outside

Good story but a word of advice. Never start a comment with “*BLANK* fact:” fun fact comments are insufferable, just say what you want to say.

Great fact 😊

This is completely made up

@@denverb585 Because you’d know. Idiot.

​@denverb585 lmao

My favorite movie in 2005. Even my basic 100$ soundbar rendered the audio and its bass really well just for that incredible sequence! DONT USE YOUR TV SPEAKERS!

20 years old? damn I'm old

@@rafaeldoria9937 yes bro, were getting old To think i saw this one in cinema when i was 16 😂😂

As they say, time flies. ✌️

Spielberg did a couple of Scifi movies with Tom Cruise in the early 2000's this one and the brilliant Minority Report in 2002

+TraceurDoc1 in all honesty there were several actually wise people who immediately started running off when the foghorn is tuned down

Maybe they offered themselves up as sacrifice...you know, to offset overpopulation. A sort of noble suicide. (God willing future generations will do the same...)

lol right... once those things came out the ground most people would have bolted before they even stand up.. the acting in this movie was subpar.. even from Tom Cruise.. the Director wasn't getting his best takes nor pressing his staff to perform

@@getsome4806 darwins award or natural selection happens everyday.

And the guys staying in the raised hydraulic lift. Brilliant!

Guy was like: Nope, nope, nope fuck this

my favourite is the jumper

Exactly. I hate that scene in horror movies when the danger can be felt in the air, yet the character still feels the need to check for some reason. It makes the scare afterwards appear so cheap and stupid.

He knows what a good sounds sounds like. That was not a good sound.

Hope he made it out.

I agree! This is one of my favorite movie scenes for a lot of reasons including the ones you name. I love the light coming through the ruined church window as well.

It's why those "sky trumpet" videos always freak me out... one of these days...

In the late 1970's Jeff Wayne's war of the worlds album came out. I must have listened to it over 100 times as a kid and now have the CD set. One of my adult daughters was in town recently and stopped by while I was playing it on the stereo. She recorded a minute of it on her phone and sent it to the rest of the family and they said how it reminded them of their childhood since I played it so often.

@@didimean Yeah, I remember when those videos started in 2011 iirc. Theres too many of them in too many different countries and sources to just say its fake. Something weird is hapenning for sure, though I have my guesses at this point.

Yeah...Martians thinking, "Okay, this shit works good here; now let's regroup and conquer this planet!"

​@@themagus5906Martians were wiped out by nukes as well.

​@@explicitreverberation9826 how so? This film doesn't make any references to nukes

@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor nevermind. Their atmosphere exploded. Cydonia. Not talking about the movie , I mean mars mars.

Uneven? Like it ended too easily and quickly?

What do you mean by uneven?

I agree. The beginning was great and the river scene. But, I’ve always felt the second half was poorly done.

@@jasonleetaiwan uneven usually means one half is way better than the other which most people think about this film. First half great, second half meh.

it looses the plot around mid way through and the ending was a bit too speilburg. tom cruise should of arrived to his wifes parents whole street obliterated, but then a camera pan to all the notes left on a board...

True. I remember when i first saw this scene i was like "oh, the tripods seem to be quite...small". But as soon as his "leg" raised up into the air i had shivers down my spine It was really done well.

Say what you want about this movie, the way they did the tripods were amazing, everything about them from they way they were shot, their design, the way they move, its perfect

@@harbour2118 all I want to say about this movie is high praise specifically because of how alien the aliens are depicted

That Tripod looks like Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2 because of the three tentacles and three legs.

THANK YOU for explaining those were the toes of one leg. I could not figure out what the connection was between that scene and the tripod.

That is the sound of a abrams tank's turbine powering up

​@@rapatacush3 ironic since tripods and Abrahams tanks have a fight on a hill in a later scene

Fr, This movie, Gears 1, and the first Resistance Game was such a vibe I miss the 2000s gaming era 😭

especially if you're making a movie thats aimed at children and has a cartoon rabbit in it that steps in the poopy

@@imweird.6147 What

@@souhailzbiri9279 Something about Root Beer. I don't know. 🤷‍♀️

@@imweird.6147 Yeah the name, gotcha

@@Eadadykk We have to girl who was in my your own home you face

Don't forget A.I.

That’s funny I’m in a video production class right we were just talking about the lighting that Spielberg was using in those films and why it made sense

That's Janusz Kamiński style.

What's funny in your statement is that, like McTiernan did before him, and European cinema before that, Spielberg, while he loves "dreamy" movies, uses this lighting and the camera work in a very VERY realistic way to expand immersion. To make you believe it, to lure audience into believing this is really happening. So it is, funnily enough, the opposite of oneirism. It *looks* fake, so it *is* real xD Weird, right ?

Spielberg called it "The Camelot" Cause of how beautiful it looks.

Probably a cameraman on his day off

Probably a cameraman on his day off

Well Tom Cruise does run slow because of his short legs.

Running Cruise its a fckng mem 😂 😂 😂 Big marathon 🏃 - US, Russia, Arabia, China, Australia, Europe.

@@cynicalpenguin l

Which is ironic considering the original novel is the one where humans are able to fight back the most

The ants are currently winning the war with man. I would have to kill myself and my neighbors for blocks around to get rid of one fire ant bed in my yard. I'm almost at that point now.

either of you know what chapter in the book this is from. I'm a huge H.G Wells fan and I never really cared for the movies of his works cause the books were so good I didn't want a movie to dictate what I read should look like,the imagination is way better. but since this wasn't my favorite novel of his I wouldn't mind watching this but I wanna read the book again before I do(if I can find it amongst all my boxes of books)

The common cold: “I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move.”

Oh hey isn’t this what the EMT said later on in the movie?

Me tooo!!!

NOT REALLY UNDERRATED BEING IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GROSSING MOVIES OF THAT YEAR AND WAS VERY POPULAR.

Definitely not underrated, but I respect the direction of this movie. It’s a thriller and an action film with not over the top fighting scenes, just humans fighting purely for survival against an enemy they can’t hope to win against early on. All they can do is run or hide. Even in the final scenes, Tom’s character doesn’t fight with the army guys, he hides in the tunnel with the rest of the civilians. I think this movie was incredibly well executed, even though at times it was a bit uneven.

Didn't look like he was trying to keep his kids safe while he was standing around watching the monsters in the aliens coming from out of the ground as a father the first thing I've been thinking of was I need to get home to my children was he thinking about getting home to his children didn't too much look like that to me but that's my opinion I'm just some guy

@@michaeltipler5674 way too much standing around, 'let's hide behind this door, (massive event), better get behind the bumper'

I think the film would have been so much better if Cruise had been killed with one of those first heat-wave light beams.

Exactly, instead of showing off half of the movie in the thrailer

I agree. And it would be to even better effect for an original story where you don't know at all what is coming.

never saw the b&w version?

Like the mcu spiderman reveal in captain America civil war. Imagine if they didn't reveal spiderman in the trailer

@@CesarGarcia-ru8hr I did in literature class and it was terrible. Even for an old movie

Nosey weirdos. Bottomline. The end🙄

Mmmm, I don't know. If *I* am in any type of setting where disaster is imminent just from the ground coming apart, I am NOT staying around to get caught up in the chaos. Period. Hell--crowds coming to Petco Park here in San Diego for the Padres games are a signal for me to get out of dodge! Haha!

You don't need to know wtf this thing is in order to know that you need to run, you just need to have working brain that can sense danger from thing that's obviously looks like it might be a hostile entity. Not a clout driven brain

@@That_One_Guy... It is not uncommon for people in real life situations that can result in death to gather around and try to see what’s happening. Even in the American civil war, people gathered in the early years near the battles to watch them. People trying to get close to events like this is not smart, but some people do it. Plus sometimes you’re just so frozen in terror and shock that you just hold still

People who think this probably also watch all the people standing around during 9/11 or actively RUNNING towards the WTC and think that's bad writing too.

They didn't even invent wheels on their planet. Fave part of the book was when they were absolutely stunned by seeing a carriage wheel.

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes. 😆

It'd only be a couple decades better as we're on the same time zone now

Nah... Not thousand years old. They just arrived during storm.

You can tell who has read the book and seen the movie. Its all canon.

The phones were rendered inoperable. As was most technology at that point.

@@ensignmjs7058; Hence, the major flaw in that scene. If electronics were rendered inoperable, how is it that the Camcorder worked?

@@pintorpi333 , as you pointed out, it's a flaw. Great shot. But it's a flaw. I noticed it in the theater.

@@pintorpi333 there is a possible reason why it worked actually. It could have been stored in a "lockup" style back room at an electronics store. Those lock ups can sometimes be set up as basic faraday cages, which would have protected it from the EMP. Same would be true of alot of electronics tbh, depending on the strength of the EMP things inside cars (not the cars themselves) or some types of metal storage containers would have been fine. A sign the EMP wasn't too strong is later in the movie alot of military electronics still work (while alot is hardened against EMP's it has its limits), and there are a ton of cars been used. Same with the boat having its lights on.

I was thinking the same thing while I was watching this!

The horn of death

They atomize us from orbit and we never have a chance to retaliate

What’s more terrifying is that this is real! We are being farmed by aliens!

Who needs 'aliens' when people of other races/faiths/cultures/mindsets/languages don't see you as human, as having a right to exist alongside them.

@@infiniity5529 alright

That's no problem. I just watched the behind the scenes footage on the dvd, and it looked as if Steven Spielberg wasn't really bothered by them. Yes,they could have walked off, but you wouldn't get paid then.

Yes you are right the extras really sold the fear too

Yup. Same. Probably got $1,000 each.

@@mikeybalboa7520 extras actually get paid more than would you think, my cousin got paid 3 grand for some navy movie where he just sat in a class for a couple shots, and another he got paid like 5 grand to drive his car up and down the street in the backround lmao

@@donc7984 it matters how big the movie is and how many people are in the scene with War Of The Worlds they had like 5,000 extras for the one scene one of the most in movie history and b/c it had so many extras in the cast they got paid a little bit less.

I love how John Williams pretty much plagiarized himself in this scene with that Jaws “da da da da” right before the Tripod starts firing.

@@anmjbfilm and with Indiana Jones.

@@anmjbfilm To be fair, a "thump thump" sound with a set of low orchestral instruments (cellis, timpani) is one of the best ways to make whatever presence (on or off screen) intimidating.

@@anmjbfilm You said just what I was thinking. When you heard those string violins playing that chord next to the pod reving up, you knew something terrifyingly ominous was about to happen.

Its those loud noises that are terrifying! You hear those and you know shit is about to pop off !!!!!

It sure does. (17 years old).

Seriously? The people in this movie are idiots, the acting’s a bit corny and the second half was poorly done. The only thing good about this movie is maybe the tripods causing destruction lol I’m not even much of a critic but I’d have to be out of my mind to call this the best alien invasion movie

She sure was annoying

UNFORTUNATELY HER CONSTANT SCREAMING WRECKS THE MOVIE

Nah, the kids were annoying af.

The aliens come from mars how do you know they have intergalactic travel

@@rodrigolefever2426It’s just another person trying to sound intelligent on the Internet

Is nightmare fuel! Shit!

Yup. Agreed.

Honestly the whole tripod design is amazing, my favorite one out of all the movies ever.

@@aletron4750 same.

He also has a rather subtle sense of humor that sometimes goes unnoticed if you’re not paying close enough attention.

Didn't know what to expect? MF the roads were splitting and a giant metal squid just erupted out of the ground. Were you expecting a hug? The thing audibly charged up for 30 seconds like an anime blast. It's like deer in headlights. Who in their right minds would just stand there and watch!

@@Styder111 I think, he talking about the movie that had the element of surprise. the thing that never describe or being shown through it's trailer. so the audience didn't know what's coming from the movie. it is this element that create terror to the audience. the horror of unknown. before giving a chaotic and powerfull scene that surprise the audience. that's what he talked about. not about standing there and expected a hug.

@@Styder111 Were you expecting a hug lmao lost my shit at that

The horror of it, was that it was to represent 9/11 . People running down street , powder on there face , explosions and seeing death through the glass of the stores . That’s what it was to be a metaphor of .

When Tom Cruise first ran from the Tripod, he rounded a corner and stopped to lean against a store window. Then silently, in a brilliant piece of acting, he displayed emotions that went beyond fear. This is someone who has seen the coming of the end of the world, and is mortified with incomprehensible terror.

But what about the kid from coach carter?

I think that dude with the tiny parts just got nailed 😂

His delivery of “oh my god”. Was horrible. He’s a trash actor and shouldn’t have had any lines. He’s horrible

who, who doesnt want to wear the dust, hes wearing the dust, shes wearing the dust we are all wearing the dust. maybe we just make you wear the dust.

Right? If it's causing destruction and throwing SUVs around it probably didn't come in peace.

@@hildemel The charging sound of the weaponry should be more than enough to make people realize that Oh No this is Bad This is terribly terribly bad gotta Run Thought something happening like this probably stunned people

Giant alien robot comes out ground I ain't sticking around

Some people freeze. Happens all the time. Fight, Flight or Freeze.

Thing is now days it would be even worse and 99% of people would be stopping to put it on their Instagram stories 😂

Yes! The book is always better!

i also read the book - but they are comparable in stupidity. in the books the aliens lost earth due to them allowing slave-humans into their own cities which allowed the humans to take down critical infrastructure if i remember right. in the film the aliens did not consider that there are also pathogens on our planet - right next to those dangerrous looking - armored monkeys.

These tripods are pretty accurate to the book's.

The book has the tripods. But the 50s anti-grav alien ships with the long necks is still the best in my...book.

@@olternaut I still have nightmares from the floating long necked ones from the old movie. This movie was terrifying as well.

sadly the people doing the movie adaptations think they can do it better. You can't, simple, stop trying. This particular film had promise but was utterly ruined by an incessantly screaming therapy-dependant child and the cliched divorced father/dis-functional son rubbish that seems to be the core of every other film nowadays. The book is a first person narrative giving a real insight into the experiences and observations of one person, you see it through their eyes without the annoying clutter that the screenwriters of the movies seem to think it needs. It doesn't.

Ngl book was kinda boring. Not to everyone’s liking. But yes, much more chilling

@@stevesargent8731 I listened to a radio adaptation in the UK when I was a kid. Scared me sleepless! And I think it was Orson Welles who did it like a news broadcast here in the States in the 40's - had people panicking in the streets.

Books are always better

I tried reading it when I was locked up but couldn't get through it. Even with nothing to do, I still found it boring.

Agreed! The movie got some mixed reviews but I really enjoyed it. The buildup and the pace in the movie was great imo.

There seemed to be allusions to "3" throughout this scene - when the hole first appeared and the crowd began to move back, the circle of people began to clear back and you see a vague 3-sided shape formed by the crosswalk and a shadow, etc. And then the "square" intersection begins to turn, again forming a triangle on the ground right around 1:45. Plus there is the church with the allusion to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Except that if it WAS real most of those people would have been running for the hills when the pavement started cracking and then the ground collapsed. Even Cruise just keeps moving backward 5 or 10 feet at a time and then ..... stopping? I would have been l-o-n-g gone before the shooting started.

One of my favourite shots is the window shot with Tom Cruise on the left with the reflection of the people running on the right. So simple and so clever.

It also aimed to tap in to the fresh post 9/11 anxiety we all had at the time.

Must've been the noise of the machine starting up.. or powering up.

It makes you think that’s just it, and then you realize that’s just a foot

RIP the Saturn

I know this wasn’t the writers intent, but To me this whole scene is sort of symbolic for the antichrist hitting earth. The tripod rising up from below ground, the church being destroyed, the apocalyptic horn, the tripod itself (demonic forces are believed to do things in threes to mock the holy trinity), the advanced technology used to try and take over the planet That’s just me tho. I doubt anyone intended for that type of symbolism but there are a lot of things that scream apocalypse from this scene

@@satan899 I can get behind that, seems like a sound meaning to take from it. I had never thought about it that way, with the church and all. Not to mention the subtle moment when Ray's friend signs a cross on his chest as the tripod is rising. Could add to your interpretation. haha.

5:46 poor lady she probably had a family.

The 1953 version had the green "skeleton ray". As Dr. Forrester put it, "It neutralizes the meson somehow. They're the atomic glue holding matter together. Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist. Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power." The special effects sounds for the heat ray and that disintegrator ray are some of the most frightening I've ever head.

I like the shot immediately after the standing up scene as well; you see Tom looking up at it and it happens to turn towards the same direction as he's going. It reminds me of nightmares I had where some unstoppable monster was coming after me and no matter what I did, it always knew where I was

@@joethekinghawk7514 or 60 cats 🤷

"The Thing" is the most terrifying, horrific alien encounter. (Imho)

Couldn't agree more

How is it 15 years old if it came out in 2005?

@@archieoutdoors3340 are you serious? It's implied around 15 when someone says 15 . 17 to be exact feel better.

how does the nightmare feel to be back 😈

WOTW topic is the creepiest sci-fi concept... Martians just build massive 3 legged machines in order to terraform earth and use human blood/flesh to grow red weeds, for making sure that they maintain Martian wellbeings... This is too horrible...

There’s something terrifying of not being able to tell what killed you.

There’s a book also, sir?

@@arnoldhernandez1910 yes.

@@arnoldhernandez1910 By H.G. Wells, written in the 1800's. It was the very first alien invasion novel and it captivated a nation. It was so impressive that we've been trying to adapt it ever since, with various levels of success. Though no movie or series ever really got it right, sadly.

I love the part in the book where the narrator is submerged in water and the heat ray instantly boils the water and he's surrounded by scalding hot water and steam.

The beam also works weird. We see at 5:38 that when it impacted a person in the car that it also tossed the car, yet when Tom was inside the store at 5:57 the beam went through the window with no damage. Yet later on when the beam was being used against houses at 6:08 it tore the roofs off. Two beam settings maybe? It definitely wasn't a thermal beam, otherwise you would have seen bodies exploding from the water in them being turned into steam. You could even see the lady starting to shriek as the beam 'chain-reacted' her into ash at 5:47

@@toddkes5890 I think though I can not find anything confirming this that it was two different rays. The ray's that blew the house roofs off acted similar to the ones that blew the overpass apart when ray & the kids drove off in the car but definitely wasn't the heat ray.

People are mostly water and clothes aren’t. The ray instantly desiccates whatever it hits.

I think the beams incinerate any organic material. Not specific to just humans

The aliens were using humans to make the red roots for food or to teriform . That's what the beams were for. They left the machines there before.

If I were a tripod, I would choose to eat the humans

​@@TheObliteratorOfWorlds That Tripod looks like Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2 because the tentacles and legs.

I can't say "perfect"... At 1:33 We see Tom Cruise on a sidewalk with his back to the building. At 1:50 he's shown at the front of a crowd in the intersection, no building behind him at all. And the intervening overhead shot does not show anyone moving into the intersection from the buildings (the opposite, actually). Good, sure, but my definition of "perfect" includes "lack of continuity errors I can identify on a casual clip watch as I descend into the KZhead maelstrom."

@@johnhuffman9533 That's it, I hate this movie.

​@@MiketheratguyMultimedia lmao 💀

Death Ray vaporizes people but not their clothes? Just one of dozens of imperfections in this scene. This movie HAD great potential but failed to achieve. Cruise brought nothing to his role, thanks to the writers. The original Day the Earth Stood Still remains #1.

I love the pace of this movie. They go somewhere, something horrifying happens, next scene. It actually slows at the end in the basement but it is so intense you dont notice

I don't blame the kid

Yeah, some scenes in this movie are way too intense for a child. Or some adults. It's a very scary movie, and underrated in my opinion. This scene and the scene in the basement with the snake thing are both perfectly staged.

Lazers sent a kid sprinting? THATS the part of the movie that sent her running? Well I guess its for the best she bolted then before what comes later

😂😂😂

I don't know why a parent brought in her child to see a movie called "war of the worlds" I hope that kid didn't get nightmares because of her mother's negligence

I never even thought to think of that. Good eye.

i was wondering if that rotate meant anything. I noticed it, thanks.

But the craft was an epic trash can of a joke!

Didn't pick up on that. Very nice.

@@ftniceberg874 in its day it was equally as terrifying

It’s not an ambush it’s a fucking massacre an ambush is people strategically planning to surround and attack you and set you up this was just one pod who came up and freaking destroyed everybody

Massacre at hardhome is the greatest, that’s more of an ambush

@@RyanT301 it’s both a massacre and an ambush. A sneak attack. Nobody knew it was coming.

John Williams.

How about the train crossing scene? Everyone in movie was like whatever. For me and family we took Amtrak to Chicago from flagstaff prior to seeing this movie in Chicago

That would have been me, there's no way I'd stick around to see what kind of messed up stuff that thing is capable of!

@@fleabaguette9699 lol I would have bolted as soon as the ground started started cracking

Yep. He's about the only onlooker who had any sense at all 😂

LMAO literally I'd be running a mile away the second that crevasse opened up. No way I'm gonna stand there while some massive mech bursts out of the ground

I would be that guy just dipping before some sh*t gets pulled off.☠️☠️☠️☠️

This whole clip was filmed in Down Neck Newark. The church, St. Stephen's, sits at the fork with Wilson Av. on the right of the screen and Ferry St. on the left. I live 4 blocks from the filming and it was a blast. Tom Cruise acted like a gentleman. The whole crew was a pleasure to watch! Come visit. You'll love the food! ps. The church is still here and it looks like new!

@@stanzilinski8123 sounds like an amazing place to be

@@stanzilinski8123 bro I thought it was in Bayonne

1:10 at this point, Spielberg gives us a prediction that when aliens appear, religions will be the first to disappear.

Yes, I agree. When the Martian machine was first shown, it then took a back seat to how much destruction it caused. I love the brief scene where Tom was watching the war machine just walk down the street. This is how we invaded Europe, and it's how I always imagined WOTW would be...a superior force against a totally unprepared populace.

Not a huge Tom Cruise fan, but I thought that he played a fairy convincing character making the movie more believable.

5:53 5:55

Theres also a creepy sound that trickles into your ear the first time the tripod fires as well

@@ChellyBean I heard it!!! Lol I like to watch movies with the surround sound on a big woofer box and several satellite speakers. I hear everything.

@Patrick Schlienger can’t say off hand but the sequence starts after he picks up the cold asphalt.

I hear it with my earphones lol

Or my Sony Pro MDR 7506 headphones that must be 25 years old!

Yep. Not just fancy shots but composition, flow of information, the interplay between the various moving elements. Idk how to explain it, but it feels like a lost art.

@@dranelemakol that's because it is

Best part is they held off on the music for a good long while, letting the scene itself build the tension and sell the emotion. They did the same thing during the initial attack scene in Independence Day. 2 minutes 20 seconds from when he says "Time's up" to the next music you hear, and it's powerful.

@@ethanreed8400 Its not completely lost, just exceedingly rare. Dune or Blade Runner 2049 are visual masterpieces

@@mrmr4622 I feel like they're not as good as Spielberg. They're meticulously crafted sure, but Spielberg is on a level of his own in virtuosity

Lol definitely

Yep!!!

The might be modeled after a flea...a real bloodsucker..wink-wink..

And yet...the notion that aliens have been buried beneath the surface for - how long, centuries? is ludicrous. The whole movie seems to be Spielberg's poison pen letter to humanity. Everyone is horrible. This movie still makes me feel disgusted and enraged by Spielberg.

@@grantc61 Except that first point you just mentioned isn’t Spielberg’s work. It’s H. G. Wells’s. I’ll admit this movie is no where close to being a masterpiece, but in terms of doing justice to the book and original film, it accomplishes that fantastically well.

Because of the ending, I assume. Complete ex-machina.

Great, great film.

Yeah the 3rd act is the problem

A great movie

I agree. The CGI was very good. There are a few actors out there (Tom C being one of them, regardless if you like him or not) who can really acclimate their physical movements, their dialogue....seamlessly with CGI.

all of it was real tom cruise does his own stunts. that was xenu

@@austinh9389 I know. There are still idiots out there who fault him for his beliefs and overlook that he is an incredible actor as proven in this movie and all the others.

This scene was filmed at the intersection of Merchant St & Wilson Ave in Newark, NJ. The church and flower shop are still there, although the roads there have been redesigned slightly. It looks almost the same today. Other locations on Polk and Ferry streets are still there, like the Portuguese jewelry store, Ourivesaria. All the destruction of roads and buildings was CGI.

Actually none of this was CGI. People like to discredit him because he's a scientologist but you have to admit Tripod gave an amazing performance and was even willing to vaporize people on camera for his craft.

IIRC the beam in that movie didn't burn. It cancelled the forces holding atoms and molecules together. You simply flew apart at the atomic level.

agreed, i saw it in the cinema too. Still remember it to this day

I made a last minute decision to see this instead of Wedding Crashers in the theater and I don't have any regrets at all.

Or it had already killed most of the people running along the main street, and wanted to keep up its kill streak?