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The War of the Worlds (2005)
Finally a Real Adaptation
The H.G. Wells Classic has had several Incarnations. The 05' Speilburg Version and the classic 53' version But only this one stays completely true to the book. Nothing is changed nothing is removed.
Originally Released as a 3-hour film. The director Re-Cut the film down to 2-hours of pure excellence. Its got a chapter by chapter visualization of the novels pages that "Wells would be Proud Of" The story is as everyone remembers. Martians Invade the Earth with Capsules containing an army of Tripod walking War Machines. The people of 19th century earth are ill-prepared to repel the alien forces and fight back with canons and guns who mes shells bound right off the Walkers and when humanity is no longer a world wide power they are saved by the smallest of organisms on earth.
The Film is an excellent accomplishment for director Timothy Hines who has great potential as he brought this vision to life with a meager 5 Million budget. Today B-Movies have larger budgets.
Lethal Target (1999)
Hilarious.
Its a space flick, or at least i think it is. you got half-naked female prisoners in a space prison and a monster on a space station using a virus to infect humanity through sexy encounters. Its Friggin Hilarious. The acting is so bad that space nuts looks like an Emmy award winning film. The story is simple. Space prisoner gets chance to reduce sentence by investigating a space station that lost contact with humanity. She finds a doctor "experimenting" with women and a angry of alien. She fights them, so on and so forth. Its a movie worth seeing it just to wet your pants with laughter. If you like Real sci-fi flicks its a no-no but its a great mood setter for the amateur film maker because i can guarantee their film is better than this.
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Not a Starship Troopers Movie.
OK movie but should have had a different title. has nothing to do with starship troopers except names and costumes. It should have been its own movie. could have been called Infection. It might have done OK then, but not a SST Movie in any sense. Sorry Tippet. Disappointing for all SST fans. The story is similar to The Puppet Masters but dose not complement the SST universe at all and i hope they Get Marauder right. The film focuses on horror and has very little war or action in it which i found annoying. The idea of the movie was a descent though. The film features none of the fascist features of the original or any of the dark humor. The film also has horrible FedNet broadcasts.
Cloverfield (2008)
Intense
This is the best monster film i have ever seen and i will never forget the day i saw it in theaters. An absolute Thrill ride of Epic size. The film grabs on and never lets go. Filmed like The Blair witch project, Clover-field blow it out of the water by 10000000+ Points. Simply Amazing. I can now say this is my favorite movie of the past few years. Its secrecy on the monster is well done and finally seeing it is... is... i cant describe it. Its a feeling of Awe. The films ending is on the most amazing i have seen in years. The film is touching. Seriously, if you have seen it you will know what i am talking about. So go and see it and i Guarantee you will like it and the worst review it will get is 2/Half stars.
D-War (2007)
Great Godzilla-Esc Action Movie
The film was a great success world wide but met disapproving audiences in the US. The film has great effects and story considering its a Foreign monster film from Korea. In my opinion its transformers with dragons instead of machines.
Also Based on a real Korean legend.
I found the movie quit enjoyable to watch and has interesting monsters destroying the city with great force. An army of rocket launching dinosaurs with flying impish creatures vs the human army and police. Its all out War. Its a great monster flick to watch on the weekend with popcorn and a cold beer. again, not well liked in the US but a total triumph by its first time Korean director.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Really Cool, and Slick.
great movie. introducing venom, sandman and new goblin, the story tells of peters personal conflict with his anger and frustration. he becomes overwhelmed with the anger and becomes the black spider. a more hard-core vigilante version of spider-man. he only realizes how far he goes when he strikes Mary-Jane. he then rids himself of the black suit and fights to keep everything he holds dear. the black suit finds a new host in peters rival Eddie Brock, becoming the sinister Venom, bent on destroying peter and all he loves. sandman is con'ed by venom into assisting venom in the destruction of spider-man. and am i the only one that thinks new goblin rocks!