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Mysterian

(5,187 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2024, 04:35 PM Mar 2024

War of the Worlds (1953)

I get goosebumps every time I watch this movie. It's just a brilliant piece of film making, IMHO. George Pal special effects still hold up today. Excellent cast and direction. A bit heavy with the "God saved us" stuff, but it doesn't ruin the film. I wish there were more classic sci fi movies like this.

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War of the Worlds (1953) (Original Post) Mysterian Mar 2024 OP

That scared the crap out of me when i was a lad jpak Mar 2024 #1

L.A. City Hall took a beating in that. Basic LA Mar 2024 #2

Every time I watch it I notice something new and great Mysterian Mar 2024 #3

The remake with Tom Cruise Basic LA Mar 2024 #4

The only good work Gene Barry ever did in his 90 years. It also had the best cheap special effects. marble falls Mar 2024 #5

jpak

(41,780 posts)

1. That scared the crap out of me when i was a lad

Reply to Mysterian (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 04:41 PM

Mar 2024

Friday PM Channel 13 Maine.

Schooner Cartooner.

Yup

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)

2. L.A. City Hall took a beating in that.

Reply to Mysterian (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 04:44 PM

Mar 2024

To this day I can't pass by it w/o remembering that scene.

Mysterian

(5,187 posts)

3. Every time I watch it I notice something new and great

Reply to Basic LA (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 04:59 PM

Mar 2024

It's got so many neat little moments like Easter eggs.

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)

4. The remake with Tom Cruise

Reply to Mysterian (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 05:19 PM

Mar 2024

And I still can't get over it, began in the very 5-Corner neighborhood in Newark NJ where I grew up.
So I'm bracketed in where I settled and where I'm from. Odd, that.

marble falls

(61,858 posts)

5. The only good work Gene Barry ever did in his 90 years. It also had the best cheap special effects.

Reply to Mysterian (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 05:19 PM

Mar 2024

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