Films - War Of The Worlds

With all the talk about the remake of the H.G. Wellsplanet.Of course that miracle came. In the climax of
classic "War Of The Worlds", it may be a good timethe movie while Gene Barry is frantically running
to revisit the original movie from the latethrough the streets looking for Sylvia Van Buren,
50s.Whether you are a fan of the original, or theplayed by Ann Robinson, the Martians are pretty
remake, or both, one thing many people don't realizemuch blasting up the city. It's a miracle in itself that
is that neither movie version is really anything like theBarry, playing Dr. Clayton Forrester, isn't blasted to
book. For that experience you would have to listenkingdom come. But somehow he makes his way to
to the Orson Wells broadcast with the Mercurythe church where he just happens to find Sylvia. Just
Theater from the 30s. That was a rendition thatas the Martian war machine approaches the church
stayed very true to the book.In all fairness to theand is about to blast it into next Tuesday, suddenly
movies, the book version would not have playedeverything stops. The machines start dropping, not
very well in theaters. Most of the book focused ononly all over the city, but all over the world.What
two men simply trying to survive the attack fromhappened?Good old mother nature, that's what. It
Mars. There was very little action, outside of theturns out that the Earth's bacteria was too much for
scattered radio reports they were receiving aboutthe Martians and they started dropping like flies. The
attacks from the Martians all over the world.Earth, at least for now, was saved.The movie had
Watching two men discuss the fate of the world andsome good special effects for 1953 and the climax
what they were going to do probably would notwas very exciting. But for the most part a lot of the
have gone over very big with theater audiences. Somovie was pretty corny and the overacting at times
the original movie focused more on the actual attackwas hilarious. But if you were a kid growing up during
itself.In the movie, Gene Barry plays the scientistthe time, this was a movie that you just loved
who happens to get caught in the middle of all thiswatching, with all its flaws.It should be pointed out
mayhem, constantly trying to warn the military thatthat the news reporter who was commenting on the
their weapons were no match for the Martian warevents of the day was one of the greatest TV
machines. Of course the military doesn't listen andvoices of all time, that of Paul Frees. He was also the
throws everything at the Martians, to no avail. Finallyopening narrator. Frees did a lot of classic science
they drop the atomic bomb on them. Even that didfiction during the 50s. Just hearing him, regardless of
no good whatsoever. The Earth was headed forthe part, was worth the price of admission.
certain destruction. Only a miracle could save our