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Warning - War of the worlds 2025 is aweful. (piefed.social)
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So I see this movie pop up on amazon that seems to be another remake of war of the worlds and its 2025 so I was like. mmmmm. Good basic story and I wonder how awesome the special effects will be. I should have known that if I had not heard anything about it that it must be bad. Super low budget and filmed in such a way you would think it was something they made during covid. Maybe it was and just finally got released or something. Anyway do not be fooled. Its just plaein aweful in almost every way imaginable. Its so strange as it has ice cube and eva longoria.

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[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I saw that at just the right age to be utterly horrified by it. It gave me lots of fears and nightmares. Not necessarily about alien invasion (that was part of it I guess) but more about the breakdown of society and how quickly everyone turned savage, feral and selfish. To me, that was the true horror of the film.

When viewed from that angle, it is a more successful storytelling endeavor than if you view it as an alien invasion movie.

Although the part where they're captured and that one guy gets sucked into the weird orifice on the tripod is still chilling.