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In Reply to: To RGA: War of the Worlds Remake From Pendragon. posted by AudioHead on September 19, 2005 at 11:52:01:
Pardon me. The Pendragon adaptation is currently available on DVD and VHS at several outlets including amazon.com, movies unlimited, target, etc. ~AH
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I just ordered one and if it's bad, I can add it to my sci-fi "B" movie collection.
www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk, then click on 'Film & TV'. The reviewer at this site reviews the George Pal version: "...a classic of its day", the Spielberg version: "amazing in its own way...the first truly great alien invasion movie"; and the Pendragon version: "a sad failure". Hmmmmm..... ~AH
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This thing is a whopping three hours long! I kept thinking this must be someone's amateur film school project and have no doubt it would have never made it with your typical movie crowd. It was jerky and loaded with occasional shifts between shades of sepia green and gray and then all of a sudden orange and red, then black and white and back to natural colors again. It was obviously intended to have a sort of old fashion documentary-on-a-cinematograph look to it. And the soundtrack! It was relentless and loud and would suddenly stop in the middle of a note for some whooshing wind noise sounds and explosion sound effects and then start back up again in a completely different location in the score. It alone was maddening.Most, if not all of the special effects were painted on and were totally fake and cheesy looking. They actually looked like cartoon drawings.
They eat alot of bread in this movie. Alot. I can imagine this being a great drinking game movie for frats...take a drink every time someone eats bread and you'll be out of it by the time the credits roll.
At least the dialog was loud enough to understand what the characters were saying, unlike so many movies today where the dialog gets lost in they hyped up dynamic range needed for special effects impact. The the Martains, I counted four distinct kinds, where done pretty well. The tripod giant "main" Martians looked like a cross between a praying mantis and a toaster but were somewhat convincing in scale and when "walking" around and blowing up things with their death ray. The other's were too much like B-movie creatures from the 50s.
Unless you're a diehard fan of H.G. Wells, don't bother.
Ken, Thanks for your incisive review. My apology for recommending a
dud, evidently my intuitions were off-the-mark on this British
breadloser. Will stick with my Pal-Haskin copy. ~AH
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