War of the Worlds -- Y'know what, it's a perfectly fine weekend matinee movie.

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(Naturally I'm pickier about my weekday matinees, and I never attend evenings.) For once the level of CGI didn't bother me, mostly because the tripods were really scary and their video snakes so prowlingly feline that I was fascinated. And scared. It's a really scary movie at least for the first hour. Although maybe the people cages came later... But the single scariest moment was not caused by the aliens... I'll leave it to your imaginations.
Tom Cruise was serviceable. Dakota Fanning can really scream.
I bothered to see it in Boston's best-sounding house, actually the showpiece for the HPS-4000 systems that originate here. (In LA there's scarce a good theatre without them.) Plus with SDDS, the best digital sound and hardly digital-sounding at all. Ms. Fanning's aforementioned screams cut through in just the proper piercing way, but nothing else. Also with Cinemeccanica projectors and stadium seating, the exhibition is unbeatable, if a 25-minute drive away.
clark

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Topic - War of the Worlds -- Y'know what, it's a perfectly fine weekend matinee movie. - clarkjohnsen 14:29:28 07/05/05 (7)

Re: You must - rico 06:03:39 07/06/05 (1)

Natch! nt - clarkjohnsen 07:09:18 07/06/05 (0)

Let me guess - the AMC 16-plex in Framingham? - Rob Doorack 17:10:03 07/05/05 (0)

Re: War of the Worlds -- Y'know what, it's a perfectly fine weekend matinee movie. - ftran999 16:57:09 07/05/05 (1)

Yes, that was *so cool*. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:08:36 07/06/05 (0)

We seem to be in agreement on this one. - Audiophilander 16:54:24 07/05/05 (0)

Re: John F. Allen and HPS-4000 - Gee LP 14:57:30 07/05/05 (0)

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