In Reply to: War of the Worlds------After thoughts. posted by patrickU on July 8, 2005 at 01:44:36:
>>> "Second, In the twenty minutes scene who broke the pace of this film, why had Tom Cruise to kill Tim Robbins? He could have just left him. That is engraved in the logic of Mr . Spielberg, " ready to kill for your familly " yes, but only if absolutely necessary. And that was not the case. Here." <<<FYI, that's not what occured at all.
First of all, the "twenty minutes scene who broke the pace of this film" was a similar to a scene in the earlier 1953 WoTW film in that the main characters are trapped for a time and searched out by the aliens, but this goes further by revealing the invader's intent behind invading the Earth and what motivates them to kill humans.
Secondly, Tim Robbins had become a threat to himself and the survival of Tom Cruise's character and that of his daughter, and as a matter of survival (i.e., remaining undiscovered and escaping from the aliens) his motivations are quite sound.
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Follow Ups
- Judging from your misguided critique of WoTW, this must be your favorite Hollywood picture: - Audiophilander 10:59:48 07/08/05 (10)
- Re: Judging from your misguided critique of WoTW, this must be your favorite Hollywood picture: - Analog Scott 22:04:59 07/08/05 (2)
- I see some of your points, but only in regard to stylistic issues & not at all with your second assessment. - Audiophilander 23:10:12 07/08/05 (1)
- Re: I see some of your points, but only in regard to stylistic issues & not at all with your second assessment. - Analog Scott 15:11:38 07/09/05 (0)
- Re: Judging from your misguided critique of WoTW, this must be your favorite Hollywood picture: - patrickU 11:06:28 07/08/05 (6)
- You may think that you're the enfant terrible of American film curmudgeons, but... - Audiophilander 12:06:50 07/08/05 (5)
- Re: You are so out of tune, that... - patrickU 12:36:05 07/08/05 (4)
- "you 'bete noir ' it seems" - ...and you, Betty Crock-er (schiese) it seems, right? - Audiophilander 13:22:26 07/08/05 (3)
- Re: Nein " Scheisse ".... - patrickU 13:34:27 07/08/05 (2)
- "Could you please crawl out of the window?" - I'd rather hang in there, even though your suggestion is a stretch. - Audiophilander 13:51:09 07/08/05 (1)
- Re: "Could you please crawl out of the window?" - I'd rather hang in there, even though your suggestion is a stretch. - patrickU 01:24:58 07/09/05 (0)