Movies: July 2005 Archives

Strange, unanswered, lingering annoyances about "War of the Worlds":

possible spoilers....

What kind of crack does Steven Speilberg smoke when he decideds to direct?

The creepy red viney stuff that is fertilized with human blood is for what, exactly? It has what to do with the movie? You're telling me those things have been buried for millions of years only to erupt to grow glow-in-the-dark red vines?

If the humans are so precious (see above), then why are the tripods vaporizing humans with their death-rays?

How does Tom Cruise, covered in the ashes of several women vaporized around him, manage to become sparkling clean with a quick splash of water on his face and yet Dakota Fannaing in the space of six seconds becomes a dirt ball?

Did Dakota Fanning know that she was going to be dunked in a vat of mud for sixty continuous days during this shoot?

You're telling me the snake-eyeball only has visual perception but no auditory sensors that would detect two large people (and one dirty little girl) stopping around a cluttered, creaky basement as they continually move around behind it?

What homo was working the CGI control grid that designed an enormous alien ASSHOLE that would open up and suck Tom Cruise into it...and then spit him back out (read: worth the price of admission).

Did Miranda Otto actually get paid for appearing a whole two minutes in the movie?