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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 2375305" data-attributes="member: 32536">I really, really liked this movie. It is about the best adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel that I can imagine. Rated it a 9. I really enjoyed the human drama that many people here are complaining about. After all, the original novel was always far more about how people struggled to survive the alien invasion rather than telling a story of how a bunch of aliens wipe out humanity. And I don't think that the characters acting irrationally hurt the film at all. Rather, I think it made the "suspension of disbelief" all the more powerful. The characters acted human. They were scared, terrified, angry, confused, and had no idea what on earth to do. The characters weren't a bunch of D&D characters metagaming themselves into a perfect calm and possesing perfect insight into what to do in order to survive. They acted like people really would in that scenerio. And I am really impressed that Spielberg pulled off that effect. All the special effects were perfect. Spoilers below. I don't agree with nitpick #14 above. Why would the martians use bio-suits? How could they? There are two big problems with expecting that.       1: To the invaders, the humans were neither real enemies, nor pests to be exterminated. Humans were food to them. Things to be consumed and eaten raw. How do you biologically isolate yourself from your food?       2: Not mentioned in the movie, but in the book the narrator made theories that the martians had already completely annihilated all forms of disease on thier own world, and it had been so long since then they didn't think of the possibility.</blockquote>

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