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Originally posted by techweenie
Z, I don't know if watching humanity being exterminated is that great a way to 'escape the worries of the world.'
...but I guess the idea of a threat that solves itself is attractive.
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I had a bad day, & the movie put my life in a better perspective.
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It's interesting that the resolution of the 1953 movie did not seem to provoke the same response. Maybe more people were familiar with the source material then?
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Exactly.
Today's movie standards seem to require a hero that saves the day in the end of the movie. That was not the case in War of the Worlds, and that may be why folks feel the ending was such a letdown.
-Z.