Review of The War of the Worlds (1953) by Grant S — 26 Feb 2017
One night a meteor appears overhead in a small Californian town. It crashes on the outskirts of town. However, the meteor is in fact a Martian spaceship which proceeds to kill some members of the town. The army is called in but their weapons are ineffective against the spaceship. Soon similar craft start landing all over the planet, killing any humans they meet. It is soon apparent that the Martians intend taking over Earth...
Dull. Very little suspense or originality in the way HG Wells' story is told. Pretty much just a paint-by-number, blow-by-blow telling adaptation of the classic novel. Even the fact that the "meteors" contain Martians is given away in the opening narration. This ruins any intrigue re what the meteors are, or what is going to happen.
Add in some cheesy dialogue, predictable plot development and sub-plots and mediocre performances and this is a pretty weak movie.
This review of The War of the Worlds (1953) was written by Grant S on 26 Feb 2017.
The War of the Worlds has generally received positive reviews.
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