Review of The War of the Worlds (1953) by Eric H — 21 Feb 2012
Remeber this movie came out in the 50's.This is before wire-removal, green-screen and animatronics (obviously). Every visual effect that was done, needed to be created, and masked, in-camera. Flashes of ray-gun fire needed to be put onto each frame by hand, and done in such a way so that it looked half- plausible, and not jerky.
This film absolutely deserved the Oscar it got for visual effects. It also used what scientific information they had at the time (now, much of it proved to be false, but not then) effectively, and to the story's advantage.
Give it one view.
This review of The War of the Worlds (1953) was written by Eric H on 21 Feb 2012.
The War of the Worlds has generally received positive reviews.
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