War of the worlds 2005
I watched it online so I’m not sure if its my player or not but the sound was really low (too low) whenever people spoke and really loud (too loud) during action scenes. I couldn’t hear the dialogue. It made it hard for me to fully enjoy. I almost want to think the movie isn’t so great just for the volume and sound being so off. It does make me want to read the novel and see how much better it is. A few fallacies other than the sound:
- Tom Cruise had a NE accent for 2.5 seconds and lost it for the rest of the movie unlike all the other actors. Mildly disappointing I expect more from him
- How was the son still alive by the end???
Dakota Fanning and the young man that played the son, Justin Chatwin carries this film. Actually all the side characters do (I don’t include the kids as side characters)
I think I remembered and expected the movie to be better than it was. It feels mildly lackluster 7/10