ROTTEN TOMATOES: Second "War of the Worlds" Teaser Hits...and It's a Doozy!

Second "War of the Worlds" Teaser Hits...and It's a Doozy!

by Scott Weinberg | March 18, 2005

If the idea of Steven Spielberg directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" doesn't sound exciting to you, then two things are pretty clear: 1. you may be just a little bit insane, and 2. you haven't seen this teaser trailer yet! (Click Trailer #2 and turn your speakers up!) Wells' classic tale of alien invasion has been adapted by screenwriter David Koepp ("Spider-Man," "Jurassic Park") and is due to overwhelm movie theaters on June 29th. Some fella named Tom Cruise is the star, and he'll be dodging aliens alongside Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins.

See the trailer here.

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polnikes writes:
on Mar 18 2005 12:50 PM

wow, thats quite the trailer, cant wait for the movie!!

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Tai writes:
on Mar 18 2005 01:46 PM

Is it just me, or is it not working?

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Obihunt 28 writes:
on Mar 18 2005 01:53 PM

In reply to this comment (#820677)
It's not working for me either.

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The Senhman writes:
on Mar 18 2005 02:09 PM

Looks like the Full Screen version doesn't work, but the other options work fine.

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polnikes writes:
on Mar 18 2005 04:26 PM

on the official site i used medium it worked fine

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Meow Skywalker writes:
on Mar 18 2005 05:59 PM

So, what, they dig small projectiles underground and then build the ship beneath our feet? Okay, I can live with that.

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Tai writes:
on Mar 18 2005 08:44 PM

The main site just takes me to the Apple site when I try to play the new Teaser Trailer. Whenever I press medium, the page turns completely white and then the broken Quicktime symbol comes up.

Help?

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Count_Vertigo writes:
on Mar 19 2005 01:15 AM

WOW!!! The 2nd teaser trailer really makes me want to see this film, even without showing much more than was seen during the Super Bowl commercial. No offense to Tom Cruise's acting abilities, but I think he's met his match in Dakota Fanning. Just the look of sheer terror that crosses her face when she turns to see the coming devastation in the minivan makes me want to cry for her. How can someone so young be so good that she dwarfs her older costars (see Hide & Seek or Taken)? Here's hoping she doesn't fall into the child star trap (Maculay Culkin anyone?).

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studiokat69 writes:
on Mar 19 2005 05:59 AM

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[b]War Of The Worlds trailer[/b]
The begining kinda reminded me of the start of the Dawn of the Dead trailer, the whole leaving work thing. Juat a thought.

The lightning idea is fantastic, maybe the strike 'activates' one of the alien war machines, which has been underground, or perhaps it impregnates the earth with the alien 'seed'.

Yes, dakota Fanning looks fantastic, just hope her 'reaction' shots are not too overdone in the film, like, for instance Claire Danes in Terminator 3.

The flash of the ferry scene, is that an Alien ship hovering above it?

Aussie actress Miranda Otto has third billing on the film, and the trailer sees her dropping Dakota and a brother off at Cruises house, I've read that the whole story is based around Cruise and Fanning, and obviously Otto is featured in more scenes, I just hope there's no typical disaster flick 'reunion' a-la Deep Impact, Independance Day etc etc where Cruise battle's to find hes wife, or even more unbelievably, runs into her later in the piece. Just hope theyv'e made the film, gritty and real, not Summer fluff fare.

I absolutely can't wait for this film, it's the first Spielberg film ive been really hyped up about in a long long time.

Cheers

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Bourne316 writes:
on Mar 20 2005 11:52 AM

i can't wait for this movie! its gonna be awesome! can't go wrong with speilberg and cruise.

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GVH writes:
on Mar 21 2005 08:40 AM

Yep. I kinda lost faith in Spielberg with AI's unecessary half hour, but then Minorty Report came along and was fine, really. The trailer for this looks awesome.

It looks to be geared towards over-the-top disaster movie type action, but for what it is, it's looking great. I'm most definately gonna be watching this.

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craygyrulez writes:
on Mar 21 2005 10:34 AM

tht film wil b the bezt film of the year

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Ashron writes:
on Mar 21 2005 01:32 PM

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He may very well go looking for her. If I remember from the original book, the hero goes to London to try and find his girlfriend amidst all the destruction, so depending o how close Koepp is sticking to the base story, a Cruise/Otto reunion may be in the future.

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kenporules writes:
on Mar 21 2005 07:40 PM

Looks entertaining as hell.

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Impavido writes:
on Mar 25 2005 01:53 AM

Old fashioned Hollywood Sci Fi PLUS Spielberg?

SIGN ME UP!

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