psychodad69 Reviews

War of the Worlds (2005)

What do they want?

[2/10 · 3 January 2006]

Usually i enjoy the work of Spielberg,but not this time. I totally agree with tieman64's review about Spielbergs new "eye",but it doesn't save this one. The story is wafer thin,and doesn't carry a feature film. It's much more suited for TV,as the "Tales of the Unexpected" by Roald Dahl in the late 70's. I still don't get the purpose of the alien invasion.

Often enough with Hollywoodfilms,a couple of big names ie Spielberg,Cruise and Tim Robbins guarantees money back.And then some. It's all about the hype! I saw "The Day of the Triffids" on TV in the mid 80's,and it made a lot more sense.

Das Boot (1985)

My absolute favorite

[10/10 · 26 September 2005]

I taped the original Swedish airing of "Das Boot" in the late 80's,and thought it was amazing. Now I own the DVD,and I still think it's amazing! Fortunate enough, this film lack the big special effects,which makes it stand excellent against time.

I prefer the mini over the feature movie. The slower pace and the closeness to the characters really gets to me. Over the years I must have seen this film more than 50 times,and it's still great! The casting is excellent and so is the directing. Wolfgang Petersen have done really well with a great novel. He captures the boredom and the fear in war in a superb way.

Perhaps the labeling of this film as a "war movie", has scared off many viewers from a great piece of art. Both those who dislike war movies and those who like war action.